The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-09-30

The above anonymous notice has bel flying for
several weeks at the masthead in the government
journal, till within a few days, when it was
quietly withdrawn and the Z. colors were struck"
The Proclamation speaks for itself, and pur-
ports that the AREA Of freedom" of the Ha-
waiian kingdom was suddenly elongated by said
manifesto, and should be hereafter known as ex-
tending TO and including certain islands lying in
latitude and longitude aforesaid. With one dash
Of the pen, the kingdom of Hawaii was extended
some eight or nine hundred miles to the south
west, by the unceremonious annexation of a few
square miles of guano deposit. Those who have
not experienced them can hardly imagine the
thrilling emotions which this proclamation may
besupposed to have excited in the breasts of all pa
triots who, like our war department, were foolish
enough to entertain them some revelled with de-
light at the prospect foreshadowed. when the En-
pire of Hawaii should cover the broad expanse of
the Paci6c-when her cross and stripes should
float from hundreds of islands embraced under one
realm, which would soon rival, perhaps surpass,
that of which it is said 8 the sun never sets ON
her flag" Others, more practical than theoret-
ical, imagined that a mighty change in our CON-
merce was close at hand; and on the strength of
an immense prospective increase in our shipping
and commerce the price of wharf lots improved,
and a first proposal to lease Or purchase one or
two at the foot of Fort street was actually made
by a sanguine councillor.
But alas, for human hopes and aspirations,
The proclamation is withdrawn, and curious per-
sons, who have got no business t. inquire, have
asked why it is? We find, on good authority,
that information has been received by late mails
from San Francisco demonstrating pretty clearly
that the agents of this government have been in
nocently () trespassing on the territory of the
United States. As near as we can gather, the
facts are substantially these: Some time in Feb
ruary last the American schooner Palestine left
this port and sailed for a guano island to the
of this group, which she reached in
March, took possession of the principal island,
which they called johnson Island, erected a staff
with the name Of the President of the United
States on it, returning to San Francisco with a
quantity of guano. Early in June the Hawaiian
Kaiama sailed in search Of what subse-
quently proved TO be the same islands. and they
were taken possession of in the name of the Ha-
waiian government.
In July the schooner Palestine was again sent
from San Francisco to the same islands she had be-
fore visited, and found the marks which had been
left on her first voyage destroyed OF mutilated,
and the Hawaiian flag flying, and by observations,
found the latitude and longitude the same as of
those claimed by the Hawaiian government. The
agents of the Palestine in San Francisco. hear
ing that the cook employed on the schooner Ha-
lama during her voyage thither was in that CITY.
took his testimony of the affair. Ills affidavit.
sent to the United States Commissioner states
that the island was visited by the Kalama,
that the American flag was torn down.. and slso