The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-08-11

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e~ns - sbszve hsv things WIN change IN vsis.
So01g ~ . GREATER change In ibis respect than foreign
~ = sinek cspy a ne New Yak Hsyold, Of Jun<
~ - - = fosn sone dayA and being the only copy viii
nfer ~ nevH has be<u rcd and reread tin almost worn out
saa p&a from band 70 hand ~ erenaIly q a hundred
p1nd uee- But d could nt be bought for love or money
Tn rne ~ weight tn srtd" h nothing, though In Sam Fran
esses Ne same paper vou,d noe nos be picked up In the street
ADsufh hence, and Tie same may be said Of IL here So il is
ia sssae-shs scarcity q an article is what fixes its value. A
bunch q eigars, which sLday sells for q quarter may. ty-and-
eyss 70 he suppy b short, bring twice that sum- An article
ssrsaa st.fe. for instance, may change hands at q high figure
- ~ pcce b no criterion Of lis actual value Every article
hae ~ fal value, and the same article may have at another
tins 2 naifsous value, which, however,. must give way in time
and rsBn b its real value again.
IAis ssbj.cs Of the vaIue cf property is just nov an interesting
en-, in1smuch as the tax-as<s-aA are about. making their
plans preparatory TO sounding every mans pocket and heh
ing his purse OF course gold is said to have its fired value,
Esn1 ukh that We, or rather they, viii have i.fle trouble. Not
90 vtth land, houses, merchandise, furniture and other personals.
The question Is. what is their value. We have heard the SUBJ
jes being licensed In a quiet way In various circles, but as ye.
ss no nsnre the fundamental groundwork than We were before
. But really, = remark thrown in by an outsider, carries with 1t
move wezht than any other. and that is an improved version Of
thsssa aw ~Tke value Of thing Is just what twill bring
NJ auction That rule carried out by the tax-assessors, will
probably be satisfactory all round
Heat and duss-duss and heat, alternating, characterize the
pza fE weeks. We need not say TO our readers on the other
isfands thas we have in port three vessels besides a coaster, and
this b about a. much as we have been able to boast Of for two
Donkhs pass or course our merchants have ample time to dis
cuD TIE possibilities OF o general war in Europe, as well as me
rsa1s Of liz undecided battle Of Magenta
Al eys have been turned, during the past week, towards the
Telegraph, and quite as steadily as the magnetic needle turns
toward y. Bot MS Of no use. Both the FeEr and the Palmer
bid Distance to all our hopes. It's n satisfaction. however, thai
they are TO arrive, and e resign ourselves to fate and the
vinds-
By . notice In our advertising columns, it appears that a con-
tz1 has been entered into by which the government have
granted 10 c. C. Harris exclusive privilege, land the latter has
assigned his right to A Harris Il Coz to gather pull, pia and
FAMOUS On Hawaii, or what viii amount to an exclusive privilege
The terms Of the contract have not As yet fully TRANSFERRED We
are therefore unable TO speak Of il only As existing This trans
action Is causing considerable talk in the street, where It is
gsneraDy viewed as a monopoly, which the government cannot
wznf. 10 the detrimsnt Of The interests Of others engaged in the
trsAe-
he arrivals Of produce coastwise have been active during the
week Both sugar and sheat are coming in very freely. The
latter Il being ground up As rapidly a. the capacity Of the mill
will admit
passenger list % the Yankee was ssy2s3 81, s2-Is4 S. Of which
Was fR freight, and $l,ls9 br passengers. and that about
$4,000 vent up as treasure.
during the week
nEAL EsrArE-The Liberty Hall premises offered yesterday
&C suction, we're bid in at $1,000. The lease of the center store
ofshe 0rsner premises on Nuuanu Street, offered az auction,
sold fur SO Per month The lower store in the same premises
brought SIS so per nonth-both for IL months
HORSEs-A sale Of Is horses a; auction on the 9th, averaged
81 30 each
~CQRx-ssies st &c.
~YL0UR-s1o % s12 per 200 lbs.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doing