The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-01-19
Letter from the UaiEed States


Is = sreA; Institution - C45arli.-s, ra-u-1 g S-e-
~; expensive Injury - ,5e5- iail,ze-,U a-e So.
g a--- - - v-1u-gs; - .i-ea- BIZ II : a.; tines
vs-y --;aEz-a- q i ca r~s-E=-ts q Hawai- L.
whose eor-eSre-ie1ce cones D. tie I>-Lm-S route.
Fer instance. -Le Is, steamer r1z - F-1cS1-
w.:a lie NAL = Ok 2sa. brought u Il dates frC-
Ec1c,l,-, -; = e. days a>s- - a--5.-l, ve a-e ~
:--ei 3 9 t-5=t ;5.e-ru s--u = L5-S. t-4- -ae
-vs--l.5 mall = pc; --tl, brings ys-y interesting
uess :1- ;ze Ssalvca l>4lGS" = z" =sas-s
items are : veo, -: 5a.1-I 70 wle. -le appetite,
5-t-1.c- = q ;1e Is - Srs L TIE g -2e- ship
-lGs. uni q C1-l 81. H---.1,1. w-1 M +
Il I--s, -ls distinguished al,ao- e "IEo Years Be-
fire ,le Ms, an >--se: 1-r Honolulu friends. 81
bard. an e ;he pr-s55e.-sl -eScle 7 The qss>ea-
-es aui c-ew ~ the .7-ssles. with suui-y other
items C.. news. :g me vz--. ,u.s-s Z which we nus
.v-s. .te arrival e the mex @l5. steamer. A. I BE-
G7rs ;bs Pos: o5oe 7-1la:ors s: Honolulu require
,.ac tie r-u:s II ts,sui letters Should Il indicated
before ,=lri-c me islands, this liability 70 have cur
news ze-e sac - ,he failure u the Hon. Pzcks;
&c c--1ec; v5,h me C~.,5.l.uia steamer, cauro; perhaps
u avoided I: would < very isiab,e. however, Z
an a--auEemsu, could he naie whereby island mails
thu: happen 70 arrive in 50 Francisco . day q two
80 .a,s @r the steamer. might b forwarded by the
overland mall. aui thus save 5 delay Of some ten @
twelve days
\ iew days since. n company With soDe island
friends. 7 vtzi;ei the propeller bsin. bull, s.; Eas;
B->ccn :or the in.e--:slani Navigation. We were
more than pleased With this sne vessel, We were de-
lighted su5 al compared her wiki the rotten, d,thy,
and t.-uaaaEel native craft. or the superauuuatei
81 river boats, with their ricaety machinery, which.
after beng used up for river navigation. hal been
pa.uei Of upon the Hawaiian public as 1i vessels to
contend with the rough in;er-isIand seas, I felt &
paug Z envy ~ ,hose more fortunate 61r7sI-f1rsrs,
f- whose aching heads and b!loHy stomachs this
s,auuch aui trim vessel .il! furnish - s4feani CON-
Portable : refuge Sle has . beautiful model. and
mus; p-gve = 5a-t sa5-er, and with her flush hurricane
deck. VII LOOK Ike = yacht; though, when she has
ke- complement Of freight, live stock, with native,
Chinese and tore.ga passengers CT board, the rese1-
t,a-ce wil disappear Oh c'-=er Inspection. I predict
for her the complete success which her enrerprising
owners Wi deserve. AM hope they viii ind sufficient
Encouragement 70 render !, necessary to adj another
similar vesSe, 70 tie line.
We have been favored with a sight OF 50 many Of
cur island friends the pas; season, that We have been
happily unconscious Of cur great distance from Ha-
val asi. But they have all Eei, shivering from
the chill blasts Of our approaching winter and are
nov
"w wsa.s TX: -, n; :4-4r s5=a: to h. Vs.
aud I fully realize that
r. - a.~-za TIA. lie ed ne
A;the recent marriage festivities Of one our Boston
merchants lately doing business at Honolulu, there
was q very pleasant reunion Of some "sc5re and
more" Of island friends. aho took possession Of one
Of the room. which We dubbed the .~.caun.baI
corner within IL limits the Hawaiian vas the court
and admission vas kapu TO all who were
Ignorant @: the Shibboleth.
The friends Of Hawai-. regret 10 learn q President
Beckvith's resignation. Tae Oahu College just
struggling into existence, can i'll afford TO lose one
was % em;neu,ly f,iel for his position. and who
done 50 much f5r the rising generation Al the
Stands
The proficiency aud solid requirements q the sons
f the Sandwich Islands Missionaries. who have come
% the United States 70 finish their eiucatioh. are
q common remark among those vino know
hem. They have almost without exception taken
he front rank AMI borne f the highest bouors Of the
Universities where they have graduated, and the
I have been able 70 compare them with the
-cuug native Americans" OF the pre-ent day. the
I have found reason 70 feel proud Of the Hawaii
n born American youth. This superiority, I think,
: mainly attributable to the circumstances of their
and early childhood. Being out of the vortex
Z the busy world which was the home Of their
,aren-s, they grow up with An intense thirst fr
ucw.eige Z Is wonders, and are uat interrupted in
progress ~ tie exciteueu's and constantly re-
lrrllg events, which Ike bubbles on the surface,
re constantly disrractiug the attention. and tending
o render superficial the requirements Of cur youth
The great topic of conversation : row the Virginia
and the trials q the survivors Of that mad
tempt 70 free the saves in that State The exploits
: tha; crazy leader ..old Brow in capturing one G
/. the United States Arseha's, and holding !, for TWO
ay- with less than = score Of followers. agains, the
ye~rBhelmiug force that was opposed 10 him. have
the occasion Of some terrible sarcasms against
e vauntei .chiyalry'' Of Virginia. Browns evil
snt honesty and pie-y. and Lis noble and manly i
lar2cter. and the pluck which ne .g- .hovu in a
IL while affair, has excited he All ration and d
-mpathy Of many even among his enemies. yu; there /
uo doubt but the penalty Of the law VIII be execu- q
j up5n the deIudei man. The Old man ind snant-
rejected the plea e insanity which bis ~5uasel En- d
to puJ in y
The friends Of the Hawaiian nation in IS quarter, q
I'VE g-en watching with deep interest he course q ,
e Legislature upon the question q opening the Il ~
ior traffic 70 the natives. Il Is 10 be hoped, that . v
ensure - fraught with disaster and ruin to a people !.
have not asked for the privilege or complained "
the restriction, may never be coasumnatei. It
lu,l prove the greatest curse ever forced On The =
9p,e. AMI It bsho5ves all wh5 are urging a step 50 III
lmeu-cus, 70 heed the warnings Of those who are
fitted hy knowledge Of the people and their
lguege TO know rheir true ueeis. "
Yours. &c. y.
The Mason Trial and the verdicI in 1T. IA
HoyoLvLU, Jan. 18th, 1860. u
3it2r of tie Commercial -4frsr:issr
SIR In your leader Of this morning q parallel s K
ti.utei between the case e Capt. Mason, Master \
Or.stss, waD va charged with the of-uce Of I.