The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-27

raERE Is a RE.zDv-In reply to :he great political pro-
no remedy - We would SAy that there i. and a very efficient
one viz = decen! aPiroPu@non, To expect tbs same TssS-Ar-
the Government for the honor q the thing and without pay, as
kuoEledEe Of human nature, and i not a reeosnzd basis for
f'lSleSI e@ssai-l -- n Ihs AN go Sm 80 80
aud regularity Of tae mails, perhaps -POlyHssiag.
The above is intended as a reply by the official
organ 10 a notice in the last Commercial, OF the mail
irregularities on Kauai, but 1t has about As much
application TO the subject as a discussion Of what the
moon is made of would have. An appropriation Of
100000 or any other sum could never Of itself in
sure to US reliable postal facilities. just after the
issue of our paper. a letter was received from the
Postmaster at Hanalei. dated March IS, saying
our tardy mail has brought US four different mum
bers of the Euotoa, all in a heap. those for February
5, Is, - aud March LIST" Mr.. Postmaster Clark
informs Us that the mails for Hanalei are sent there
only by vessels bound TO that port. by positive in
structioLs TO that effect from the postmaster there.
This certainly Is a poor rule, for a vessel might not
60 there for the next six weeks, and why should sub
scribers for Honolulu aud foreign papers be made TO
wait thus. when a postman rides around the island
every week. for the express object of guarding
against any such failures
TIL same day We received a letter from Molokai,
returning duplicate packages Of the native paper
which had been sent up as ordered Our agent
writes 1 return you herewith the extra package of
the Kuokoa, No. IL. of February S, the others hav-
ing come to hand after making the eireuit Of Maui.
together rih our letters and other mail matter.
They probably were dropped into the wreng bag at
the Honolulu post-ofice.
BY the steamer We received three letters. COM
planning of irregularities. The first is from Lahaina.
March 10, stating that the package of native papers
of March sth was missing, though the subsequent
number had been received. We presume they will
arrive after having made their new circuit around
thai island or elsewhere.
by the steamer also, Mr.. Bond of kohala, writes
that the native papers and .fiUertisers of March 6
and 8, were missing, and inquiries what course they
have taken. The same conveyance also brings the
following from DIR. Wight of Kohala:
KoHALA. Hawaii. March 20. 1862.
DEAR SIR :-Commsrciat Of 9th and 18th inst have never
come to hand VIII you inquire their Whereabouts;
The above Kohala complaints are Explained By
the mail for that place having been sent by the
.Nsttie insteal of the steamer. The schooner was to
have called there, but did not succeedsOu account of
the weather, and brought her mails back to Honolulu.
These are a sample of the irregularities to which
we referred as becoming more frequeIt, and which
the Potynesian treats with contempt. No one knows
better than dc We that the postal service is a difficult
one to perform, but it is only quite recently that
complaints have so generally poured in from every
island and district of the kingdom. His Excelleucy
the Minister of Foreign Relations received last week.
a communication confirming the reports irregu
larities, which must lead to a speedy reduction of the
service of the mails, and consequently of the amount
of papers and letters passing through them. Last
week a native female took out a letter from the Homo
post-ofice, written on Kauai which was three
months old, and which could not have lain here
long, as frequent inquiries had been made.
The postal service is pre-emineutly a popular one,
established solely for the convenience and benefit of
the public, and it should be conducted so as in the
highest degree to subserve their convenience. Aud
if any rules Of the service are found on practice not
to be so, they should be changed, and new ones sub
In any irregularities of carrying the mails,
Or in any negligence of the officers employed, the
public interests will surely suffer. Oar postal service
to be economically conducted, and it must con-
so, so long as the government is restricted in
IS means. To talk of or seek for larger appropria-
ions, is idle-they will more likely be reduced
STEAM FOR CHISA.-By reference to the circular of
dessrs. C. W. Brooks s. Co., in our commercial COL
INN, it will be seen that a number of steamers have
purchased in San Francisco for China. the ex-
ensive river navigation of that country opening a
field Cor small steam crafts. The right to nayi-
them freely has only recently been opened to
who will not be slow to take advantage
f the opportunity to make fortunes there. The
rafic on the Chinese rivers is said to be immense,
nd when steamers are laid on in competition with
heir old-fashioued slow junks, they must do a very
if not profitable trade. We are pleased to learn
hat our old Yankee friend Capt. J. c. Lovett, is in
ommand OF the steamer Martin White, now daily
ooked for, en- route for China.
y We are under obligations to Messrs. C.. W.
Crooks & Co., and Messrs. M'Ruer & Merrill, of San g
francisco, for late papers. Also to ]. W. Sullivan,
for his kindness in replacing parcels of San =
'rancisco Weeklies which we're burned on board the
To Capt. Greasy, Of the Mary Hhitridge,
re are also indebted for late papers, and be will
ccept the thanks of the Honolulu public for the s
conferred in touching at this port and landing
Ut California mail.