The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-11-06
H PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

y NN~- . 49,
CartEright's grocery and provision store IN Fort
street. When first observed. the flames were on the
roof Of this building and also on that Of Z. Brewer
& Co.'S small stone warehouse adjoining. The fire
engines were promptly on the ground. but had to
wait some ten or fifteen minutes before they could
obtain water from the hydrants, the supply being
turned of every night. In the mean time, while
waiting for water, the Ere spread over the entire
building, and also enveluped The carpenter shop adj
j5ining. occupied by Mr.. BIaisdelI. These three
buildings were consumed, including all the stock Of
groceries in Mr.. CartErighCs store. A portion Of
the goods stored in Brewer Is Co.'S warehouse was
removed to 4 place Of safety. The buildings burned
were frame, aaG very quieklyiconsumed- Had there
been any wind AZ the time, the IRE must have extend
ell across the street, and perhaps In other directions,
and become \ very serious corsi IgratiOn; but provi-
dentiaIly the trades, which had been blowing fresh
the day previous, had ceased The small hose attach
ed % private premises was shdTn to be very service
able IA keeping the adjoining buildings wet and thus
preventing their taking FIRE. The losses, as near as
we can learn. are about SI$.O 900, on which there
was no insurance
A.D- CartZizht-stoek Of grocerfs, 5000.
Q. Brewer = co--buidins ana gods Consumed $500.
u. Doa.et-carp-nters shop, $500.
J. BalsIei lest a small quantny 81 lumber.
The interruption in MIR. Carrwright's bu siness viii
only be temporary, rs he has Already taken the stand
formerly occupied by Mr.. Saviage in the Odd Fellows
Hall. and has new supplies pm board the Yankee
Erie and Rgdusa. all Of whith vessels are due.
The origin Of this FIRE is not known. 1t may have
been the work Of some mtschieyOus person, OF
1t may have originated from a,cigar, as in the case Of
the Brewer store in 1852, or il may have been set on
Ere by rats %nibbIing matches, q more frequent cause
than Is generally supposed Whatever may have
been the cause. il is one Of those accidents, which no
watehfuIness or forethought gan prevent. No one
slept in either Of the b~uildings consumed.
Respecting the supply Of water being shut of at
night, there has been some warm talk. But the
regulation has been SO clearly demonstrated to be
an injurious one, that we are satisfied some other
mode of regulating the water supply Of citizens will
be Immediately devised by those having charge Of it.
less periIOus to the public safety. If it is not, then
the matter should be taken in hand at once by those
whose lives, dwellings and property are thus risked.
The necessity Of an eficent hose-company was
plainly obvious at the FIRE, ID the loss Of time and
labor bestowed on some of thd engines. We under
stand Company No. 9 intend to make an appeal to
the public in this matter fOr assistance, and it is
hoped they will meet with encouragement and sue
cess. A good hose company is worth two engines.
especially with the force Of water we have in our
hydrants. For instance, after the hose is attached
at two or three hydrauts, the grea'er part of the
company would be enabled "a look after property
and work about the hre-theseby preventing theft,
which Is often carried on to a considerable extent
WELL MERITED.-The FTieza for November con-
tains n spicy and caustic reriew OF a new book
on these islands, written by one Manley Hop
kins Of England. who has :never visited them,
and probably knows very little about them. From
sl we can learn Of the book, only two copies of which
have yet reached the islands. fhe criticisms of the
Friend are just and well merted. The last para
graph, embodying the views Of Mr.. Damon, after
twenty years residence here, will outweigh all the
assertions Of Mr.. Hopkins. we,insert it:
" We are not going to rebat Mf. Hopkins assertions
by statistics, or extracts from missionary reports, but
rs an offset 10 his assertions. we conclude our re-
marks, with some assertions Of cur own. Mr.. Hop
kins has never visited the islands. and We have lived
among the Hawaiian people for twenty years, We have
visited every inhabited island of the group except
NIihau, we have visited every missionary station on
the islands, and so1e of them repeatedly-we are
acquainted with every missionary and his
fImIly,-ve have spent many Sabbaths at the out
stations,-we have Travelled with and among Hawai-
ians on sea and land,-we have slept in their houses,
-we are personally acquainted with hundreds and
thousands Of them-We have worshipped in their
churches-we have sat up with them around the
% Table OF the LOrd'-uOwt this - the honest conclu-
sion TO which We have come. as the result of our
observation. that, in proportions to the population Of
the islands, there are upon an average as many true
christians among them, as there are among the peo-
pie OF America, or EuroPe,-we will not except New
England, Scotland or England, or any other particu-
larry favored portion Of these countries"
NEwsPtpOEuL THUSDER-The PolyaesiaH has
n P~eHehaHt for hunting up and giving currency
TO every story that IS set afost about the mission
aries, and affects to believe. the last falsehOOd
published in the HOku PakipiEa about them, to
the effect that they have &c enj5inei on their church
members not to take the Hoku .PILipikG. for it was
a great sin to do So" sc. Now the PoIynesian
knows Is well as We do, that that statement was
false and u slaRdeT puTpOSely uttered. Ever since
the rival native newspapers started, il has continued
to REUTER- such base SANDERS, without foundation.
The subject Of native newspapers came up for dis
cussion in the religious association referred to, as
shown in the report published in the RuokoG, and
the native members expressed themselves freely on
the merits Of the two papers. II is not to be won
dered at that they should do SO, when their patron
age is solicited to support q paper, which habitually
heaps abuse alike on their religion and their reli-
giOus teachers, and whose chief aim appears to be
TO overthrow every institution which has a beneficial,
moral and religious influence on the community.
- The calm s~outherIy weather which has pre-
vailed for some days forbids our looking with much
confidence for a mail till the return Of the trades.
Last year on the 7;h Of November, the clipper
SrordfSh arrived with our mails, having had n
passage OF tiCsHfy days. With such weather as we
now have, We need hardly look for the Yankee
before the 10th. Monday next