The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-01
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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AS 1eANN "NSA Al ENSS S DN~Hf AO
outstanding several arrivals from the Coast On
elsewhere, and that of the - first whaler fror
the North. =. Quarter day 5" will doubtless clos
up the dull season, and the usual hustle and &C
tivity will set in with October LIST. How tn
months and quarters glide by! Almost befor
the last butchers and grocers' bills are paid ant
filed away, new ones are politely handed in, re
minding US that '' We still live and must ca
and drink whether contentment follows or not.
News from the Arctic has arrived-meagre anG
poor, to be sure-but " good news always travels
slowly and is generally distanced by the stale
Too often, { lame ducks are the messengers tina
herald the incoming of the flock. Small favors
are thankfully received, and if we cannot publish
to-day the list of full ships and report "plenty
of whales" we can easily fancy them-for half
the news and gossip current throughout the world
is made up Of Z" fancy sketches" Besides we re-
member that in former seasons, poor reports have
generally preceded good ones,-and that whales
are seldom raised except by a sharp lookout at
the masthead. Our report in another column
should, therefore, be digested as q ''fancy sketch"
in keeping with the usual first reports.
There was an election on Thursday last for
members to what has been called a Legislative
h0NhiH NUI "Hd hoJ cS hiOtS PAoPSiJ eAhNN
u I" Drumhead legislature" There were 262
votes cast on the occasion, which is two hundred
more than vas expected, even by the most ardent
ministerial enthusiasts. Six foreign votes Tor
votes of foreigners not connected with the Gov
ernment) were said to be cast among them. Of
the 2o2 voters, about lC2 were soldiers, IS to 100
government officers, their attaches and adherents,
leaving from 60 to IS names which may be taken
as independent voters. One can readily perceive
that the Ministry have the full swing, and have
of course elected their candidates. Black
George had the honor Of three votes. 1t is said
that if any kind friend had helped him to get
printed ballots, he would have swept the course.
No one doubts it.
The public will be surprised at Mr.. Castles
lending himself to be q tool of a Ministry which
has proved a disgrace to the country. No one
will envy the honor of an election by such a con-
stituency as polled their votes on Thursday. Mr..
Castle is not the representative of any foreign in
terests or any independent class of natives, but
of the minions of the Ministry. In accepting the
place, he stoops from the high position he has
held to become the apologist of a Ministry, whose
every act has been to strasgle freedom and make
the Hawaiians slaves. If there is a spark of the
true American blood in his veins, he will spurn
the p~roffered bride, in the language of the Scot
fish Knight
"Nor will I barter freedoms cause,
For Ensland's wealth or ROme's applause"
Let q" Black George " occupy the seat, for he
would carry honor to it, and would never bow
down and kiss the feet Of Ministers that seek to
tread upon his neck.
Even were the late election and the coming
Assembly in every respect legal, which many
question, Mr.. Castles seat in the Privy Council
him totally unfit 10 represent the popular
He is a government man, and can only
take a ministerial view of politics. The barren
honor of a privy councillor has completely
changed his views of men and things, and the
present degradation to a seat IN the Assembly,
should he retain it, will destroy public confidence
in him.
The Onrard brings us a NAL batch Of foreign
news, including Geographic dates from Washing
ton to September g. Nothing very startling has
during the three days reported since the
previous mail. The official reports of Generals
and Hood confirming the capture of At
ANITA, are given, leaving no room to question the
victory. The following extract from a letter
written by one of the officers of Sherman's army
was dated Just before the fall of Atlanta, but in
that Sherman does not mean to rest idle !
.ong
General Sherman has gathered together all of his
mighty hosts for n weighty blow, and, as these dis
positions promise, it will not be long in msking
Known its effects. He is not the commander to allow
IN enemy TO recover from an exhaustive battle, while
lie sits tamely by III quiet. He knows full wei; the
,reat advantage now offered him, and no man is ever
more prompt in improving such advantages. His
armies are in the best of spirits; his troops confident,
md in the few days to come great and glorious sue
esses will be ours. Ii is useless to speculate or TO
,romise Of success. for ere this reaches the public,
he telegraph will have given the results. Of one
hing. however. the people may rest assured, and
hat is, that this campaign is not yet ended. The
bject is not the possession of Atlanta, but the de-
tructiOn of the rebel army defending il, and that
Fill be accomplished before this army spreads its
ents over these hills and plains for rest or quiet.
his part Of the rebel Government Is lettering, and
is not the intention to give its defenders time or
TO prop its weakened frame or gather
eH material for additional aid. The blows must full ,
the armies while they are weak, and these will not .
few or long spared. When Hood. with his already ,
linned ranks, has been thoroughly beaten; when
is army bears no orgsniz Ition; when his troops are G
ALTERED and dishesrtened; when the hospitals Of the A.,
Outh are filed with those who will not yield so long ,
health or limbs are left them, then this army will .
title into quiet. then this campaign will have ended, !
nd our work finished. 9
Another late paper gives some particulars from !
en-. Grant, which will be worth insertion and !
erusal: g
Ex-Governor Ramsey, United States Senator from /
passed through rois city (ssys the Chica-
JourHai.) ca Touts for home, having. since the
Of Congress, been on q visit TO the army
Petersburg. He gives 3 very encouraging &C
unit Of the situation and the prospects. He visited
hcers and men full Of hope and confidence. They
sure that their present campaign will result not