The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-09-16
Communicated
NIauritius.
rConc.uied fron issue q 81 ms,

lCoacc1ed from issue OF ID ilst-l
From editorial remarks in the Port Louis Gazette
March 20. l quote Timely and abundant rains have
fallen. and the plantations generally have largely
profted, except in a few places where the pou blanc
and the disease probably the white louise and the
bOrer) had become too strongly attached y con-
tinuaton OF the same weather and freedom from
hurricane Will improve the prospects for the next
crop, and confirm Us in the estimate we have al
ready ventured on, viz: 10000 tons"
The sugar-market here has not undergone any
change, No. IL ruling at 81 -. L observe they
reckon now in dollars and cents, which have dis
placed the stupid l. s. ID. system.1 NotwiIhstand-
ing the inundatiOn. (which took place in Febru-
ary,l and the slowness OF the price Of produce,
confidence prevails. engagements are punctually
met, and. Judging from the high prices lately paid
for Commercial Bank shares, there is no want Of
capital for safe investment;
In one of the dailies Is a long reprintfrom 4 Lon
don pamphlet. on 'Tubercular LeprOsy in NADIA
Qascar." which you must make room FOR in your
columns soon as possible. particularly as the symp-
toms there described appear 70 be Identical with
those here. The writer sets ont with the assertion
that leprOsy had nearly died into history in the old
and new world. when suddenly II broke out airesh
nearly simultaneously all over the world. Here
il one clause. italics and all: Leprosy seems 10
be a disease sai geaeTis, distinct altogether from
syphilis and yaws propagatIng ltseif By heredI-
ta-y transmission, and possibly By aaOctddfiCh. Il
probably seldom occurs Immediately or at once. IN
any constitution. from the causes originating il,
but ~gT1lhSHHg by the persistence OF the causes op-
Grating through successive generations This pa
per cannot fail 10 be very Interesting 10 the d" pro
feSsioa" here. There i also = paper on cholera.
By Dr.. - r Barrant. interesting on account Of his
successful treatment Of that epidemic ~ Mauritius
in the years 1859 and 1852. The medicine he
has trusted 10 mainly has been the extract OF bel
ladOnna. in small doses of a quarter Of a grain.
given every half hour. (this for adults,l and con-
tinued until its physiological effects. such as dila-
ton OF the pupils, &c. become apparent. Then
she frequency Of administering il. he says. should
be reduced to every second or fourth hour. until
there i a recurrence Of the urinary secretion, when
it should be stopped entirely However. We are
not likely 20 be afflicted here soon with that terri
bic malsdy. now that the Minister of Foreign Re
latioIs has lately purified the atmosphere by isSU-
ing a formidable official SlGHdamnUs against the
Shenandoah and all other SO-called Confederate"
pirates. whose belli-erent rights be acknowledged
with so great alacrity four years ago. and Is now
painfully impressed with the ridiculous appear
ance be would make in Withdrawing them
Mauritius is not go favorably located geographi-
cally for commanding the cOmmerce OF the Indian.
a. these Islands are for commanding the commerce
% TIE Pacific Ocean. vet by her tremendous efforts
In agriculture. has made herself the focus where
all the European and Oriental mail routes mus
converge. In looking over the commercial notices
| find mail steamers advertised 70 leave for SueZ-
Bombay. Singapore. Australia and Cape OF Good
Hope, IN fact she occupies the point of an irregu-
lar Y designating the routes Of commerce. | dare
FAY the conspirators who manage this government
arr wide awake 70 = ike OF greater destiny for
the-e islands. and are taking measures accordingly.
particularly since the passage Of the bill in the
United States Congress authorizing the Trans
Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company touching here.
but l have not been Informed Of any very encOur-
aging ones. except institUting the Order Of Kane
hameha l.. virtually prohibiting the Importation of
lsh0T. rJrFanrzing the schools. Introducing the