The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-06-24
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Letter from Maui.

MAUI, June, 1865.
MR. EDITOR Your special would not have you
suppose that he failed stop and pay his respects
the proprietor Of the Wakapu Plantation. The
sight Of those verdure clad fields stretching up the
hiIl-sdes is indeed striking TO the appear
Of Waikapu few years since, and our friend
Louzada could ask better monument to the u
ergy and time he has expended here than the sue
cessfuI plantation now existing doubt if many of
the names that stand upon the Government records
as servants Of tie Kingdom and beuefactOrs Of the
race. and upon the rolls Of the knightly Order OF
Kamehameha, for services to the dynasty Of
ereigns, will leave more permanent mark upon the
well-being of the kingdom than he There Is
thing in u quiet persistent energy, when applied to
the development Of resources, that s worthy Of
acknowledgment among the causes which have added
and still contributing the national we'll being.
/ have seen Crown Ministers. and others high in
authority, cOurtug the society OF some latey
nobody III Honolulu, and endeayoring impress
them most fIyorably, that the nation might derive
the benefit Of their good opinion, when they would
have done better 10 have to il that who
tOug for the establishment of enterprises that
to uuderlie the whole fabric Of national
prosperity might feel that they had the sympathy
and countenance Of the powers that be, and not be
left to the suspicion that their be
taxed so support the empty show that hlunted
IN the disting guishei strangers face impress him
60 iavoraby. Waikapu looks like q place Of work.
There is u busy aspect to the place, and it is much
than is - the corner" Of Honolulu. IL IS hard,
however for the stranger to tear himself away from
the pressing Invitations Of mine host, the proprietor,
to stay and ride his horses and otherwise make free
with his property. Success to him who evoked this
vision Of beautiful utility cut of the sandy plain by
his perseverance.
IL il Unly two and n half miles TO Wailuku the
magnificent. 1 visited the place some years since,
and then it seemed me the valley of dreams Sill
very courses traced hither and thither, bub-
bling aEd gurgIiug with halfsmothered sound.
aHaR he fha uf fha mia
conceivable shade Of green hecked the hsides, ter
raced with the gstening taro, and up from the bed
the murmur Of its sparkling river while round
the mountain peaks the clouds seemed roll in de-
Iicious misty languOr. | spent some weeks there,
and laid for hours the grassy banks, and still
member well the fOrgefu stiffness. the feeling Of
quietuie, which always suggested that beautiful line,
80, rest of ress-O, peace serene eternal"
Aud that idea Of Bayard Taylor's in his description
OF an oriental bath We only know that there is
existence somewhere in the air. and that wherever it
is and whatever it may be, it Is happy" But
have seen the valley when wrapped in the gloom of
the coming storm, and heard from its depths roll up
its TO the booming roll of the cloud kings
wrathful thunder il crashed through the head Of
the vale. l have heard the sOughng of the winds
they bent the boughs, and the tall of the n-drop
in its tropical fullness, and the swollen
into torrent, that fought its way with madness
through the gorge. and joined in the chorus of Ma
ture's choir. This was, however, but n transient
scene, and my memory has always reverted more to
the tranquility which usually broods the scene.
aud il therefore with sort Of inward protest
against the uttarianism of the age that saw that
Prometheus bound. and that part OF the stream
whose lullaby had been sweet memory to me was
beiag broken and tortured on the wheel ii IL
demned to and crush the stalks the other part
Of itself had nourshed into life. But it IS so in
everything. Zen crush the glowing seize its
waning sweetness. But here. though the tranquil
drelm OF peace IS broken by the hum of the wheel
and the Kissing OF steam the shouting of the team
ard shout or the Overseer, the valley and hill
sides still Teguaut in beauty; not the erratic
.E.. ~. -. ,rf.
irregular features Of youth are drawn into the re
pose Of maturity. and the eye rests upon large fields
Of green instead Of broken patches. But l have
been viewing Wauku merely in its natural features.
Let me allude to il town town-what and
Il called Lahaina city. Let US be Consistent.
Since last visited this place, 1t has grown wonder
fully IN size and Importance. Where one store
opened its doors, three or four invite your
; butchers shop displays its cuts of city finish;
hotel. with It's table dhote, asks you refresh the
inner man; a wheelwright's shop. with its water
power lathe, stands near the fOur-mi!l with its
water wheel; the sugar establishment of the Wal
luku Sugar Company, With its chimney set upon
hill. and its wheel. Everywhere friend,
the OF water, with his persistent energy, IS
the helper Of in his feeble efforts; and down the
where enterprsuS Of France has invaded
rearing the walls OF his house a
without the charms OF society ON the pleasant
yraniahs Of It's gHooTerd cottages You vii see the mistress
q the house and doubt not that tea hsht are an nstn
place and would that the city %
instutJu In fact heard Of instance polite young
who had shown some kind attention to damse beiEg
by guardian OF his Intentions
Why. itself twisted the
which feminine ingenuity such sto
would stock while the incident shows Us that
Propeties o hf- though; of here Waluku has its
opinion, who whereof
they affirm and who holI prejudice unquestoningiy
think the majority % foreigners here Of origin,
rejoice the Glory The
h5 foreign population express
loyalty the throne Of the Kamehamehas, while
crItscislug would
Minister visited aluLu while and
IN his quiet uuobtrsve winning friends His good
doubted. and the he seemed
public and in the enterprises
him better the subjects his King than
o
other Ills 9Iatys continues
sc4uaIu
h viii doubtless he OF greater service TO the King than
sycophau da! constitutional law be.
different denominations example
% enterprise people Protestant clergyman
quite large under cultivation geutenanly
that promises wealth the district The natives not
be1Indhand. patches Of
growing and the uiIowners spirit Of
Ineudabl= hbeTaity towards them.
Beyond WalCEu slopes. wateTed by the NRiehu
ani Wshee the Waihee Plantation. Here te
hand Of enterprise has wrought something like
"A change
Into something Tich and strange
The OF the hills growing the
eye when chimney long, neat factory looking
aouents which the general
arrange the building evidence small aTcitec
ai and engineering skill in their plan and construction and
the building
sending their chimney.
gals buzzng away in, better fitted for Han Of
music and Of fang The Of coolers kept full
centratei sweets idea Of the amount Of doing
while outside the various coored dresses pic
turesque additions 70 the
would not attempt give figures Of product
cFs or manufacture per diem should only bewlder your