The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-28
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
O 28.

SATURDAY,. OCTOBER %.
\ RETURN TO our post, after an absence OF
twenty-eight weeks, and the re-occupation of
the editorial chair, affords us n suitable occa-
sion to express the thought uppermost in our
mind as we sit down and take the old pen
that has served US these long years, and send
to each of our subscribers scattered from the
western shore of Niihau to the green fields of
Kau, a warm and heartfelt ALOHA. The pen
that we left has been judiciously guided by our
worthy assistant, and, so far as we can learn
to the satisfaction of all concerned. while an
increasing subscription list and q generous adj
yertising patronage, are evidences that the Ad-
r~ertiSer is esteemed at home as Il welcome guest,
and in the c~ounting-roOm as 4 valuable assist
ant. In resuming its change, we can promise
no more than that, and TO that end ali our
efforts shall be directed.
1t is indeed a pleasure, after having yoyaged
and travelled some eighteen or twenty thousand
miles on water and on land, TO reach home
again, though that home be within the coral
bound shores of an island in the center of the
Pacific, and surrounded by two thousand miles
of water. For such homes as most Of our sub
scribers enjoy on this lovely group, many a
one in other climes has sighed in vain, and
more than one poet has sung, in sentiment if
not in language,-
"Oh had we some bright little isle of orr own,
In a blue summer ocean far of and alone,
And the bee banquets on through a whole year OF flowers
Where the sun loves to pause
That the night only draws
Where simply to feel that We breathe, that we live.
Is worth the best joys that life elsewhere can give"
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realization of the poets dream, and what all
the wealth of London, Paris or New York, can
never purchase for such as live in those cities
an Eden-like home of perpetual spring and
balny winds, ''rck0e the be- bangudS on Through
a 5choie gear If fodosrs." Nowhere in OUT
travels have we found Il climate of such un-
riyaled mildness and sllubrity as cure. The
damp fogs that daily sweep over and envelope
San Francisco. with their chilly northern winds,
are anything but pleasant, at least to strangers
the intense heat and absence Of steady winds
all along the shores Of Mexico anu Central
America. including Panama and Asrinwall,
render life there almost an intoleFab!e bur
den while the sudden changes Of temperature
throughout the middle and Eastern States, with
their hot summer days, cold, icy winters, and
raw North winds, that come when least looked
for, cause many a weakly frame to long for
milder homes. There is something about our
climate 50 fascinating, that every one abroad
who has lived here either speaks of it with
pleasurable recollections, or expresses the wish
to return and enjoy it again.
The sight of old Diamond Head with its
peculiar brown sunburnt slopes, rising, as we
approach it through the channel, like an island
out Of the deep sea, and looking like a crouch
ed lion guarding the port and towns one of
the most pleasant TO a returning Hawaiian that
can be imagined, and one which can never be for
gotten, when viewed under favorable circum-
stances. Many a one returning from abroad,
has spoken of the pleasure which the first view
of this old landmark has afforded. 1t is TO us
what the - Golden Gate is to San Francisco.
During our absence we have met many faces
familiar here in former years, and it is really
surprizing how numerous they were. Not only
in San Francisco and California is this the case,
but throughout the Eastern cities and States
are many who have lived or travelled in Hawaii
nei. On any steamboat or railroad train We
might chance to take passage, we were almost
sure to meet some one whom we had known
in Honolulu. And it is exceedingly pleasant
TO meet countrvmen on a foreign shore. wherever
II may De; ana the hearty grasp Il III ONu aC-
quaintance's hand in a strange city is not soon
forgotten. More than once, while hurrying
through the streets, we were stopped by former
island residents, whose delight at meeting one
Just in from the "old country" could hardly
be surpassed by Pats irrepressable joy. One
day, while walking through South Street, New
York. the familiar salutation aloha" greeted
us, and on looking round we observed a Ha-
waiian sailor, who had often seen US in Homo
lulu. 90 VIM DC, paha," he continued.
.. Ae, ola ko'u inoa aloha &C." On inquiry,
we found he was following the sea, and had
very little idea of ever returning to these islands,
nor did he appear anxious to. He said there
were other islanders living in the city or sail
ing out from that port. y few Hawaiian pa
pers which we had in our trunk pleased him
wonderfully, both on account of their size and
the home news, for be had not forgotten 20
read his mother tongue. He appeared comfort
ably off. contented and in want of nothing,
though he had many inquiries to make about
his native island Maui. as he had been absent
since the death cf Kauikcaonli in 1854. How