The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-05-06
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY, MA 6.

Hi tAtitIuz war news HuiCii the TWO last
packets brought in, has so engrossed and elevat-
ell our whole community, that other interesting
and To these islands highly important Intelligence
has not received that attention which it rrouerly
claims. We refer to the certainty, which is
now apparent, that monthly steam communi-
cation between San Francisco and China. touch
ing at Honolulu, Will be an established fact
within the current year. "The ships are now
contracted for, and will be ready for service
within one year.
The Pacific mail steamship company, to
whom no doubt the contract for CARRYING the
mails will be awarded by the American govern
ment, ut a subsidy Of $500, 900 per annum,
has, by its former liberal and successful manage
ment on the Panama route, earned a reputation
which guarantees that the new line to China
Will IN point of regularity and efficiency come
quite up 10 the requirements Of the immense
trade with the opulent East, which is soon to
pour its lavish wealth into the lap of California.
The wonderful spectacle is presented to the
world Of a great nation, hardly yet emerged
IRON the death grip of Il monster rebellion
aimed ut ITS very existence, turning aside from
the smoke and carnage of battle TO direct ito
yet elastic energies to spreading the peaceful
triumphs Of trade on Il vast and distant ocean.
and boldly bidding for the carrying trade of the
world.
The grand future that is in store for Calif5r-
MIA, when ere the great Pacific railway from
the Atlantic shall connect with the ocean
steamers to and from China and Japan. mocks
the Imagination to guess at. In an incredibly
short period San Francisco-under such cir
cumstances, with its Incompatible bay, its
noble river communications, its splendid lines
Of coast steamers, and more than all, its young,
energetic and intelligent Community Of mer-
chant princes-must become n vast commercial
metropolis in the front rank of the great cities
Of the earth.
As California increases in commerce popu-
lation and wealth, 50 will increase the de-
mands upon the agricultural resources Of these
islands, and we shall grow with her growth and
strengthen with her strength. \ short-sighted
Ministry, though they may for IL time re-
tard, by their petty schemes and fossilized
policy, the = manifest destiny of the country,
will nevertheless be powerless to prevent its
ultimate advance to its natural and inevitable
position of material and political Importance
in the North Pacific. The fact grows more
apparent day by day, that the Ministry are
not up to their work, and every change in
its complexion makes bad worse. However
much the Ministry, and advisers of His Majesty.
may wish to sink the fact that American in
tereSts prevail in this group, and from the
very nature Of position and circumstances must
prevail, ii still stares them in the face. and
they can no more hide it than they can crush
the fast growing republic from which a verv
large majority OF our best foreign citizens spring.
We wish that they could be weaned for a time
from the grand scheme of . orders of merit
and kindred decorations, to more matter-or-
work, more cspecially-with all due res
pcct to His ~Naiesty-when we find that. in
some instances, they have been conferred upon
those whose labors for the welfare of the peo-
pie are Of doubtful Importance, and whose
term of service may yet be counted in months,
rather than years. thus tending to cheaper the
honor intended to be conferred.
2 The true friends Of His Majesty and people.
can but hail the approaching advent of steam
navigation IS an earnest Of the advancement
Of American interests as a strong link which
shall bind yet closer our interests with those Of
the young and powerful states Of the Pacific
and through which We shall now imme-
feel the rulsations of the great world
will not here undertake TO enumerate the
numerous advantages which must accrue TO Homo
and the islands at large from the monthly
Tisits Of these steamers. The dullest apprehen-
ion cannot but see and comprehend the certain
md healthy impulse which will be given TO all
branches of business, and that every denizep of
he islands, however humble his position in life,
sill feel in q more or less degree. the enlivening I
influence that steam navigation.-tha rcvolu
ionizer of the age. that -fladdin's lamp of com {
l-rce and Individuality carries in its smok- t
~ track. c
The question now arises Is the Hawaiian Gov :
awake to the realities Of the coming ;
n, and will they exert themselves energeticalIy ;
nj literally to provide the necessary facilities {
f port, storage and wharfage accommodations c
II the , .OOO ton steamers. that. before the pres f
NJ year rolls 10y will be- seen making there [
lynthly visits u the harb0r Of Honolulu? L
As far as possible, this should be made \ free Z
NJ tor the steamers. with free pilotago IRE O