The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-01


EGg' From a private letter received by a late mail
from a gentleman residing in Boston, We extract the
following, which will interest Americans
"Al efforts to develop the agricultural resources
of your Islands should be encouraged, not only by
the Government, but by the whole body of the peo-
pie. for ii is evident that their future Importance will
dcpend almost entirely upon the productions of the
soil, especially sugar, coffee and cotton, for | DO not
see why all your products cannot be disposed Of on
the Pacific coast, provided there be no unfriendly
legislation. These staples will be very profitable
while the war in this country continues, aud it may
be for Il longer period; but when peace comes to US,
and the slaves are emaucipated, aud the South is
thrown open to Northern skill and capital, shall we
not, as before, compete successfully with the whole
world in the culture OF these important staples
Our future i magnificent beyond description. With
slavery dead, ami our army made up, as il is, of
skilled artisans i'm every department of mechanics,
and educated men of every profession, ready to mi
CRATE and settle as soon as peace returns, what will
they not accomplish in Il generation! The war has
borne heavily on the North, and the worst has not
yet appeared; but the gain will be worth all the cost.
The war has educated the nation 10 great things, and
has developed its resources TO an extent perfectly as
founding, and lis recupeTatIve powers will place It,
in ten years from the close of the war, greatly in ad-
vance Of its former position.
Our election resulted "a it should, as you have
learned ere this. II was a splendid sight to see this
great people 60 to the polls, and quietly decree death
and damnatiou to SLAYER and its advocates aud de-
Tenders, the Democratic party. The angel Of the
Lord called Abraham a second time and the Demo
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worlds buried 80 deep that the trumpet Of the res
direction cannot rouse it again.
ADDRESS on EDUCATIOS-We have received copies
of the Santa Cruz Sentinel of February 1, contain
ing an address delivered before the Teachers Tnsti-
tute Of that place, by William White, A. NJ. formerly
Of Honolulu. The subject is, the high destiny Of
free schools, and the lecture abounds with good
advice to teachers. The following facts, narrated
by the author, are not generally known
1T is related Of Henry Ward Beecher that when
q student at Amherst College, he was regarded as
below mediocrity in his studies. For days together
he would neglect the lessons assigned TO his class,
and apparently waste his time in pouring over
Shakespeare. But here was a man Of a single book.
His was 4 mighty and luminous mind concentrating
into n burning focus its ~retulgeut rays, which might
otherwise have dispersed and lost. Here was a Ma
poleon in the realms OF mind massing his forces
against q single point. I once myself heard Louis
hossuth, the distinguished Hungarian exile, declare
that ne had acquired the English language from the
study of Shakespeare and Webster's Dictionary alone,
during a two years confinement in an Austrian
dungeon, and purer English than his was never
uttered by any foreigner"
PRETTY HEAvY.-In the book store is 8 sample
stick of sugar-cane, from the Ulupalakua plantation
RATION crop, that goes ahead of anything we have
seen in the ration line. It has ffty-fc- joints, and
is a little short OF that number Of feet in length.
Those interested in cane culture would do we'll to
its original appearance. rs II has been on exhibition
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