The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-20
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Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,, OCTOBER 20.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.


TRASH ron FrEI--A correspondent at Lahaina,
sends w. a few lines noticing the improvements
lately made in the Pioneer mill, by which the trash
l. made to serve n the only fuel required IL. mann-
featuring four tons Of sugar per diem. The Bailey
mill at Wailuku Is arranged on a similar plan. and
uses only trash for fuel. though it turns out less
sugar daily. OF course the cost of making sugar
i very greatly reduced 10y the introduction Of the
improvements referred TO:
DEAR SE:-Ihave read your remarks. At various
times. setting forth the danger. that the mountains
of these Islands viii soon he stripped Of their tor
rst- and become Sunburnt misunderstanding rain
clouds instead Of attracting them-that hence our
rains must diminish. and our plains become barren
wastes. Many besides yourself have INDUCED in
such reflections as these We have all of rs re-
joiccd to see sugar plantations multiplying around
IA. producing what seemed 10 promise to be the
great staple of the islands already yielding wealth
to individuals. increasing the property and revenue
of the whole nation. and already pOnrIng hundreds
Of thousands OF dollars, every year, into the treas
ury of the United States. But when we have seen
q new sugar mill erected, except In a few cases
where they have sufficient water power. we lave
soon seen its furnaces swallowing up suCr an enor-
nous amount of fuel As has been truly %frightful, if
we allowed ourselves 10 cast an eye a little into the
future and We have often asked, where will all
this matter end? Is sugar making to be a peIma-
nent business in the Sandwich Islands? And if 50,
will coal be introduced in season to relieve our
forests? Perhaps. the remedy tor these evils feared
is at hand.
l cannot tell you how much l was delighted the
other day. on going into the - Pioneer Sugar Mill
Campbell q Turton's) OF this place. to see all
their works carried on. in the most vigorous man
ner. by Il fire fed only by their cane trash. There
was a train of kettles and a hale train (siX kettles
in alD besides a large strike pan. all in a state of
lively ebullition and. at the same time. the boiler
showed a pressure of forty pounds OF steam. sun-
Gent 10 drive the engine. to work one pair Of sepa-
rators. and to heat mp the strike pant also served
some other purposes. This mill is smaller than
MANY others in the Sandwich Islands but they
were making about four tons of sugar in a day
and all the use made of wood in accomplishing
this was a little 10 start the steam in the morning
and that was applied. not under the regular boiler,
but under the old boiler. which is now used as a
steam receiver. Had | any skill in machinery or
in sugar-making, ! should be tempted to give q
description of some of the works in this mill. hop
ing to facilitate others in adopting any improve
ments there may be but | will only add. that.
since the close of the last grinding season. MesSrs.
c. & T. have arranged entirely anew all that part
of their works which relates Immediately To boil
ing sugar and the production OF steam. Any one
can now see. at n glance. a compactncss IN the
arrangement of this part which Is not ioulld in all
Our sugar mills"
CHINESE EMIGRANTs.-The ship Mary Frances
brought from China a company OF fifty or sixty
emigrants. including men. women and children.
These Chinese are mostly farmers of the better
class. who have been induced to migrate hlther,
and locate on these islands. They appear healthy
ana WclflO-uO. iHeH llNtly NV IblhuA Sh CIV
quite a curiosity. and perfectly at home among us.
We learn that the men propose TO obtain land, anu
cultivate rice. cane or anything that may pay well.
But as the better class of Chinese generally take 10
merchandising. it is probable that these farmers
will rclinquish their old vocation for that, as
soon as they find how much less manual labor
it requires. We hear it stated that if this colony
proves a successful enterprise. others and larger
ones will follow. In the course of q few years,
il isSn2t unlikely that the Chinese element will,
nv immiqration T+4-intermalriaee utn,in1eerth @
pure natives. and thus a new and superior stock
will s~upplant the old race.
TS- HIS MAJESTY THE KING left for Lahaina on
Wednesday at > P. NJ, in the schooner Netie -HeT-
rjH. which had been fitted mp for his convenience.
About fifty attendants accompanied him, among
whom we observed Captains Prcndergast and Rus
sell. and Hon. j. Ii. From Lahaina the party will
proceed to iIiIo. and perhaps make the circuit of
Hawaii. and will be absent about four weeks. The
King went in his private yacht from his marine
villa to the schooner, and wasgreeted on his arrival
on board with a royal salute from Punchbowl and
from the Prussian war steamer Tinetd, which
vessel manned her yards and cheered His Majesty
as the schooner swung off into the stream.
JUVENILE Prx.-A little boy in one of our pri-
vate schools. not more than seven or eight years of
age. who is just commencing his journey up the
hill of fame, as the rest of mankind before him have
tried to do,
-" with his knapsack on his back
learned from his reading lesson that General
Washington had no peer" He conned it over and
over in his mind. thinking it very singular that he
should not be allowed to have pia or arrowroot,
when anybody can get all he wants. by simply ask
ing for it. So when he returned home, the first
question he asked his mother was-"M Mother. why
couldn't Washington have any pja >" After n little
explanation. the Juveniles anxiety was removed
he comprehendcd the whole matter. and came Ia
the conclusion no doubt. that the General didn't
lack his pjd, even if lie had no peer.
SUPREME CoURT.-At the opening of the Court
on Monday last, the counsel for the prisoner in the
case of the King as. Asee (the cOolie charged with the
murder of Mr.. Dudoit.) moved a postponement of
the trial for one week. on the ground that hc had
not had sufficient time to examine into the facts.
that several important witnesses were absent, and
that the remaining counsel. on whom the prisoner
relied. were detained on Hawaii. After a full hear
ing of the arguments against an adjournment. made
bv the Atturnev-G General. the Court granted the
request Of the counsel of the prisoner, and the case
will come up again on Monday next.
ANOTHER BuRGLARY-The dwelling of Mr.. c. s.
Barlow was entered during his absence on Wednes-
day evening, and sundry articles ofvaluable cloth
ing distracted. \ man who has the temcrity to
steal the clothes of a person so well known as an
auctioneer, runs IA fair chance of fetching up in the
Insane Asylum. However. our friend the auc-
tioneer finds the thief has put in practice his own
daily song going. going and that the clothes
are actually =. gone" There's no disputing the
bid this time. =
AGALA NIGHr-The Germans in Honolulu are
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