The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-27
Letter from San Francisco.

Say FE,SC,~rp. Oc:obcr 10th. IsGG.
EDrTOE PATFC CDHWEEcrAI. ADVERTISER When
last the strIm.r Sacramento had lust arriy-
cd from Panama bringing Queen Emma and suite.
Since then she ha- been staying IN town al the
Occidental Hotel. receiving the quiet but hearty
attentions of the highest representative officers Of
the General. State and Municipal Governments as
well many Of most distinguished citizens.
Owing /" the death Of hcr foster mother the lat,.
Mr. DIR. Ro0kr. Queen Emma has declined accept
ing any public festivities which was the wish Of
many citiz"nS to give in honor of her arrival She.
has however in transformations manner visited
number of public schools the industrial school
a church fair. the f,riifcntons around the harLor
and last. not least the Mission Wooden Mills one
Of the great industrial enterprises Of this city. By
her quiet. lad yliIl di.niiicd manner. Queen Emma
has gained the highest esteem and good will Of ali
who have seen her. Her visit will br likely 20
main long in the rccoilections Of our people. and
has already caused higher estimation of the char
acrr Of the native population Of your islands than
has heretofore been the casc.
Honor to the Queen-The U. S. Steamer Van
derbiIt.
To do honor to the Hawaiian Government the
President Of the United States has tcnder,d Queen
Emma and suite the of the war steamer T,in-
desJN which will sair for your port with its dis
uugui-htd guest III a dhy or iWO IL bis vessel l.
the largest steamer in navy with exception
of the Niagara. which. however. is a propeller.
The TdBderJW is said to be the fastest vessel afoat
being capable Of making r.,sH ta ?r9i%,', a., ~ N
about six days If required. She-i- however so
costly boat that fast cGr.uu,ip, I3o tons
of coal every - hours when hushcd. that il is
probable she Will he run at q medina eneed so "A
to make the passage in from eight to nine days.
The E,ilura Of rbos Iuoroc+t U-oo1-s q
regret note tlie failure of the mercantile firm
of Chas. Wolcott Brooks & Co. Of this city. This
firm. wcll-known IN the commercial relations of
your people, stopped payment on Monday. owing
to cmbarrassncnts growing ont of outside business
transactions. Il seems that the firm in some way
became involved in the business of II. T. Cutter of
this city. spccuiator in whisky, United States
bonds and gTccnbacks. The losses mainly
through their connection with Mr.. Cutters spccu-
latiuH~. but the primary Is said to have been
largely increased by the defIlcaions Of - trusted
bOnkkrcpcr. who died Suddenly about a year since
II / mistake not. this party was for sever; years
resident of Honolulu. in the employ OF y j. Cart
wright. \ thorough accountant anI personal friend
Of at least one member of the firm. no dpufts of
his integrity entertained 10y his employers
until after hi1,.lth. when this e!Ilc.tipn
pccLc,I. The embcZzied i commonly report
ell - abOut SEQ 900. aBd it i now believed from
suspicious circumstances then noted, that the death
of tn. drfautinS party a suicide. II seems
scarcely probable. however. that such amount
cauId have been stolen 'rLD't iIHHedIis discovery.
or that the party could make u>n Of it without
attracting attention from those who knew the limit
Ell extent Of lis personal means. The only irregiI-
Iarit-~ in which he il known to have induIgcd was
excessive drinking after business hours. which
alone could certainly never hav" used the sum
ii Of i
tire business public towards the firm of Brooks 4
Co. and it i hoped that they may be able. to
s,Ime Legitimate business before long IL j. report
eel that they secured the creditors of the firm. by
assignments. before falling. leaving the creditors
in the transactions with II. +. Cutter to take
Of themselves.
Death of Charles X. Smith.
have t. chronicle the death OF Charles X. Smith
who in company with his brother benjamin and
Mr. Tildcn visited your islands last wiutcr. His
death was from a wound caused by the bursting of
fowIing piece while hunting near Napa. Mr.. .
Smith was a man Of genial humor. and stood de-
s,.rvcdIy high with the business public with whom
he lad dealings in this city.
The New Paper-Its Editor.
The new paper. The Times" advertised .
Yesterday to issue its first number the 9TH No
v-mber This paper has been incorporated for the .
last five months but from a variety of causes has .
been delayed in publication. Several changes .
have been reported made in the proposed manage
ment-and it i understood that its controlling /
editor will he Noah Brooks-inte naval officer at .
this port The tone Of the paper will bc decidedly
radical. supporting the reconstruction policy OF
Congress. Mr. Brooks i a talented. vigorous
writer having been of the editors Of the Marys-
Vile ipperl few years since. and still later the
special correspondent Of the Sacramento Union at
Washington. In the latter position. being old .
personal friend of President Lincoln. he about
being appointed a. his private Secretary when the
assassination Of April. 1865. took place. He
appo inted naval officer by President Johnson. and
when the late presidential electioneering raid was
over. was made the first victim Of political gull
lOtine in California.
Political Matters
Regarding political matters. quite remarkable
changes have occurred with political leaders i'll the
Eastern states within the last few days. Ii now
comes ont that the so-called National Union Con
vrnton Of President Johnson NJ Philadelphia was
the result of a bargain between some tricky insin-
cere Union men and the mass OF the old Demo
cratic Coppcrhcad- ad-Secession party. The latter
were to take the back seat first under the guild
ance of the former. This programme partly
carried ont but the Democratic element finding
Itself the strongest. ignored the agreement and
came out tlat-footed for plunder The political de-
5auehery Of the transaction was plain. that ii
has strengthened the hands of Congress. and the
elections which are take place in this and next
month in the Atlantic States will be overwhelm-
ingv against the candidates who support the Presi-
dents policy Rats desert a sinking ship. and their
example has been followed by the political sup