The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-03-09
II PACIFIC
llnercial Advert.
SATURDAY Y, MARCH O..
San Francisco Correspondence.

SAN EANCT-to, February u. lNtG-
Since the sailing OF the bark CuaI-i9ye. on tie
% inst. for Your port. nothing has arrived from
the Islands. The brig Hasp-riaa + now hourly
looked for. aud i supposed 20 be long overdue.
The strong winds from the northwest that have
prevailed FOR the last ten days. may have had some
thing 20 do with her tardiHc--; still. she ought to
De- close at hand.
THE Cholera.
The - scare about this dreaded disease has en-
tirely passed away. : few cases occurred on the
steamer America. ON Ter trip from Nicaragua to
this port. A. soon rs the steamer made her ap-
pearance. she was boarded by IL Health Officer.
and ordered to be taken over TO Black Point. near
Sauce!ito. where she lay in quarantine for several
days. and after being thoroughly fumigated. she
was allowed to come TO her wharf at the foot OF
Mission street (where the Sandwich Island packets
lie) Great excitement was caused by her arrival,
and exaggerated rumors freely circulated through
out the city. Some to the effect that the Americo
had arrived with one hundred cases of cholera on
board. and that all the passengers and most of
their baggage had been landed also. that there
were fifty deaths on the passage. This of course
caused the widest excitement. The younger por-
ton (and some few Of the older OF our Inhabitants
took a last fond look of their Fair Ophelias"
whenever they met. fearing that the scourge might
make way with them before they had another
chance to meet on Long Bridge. by moonlight.
The reports did not worry your correspondent at
all, a. hc had lived too long in Honolulu. and seen
too much of The CORNER to be afflicted by
gossip or reports. and was Of course serene a. a
summers eve through il all. The next day the
reports diminished in size. until finally they came
down to the fact that there were only three cases
Of cholera. and all were convalescent. and that the
steamer lay in quarantine at Saucelito. This had
a wonderful influence in quieting the public nerves.
which became much easier. but several persons
were very much put out and annoyed. because the
passengers would not be permitted to land for
three days. Finally a gentleman, who had a wife
and family on board. was allowed to visit the ship
with the proyiso that Be should remain on board
till the passengers had permission to come on shore.
This becoming generally known, the man was
made the bearer of quite a number of letters.
among them one from a gentleman who was ex-
pccting a sisterin-law. and whose name he had
seen in the list of passengers. The letter stated
that nc would meet her ON the tug-boat as soon as
the passengers were brought from the ship. The
letter unfortunately was not delivered. but the
man was up 20 time, got on board the tug before
she reached the wharf. and for fear of making a
mistake asked one of the passengers if he could
slow him Miss Brown. The lady was pointed out
to him. and the meeting was n scene which bafied
description. The lady literally snothered the
mans face with kisses (as she had not seen him for
eighteen years.) After this salutation was over
the young Gdy (about i0). with the sweetest voice
imaginable, exclaimed e Oh, M dear Mr.. Jones.
/ am so glad You have come to rescue me from
that dreadful ship The gentleman was doubly
surprised and somewhat confused, to say the least,
but finally lac stammered out I'm not Mr..
Jones - and chat there was probably a mistake
-.-r.-.,s., g.FI.-.s III =. H.,
case of mistaken identity was the result. The in
cidcnt was exceedingly amusing. and wound up
with a hearty laugh from the spectators.
Great caution was taken by the authorities of
the city to prevent the spread of the malady, should
it make its appearance, and every steamer from
the Isthmus and Nicaragua was thoroughly eX-
amincd before being permitted to land passengers.
Had the cholera reached the city the destruction
would have been wholesale. as the place was in a
filthy condition. owing to the heavy rains aud bad
weather, to say nothing of a great number of the
sewers being choked up with filth ana dirt.
President Johnson,
Although he has been busy vetoing the admission
Of Nebraska and Colorado and other measures, and
taking a strong stand against the impeachment
project. yet for all that has not forgotten the IIa-
waiian Islands, as will be seen by his proclamation
Of January Z7th. which it is supposed will be of
some dement, 10 the iSl'thCS- In lhlS connection II
will be well to mention that lion. ID. c. Mc2uer
has introduced a bill to authorize the establishment
of q line Of steamers between this port and the
Islands. The line i to be q scmiImOnthly one,
with Il subsidy Of $3.50. OOO. The bill has been re-
lcrrcd. but the Committee have not reported. Par
tics here are confident it Will pass.
Sugar
Shows some Improvement. but with no prospect Of
going mp to thirteen cents this month. The trade
with the interior Is beginning to revive and sugars
will find an outlet. when it Is hoped better prices
will be realized. Ten cents for No. l. and from
seven to eight cents for 10 wer grades may be con-
sidered a fair quotation. PELE.
i. S.-As | am closing my letter the brig Hes
perio0 j. reported from Honolulu. y days passage.
| Lelr That She NAV reinrn 10 Nnur Mort.