The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-18
Commercial Advertiser.
Island correspondence.
Maui, May, 1867.

My DEAR COMMERCIAL =
The Weather this Island.
for the past few weeks, has been glorious for fields
and pastures. Rain has fallen in gentle and
abundant showers after n few weeks of dry and
warm weather, just in the nick Of time to do the
most good. The plains and slopes near the sea-
shore that usually about this time begin u don
their s0mbre summer habiliments, are still cloth
ed in fresh colors Of green and afford rich pastur-
ace for the roaming herds Of sleek cattle.
very Serious Loss
II will be To- Maui and Hawaii to have the
KiIduea withdrawn from the Inter-island routes
While the steamer made her regular trips it was
pleasant to watch her her steady course from
island to island, dispensing with commendablc
regularity her budgets Of news, and taking up
and landing passengers at stated days and almost
hours Maui and Hawaii will feel the loss of the
steamer far more than Honolulu. This will end
If not permanently, at least for generation or
two the experiment of ir1er-island steam COM
munication unless foreign capitalists step in and
fill the gap. The report that steamer has been
or will be ordered from England soon rs the
KIlauea is withdrawn, nobody believes; because
If such had been the intention in reality, such
orders are rather late. But if we must depend
again ON sails, it is n satisfaction TO know that
there are a number of good coasters touching at
the different landings Maui, sufficient for the
carrying of freight to and fro but sailing vessels
at best are very uncertain in their departures and
arrivals, and past experience shows them no
where more so than in these waters where the
winds, as it were, play too frequently at g hide
and SEEK and the inconvenience often expert
eneed by passengers in the coasters is a well
known fact. The people of Lahaina, however,
may congratulate themselves that at least one
vessel will continue to offer to passengers, and to
lady passengers especially, accommodations which,
though limited, fully equal to those of the
steamer. 1 refer to- the
Schooner Kate Lee,
which Is an easy seagoing vessel, and passengers
less liable on her than on any other vessel on
which have voyaged to pay the usual tribute
demanded by Misunderstanding Neptune She
is unsurpassed in man-of-war-hke cleanliness.
There is no splitting on deck permitted, no smok-
ing in the cabin, which is always neat and
trim as any ladies' boudoir steamship, and
the decks always so clean that any one may
recline on them without fear of sOiling spotless
linen or muslins. The table, too, is always well
supplied " with the best the market aiforCIs but
is reality with good deal better, far re-
CARDS the vegetable line, so unlike that remark
able piece of salt junk, which my friend Smith
tells Of that . for four days set before him
on one OF our coasters at every meal, and which
bore numerous hierogyphic marks, y one of which,
he afterwards learned, was the identical one
inscribed nearly six months before, during pass
age the same coaster by 80 Mark Twain" The |
Captain is :. living fountain of real sailor-like
kindness, and his endeavors for the comfort of his
passengers unceasing. \ trip on this fivoritc
coaster, be it longer shorter, is always remem
bered with pleasure. OF the
Plantations
the most have ceased grinding, and the few that
keep their mills running turning out refinery !
sugar. Shipments of sugar from Honolulu to
San Francisco Will for some months probably fall /
rather short of the usual amount, as freights |
from this island, at least. Will come in slowly. |
What effect this falling off of first grade sugars
will have prices, remains to be seen. 1t is |
hardly to be supposed that the refneries will COM
mand monopoly of the sugar market at II to
IL cents per pound to the exclusion of our supe-
riOr island sugars. But the extensive manufac |
ture of melado is far fortunate, it will sus-
tain the sugar interest till the time arrives when
the completed Pacific Railroad will open new and
extensive markets inland for our best sugars.
The Departure
of His ExeeIlcncy C.. c. Harris Minister of Fl
nance Commander of the Order of Kameha- |
meha ], Minister Extraordinary and Plenipoten- |
tiary, Lawyer, Police Judge, Duke of Kahuku,
Assignee of -
Stop there says my friend Smith, :: do let
His Excellency swing around the circle
Don't interrupt me, replied, for L intended
simply to say that the departure of His Excel
lency and his safe arrival ut San Francisco, at the
moment the cession of Russian America and the
proposed purchase of British Columbia are an
nounccd, is highly Opportune. Smith comedies
that If his instructions sufficient to allow him
to negotiate n sale of these islands, he Will not
hesitate nor return until he has accomplished |
this second coup deiat. His fondness for paper |
money must decide the bargain payable in green |
backs, and nothing would elate His Excellency |
more than to be able to return with a million or |
two to circulate among the refractory Hawaiians
who refused to allow him to issue paper money. |
The residents of Maui await with much interest |
the official report of His Excellency's progress.
OCCASIONAL.