The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-19
New Years. Day In HiIO.
Hawaii coRKEsPoSDENcE.l

JANUARY l, 1867.
4 Mr.. EDITOR Il drank n cup of coffee at 4
o'clock this morning, and from pleasant look
out on an eastern hill watched for the first ap-
pearance of IIio on this :. interesting occasion.
There had been sounds of revelry by night-fd-
dies, flutes and fire crackers, in the neither dis
ltanee--but now no sound disturbed the dark
ness save the occasional note of a night-owl OF
the rustic Of leaves stirred by the cool land breeze
| from the ice-capped SUBMITS of Maunakea. Two
or three dim lights in the direction of the town
were all that gave evidence of the dreamers and
Their habitations, but the sky full of stars,
ias when Lorenzo sat on the bank with Jessica-
III / turned now and then to look for the bright
particular herald of the morning, and presently
he rose and shOne, steadfast and true in the far
east, and knew that the night was nearly over.
Then came the early streaks of dawn over Puma
l--outines of dark trees and a shadowy far-of
lPain, with dim and wierd indications of a dis
Itant sea-then a faint stir, strange, uncertain
bound importing life (Iiilo's first yawn, sup
SYOse) Then q very certain noise-a burst OF
!fre-erackers popped precOciously off to the
tune of - Happy New Year. by some inpatient
fhoEeful whose bosom's lord sat lightly on its
throne" and whose :" troubles are all yet to
jcOme' Then another change in the east from
teOld gray to golden pearl, from golden pearl to
seaming red then the visible fiery breath shoot
~ forth and upwards from the nOstrils of the
Etorses Of the sun, and then the sun himself, not
fslaring and dazzling white, but barred across
sith velvet bands, and robed and yelled in golden
fnis;. Then | turned and looked at HilO, and it
'Sas worth looking at. The longer L considered
pc the better liked it. Nobody deny that
pt Is very pretty place (when you get there)
And there is So much :, look at, for by Hilo l
paean Hiio and it's accessories, and at this hour.
II this light and from this point of view, 1t may
lre described as a cluster of emeralds and bril-
llants, set with the - Kohinoor" " on one side
fand the =. AutOcrat ~ on the other, with oPals
Hhd pearls. sapphiresand amethysts, scattered at
Random round the setting
Here the left is Maunakea, the AutOcrat,
fooed in prrple and red, and annointed with the
essence Of ell the fresh distilled from Par
roiss Nobody can exaggerate the beauty of this
fnountain as seen by sunrise and a morning
fueh as this And nobody can describe it. For
wat you see one minute is something else the
feIt-a perfect chameleon of a mountain. Only
N SIst1le u
worthy Of all the cities of the world.
on my right are cocoa palms and breadfruit
,ees, foregroundins Byron's Bay. and that is
= hoh-i moor, a " sea Of light" prismed by
Fhe gliding clouds and glittering air until the
@noow in comparison is faded rag And
A"ay yonder, towards the Onomea hills, you
tn4y see smoke from plantation chimneys, bask-
'rng In the rich sunshine, undetermined for an
-Our OF 50 which way to go; whitewashed cot
lI'eS' school-hOuses and the like, brilliant as
gins wide sweeps of tufted cane, and wider
'"'efS OF the greenest (and most abOminable)
all along the rough coast cliff or pail,
"4i II reaches yonder point. wall of adamant,
sAlns'' don't know how many, thousand miles
~ mot aiways) Pacific Ocean. You may see
jfsT rivers How into the sea in this - section of
l,ae country" Waterfalls like silvered threads,