The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-07
SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE
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SAN Francisco, Nov. 22, 1867.
Since my last we have been favored with heavy,
refreshing rains, and clear, cold weather-both well
come and opportune.
The Chamber Of ommerc
This body took possession on the 18th inst. of the
commodious rooms set apart in the New Merchants
Exchange building for its use. An elegant banquet
was the principal event which marked the OCCASION
Vat which many of our notables were present. Char
Ac;eristic speeches were made, the dinner and wines
ware excellent, the decorations in good taste. 4
auStation from the speech of r. G. Sheath, Esq,
President of the Chamber, in response to n toast,
may \interest your readers not from any merit
evincei, but from its striking originality. As a
specimen of bOmbast it ranks high:
The career Of the merchant is not unlike that of the
white-wihged carrier across the trackless ocean-the
hidden rocks, the dangerous shoals and violent storms
have all their cOunterparts-with him there Is no
royal road TO wealth - there Is no written law or
method thlt guides him on to fortune {; his own good
sense, stroig arm and manly efforts will alone sup
port him. With conscience clear, and a firm determ-
ination in he right, a pathway will be opened by his
honest eneeavor, and like the grey mists of morning
on the rising of the SUM-. the clouds Of unhappineSs
will dissOl'e on his approach.
The civilized lightning, banked in It's wild career
By the brad Pacific, darted its torked flame toward
the Russns in search Of its athni;y-the iceberg
realm in frigid tone repealed the bold intruder-it
now f~retfllly halts on the Occidental shore, ready to
leave its master in some frantic moment, and make
the frighful leap Of the Pacific to join lis Oriental
cOmradcs
By treaty with high heaven the polar extremes
consent u shield n belt around the earth from the
lurid glre of the king Of day. The sons Of toll,
deep in he bowels Of the earth, and along that IA
vorei zoic. are planting the iron girdle TO swing the
moving avalanche ON its westward cOurse-in daarth
Of fuel. the earth sends forth the stores from natures
Laboratory and forms petroleum to feed the fiery
monster. and speel him on his Western mission.
The gralaries are being filed To meet the coming
multitude, and we the favored children Of a benei-
cent prudence, stand scntinels ut the Golden Gate
of the great highway Of commerce.
Law, but not Justice.
\ singular case has just been disposed Of by our
Suprem. Court. In 1851, a DIR. Townsend, Of Santa
Clara, dei, leaving considerable property, to which
his infant son was sole heir. Proceedings were in
s~titutelin the Probate Court, resulting in the ap-
pOiutmnt Of an administrator and guardian TO the
young leir. The effects proving insufficient to pay
the dehs Of the estate, application was made to the
Prubat, Court and an order issued directing part Of
the rel estate to be disposed Of for that purpose,
which vas done \ lot in this city was sold for
$500, which sum was used in educating and sup
portin: the heir, and paying the debts Of the estate.
The 10 finally cam into the hands of Tallant *
Wilde. and is now worth $4,000. In 1860, a