The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-26
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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IY DEsE C1uuEECtlL.-A- yVu djubte-s
larue,l from the few Lasty lines -rnt BY the bark
VI, which We spoke the dag after leaving Iiouo-
ulg we anticipated speedy passage 10 this port.
cur hopes were fully realized, Tor sighted tine
Farralone light in eleven days ard reached cur
wharf eleven days and ten hours after casting of
cur mooriu,s from the steamboat wharf in Homo
lulu. IL Is the shortest passage Vet made BY
either Of che vessels or this line % >In Franei-co
Having lelrued her qualities irOm actual exper-
ieaes (Which is always tic surc,t iasJructorJ |
mast say a few words about
The steamer =. fdsho.''
Which during she fifteen months that she has
been in the Iiouolulu trade. has drawn forth nu-
mcrous comments in Elyor ard aguinst her. a. a
passenger vc-scl. - far as my experience ON the
ast trip over j. concerned. she j. aII that be
de-ired- Her captain. olEeers and stewards are
attentive and obuzuE. SEE acconHIDtL'tiDus are
ampl. and the lrrc exceI!cut. have hciri COM
piaiul- about her rolling. bat -he dii not roll
m1rr ir indeed a- much. q -Iiling ve--el; but
wa. remarkably cazy in all hcr motions. Any
one raav iud.c ior himself when -ay that out Of
artv passengers. Oh whom six were ladies and
two children. not one was -easics. Tie recent
improvements madc on this -tcImer, (p!ankiug
her stiles .p ~ O. strengthen her O. carry the
heavy eurzlcs she brings o. THE IortJ have no
doabt rendered her more comfortable in this rC--
rect. as q viIth or twelve inches has heru added
@, her beam. ~ short, the Ia--age from Homo
lllu tl Sau Francisco 10 tie Iiqio, wa- one Of
thc rlcs,-autc-t have ever m-sde. AMI was in
singular contrast o. tiat made In the bark Conn,
IN 1863, when wc were thirty days from Homo
lalu to this port. may adj that on that trip to
san Francisco, was away irom home sixty days.
% which ! -Teu. IN this cIty and ffty-'irre
ou the water. .-liug AMI returning
Goin- i.hpre. Hotels. Weaihsr, &c.
Three O'Clock IN Gle morning j. a most incon-
v,acut hoar b. L- tulnb'ci ashore in strange
city. Dark anil il2-y as &c wa, with the ther-
m1meter at ij- tic Ia-seuzeFs yicliei TO the
imporsunilie- of the -.earles- baek-lFiver-. and
-ouSht.fI fIr change of circumstance BY goins to
the ho,el- Both the Lick anil Rus had not
rom empty. anil tie bet that the polite clerk
euuli dD wa. o. Fr1mi-e the fret rooms yaeat-d.
Tie Lite earthquake drove the regular bpar,ier-
from the Occiieutal and C1sIuIp p5ltau - the Russ
ald LEX gud a- O consequence the latter arc
crowded. willie tl- flrmes are cJmrarativclv
suTty. ItlJl CAPE. Conner. t'll- r.is mex, time
Take II-ase with him. &c -i..lll De- part or tie
bargain -.at hi- chip should arrive at some Ie--
Dstardi-l hour
The weather here ant throughout the State
las been cool. dry anil very I.eI-snt NJ rain
ia- Gi.ien thu- igr t.i- winter anil l,ar- are be-
ginning ,1 te cxIre--.d fir thc crDT-, which re-
falre te g-rl winter liu- o. ensure their growth.
san there are two Or ,irec months duTIu. which
t'e -putheriy rain- may vi-il thi- state, ~ they
e' our group. The same .]utLeriy wins that
Dow a- rlr rain, extend o. thi- r1a-. and ble--
The hlar. OF th- California Etrmer-. vino are
n1re d-Iealent 60 tLe winter rains tiau we are.
The Nohsa=s.
which ief. liluligiu On che 18th Sf N5gerlber
I've hours bea.re the Lslt,. eame into port 0u the
-'ta. hl'.us -Isut ta1 tty- -clrchins f.r the re-
ported ..oaI near the FtrraI,us-. She diI not flI
any pot taat could De- e1r-ilsred I1uzsrJu-. 100
"'ioms being rae least -oguIiug- o5taiue,I.
suu' tae Gst thet t.e -hIal j. down on tie ,li-r
-a-sA Charts. flI,l,a@H with a deuD.ins
DuntJ b. esis.enee tl1t BE- lt- been o5-eEvsI ysl--
"s' BY others. Ther. i+ ~ d.gIt -HJal exi-t-
'oerer -ome 20 O. -J miles -1uthwe-J or tire
1'u'n farra!lae, having about -iz ftI1m- Of
'A'er On %, where the zen Lrc=<- IN unusually
@''y weather, and with a heavy sJutherly swell
HE revenue enter F0,. J.. Narcl j. u1w
'sn' on "a cruise 30 search oft, but egen -hc
''i"Fn 1ith'u- ti-e1vesiug ir, uDI--- -h.