The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-05

a great number Of eDnsulates might adyanta-
geousiy be abolished. and the system Of appoint
ins deputies, or vice-consuls should be abrOgated
altogether.
AT present. cOnsulS arc virtually appointed BY
Congressional delegations. They urge them up
on the Executive and the State Department, and
attend TO their confirmation IN the Senate. In
most instances these delegations know nothing OF
the man they recommend. except that he il
ommeude,l by somebody they know, and that the
political church requires his nomination. After
the nomination and confirmation have duly taken
place. the ncw-tangled consul - informed BY the
Secretary Of State Ut his good luck The fellow
Jumps in the cars, and all OF sudden altcrca-
tiou takes placc between the dOOr-kccpcr of the
State Department and some rOugh-lOOking Gus
toner, who insists upon seeing the B1s-, and
claims 70 have come all the way from kankakec
or AshtabuIa % get - them" Papcrs. Tho Off
eials of the Stnte Department-some Of whom
gravitate toward the Virginia and Maryland old
fashioned stylc Or good breeding, while others
luxuriate iu all the stoid placidity of the cOun-
trymeu Of Rip Van Winkle-give % the new
sui n rather chilling reception Ot course, he Is
not admitted D. tue presence Ot the - Boss, who
reserves himself for n few foreign ministers, and
tor cabinct meetings. He has about half sec
oud's interview with Fred Seward who, with n
smile or imTerrurbable sweetness hands him over
To one OF the gentlemen OF the Office, who hands
10 the consul handsomely bound volume, which
contains the consular regulations. Very som
after this episode. iIming article appears IN the
Li6erfy Bel or Bua1f0rH BEgisr, announcing
the fact that - the Hon. Jeremiah Napoleon Eze-
kiel Jupiter Jones, emIncntly popular in this
district and reu,arabIc tor his diplomatic talents.
has arrived as Washington; had heightened in
tcrview with the Secretary Of State, who gave
him Official instructions Of the highest impOr-
tlnce, and then Departed in hot haste for his post
OF destination, 10 being rumOrcd that on hrs vay
% rSrautcnthal he - To mces Count B0um.
at NGr. Seward's special request In the mean
while, jones passes miserable evening at the
seatOu House, IN most unsatisfactory fstg-G-fsfs
with his - Instructions ~ The book which tho
gentleman Of toe State Department. handed him
with such 5Ilud smile, simply contains the gen
er1l consular regulations applying To all countries
o. the wOrId, and without any particular refer
euce 20 the particular duties which he nlly iEtve
70 fulfil in tlc particular place - which he ~ par
tieuiarly appointed He soon gives the book up
in despair. but has the happy inspiration To buy
a % Bradshaw" Afser having discovered the lat
itGde and IOugitude To which be y assigned, be IL
next seen stalking about with most cousequeu-
tIll ar on the deck OF one Of the cheap lnmln
steamers. lie - never seen AZ the State Depart
ment. Al they knOw is that be regularly draws
Tor bis salIry, AID OCCASIONALLY he copies. from
one u the local papers OF the place IN which he
resides, extracts OF commercial statistics, with
great flourish o. trumPets, as Il he had been
their original compiler. II any language except
ing the Ashtahula or kankRkec dialect - spoken
at the poet Of his destination, he holds himself
rather ''aIOOC' from society He - generally
ClNel an tIprfEitEfl AHleFhtAus anu sLleAS 20
bis post through thick and thin. until. one day,
Brown steps N. and says: Jones you are
smashed 80 Jones does little swearing, invites
Brown u take drink, picks up his trups, and
the next We hear og him i through our old friend
the LfierfB Bell OF EuHgfOrH BuGieT IN the fol-
loving strain We are happy to announce the
safe return o. this district Of the Hon. jeremiah
Napoleon Ezekiel Jupiter Jones, from his mission
e. SsGar<rautenthal. After having spent several
years abroad be speaks, Of course the different
q Ens HsH 81,
mo-t exclusive circles Of the nobility and gentry
and - versed IN all the Of the statesman and
dipi0mat. Our best citizens paid their respects,
Inst evening. 10 the honorable gentleman, at his
Quarters at the Tomahawk House, where. with
hs wonted urbanity. he treated his friends % n
handsome supper. We nav adj, that the honor
able Gentleman il proposed ~ the member in the
-eventy-hfth Congressional district, the intention
being, ia the event Of his election, % make him
chairman Of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Boz which poet he j. prominently fitted by his
familiarity With the history and laws and systems
Of foreign uatious''
Under the pre-eot circumstances eonsuIs do lit
.e Or nothing FOR the promotion OF commerce.
At a stated annual period they are called upon %
make a report % the state Department, and in
most eises their mental activity finds It's climax IN
this annual report, which, moreover, j. generally
eoPisd from other reports, and but rarely the re-
vestgation
By raisiHg the character and qualifications Of
eonsuisr ~ proposed in the Patterson bill, it il
probable that better cla-z Of men will devote
themselves % this branch OF the public service
A9 ma<e it, a. it ought % be, auxiliary 70 the
sOansree and industry Of the country.
rs regard. diplomatic po-ts, the country has
geen Father fortunate. since the ACCESSION Of Mr.
,I..aeoln, IN ls6l. when Mr. Motley was sent to
N,'ehna- Nr- Marsh b Italy. Mr.. Adams to London
,lr- Dayton To Paris and Mr.. Joy Morris ~
Sons'antinople. Within the last year Admiral
4rragut has, in reality. been the PRINCIPAL Amer
I'm representative at the European Courts. IL
- surprising that unvnI rter- ,r.. M, rer