Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-12-26
Notes on the Sandwich Islands In
dnceme1ts for Settlement.

The return of Capt. Walter Nj. Glib
son to his old home, and the special OBJ
jocts Of his political nilsson, from the
Sandwich Islands to Washington, and
to the East Indies, suggests many mat
ters Of interest to our readers. Ocean
lea, like, China, looks to American di-
plomacy for the expression Of her wants
and the vindication of her rights abroad.
The Sandwich Islands crave an Ameri-
can assimilation through American iu-
strumentalties. The eight beautiful
islands ruled by King Kamehameha,
and taught and refined by Queen Emma,
invite the State makers of America to
come and plant and organize. And
what an inducement and what promise
is there! Contrast the rich soils, the
flowers, fruits, and songs of Hawaii,
Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Lanai with the
brown, treeless, voicelesS, desolate sage
bush plains Of Nevada, Colorado, Dako-
ia, Idaho. Montana, and Wyoming.-
What if the sage bush hides gold
and silver? n sugarcane field of the
Islands is worth mahy gold mines.-
The cane is sure to grow, and fill Your
boilers with the best of juice and make
the best of sugar in the world. For
your tolls and pains in the nrinesy you
get at best many time nothing but Il
''colol" and promise, and u .jaded,
worn out body.
We are informed that three-fourths
of the fine lands OF the Sandwich Islands
the richest lands i'll the world, are to be
Iii r ff,
These lands are rapidly advancing in
value One acre i'll taro will support
thirty or forty kanakas in food for one
year. One acre will produce more than
two hundred barrels Of the most de
l,cious Of sweet potatoes. This root
has attained to such weights As sixteen,
eighteen and twenty-on pounds a sin
gle one, in the Sandwich Islands; and
yet the monster vegetables are soft,
mealy, sweet, and delicious, far be-
yond the best OF our CarUlinas or
Spanish yams. One acre, the average
of the land, has produced 60 bushels
corn, 1000 pounds coffee, and three tons
(about 5000 pounGs) Of sugar, the most
profitable Of products. This costs three
cents per pound, or $3.50 per acre to
produce it, and the planter receives
in Honolulu six cents per pound, or $3.50
profit, upon a single acre Of ground
This would be considered good profit
out OF all the labor upon many farm
in the State of New York. A certain
whaleship captain bought a piece of
land on the island Of Maui cigth years
ago for 81 800. lie has made this year,
planted, produced, and shipped to mar
ket 1900 tons of sugar, which is worth
to him at his home market $l44, 900,
one-half of which is clear profit. Why,
this beats some of our city specula-
tive figures, while this is not specula-
tion, but plain, straightforward Ameri-
can agricultural enterprise.
The Sandwich Islands have the best
sugar lands i'll the world. Some choice
spots have been known to produce five
toas upon one acre OF land. Now these
lands want more cultivatorS. ovcrseers,
sugar boilers, mechanics, and laborers.
Tue colored men OF America are invited
by the celored King OF the Sandwich
Islands to go and work, where 1t is sum
mer and autumn all the year round, with
winter lett out, for fine wages, or to
earn for themselves clear profit of
500 upon every acre Of sugar cane they
will cultivate. The cOlOred man tired
of ragabondage and bureaus, will find
punches OF delicious bauanas always 1T
his hand. The bananas and oranges
will line his fences lie can drink his
coffee under the shade of his own cotfte
trees by his door; he will smoke his
own weed, better than ever grew III
Virginia and what is more he will
vote his own tax upon all this album
dance.
The Sandwich Islands were the abodss
of tattood or painted cannlbics when the
Declaration of Independence Was made.
When Jackson was President the island
ers worshiped hideous blocks and the
human devouring fire goddess Of their
burning mountain; but before jackson
had closed his administration they had
of their own accord, i'll consequence OF
foreign commercial intercourse and the
intelligence of their great chief, kamc-
hameha, destroyed their gods and tenn
pies broken their tabooS, and were
awakened heathens without religion;
then the Missionaries eaiae and trans
lated the Bible for them and taught
them letters Still they wore only tap
pa. cloth round their loins, and knew
nothing Of and cared less for shirts and
pantaloons. The first American mission
aries were received at Waikiki, near
Honolulu, by naked princess, fresh
from her bath about forty years ago.
This was near relative of the now
accomplished pious, and lovely Queen
Emma. The son of of the tattooed,
breechless father sits in the halls Of leg
islation dressed with Partisan foppery,
and votes himself lunches, lavender, and
stationary, after true American Congress
sional fashion The daughter of the
stark naked promenadlng princess OF
the last generation now receives Euro
pean diplomats in grand toilette and
with the grace of an Empress EugeLle.
These are great and wonderful con
trasts and changes and yet it would
appear that these favored and remark
able islands are to see still greater
Their export, with an increase OF
labor could advance from about
two millions to fifty or one nun
dred millions Of dollars worth OF the