The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-01

rt~"HN'4 NI-a t' mss sam - 80 ~
- Co D. Gn-n miles ia length, covering an area ct 2.ooo acres,
and vii o.roie The entire CITY Iherg > ~ Cty Bette situated
cute such q rssaiv- Application haS ben made hr have Il
borrow S-VoO.vOO. AZ seven I-r cent L. start te enterprise
The above i clipped from an exchange and its pc
rusal suggests the question. why cannot we have a
boulevard or drive. Let it be a continuation ofQueen
street. out TO aud around Diamond Head, and back
into town along King or Bcretania streets. The
present Napoleon astonishes his subjects at times,
particularly when crops fail, iuuudatons occur, or
from other causes the people mutrer and grumblc At
the approach Of harl times and talk revolutionary,
with some grand idea, "A new boulevard 10 be built,
or "a worlds fair TO be held, which neceSsi;ates the
erection OF magnificent buildings and diverts the
minds Of the people 10 the discussion Of plans, work,
&c. We 10 not predict failure u crops OF lnunda-
tons, but from some cause We 10 hear ct a failure Of
the usual spring trade and its cure, ANNEXATION, and
If We can believe the Ga=sas correspondent, who
hears much aud says little, - We have a Defiant
Foreigner and = outSpoken'' men, who, If they
keep on, viii, according to the government organ,
breed sel.tion. Now, to prevent al this We would
suggest TO the ministry the NapoleOnic idea Of con-
structing i boulevard on the route we have marked
out. where the " Defiant, - the "Nindicator' and
the - outspoken' may drive fast horses, and thus
find 4 vent for their possibly revolutionary thoughts.
REPORT OF TIE MORNING STAR. - This vessel,
which left Honolulu March 4th, had light weather to
the Marqucsas Islands, arriving ut Uahuua on the
26th, - days passage. On the 2Sth she arrived at
Uapo. and came to an anchor. On the 18th left for
Nukahiwa, arriving there the next day. Same day
LETT for Uahuna, where she arrived April LIST, and
sailed the same day for Tauata, where she arrived on
the 81; touched at other stations on the island, and
arriving at Fatuhiwa on the 9th, came to anchor.
Remained At the latter place until the 18th. where
she left for .Atawana, arriving the next day, and
again left for Puamau. Arrived at Puamau on the
10th and sailed on the same evening for Uapo, where
She arrived on the 10th and left in the evening for
HogoIlu, making the passage in - days.
NEAAENExT:-A Frenchman named Mons. Che
Waller. who is q celebrated mronaut. Is now in New
York. and proposes starting from that city in this
month Of May to make the passage in n balloon
across the ocean to Europe. The air ship in which
the experiment is % be attempted is called LES
pcrancs. lis height is 81 feet. its diameter $50 feet.
and IL requires 10000 cubic feet of gas 10 initiate
IL. Attached TO the ship is an enclosed car capa-
be Of carrying about fifty persons. with provisions
for a ten days voyage. VI. ChevaIie CT contemplatrs
extending invitations to several members of the
press to accompany him. We wish them a BON
rOynge. -
CoSsuL's MES.-A New Bedford exchange pub
fishes some data about the American Consulates and
Hospitals which will be interesting. 1t says Ameri-
can seamen VINO are left destitute in foreign ports are
sent back to the United states at the public expense
by our Consuls. During the last fiscal year 924 were
thus returned at a cost of SPIES. OF these 1876
were sent back from Honolulu at a cost of 81 ,G75.
The United States Consuls also disbursed during the
year sl9,227 for the relief of destitute discharged
collected for them, and also 81 ,501 for criminal sea-
men," -
TuE Por,To FFvER.-The following story Will show
how this epidemic RACES in the United States \
man in Vermont bought one eye of a g No. ! " pota-
to for twenty dollars, and raised from it last season
potatoes that he had sold for $50, and has three
left. Eight were bought by one man for $500.
WHAT PITY-The Ga-eife, after having F1i-ed
its readers with one of the drollest yarns ever
inflicted on our community threatens to stop it,
because they are g probably tired of it." Sapient
editor hat-wh didn't he find it out three months
ago? |
( The lease of the premises formerly occupied
by Mr.. J. McShane, as n carpenter shop, was sold ON
The lease has four years to run, ut a
monthly rental of eighteen dollars. Mr.. NJ Rose be-
came the purchaser of the lease, for a premium Of
one hundred and fifty dollars.
WORTH RENEMBERING.-Mrs Stowe, the authoress,
says q" that the faculty of saying one distinct thing
at a time, in a pure and simple form, unencumbered
by unnecessary words, lies at the foundation of all
good writing -
MAsoYIC.-A regular meeting of Hawaiian Lodge,
No. p, F. * A. NJ, will be held at the Lodge Room
in Makee's Building, on Monday evening next, Sd
inst, ut = O'Clock.