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Mn EpIroR A correspondent Of the Gazette. in
it, last issue, seems highly exhilarated by the fact
'hat as yet no cases Of smallpox have appeared since
the arrival Of the idaho, and takes occasion, in view
Of this fact, not only to cover the Board Of Health
and the Ministry disgustingly thick with a sort Of
Sycophantic scft soap, Of which there seems to be
great store in the hands Of a certain class Of small-ny
bidders for the smiles Of power, but 10 give a hand
some rebuke 10 those disturJers Of the swontel
course Of things" who disappruyed Of the gross caro-
lc>Suess of the Baarl Of Health in the csse Of the
EatO, and had the maul;ness 10 meet in a public
manner and say 50. L, i well that this s. writer has
waitel until he thinks al danger i passed before he
eNults, as 10 one can feel certain, until time shall
have proven that proyidentially the smallpox has not,
through the carelessness of the Board Of Health. been
permitted to repeat the horrors Of ISJS." 1t i even
now possible that this - soapist" is a little prema-
ture. One thing is certain, the people of this city
and kingdom have been made to - run the gauntlet
and if they escape unframed it viii be through the
protection of Providence rather than by the acts Of
precaution of the Board Of Health. Now. Nh. Editor,
a portion Of the public are Disguised with the action
of the Board Of Health in this affair the ,cioie of
the public were frightened lest the want of caution
in the case of the Idaho should again let loose that
terrible scourge among the Hawaiians. 1t is possible
1900 NNf NN E1N-NN 10y tN~NAAN SSNStN "itAA
the constant repetition of one very prominent excuse
Of the Board for not doing its duty, namely, that its
members, work without pay. The public are aware
that nearly every member of the Board of Health is
a salaried government officer, or among those who
are put on the list for a hearty meal at the public
crib when opportunity affairs. The public feels
what apparently the Board does not-that in accept
ing the position, the members of that Board took
upon themselves grave, and important duties, which
they are bound to perform, alike paid or unpaid, and
it would be well to caution them, that if any danger
Gus disease is admitted here through their negligence,
the fact that they perform that part of their public
duties unpaid will not protect them from the storm
which will probably be raised about their ears. The
public, together with Mr.. Charlton, expect to
sc direct - the Board of Health to do its duty and il
is well 10 remark that to the : : true Hawaiians . the
reasons of Mr.. Castle for declining to act with the
g Committee are perfectly clear, but no clearer
than they were at the meeting. M.
January q, 1869.
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which had once been usel. (Sec Civil Code, Section
4oS) Had l been cognilant Of who the party was
at that time, I can assure him his letter would not
have been returned, but I should have taken meas
ures to have introduced him 10 them at this place.
and before a proper tribunal. We are constantly re
ceiving letters stamped in the same manner and with
just such stamps, but the letters are slipped into the
~dnop-box, and it IS hard to find who really did the
deed. Whoever they are. they mind not to proclaim
themselves; and what my duties are, when l find
such letters; l think I know; ii l 10 not. l will apply
to the Post Master General, and shall hardly apply
TO Mr.. H., certainly not at present.
Mr.. HIS reference to the personal deformity of the
- fossils and employees Of the Lahaina Post Office,
l am utterly unable 10 account for, excep; by sup
posing that he had been on one Of his periodical
DRINKS, and got a peep into a looking-glass, and
faneiei himself looking through spectaeles at the
employees Of the Lahaina Post Office.
Z. IL. T~REApwAY, p. VI.
Lahaina. Dec. SOtb- 1868
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ONE O'CLOCK, A. VI.
Look here. Mr.. Editor, this Internal nuisance must
be put a stop to it has become an evil of such mag
nitude that to-iay-no, mean to-night--in my mind,
it overtops all others. Talk about the dog being the
: best friend of man - the dog may be SO, but when
you come to put them collectively as they exist in
H~onolulu-about ten to every square yard-then
what are they, sir, 1 should like to know Why, 50
many tormenting fends, sir the NASTY little
ydHer dogs :" representing the imps.
Friend to man Is it friendly. sir, l ask you, to
howl, bark and ky-yi a feIlow out of his bed at this
unearthly hour of the night, as l have been, by about
a million of them in my immediate neighborhood l
only hope my n%eighbors who own them may be suf-
fering the same torment. Yes, sir out of my : : nice
toGrm bed where l have been banked into a fever
for the last three hours. Ordinarily they give bark
to break a fever, but this kind makes 'em.
l have found out another thing, too-that it isn't
necessary for them to become rabid and bite TO make
a man mad. Why, sir, I'm mad all over, and should
you see me now, rs l sit here at this dead hour Every
lively outside, thought, in my robe de nuii-which is
high tone for a white cotton notwithstanding at
the mouth, my eyes plugged out" of my head,
a. each particular hair on end and my limbs ridged
with spasms, as some particularly exuberant brute
&c puts in, you'd know the fact as well as l do.
Now, M Editor, 1 appeal to you on behalf of hui
mainly, in the most pathetic manner, to appeal to the
people to hold meetings, and appeal to the authorities
to have the nuisance abated. Why, it would pay to
support a city government for this one object alone.
You ask what can he done? I'll tell you, hold the
Board of Health responsible. As you have directed
them to become responsible for the smallpox, now
direct them to be alike responsible for small dogs.
There may be a little DiruS in this, but you see I'm
mad, 3 that's what's the matter"
Make the Board of Health responsible, and let them
direct every dog-owner in the town (Which includes
every man, woman and child in it, except myself
to spizen " 'em-not the Board, but the dogs. The
dogs want physicking !; poison is physic, so is physic
poison-and that's what Shakespeare meant when he
said &" throw physic to the dogs" Bacon never wrote
that, you know, because he was too mean an old dog
himself it was William-nobody else, and William
was Uery sound.
But you say every man loves his dog. All right,
then let him swap his kennel for his neighbours, and
Sc pizen " them, not the neighbors, but the dogs
&c d~a,D-gone 'em." l should like to have an appoint
ment to meet every one of them by moonlight alone /;
I'd keep it most religiously, and put g pizen - on the
meat.
Agitate the question, for the love of your kind.
Leave smallpox for a while and : go in on dogs.
We havn't got that yet, but the dogs have got us
6 got us bad Insist on the Boards pizening 'em +;
if they object to that, then let them hang them !;
failing in this, why {" hang the Board, L say.
Yours, BARKER.
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Mr.. EDIroR-On New Years day three foreigners
were arrested for fast riding, two of them were Off
GERS of the ship-of-war in the harbor, the other a
civilian. On being taken to the station house, one of
the officers used very abusive language to the police
man who had made the arrest. The party had rid
den against n native on horseback, knocking horse
and rider down. The names of the parties were
taken, and the persons released on bail of ~forty-ive
dollars. This case has not been called before the Po-
lice Court, and the reason given is, that the Attorney
General has applied in person to the court and or
dered a stay of proceedings. Is this right, and is it
III accordance with law ? FAIR PLAY.
In answer we would say that the case, as made out,
was decidedly against one of the officers that this
officer has been arrested once before and forfeited bail,
and that the Attorney General thought it better to
make complaint to the Commander of the ship and
allow him to deal with the case. The guilty party will
thus be more effectually punished.
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Presidents Message.

No important question has occurred during the
last year in our accustomed cordial and friendly
intercourse with Costa RIGA. Guatemala. Honduras,
San Salvador, France, Austria, Belgium, Swiizer-
land. Portugal. the Netherlands. Denmark, Sweden
and Norway, Greece. Turkey. Persia, Egypt. Sibe-
ria. Morocco. Tripoli, Tunis, Muscat, Siam, Borneo
and Madagascar. Cordial relations have also been
maintained with the Argentine and the Oriental
Republics.
\ comprehensive national policy would seem to
sanction the acquisition and incorporation into our
Federal Union of the several adjacent continental
and iusular communities as speedily as can be,
peacefully. lawfully, and without any violation of
national justice. faith or honor Foreign possession
or control of these communities has hitherto hinder
ed the growth and impaired the influence of the
United States. and chronic revolution and anarchy
there would be equally injurious. Each of them,
when firmly established as an independent ltepub-
lie. or when Incorporated in the Union States,
would be a new source of strength and power
Shaping my administration 10 these principles, /
have on no occasion lent support or liberation to
unlawful expeditions set on foot upon the plea of
republican prOpagandiSm or national extension or
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The necessity, however. of re-
pressing such unlawful movements clearly indicates
the duty which rests upon rs OF adapting our legls-
tive action to the new circumstances of the decline
OF European monarchical power or influence. and
the increase of American republican ideas and in
terests and sympathies.
1t cannot be long before it will become necessary
for this Government TO lend some effective aid To
the solution of the political and social problems
which are continually kept before the world by the
two Republics of the Island Of St. Domingo. and
which are now disclosing themselves more distinct
ly than heretofore in the Island ofCGba. The sub
iect is commended TO your consideration with all
the more earncStneSs because l am satisfied that the
time has arrived when even so direct a proceeding
as a proposition for annexation of the two hepub-
lies of the Island of st. Domingo would not only
receive the consent of the people Interested. but
would also dissatisfaction to all other fereign ma
tious.
am aware that upon the question Of further ex-
tending Our possessions. 1t Il unprecedented by some
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FROM THE UNITED STATES
AND EUROPE!
Arrival of Clipper Ship Windward.
THREE DAYS LATER.

BY the arrival of the clipper ship UindtcdTd,
Capt. Barrett, % days from San Francisco en- route
for Hongkong, we received a private letter from
the editor and a file OF dailies to the 18th of De-
cember. from which we make the following extracts {:
The Presidents message To the United States
Senate and House of Representatives is a long
document and We only copy such extracts as may
ha nf local Interest
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THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY., January ..

= The following correspondence explains itself
HuNoLULU, Dec. .pth. lSGS.
Sir: I have the honor To- transmit a letter which |
have received from a British subject, now in qultau-
tine, AMI ! request that the Board Of Health viii be
COOL enough to explain the grounds on which lie i
detained.
l have tie honor to be, SIR, your Excellency's most
oJelicnt. humble servant.
JAMES II MopEu0VSE,
H. " Cornerstone and Consul GeEeTak.
To His Excelleucy Or. +. ". UUrcHIsoN,
President Of tie Board q Health.
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INFORMATION TO TIE PUBLIC
ASD PARTICULARLY To
Parents and Guardians Of Children.
xNHAT MATERIALS CANDIES IL

VI nmrHA ~ u aAaNaNAHHA IA AA#aNA a4A ~ I AaaIA
States. principally for expectation.
fFrom the - uer4H q HetIfh-7 General Agents. tac Amer
lean News Catllauy1
sThe aIuJsrafial % sugars, candles aui spices e. a trade
hr--iy anil regularly carried ga IN thls cify. Iu-t-ld % I%lstcr.
wLch tI L,trIy ent-r-i 80 largely into the m1Hufsrtur- q con-
fctan-ry. n pLlce u sugars a u-~ arlc-h1- b-vn discovered.
called tara aba, 90 utitr Earth. It COMES from irllui. and
cn-ts BY the barrel atoUt tsu and a hlff cents e Iauui. =hHc
taaf SUGAR G So seventeen c~utF- Tn- hTy q ctush-s. thc
COATING Il aIu0nis aui It-u=-s arr made from tbs r4uhy
material u is whittier than Tttstrr, ari = much ua-i On fhr
aI1fer1tou @ r1ur. \ sg-. psiut AMI % ua1Gf1cturer q
New Ycrk las sent runI Ls annual circular. stich / have
sern. u tn pnnora1 cfuf-cuur-rs. calling attention O. n fresh
ARRIVAL q thts Waite earth have seen an oal-r o iz-ur-s
dissolved iu waf~r. fu Which ts1 thlrIs Ufauc lu-- snsa q terra
4fsq. auI nat a parsf- of sugar i1 ur ft- Th- Gro a1n
urtbo.l - favsd1E CABLES. ulmouIs. srzarpiuns. str-is Eth
d-~t-risus sabstal-es- Tbs ra4-'rplr rtsor, ere banana aml
Bttcr sIuaut Favor j. male fum pras-i- ac'l unauthorized
rotten-aaI ri.r- zrsi. Gar-Nnhc 90 Turr sam droIzts
costly. 40 arre Lac been Invented pf Size ms-t teiuff1i 4p-
pearau-r. that . as-l iu.t-ai g 81 zlm- Il j. W chap
sol v-ry p1s1a o. p1re ctuiy cucLi1.al . us-t O. e'1r
rvi and saffron O y-IlE- Sat- in tM- G. r1n7n en1itrf pT--'n-
eus cilrrr BE- pat th- .tm- t4lt T. usrl Co. cg.'r sins ard
HIu1r<. one aft.~ mnst emm'ni j. eaN-t carlo. in., uhirb
arseubc hrz-Iy enfsrs AEE grams q the su'-ttre- sill cnilr
a clsk % wine LsII.rcc drops fr t~ tad" ar male q
poor brown sI-Ir. glue and hmpHLc.. Favored vith ig11ure-
AuI fr ta W~r-uI trade much % thi- si- @tud j. packed IN
barrels. anal cent Wet CD D. Iut up b. boxes trsuit tlrmarkef,
a. which fr1u seventy. I've Co. siu.ty far cent b. terra aba
This material ALL enters largely into tIe c1muI.u cAar1ia ate aud
-ri-ss.r 6I In
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HoNoLULr, Dec. 81, 1865.

HONOLULU. beC. oil, 1000
Sm-I have the honor TO acknowledge the receipt
Of your letter. of the 18th inst, in which you re-
quest that you may be . officially informed upon
what grounds you are detained in quarantine, and
expressing an opinion that such detention is unjust,
and that the Board of Health has acted partially in
the matter, making a distinction between the cabin
and steerage passengers.
In reply, | beg to inform you that l transmitted
your letter TO the Board of Health, requesting an
explanation of the circumstances, and have received
an answer to the effect that, . having found the pa
tent in the most forward department of the ship,
divided in two by a partition, and having also in this
department found one man and one woman, Storage
passengers, DIR. Hutchinson, President of the Board
of Health, and DIR. Mckibbin, after n consultation,
thought it imprudent to permit the Storage passen-
gers to mix with our people, as there might be n
probability that the miasma of the diseased might
possibly have been communicated to some of them
The Board added, that they had " neither wish nor
desire to make a distinction in the treatment, other
wise than in the interest Of our people, to whom they
are responsible, and whom they are bound TO protect
at all haZards.'
Personally DIR. Hutchison regrets, as | do, that
you have been exposed to the Inconvenience of which
you complain, and lie would be happy to relieve you,
did it lie within the scope of his duties or his author
ity. am, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
JAMES III. WoDEHoUsE,
II. Ms Commissioner and Consul General.
~. NJ. ,rr,rr n,,.r,y4;ra ErnnpI
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II. MS Commissioner and Consul GenerG
To Mr.. ROCKWELL, Quarantine Ground.
QuAnAxrISE GRorxp. Honolulu

I'd Jan, lSb9.
SIR have the honor TO acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the thirty-frst ult g, in reply to mine
Of the 2Sth, for forwarding which | am extremely
obliged. / regret to find that such reasons arc as
signed for placing me in this partial quarantine as the
following 2, which L copy, viz: That " there might be a
probability that the miasma of the diseased might
have been communicated to some of them (steerage
passengers) also that the Board has only acted 'in tine
interest Of the people, to whom 1t is responsible and
whom il is bound to protect Perhaps the Board
can explain why miasma is more likely to be commu-
nicatcd by steerage passengers, who never were near
the sick man, than by the Captain and Purser, who
were actually in the forecastle, as also by saloon pas
sengcrs who were daily associating with Us, all Of
whom were allowed To 20 ashore with their baggage,
which (as l have shown) was with ours in the steer
age.
The above requires no comment, as 1t was clearly
partiality and a distinction in favor of saloon passen-
gers, totally ut variance with justice, common sense
and quarantine laws, and Of this believe the Board
Of Health Is as we'll aware as | am. | will keep the
correspondence and see what measures are TO be
taken to obtain redress. | have the honor, &c.
[Signedl II. ROCKWELL
To II. b VI. Consul, Honolulu.
Z. ST beg to add that I do not for a moment at
tribute TO the Board of Health any personal wish TO
put me 10 inconvenience, but that have every reason
TO believe that the case was not properly represented
in consequence Of which 1 was put into quarantine
without any examination as to my state Of health or
a. 10 that OF the vessel. Il. Il.
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; OREWARD.

UoRx Al CONFECTIONER
z . and PASrEY COOK offers the above reward g auyf"iy
Nho will brinz, ~ auaiyzati'u, proof q TIE least a4aiHFAi'oam
CANDIES SOLD At HIS STORE,
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which are. without exception, manuheturri on n" TFemisest~
Aalseif %' In
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About Dogs.
, IL. T~REApwAY, p. VI.

Lahaina, Dec. SOth, 1868,
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HAVANA, Dec. IA pitched battle was fought
between the regular troops and the rebels at
Mount Alta Oracle, near Porto PRINCIPE. Each
side lost about 500 killed both parties claim the
victory, but it is very difficult to obtain reliable
information.
A battle has also been fought at Maran, in which
the Spaniards lost 100 killed and the rebels 10.
The latest news from ~IIolquin is favorable to the
hopes of the -loyalists, and endorsements have
been sent there.
The DiariO reports that some rebels entered a
private house near Santio and violated four girls
in the presence of their parents.
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To keep water in a oistern sweet, can
be done without drugs. Common sense
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Glnequtell1qrror:
LOVE L1aHTERS LABOR.

A good wife rose from her bed one morn.
And thought with q nervous drea d
or the piles or clothes to be washed, and
Than a dozen mouths to be I'D. -.
There's the meals TO get for the men In the
and the children to FIX away x,
To school. and the milk to be skimmed and
And ali to be done that day.
It had rained In the night, and all the wood
And there were puddings and pies TO bake,
And the day was hot, and her aching head
ThrObbed YEARLY, as she said:
"If maidens but knew what good wives
They would be in no haste to wed!"
Jennie. what do you think told Ben.
Called the farmer from the well
ARd sa1 ms brow
at was this, p he said, and coming near,
He smiled: and, STOPPING down,
Kissed her cheek" twas this. that you were
the best ....
And the dearest wife In town."
The farmer went back to the field. and the
wife
Sang snatches OF tender little songs
Shed not sung for many day.
And the pain In her head was gone, and the
Were az white as the foam OF the sea;
Her bread was Light, and her butter was
sweet,
And golden as it could be.
"Just Think" the children all called. in
breath,
"Tom wood has run Off to sea!
He wouldn't, know, II he only hal
AS happy home as we."
The night came down, and the good wife
smiled
To herself az she softly said:
"'Tis SO sweet to labor for those we love,
It's not strange that maids will wed !"
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TESTING POTATOES,

a Berkshire, Mass, farmer has plant.
ed this Spring one hundred and thirty
six varieties of potatoes-all the known
named varieties except four, and he
hopes to obtain these in time for plant
ing, He purposes to thoroughly test
them all; giving to each the same soil
and cultivation, and carefully weigh
ing the crop obtained in a rod of drill.
The list includes all the new and
famous seedlings, and the result will
In a measure settle the potatoe ques-
ton.
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THE MoNoHaAHELA VALLEY RAIL-
RoAD.-Sigsmund Lowe, Esq, Chief
Engineer OF the Monongahela Valley
Railroad kindly furnishes the follow
ing particulars concerning the pro-
posed route of the MonongaheIa VAL
ley Railroad: The distance from the
connection of the Panhandle bridge to
West Brownsville is SO miles, and the
whole rise for the said distance only
ten feet. From Brownsville to the
State line the distance is thirty. five
miles, and the rise thlrty-f1ve feet,
which will give the whole rise from
Pittsburgh to the State line only forty.
five feet. There Is no cut over fifteen
feet deep; the deepest fill will be at
Beck's run, 5s feet, for short distance.
The curves viii be easy, the sharPest
not over four degrees, with the excep-
ton OF the connection with the Pan.
handle bridge, South Pittsburgh.
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HOW TO DESTROY THE oURcULIo.

The only process that has yet proved
itself effective in my experience is to
from the time the fruit is as large as a
pea until 1t Is fully two thirds grown.
BY FASTING newspapers together and
placing them under the tree, fitting the
paper closely around the trunk, the
curculio will fall on the paper when the
tree is shaken, and can be easily de-
stroyed. By practicing this plan on
your plum trees every morning as di-
rected the fruit can be saved. It is
sometimes necessary to thin out the
fruit, especially of young trees, which
are apt to set more fruit than they can
ripen, and unless relieved in this way
very often die after the first heavy crop
is matured. It is better for the fruit
itself to thin it out, also that which is
left to ripen being improved by 1t.