The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
CORRESPONDENCE.


MY Dg,R CoutEEcI,Ls-WitlI the exception Of
one rainy dry, IN which the wants and wishes OF
California farmers were bOuntiiully remembered,
we have had the same delightful weather ~ that
described in my Llst-elear skies, warm sun,
and coil bracing atmosphere, without wind
The dry weather has had the effect of causing
steady advance in the prices Of all kinds Of eat
abIes, inclu.ling live stoek, we'll grains.
The rains served % check the advance, and prices
have remaine,l about the same for a week past.
No change il reported in
The Prizes of Sugar.
But the EIct that there have been no importations
Of sugar during the past two weeks, except that
received by the NoEtaHa, indicates 4 very small
supply here 1T present. The consumption Of
sugars here during December, to meet the hOli-
day demands, must be very large-perlnIs double
that Of any other month. This will increase the
stringency, AMI the first arrivals in 1869 will
command almost any price demanded. The high
est sslle Of Sandwich Island No. ] reported Is Il
esnts-a rate which cannot continue long, as
early in the spring, earSUes Will begin To pour in
from every quarter. and create an Oyerstpck-
The Rerrnf Faiiure
Ofone Of the planters Maui, l. here attributed
mainly to the refinery contract system, and the
opinion il expressed that If it is continued the
result viii follow in proportion To- the extent
b which il il carried. No planter can afford to
eIntraet to deliver his entire crop at four cents
pOund- and allow his neIShbOr 10 obtain eight
cents for hi- without ruin To his interests In
the former instance the refinery takes the entire
profit OF the crop, whatever it may bc, one, two
three cents a pound; while in the latter the
planter reaps the profit Of his labOrs. have lat
teriy favored contracting for part Of the crop
but since my visit here, i Constrained To-
change these views; and think our planters are .
a. we'll or, IL much better. not contract at
all, and run their risk Of n market sn,Ier this .
system Whatever profit there may be in the
manufacture Of raw sugars, they will derive it
All; whatever 0ss there u they must bear In
the competition with China, Manila and Peru
the Advantages it Es,os vr Islands 80
many that there can be no serious nor permanent
hss in Rejecting contracts.
The Presidents Message
Probably reached you by OF the China clip
peFs it they left the papers which put ON board.
III not, you will find it in the weeklics Of Dcecm-
ber Il. 10 i generally dcuoGneeb by the Republican
papers, and an attempt made in Congress To
suppress it, reading. The President iavOrs the
Reciprocity Treaty, bat ~ the Pacific delegation
have withdrawn their support, there Is chance
for it, ratification by the present Congress, which
ends March ., tSGg.
Death Of w. gislH$.
I clip the following from the Pacifc, Of this
city. Mr.. Rising had many warm frcn,Is in the
islands, who will be paincd % hear Of his death
Eve have seen the announcements in our daily
papers that the Rev. p. ;. Rising drowned in the
ohio river. Dccember 8, tsts. w presume that he
of the victims of the disastrous collision Of
two steamboats, that river Warsaw, in Indi-
-ff sl l.
II the steamers burned. Nlr. Rising for
merry the very successful rector II the Episcopal
Church in Virginia. Nevada lie left that position
about three years aO account OT III health, visit
iug the Slniwieh Islands anil then went the
sbe ct the continent. There, believe, he had
rs home Stitcu 1-l1nd and Of the officers
81 the Missionary SUcIety connected with the PrOtes-
tlHt Episcopal Church"
The Esni~ia Female Seminary.
I attended the examination Of this excellent
school the 18th, and found it, high reputation
we'll sustained. It j. undoubtedly the best ~ il
il the largest institution Or the kind ON the
Pacific euast. The following, from the Times re-
fleets my observations:
The fall term Of this furnishing institution closed
the 18th No formal examination, such Il
usual at the close OF the acIelnc year. took place.
although the various classes were rrltearsei, aud
g,ody number Of the friends Of the seminary were
present during the day. Specially noticeable were
the rhetorical anil gynnaste exercises, 90 both Of
watch branches much - devoted About one
half the pupils instructed in cIlisthenics and
gymnastics, and, thorough Is the training. that
the class which reviewed went through the exer-
eises, embracing great variety Of evOutOns, with
military precision which drew forth the encOuiuuiS
Of all present. Such instruction fail To have
decided influence in developing more robust
sttuton and more vigorous health than usually
found in female boarding schools
In the evening, entertainment given by the
youn. ladies Of the Seminary, ut Rcugcr's Hall.
which consisted Of vocal anil Instrumental music in
tersper~ei with tabeauX- The hall ON the occasion
well fel the singing excellent, AMI the tabeaux
vlric,I and amusing. The performances TO
have given entire satisfaction 10 the large audience
IA Attendance. The proceeds, some two hundred
dollars, for the benefit Of the Congregational
Church, which has just been completed, and last
sunday opened for the first time for public worship
lt is a ehaste and modest elifce, capable Of seating
three hundred persons, anI Is under the pastoral
care Of Rev Mr.. Pope.
The seminary, presided over BY Rev C. I. Mills
and wife, -, understand, in d0urishing condi-
ucn, having hal ninety boarding AMI twenty-one
DAY Scholars total IT Ill Ia conducting the
school. the principals have the attendluce Of eight
accomplished teachers. and the institution capable Of
furnishing all the literary adyantagvs Of our older
Eastern seminaries.
Hauaiians ihroad. NJ
i frequently meet natives IN the street here. =
\ few days ago. lcll in with a group Of them
on Front street. and ~ s0on ~ I greeted them
with an ''aioAa," they crowded around me, eager
10 learn something Of the islands. I found that '
they were mostly whalemen connected with some
of the whalcIs in port. / have met in all twelve
or thirteen In answer TO my inquiry, IT they
Ad not want TO return to Honolulu, they replied,
"Ae, raatuH." ! offered 20 procure passages for
- many would return. but they declined, say
ins that they found steady employment. l un-
derstand that ~ porters. some OF them receive
mere thirty, forty and fifty dollars per month.
- long a. they do well n this, their voluntary
l.. .sssU I tI,st