The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-17
NOTES OF THE WEEK.


THE HAWAIIAN TIMEs,-"W With aohich rs tncoT-
porated Benefits DUN lis the title OF a new can
didate for public favor, that made its appearance on
Tuesday last, and promises to be issued seml-Weekly
The salutatory is couched in good, sonorous Engnsn'
and is particularly straightforward and outspoken
in fact, rather peculiarly go. The editor says
emphatically, that while new journals almost N
yariably Law claim to independence, the Times sets
mn no such claim. sit is easier,'' says the editor,
{. and, financially speaking, a safer game for a
journalist to represent a select few than it is TO please
a divided multitude but yet further on. he has a
consciousness of an endeavor ito deserve and to
obtain the appreciation of the majority - ana
again. We should have no scruple in accepting a
professional engagement on a class-paper and do
ing our best in advocating our employers views, no
matter what our own personal convictions might DE.
This is certainly ingenuous-it means the old maxim
reversed, &" men, not principles" 1t Is rather I'M
handsome, however, in the newly fedged Times 10
sheer at the 90 distinguished F" ex-editor Of BenneHs
DUN, with which journal it processes on its face to
be Incorporated ; and to quote the hackneyed latin
saying for his benefit, about the shoemaker sticking
to his last. So far, it is evident that the Times has
neither coolie nor principles on the brain, but 1T is IN
the market to advocate almost any policy that Will
pay. To quote latin back on it, it is in a condition
of Uendi6iLiS-a liberal translation of which might
read, a shandy billy with which to knock down
anybody at the request of anybody else who will pay
for it. Shakespeare gives Romeo, in his hour OF
dire distress, the lnpecunI0uS apOtleCary u dlIu :
we return good for evil by offering the resolutionists
of Maui the editor of the Ha,0aiian Times.
SAVE US FROM OUR FRIENDs.-The Pacific, q reli-
gious journal published in San Francisco, and which
claims to have the widest circulation and to be the
ablest conducted religious journal on the Pacific coast,
(Which last it is generally conceded to beg devotes
considerable space in its commercial article of August
18th, to the subject of Hawaiian sugars, in connec-
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British Colonies of the South Pacific. 1t winds up
with the following paragraph, which sounds strangely
enough, coming from a religious journal, which else
where in the same issue fully endorses teetotalism as
q necessary adjunct to conscientious Christianity
The Hawaiian Government pursues a very singular and
shOrt-sighted policy in forbidding the planters to convert their
skimmings and molasses into rum. ltis affirmed that every
500 tons Of sugar will yield skimmings and moasses enough to
make 25.50O gals of proof spirits, which, at only so cts the GAL
from 10000 gallons of molasses, obtained from 500 tons ofsugar
a clear loss of 1880. 1t is reckoned that the total loss 70
the Islands by this prohibition against disthling amounts to
planters to T dEtil their skimmings and molasses, the former Of
which is now entirely lost, and prohibit the sale of spirits to
natives, it would exhibit a much wiser policy. The sale of
homemade liquor could be regulated quite as efficiently as
that Of imported spirits.
ANNIVERSARY OF "THE HooKs."-LastS Saturday
evening the members of Protection Hook & Ladder
Co. gave an entertainment at their rooms, at which
were assembled past and present members of the
company and invited guests. In the large upper
room a table was spread profusely with the best the
market could afford of eatables and drinkables. The
usual appropriate toasts-the King the day the
heads of the Department the late Legislature (for
their generous appropriation in aid of the Depart
ment , the ladies and the Press were duly
toasted and responded to. After q very pleasant
evening spent in social enjoyment, the company
separated at about 10 O'Clock in good order and in
good humor. -
BnLIARDs.-Last Tuesday evening a match game
of billiards was played at the rooms of the Olympic
Club on Nuuanu avenue, between John Robinson Of
this city and Mr.. Ally of California. The attend
ance was large of the lovers of the game and adopts
with the cue, and a good deal of interest was felt in
the result, the hackers of each player being confident
In the skill of their man. The game was the Ameri-
can carom, first 100 points, and was won by Robin
son leading his antagonist eleven points. Robinson
also made the best run one hundred and two. 1t
was conceded by about every one qualified to judge
that the Hawaiian champion was the most scientific
player OF the two, never resorting to corners " or
Npushes." -
NAvAL.-The u. s. steamer Saginaao, Lieut.. Com.
Sicard, arrived at this port on Wednesday last, from
Midway Island. We hear of nothing new or fresh
from that lone barren isle,'' beyond coral reefs,
turtle, fish, and ennui- The fifty thousand appropriated by
the American Congress in the vain attempt to make the island
s q maSat y and 5r ,be "inc, coaImg station "a, have been aboq.
is nothing else-and thence to San Francisco, with those who
That amount expended on The entrance of Puuioa, on this island.
would have given to the commerce of the Pacific magnificent
harbor, second to none. -
Boat SAILING.-Last Tuesday afternoon a new
sail boat, built by Mr.. Thomas Challis, of some twelve
tons burthen, fat-bottomed and provided with q
centre board, went out for a trial trip. After round
ing the ben-buoy. on returning, the stays gave way, and the
mast-much too heavy for the size of the boat, went over the
side, sails and all. The boat was towed in by the steam-tug
Peie, without other damage.
STEAMERS DUE.-The steamship Moses Taylor was
to have sailed from San Francisco for this port on
the 18th, in place of the Ajar, and may he looked for on Tues
day or Wednesday next.
- The British steamer City Of Melbourne was to
have left Auckland September 7th, and may be expected here
on Thursday or Friday next.
THAT LAMP PosT.-The cause of the removal of the
lamp post, mentioned by a correspondent in our last,
having been satisfactorily explained, the granite gate
posts will remain where they are. Had our Correspondent
known all the circumstances before writing, the phenomenon
would not have been enveloped in so much mystery.
MAUNAKEA STREET.-Our attention has been called
to the condition of this street, which appears to have
been omitted from the programme of the road super
visor for some time. People troubled with corns are advised
TO take some other street, where pebbles and stumbling stones
are less plentiful. -
81 A catalogue of the officers and students of
OAHU COLLEGE has recently been issued, containing,
besides a list of students, the terms Of admission, studies and
other information desired by patrons. Copies can be had from
the President or teachers, on application.
% We have received a communication from Mr..
c. C. Bennett, regarding the Times newspaper,
which, for want of space, we must omit till next week.
CHULAN & BROTHER.
IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN
China Goods Of all Descriptions, and in all kinds Of