The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-06-15
our IIuo Letter.
HIUo, June 9TH, 1872.

HILo, June 7th, 1872
To the EiitOT oI the Pacific Commercial AdUertiseI-
DEAR SIR :-Hno ia stagnant mid-summery and
hot and utterly without excitement sugar schooh-
srs unnumbered days out bring no maiis,-store-
keepers yawn in their dOOrways and all the on
cizIs seem 10 be Iotus-eating. Only pair oi noisy
Canton knObby-nOsed gesse give token oi the cry
being alive and what they scream Tor only goose
can tell The schools are IN vacation. Mr. hava-
uazh Is reported ~ have received promotion and
gone u MaEawaO, vice Green, discharged. such
is the story. At any rate Mr. h. has departed
from HiIo leaving another opening for Nr. Inspec
tor Generals peculiar patronage The whaling
bark Illinois, for whom Capt Fraser waited here,
arrived clean last week and Ieit Tor Honolulu
"Wednesday Tue TIttOa, for whom Capt Hep
pingstOne. wife and daughter are waiting, don't
come, and the skipper Il impatient The triton
was Capt 7. Speucers old snip boarded her
od the LOOChOOs ia 1876 and made the Captains
nrauaintance in a ssriO-cOmical way. for We had
ticxIish adventure ApTOpOs OF whal:ng,-since
lOs natives. (may the Lord protect them from the
LAWYERS y can mite IN one scheme aud buy ha-
huku (puttiuz I suppose lassOes and leather leg
ziuxs I'D in tire marketJ why may not other sensi-
bic aud ent=Iprising Hawaiian hundreds turn their
energies to account and similarly form Joint stock
srh1ljnq dssOcidiioAs.-purchase and hL out ships
of their own,--man them from their rObustnOus
prepOnderanees, aud make IL their ambition to be
come what one may dream they should be.-possi-
blY what Nature intends them yet 10 be.-the
Oieaginous Sea Kings Of the Pacific. fancy that
II the Great King whose daY We shall presently
ceIebrate-(prr Ordcr,) or that other cnterprising
departed
visit the gimpses OF the moon IN q practical
way they would not look about long at tile new
order of things resolving TO .. cut III " Tor u
hand in the game, and send commissions TO bore
the Arctic seas for oil ! am not much yersed in
the Whaling business-have met ladies far more
proacient in the mysteries-but il really seems TO
me that these Islands should be the very head
centre of that pursuit and interest 1t suits the
people and they like it.-they must become more
maritime. They stand cold weather (When not
dseasedl as weIl baoles the inferior cringing
'' Pukiki." for have had them IN the mountains
and proved them And why should they forever
hold only the subordinate positions as - hewers OF
wood and drawers CI water" yielding their skIll
and their pluck 10 the malahini tor a dirty bunk
md :. hungry meal In the iOrecastle on the 3OOth
Iayf Why shouldn't oil Of native take contend
with sugar for the kingshipz WHYE Chiefly L
think for want Of proper leader. aud read the
other day in :. BacOn's Essays" that nothing
doth more hurt 10 a state than that cunning men
should pass for wise" Will not this apply TO the
present and many another question that you wot
of Take these yOuag men OF Hawaii away from
some "amiable weaknesses" now and then-
from tcogtdn in fact, in excess,-( DettdhS who
clip their whiskers)-and send them In their prime
OF manhood and pride OF pTOpTietoTShtp away up TO
the bracing North aud you shall see them develop
iEio a superior Always though on condition
that the LdJgyerS don't get at them.-else farewell
TO Union. [ saw many Hawaiians in ls4B, then IN
San Francisco CYerba Buena). but just from the
Hudson Bayrs service aad territories where they
nad mved Tor years and they were superior to any
equal number you might pick out at home to-day,
I'll
heard an excellent character Of them from chief
factor. , .
AT any rate, whaling is hOasster, 4" honorG6IsT,''
eIsauer aad ROdIier than legislatDg under the rod
or peddng politics for position, or than legisating
after some Hawaiian fashions and acting in that
solemn farce Of the - three estates "
with voIeys OF eternal babble
And eaHnor unaHswerabe"
have a desire (as you knOW) to send copy of
the p L. Il. OF my friends ut home, who
would be much interested IN the doiBgs of this re-
mote Little Kingdom, but after looking through the
last two three numbers wherein Legislative pro
ceedings are recorded, am positively ashamed OF
the piIfuI exhibition If Ia the silent realms
Of doom where the August shadows OF earth,s past
otentates tread Ia mystic garb and ghOsty meas
ure the gloomy promenade, these pranks Of his
posterity should be presented to the conqueTor,
wouldn't that stern spirit beg a furIough that he
might with chastnsement IN his hand ana put
things straight az in
S.,ms oretulratIous are made for the coming 1lth,
and more than 800 has been subscribed. There
are 10 be boat aud canoe rases,-a recess for the
s.oratiou and the horse, mule and donkey races
iumuiuR Ia sacks and catching greasy tailed pig.
Music Of course, BY the band
[ commenced this letter with growl- 1t must be
confessed that the weather though not charming,
agreeably tempered by regular nightly showers
For the young cane there could be no improvement,
and considerable being planted. The sea-
sons of 1873 and 1874, think viii give larger crops
than HiO ever produced hithertO,-prUbaGy more
than double Spencer plantation is il fine condition
for progress tile helds are clean, and poTs are At
work on new and II all works smoothly the fine
machinery at that establishment will soon have
ample work. Same at kaupakuea. The fields are
clean as garden, and next year they will yield hard
ON to thousand tons, to be followed by still larger
crops Messrs- Along and Achuck contemplate hay-
ing a steam plOW and other steam economy Ichteh IS
soGnd. OF kaiwiki aud Onomea know but little,
only that both we'll managed. whilst Paukaa
usually tails the race, sometimes just saving her
distance.
Ii seems so natural TO speak of roads and harbOrs
next 10 plantations that my pen will buttonhole
me L L don't look out, but for We refrain and
let Imagination work There is plenty Of room for
IL This letter has reached its limits.
Yours very truly,