The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-21

entire party Of sixteen we're slowed away IN one u
the boats together with the baggage, and in a short
time we're pitched ashore on the wharf. where. hav-
ing counted n0sez. some mounted the horses already
therr. and kanakas were sent Oh after others.
Those Of va who were already mounted, spurred
an hot haste over the - SIX miles " Of country towards
Waiobinu. BY the time We had gone screen We
caught a glimpse d the trees IN which the town u
hbf, and the eighth found "a Gathering through the
main avenue. Our advent was not entirely une1-
pected. p. the warm hearts that our frienfs there
p1=sess. welcomed n. and they vowed that u Ne bad
come 100 Midnight with twice the force Ne mustered
then. they could have provided for 81 our wants
Captain Joseph Spencer was the ruling genius Of the
OCCASION anL se we're all suugiy stOSel away BY the
healthy hour Of ten
\ CABINET COUNCIL
He'll At d~ay-break the next morning resulted in
horses beng contracted for for the entire party
through 90 kilauea and return via HlO, a. future
events mixht determine, provisions obtained, and
until n - a, the expedition vas hOating loosely
about. waiting for The word g.. Our Representative
Importer started ahead for kiltuea az an carly hour,
business being his main object, pleasure "arier
ward. The Doctor has been duly supplied with a
set Of carefully ground knives, a well snarPened
saw. ani a certain . case " that will inevitably be
Opened Ou the summit II not before.
We find Waiohinu very much As usual. The Hon
Thomas Martin Is tusied IN attending TO his own
aHairs He voted sindependantly,' As you may
remember, IN the last Legislat1re) There has been
q great deal Of rain hereabosts lately, and cane is
booking well. I hear that Mr.. HutchinsOn's mill IS
likely u 10 well, AMI Captain Spencer anticipates a
good crop Of pulu-
The road between here and the nearest landing
place. Raaluaiu, six, seven, or eight miles distant,
Il You want to be particular ask kEAwE-needsa an
appropriation judiciOusly expended upon 1t. The
item Of "traHsPortation.' keeps Two blacksmith
shops going. besides the iron workers at the mill, &c.
Mr.. Charles v. Spencer, who joined US here, reports
that last night nj a distance Of forty miles frUm
NiCkgaweOWeo. the light was very beautiful
LEAVING wAIOmNU
Between 10 and II a. N, the expedition strung out
oil town, two Or three Of US bringing up the rear - to
corraII s~tragglers - as Eheryescent Bob remarked.
We took the upper, or mountain road 10 Lyman's
ranch, while those who went ahead followed the coast
line. over the lava. There's where they missed it
not the road-but the shade and mountain breeze
that We enjoyed. Passing by the Catholic church 1t
H1Ira, we soon reached that triumph Of Charles
architectural skill. the Spencer pulu station. Dur
ing tLe cyclone that swept over here IN January last,
the building Was badly cOrkscreWed out Of shape,
and the furniture scattered over the face Of the
country.
The proprietor has been hard It work ever since
rightiug things, and at the time Of our visit. Septem-
Der 9th. we. being fresh from the chaotic kilauea,
are aware of something having been done. There
was four Of Va rested our weary limbs here, all find
ing seats, except the Historian, EtierVeseent Boo, and
Heuuery-
b-iug ihe order Of the day, we, the visitor, insist
aly 10 iact upon accepting Of everything available.
uir h0st sent out the Historian ~ hunt up a hens
arst. Bob TO get some water.-they get their wate'
irom PunaIuu. five miles distant-suggested to
ilsun~ry that - be was going on to Lyman's that
night he could wait. beat the writer AT a game Oi
crlbbage Tor his supper-(we playing with his own
particular pack Of cards., and then borrowed our
opera gIassrs wherewith to explore q mess chest
Thar ORNAMENTS ed the dining room. You can Judge
uf ths success that bis we'll meant efforts met with.
when ] inform you that he took us aside one by
our. and inquired II we liked pulu-eakes,' or
would We prefer 90 hurry on 90 LymIuist Tie did
not wish 10 hasten our departure but he was sure
% was going 10 rain!
In spitr Ut some serious drawbacks, the search
% the Historian bring GOis hHG-we had "a good
neal. rhe only row between Charlie aud The cook.
be- objrrtiuE t0 cook our Egg. ~ because As Charlie
Indignantly remarked. just because there hap
peued tn be- 1 chicErn into it.
Having diurd. or NJ our host expressed %. but
toned orr gums over the hash" We lelt tire station
anil arriving at Lyman's Ranch, were made very
comfortable and passed q pleasant night The
country around here Is the
rtE,plss o. rnE E,SCHNN,
aad 10 IL Is ever opened up by good roads. will be
rrsurtgd tu b. iuvsiids and tourists
standing in front Of thr house. W. can lock over
a Ldiy rxpa1sc on our right sweeping down in a
broad rxptusr OF rugged lava To the sea. aud away
fr0m rs iu front tO Richardson = Ranch. bryuad
which thr landscape rises again more broken AMI
rugged to The browning ledge Of kIlauea- On the
side 90 the distant slope dotted here and there with
extinct COME. Is - trailing cloud OF smoke aud
steam i--uing from the ancient crryice known -
tceNt5urr. the lament Of tie priests some
few miles This side of EilLuea proper. Near Rich
nrds"u's is he bill from which the land-slip took
place IN 'Gs the scar still remains on the bah side T..
bus the broad level PLAIN formed by the earth that
Do fetched away - j. like the rest Oi lie soil covered
with uuI aud mauIauiI grass.
The long Stops OF Mamma LOa bounds the hori-
L0u inland tu our left. and now that darkness has
ftilrn. ou the highest ridge hangs . bright cloud
over the active crater. We notice that as the light
brigutrus ON Mauna LOa. that Ui kilauea fades
away, and when. in a lew moments, kiiauea again
shows brightly the other Glms down This has
BEEN observed during the last week, and would
seem 10 indicate that there is some connection be-
tween the two. Arriving at
REED AND RICHARDSON'S RANCH
a. about 6 An. We found here the balance Of our
party and Mr. Conway. who had just returned from
the summit lie reports that hi- party consisting
o. Messrs. Palmer. Curtis, DimOnd and himself with
Two guides had succeeded. after considerable toll
In reaching the crater. They found the lava spout
ing in a tall column from near the centre Of the
main crater. and = lake formed The cold was ex-
cessive and they spent but one night on the summit.
The elevation by an AuerOid was 1880 feet.
During the night their mules got away and they
were obliged to walk dOwa TO the water-hOle IN
the woods where they found their animals. Their
guides were completely exhausted, and the cOnse-
queuce j. We were pliEid IoG tor some one to pilot
a. up. Later in the day Messrs. Palmer, Curtis
and UimOud arrived and gave rather a better aC-
count u the difficulties OF the trip. and lett with us
their tent, some extra blankets and water contain
egs-
Tbs Ranch Is very handsomely situated. and
though 10 was very evident that We were iutruding
upon Mr. Richardson, yet we eudeAyOred TO avoid
giving him any more trouble than We could help
Two Of our party left u here TO 20 on to kilauea,
ami tbr balance waited hopefully fora guide whom
capt. Joe Spencer, with n large hearted generosity
mad engaged 10 procure from bis ranch some six
miles back on the road. As the success Of the eX-
p-ditiOu now seemed to depend entirely on his
success in procuring there one nau. Mr.. Henry
GandaI. IL was with no slight feelings of qualification
that we saw him coming in the afternoon. We
were able to leave Richardson's Ranch about 3
O'Clock r n, Mr.. r. refusing to acc-Ptany rsnuuera-
lion tor bis kindness 70 Us, and so ~ rOtr on 20
ELLIS Station.
- mile Trzfaut aud hfrhar nm the mountain side
This PUN and Goat Ranch is prettily placed on a
rising knoll Of ground we'll covered with dns grLss.