The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-08-09

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D. KALAKAUA, Acting Governor.
Office Governor Oahu, Honolulu, Aug. ,, 1879.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
~ The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society
will meet this evening at the residence of Mr.. E. o..
Hall. at half-past seven o'clock.
\ RUSSIAN Observation-Disclosures were received
here by the last mail for the Russian corvette
Askold, the present whereabouts of which vessel
we have not learned.
4 A BARGAIy.-The very desirable property on the
corner of Judd and Liliha streets, in the valley, was
sold at auction on Saturday last, and brought S226O,
Mr.. NJ. McInerny being the purchaser. The price
paid is considered extremely low.
EARTHQUAKES IN KAU.-Shakes are no rarity st
Kau, and when they occur, unless strong enough to
throw n man off his feet, they are but little thought
of. Mr.. Nicholas George, who lives at Keaiwa, near
the mud-fow of 1868, informs US that several smart
shocks were experienced there on the Doth ult.
A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES curious blunders-the
fault of which must be divided between the penman,
the printer and the proof-reader-occurred in the
letter of Mr.. II. A. 2. Carter in our last issue. They
were so peculiarly absurd that no one could ever
think of charging them to the author. They occur
in the paragraph commencing, "It is argued that
the treaty. third line from the bottom. Read
9 would certainly seem a falser light to walk by sc.
CONFUSION OF ToNGUEs.-We often laugh at the
queer attempts of Hawaiians to express themselves
in English, and doubtless they too find no little
amusement in the ~bungling management by some
foreigners of the maoLi. A couple of amusing prac-
.;ool ;ll,gtr+ioDo Of fha olOriOuS uDnarfainfv Of fhp
Hawaiian language in the mouths of persons not
well versed therein, occurred recently at the Court
House. In one case, a gentleman coming to his
office in the morning had forgotten his key, and
calling a native policeman on duty about the Court
House, dispatched him to bring it from home, telling
him particularly to ask the cook to :" send the key"
repeating the last word with emphasis. In about an
hour, the messenger again made his appearance,
carefully bearing q waiter ON which was q pot of tea,
with sugar, milk and toast. The other case, was
where q gentleman, having occasion to use some law
books that had been left at home, took particular
pains to impress on the messenger sent for them
that they lay on q bamboo lounge or settee. The con-
sequence was that the man did not bring the books,
but sweated q mile through the streets under the
lounge, with which he eventually appeared before
the gentleman, and inquired smilingly where he
would have it placed. Strange, that these people
can't understand their own language -"
Il HAWAII NEI.-Harper's Monthly for August has
an article with the above title, the first Of q series de-
scriptive of these Islands, from the pen of Charles
Nordhoff, the well-known traveller and author. Scat
tered over the twenty pages which the article occu-
pies are some two dozen engravings, illustrative of
Island scenery and faces of persons of note. OF the
! last, that of the late DR.. Judd is the most truthful,
while that of His Majesty the King bears but q faint
resemblance to the original, who, we may be allowed
to observe, has not lost the first joint of the second
finger of his left hand, nor do we believe he arrayed
himself in that uniform to sit for his picture. The
general view - of Honolulu has not q feature about
it which an islander living abroad could recognize.
But as to the text of the article, it is light-ex-
tremely Highland sketchy in its style, and leaves
one with the impression, which is probably correct,
that the author formed but n poor opinion of Hawaii
nei. He is however u little inc0nsistent-which is
perhaps natural in Il hasty sketch,-for while on one
page he speaks of the pleasant surprise OF the various
abundant and fine fruits and vegetables which appear
on the table and in the bill of fare, further on he
sums up the worthlessness of the country by inform
ing the American annexationist that, g except the
cocoanut, which grows on the beach, and seems to
draw its sustenance from the waves, and the sweet
potato, which does very well among the lava, moth
ing seems really to thrive. This is true all over the
islands, = "What is certain is that these
Islands, aside from their fine climate, have absolutely
nothing TO tempt our own people to live on them
After this, don't let US hear any more talk Of the
hungry wish Of Uncle Sam to ''gobble up Hawaii nei.
- We copy the following interesting article from
the St. Louis Daily Globe, of July 18th
OUR ISLAND PoLICY.-Carlist victories and i'm
pending national bankruptcy in Spain leave the
Cuban war TO be prosecuted between the island vol
unteers and TIE patriots-in-arms, whit is TO be
feared-no immediate prospect of its termination,
The Government of the United States seems mystic
riously unable to perform the simple duty of recog-
nizing the revolutionists as belligerents. While every
consideration Of justice and honor demanding this
recognition is reinforced by the vast commercial in
terests We have in the prosperity and trade of Cuba,
our Government preserves the souless attitude with
which for scores Of years 1t has listened to the ap-
peals of struggling victims Of tyranny in the West
Indies. Under these circumstances there seems little
hope for the friends of the United States in the Sand
witch Islands. If Hayti could never win from US
more than cheap protestatons of friendship, and if
neither San Domingo nor Cuba at our doors can in
terest US, what can be expected for the distant islets
of the Pacific? If neither humanity nor liberty,
nor our due of eighty millions of trade are worth
looking after in the Queen of the Antilles, the Amer
leans of Honolulu may as well despair. The little
& islands they are so proud Of import but about q mil
lion and q half of dollars worth, on most of which
we pay q duty of but ten per cent, while their ex-
ports amount to some two hundred thousand dollars
worth more, fve-sixths Of it sugar but we are con-
tent to pay 4 much heavier tribute to Spain to en-
able her to crush Cuba and to dwarf our trade.
Sugar culture in the Sandwich Islands is said to be
far less than the cultivable area would warrant, the
deficiency being due to inexperience and q dearth of
labor. The sugar culture and the coffee culture of
Cuba, however, though capable of being developed
TO the value of hundreds Of millions annually, are
repressed by q pro-slavery war mercilessly waged for
wears to no end but devastation. What might not 4
vigorous and Just island policy DO for the commerce
- his nnuntrr II Is interestinn 70 learn- however