The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-11-01
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NV Yong. September Q.

f'Suif NeN 1ofk letter however. your New
York letters should have been frequent and some
what regular had it not been for circumstances
beyond your correspondents control A more than
usually busy winter and spring. demanding All time
I possible 90 be given 60 anything else than rest The
rather singular state Of Hawaiian affairs too has
acted as a check upon correspondence. To an ont
slder, the changes may not have presented any
peculiar aspect. bat to Que who has any knowledge
the Affairs Of that little Pacific " vest pocket A" king
ION, (excuse apparent disrespect) the situation has
appeared very strange and unaccountable. With a
new Executive, Of the known character and opinions
20 Prince William Lnnalilo. It was to be expected
thar the " ms would 60 out, and vice versa; but
% WAS somewhat unexpected. finding how the
- honest - opinions and sentiments Of the respective
parties changed, on change Of position. and amusing
"ithal The question of leprcsy seems 10 be very
serious, but probably IL has been somewhat over
drawn; NJ any rate II has excited a great deal Of at
tention in this country. and there has been consider
able uufavorable newspaper comment t~hcrcup0n.
The effect may be unfavorahle upon the question OF
reciprocity, aud will tend TO repel emigration. which
might have been justly expected in view Of the
increasing facilities of communication with the rest
Of the world. The fact is, that the course pursued
10y parties in Honolulu has been such as 90 act unfa.
Norably upon Hawaiian prospects. Attention has
been attracted 20 the islands by the recent events
there, and because that much has appeared In the
papers and magazines OF this country concerning
both people and country within the past few months.
But favorable ideas and thoughts have been repealed
by the tone Of some Of the Honolulu journals. The
writer has heard such remarks as" Judging from
the Hawaiian newspapers | should think that they
desired TO repel rather than invite settlement"
And 50 il certainly has seemed. Readers Of the IIo-
nolulu papers are amused also at the idea evidently
entertained by island people Of your Importance; and
there can hardly be q doubt but that island people
10 oyer-estimate the value Of the country. 10 would.
probably astoniSh the natives 10 know that If Hawaii
was TO apply for annexation 20 the United States a
general vote Of the people Of this country would be
unfavorable to any such project. Judging from the
80. 6 H. nal.n - a.. a -
be no doubt on that point But il may surprise and
will probably interest Honoluluans and the nation in
general, that reciprocity with Hawaii is more favora-
bly, looked upon than annexation, because that the
latter is not desired, while IL is wished 10 keep Amer
lean influence quite as powerful there as that Of any
other nation, for the purpose OF preventing any other
nation obtaining possession. That is, the feeling
here is just this. The United States do not want the
Hawaiian Islands, nor do they want any other power
TO obtain control there. IL would be q good pill to
put that fact into Hawaiian, and then give IL 60
those raging patriots of the June Kaumakapili
meeting. Judging from reports, one would think
that the speakers at that amusing demonstration felt
that the world would go 10 war for the sake Of Hawaii.
Speaking Of that meeting, 1t reminds one very much
of q scene in Shakespeare's Julius Cesar, when the
populace would not hear n word against Brutus. and
soon were raging for his blood. But my criticism
upon the leaders of that meeting may not be aprop0N
by the time it is published, although il would have
been about the first OF August, the date OF last
papers received here.
Dropping Hawaiian Affairs, readers may be more
interesting TO know of affairs in this country. aud
first of the most interesting point at this season
which is where to go and of
SUMMER RESORTS.
Every year, some hitherto unknown spot becomes
a public favorite. The past summer has witnessed %
more general scattering than ever before. OF the
thousands who left the city, many went 20 the coast
Of Maine, to Bay Harbor, Mount Desert and other
points. Rye Beach in New Hampshire has become n
New York favorite. having been hitherto monopolized
by Boston summer wanderers. The mountains OF
Virginia and Tennessee have drawn many; some
have gone to the wonderful Yellowstone region, some
to Europe and so on. But Saratoga, New York and
Long Branch still retain their supremacy, attracting
thousands, where other places draw tens and hun
dreds. President Grant has been at Long Branch,
but not so continuously as last summer, thither also
flocked the public birds of prey, Office seekers and
politicians, and filed the place with their wearisome
and unprincipled trickery. But so II must be In
republics The summer has been peculiar and not
Just such as best pleases hotel keepers and pleasure
seekers. Ii has been chill and uncomfortable, there.
fore people have not spent money enough either 70
satisfy the landlords or themselves. The months Of
June and July were very dry; August was wet, con-
sequently great damage was done to the fruit and
other crops during the former period, and the horse
races were spoiled in the latter. The probability is,
that out of towners cared more for the latter than
the other evil. On the whole, the pleasure season
has not been a success, and one feature Of sadness
has attended il. to an unexampled extent, that IN, in
the great number of cases Of death by drowning; u
remarkable fatality seems to have Swallowed each Of
the great public bathing resorts, 10 say nothing Of
the many who were lost in ponds and streams. There
has been a criminal lack of life saving apparatus, rs
is usually the case, but probably it will be just the
same next year. The great Saratoga races were n dis
appointment TO all concerned; particularly with the
betting fraternity, who almost always bet on the
wrong horse this year. Owing TO the frequent rains,
the races were postponed day after day, and so no
body but the livery stable keepers made any money.
while the crowds Of sight seers were Disguised by
fbpir fronupnt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tho Adirondack
are no longer guarded by inaccessible mountain fast
nesses and unbroken forest, 80 that the vulgar
crowd - have this year, just about cleaned out the
game and fish. IL must have narrowed the soul of
many n born hunter 20 have seen the absurd and
shocking work done by some Of the would-be MIN
rods. The Sun tells a good story Of one case. A
young man of wealth patronized very literally the
keeper Of a hotel near one Of the lakes, so the host
very considerably forbade any one except our youth
full shot, from killing deer. One day a party went
out on the lake, and in another boat was young
hunter" and n guide; men and dogs in the woods
soon started out a doe which took to the water and
wan for n high land, reaching that and dashing up
the side, young hunter shot without effect, and
the deer ran down the other side into the water, was
headed Of, turned back, and running up the hill
again, was shot at with like result. This was repeated
five or six times, and finally the poor deer was wounded
in the leg. The boat then pulled up alongside Of the
poor animal, and putting the gun against its head,
q young hunter" killed it! And by this time, prob
ably our young friend is in the city Dragging TO his
proud friends Of how he shot deer of in the woods.
There is a great deal Of such wicked fooling, vastly
more than is known of, and public sentiment ought
to condemn it severely. But the season is now about
over, AMI vast crowds are h~urrying back to the city.
The entire carrying capacity Of the Hudson River
Railroad especially, is taxed TO its utmost, and several
ACCIDENTS have resulted from heated boxes and similar
causes.
New York begins to look more like itself; the fall
trade promises TO be brisk; horses are in demand,
and real estate owners and brokers begin TO calculate
the amount Of profits to be made this season; build
ing is being vigorously resumed, and wOrkmen have
abundant employment. Regarding house building
in New York, more another time; it is q subject that
win not bear much light, and investigation will pro-
duce surprising results. q. X.
New YORK. Sept. l9-The announcement OF the
failure Of Fisk u Hatch, which was followed rapid