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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-09
THE OPIUM TRADE.

If, as is said, a mans heart can best be reached
through providing tor his stomach, it is no less
true that his pocket often exerts a most powerful
influence on his convictions. The usually sem
sible London Spectator affords an example of the
latter process, whereby it has made the remarka-
bic discovery that the opium of British India,
on account of its ~mildness, does not hurt its
Chinese customers very much. 1t thinks, also,
that the peculiar constitution of the Celestials
enables them to stand an amount Of narcotism
which would ruin an Englishnan. The Spectator
would hardly have reached this conclusion were
it not for the fact that a great part Of the revenue
Of Hindostan is derived from the opium traffic.
The Chinese government has a different opinion
of the poisonous drug the importation of which
they are compelled to allow. As a farther illus
tration Of how the consideration of a . lucrative
trade may blunt the moral perceptions, read
the following from the British Trade Journal for
August last
The opium traffic crops up every now and then
in Parliament, but the debates on this subject in
variably come to an abortiye conclusion. That in
augurated recently by Mr.. NJ. Stewart was no ex-
ception to the rule. He urged the House to adopt a
resolution declaring that the Imperial policy regula-
ting the opium trade between India and China should
be carefully considered by the Government, with a
view to the gradual withdrawal Of the Indian Gov
eminent from the cultivation and manufacture of
opium. OF course the Government. could not see its
way to accept such a resolution. India could i'll
afford 10 dispense with such an important item Of
revenue as that yielded by the Government opium
monopoly, and besides, there is much reason to be-
lieve that the evils in connection with the trade
which philanthropists are so fond Of denouncing are
greatly exaggerated. One thing is pretty certain,
that the Chinese cannot and will not do without the
drug, and would look upon any attempt TO deprive
them Of its solace much in the same light as our own
working classes regard the persistent efforts of Sir
The result of stopping the import of Indian opium
at the Chinese ports would be that q great impetus
would be given to the cultivation of the drug in the
southwestern parts of China, where the poppy IL
already extensively grown in the face of imperial
mandates forbidding its culture. On the whole,
then, it is scarcely to be wondered at that practical
craftsmanship should be found opposed to the scheme
Of amiable philanthropy which would extinguish an
important and lucrative trade.
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EXPERIENCE teaches the lesson that we cannot
live to ourselves for the moment we undertake
to do so we begin to deteriorate. One poet may
sing % There is society where none intrudes,' -
but another, and a healthier one, declares that
Through the wide world he only is alone
Who lives not for another"
Introspection of mind as q rule, is of all moods
the most dwarfng in its effects on the man, for it
makes him a selfish creature and selfshness
always defeats itself. 1t produces miserable men
who {" commiserate not themselves; bowelless
unto others, and merciless unto their own bowels. !"
As with individuals, SO with collections of men.
When by circumstances a community is shut up
in itself for a time from the rest of the world
thrown back upon its own resources-it is apt
very soon to prove what poor materials those
resources are. So long as the public attention is
diverted outward upon something of general in
terest so long as bushes is brisk and individual
minds occupied the interpretive process is neg
lected, and the community goes On tremendously.
But when-as here it has often happened of late
a whole month elapses without an arrival
from abroad with little trade or business no
theatres or other amusements and nothing &C.
curing to break the monotony of q humdrum ex-
istence, the result is almost inevitable we fall
back upon our unfortunate selves. How tar this
may be due to our Incompatible climate, we will
not now undertake to say it appears however
that the mind as well as the body must have
continual exercise. IF we cannot dance, or go
to a lecture or a play, and there is no news to
discuss, we are quite prone to fall to discussing
one another. We would by no means be under
stood as asserting that our community is given
to scandal and baekbiting but it will be readily
admitted that we aye-and from obvious causes
our share of such characters as described by
Sterne ct pass a hard and ill-natured reflection
upon an undesigning action to invent, or, which
is equally bad, to propagate a vexatious report,
without color and grounds to plumber an inno-
cent man of his character and good name, a jewel
which perhaps he has starved himself to pur-
chase, and probably would hazard his life to
secure to rob him at the anne time of his hap
piness and peace of mind-perhaps his bread
the bread, it may be, of a ~yirtuous family and
all this, as Solomon says Of the mailman, who
casteth fre-brands, arrows and death, and saith,
Am | not in sport?' all this out of wantonness,
and oftener from worse motives the whole ap-
pears such a complication of badness, as requires
no words or warmth of fancy to aggravate."
AS the best cure for this sort of evil is occupa-
ton, both of mind and body, let US therefore
heartily pray for the advent of whatever will
tend to promote q general activity in the commu-
nifty, be it reciprocity, the building of a new
steamer, or. incidentally, the establishment of a
public hufie, reading-room, gymnasium, or public
baths.
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OCTOBER 9.
THE WATER p P

We take great pleasure in being able to inform
the good people of Honolulu, that the water OF
the Kapena springs has been so utilized during
the past few days, as to supply a suficiency of
the pure element to keep the reservoir full. The
river is now entirely shut of by mason-work
and an iron gate, so that no freshet can overflow
and reach the pipes. Those who have been wa
ter-distraught, and whose nasal organs have led
them in imagination to contemplate the liquid
horrors Of the cow-pasture, may now dismiss
their qualms and quaff spring-water 0d ibitum.
Without indulging in any undue amount of
seIf-gratulation, the ADVERTISER can nevertheless
honestly lay claim to having, ia the discharge of
its duty to the public, been directly instrumental
in calling that attention to the condition of our
water supply which has resulted thus s~atisfae-
torily.
An abundance of good water is a very great
blessing, but enough of anything is said to be
ssas good as a feast" And in this connection
we would remark that every ono who pays a fair
rate is entitled to a fair proportion of water
but by this it is by no means to be understood
that any one man who may see fit to pay, say the
entire water rates, will be entitled to run q saw
mill. There has unquestionably been much wan
ten waste of water in the past BY holders of rates
in the city. Whether by design or through care
Iessness, taps have been allowed to run all night,
irrigating grass-plots and trees. Something might
be said just here of the very questionable inau-
ence upon health of so much vegetation in the
city; but the main point to be considered is that
the water supply belongs to the community as a
whole, and that no one should use more than his
rate allows him.
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IMPORTS.

FRoM GAS FRAScIsco-Per Clara Bell, Oct 5th:-10O red
wood posts, 10f bales hay to A J Cartwright; "a SKIS bran and
cats, 80 cs liquors, 100 dmms boied oil, 100 do turpentine, Is
esks paints, 5 pkgs mdse, 80 cs groceries to ORDER 4 pigs to-
bacco, ! do paper bags to III J Nolte; 100 bills salmon 10 E p
Adams; 2 bales hops, 2 bbls syrup, 16 SKIS wheat, % do pota-
toes, 10 DO onions, 100 do oats, 40 do flour, 2S6 do bran, lO
pkgs groceries TO II May; 100 cs coal oil to T Assoc; 80 SKIS
donr, 1 csc hardware, I do extracts, 2 do mdse, 20 axle arms,
5 pkEs meal, 5 c. handles, 5 pigs ~saddlery, 10 bales hay, rs
sks wheat and oats, ! csc axes, 81 pipes, 8 bndls pipes, l csc
fittings. 2 bags seeds, 43 pkgs nails TO Castle a. Cookies 196 SKIS
dour 90 Love Bros; . cs eItters TO Aacfarlare & Cos 3 pkgs
mdse, 1 coil wire rope 10 Peirce q Coz 9 cs paints, 1 bx sam
ples, 1 csc brushes, / bbl lamp black TO LEVERS g. Dickson: 4
- sewing machines, 1 do sporting material 10 n Lack leo
bbls lime TO 8 c Allen; 16S pigs groceries 10 Friel d Lainej 40
kgs nails, 2 bbIs putty, / pkg rubber to Wilder & Coz csc
hardware 20 Hall a. Son; 2 do do 20 Segelken a. Co; / ships
gear and wheel TO Foster & Co.
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FRipAY. ocroRER 5. 1s1s.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.
iHh only arrival from foreign ports during the week has
been the American bark Clara Ben, on the 5th from san Pran-
CISCO with merchandise 20 A. }. Cartwright; and the only de-
partaFe, the RavenstondaIe, to-day, for San Francisco. with 4
cargo OF Goals from Neweasue. N. 3. w.
The Clam Ben Is mp Tor a return freight. to sail with dis
patch.
The Giovanni APiani Is leading FOR Tahiti, 20 sail in all next
week.
The c. NJ. Ward Chavins undergone thorough repaisl viii
Aal Tor The gaano Stands the latter part Of next week.
The bark Mary Belle Roberts VIII soon be due from san
Francisco.
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COMPARISONS ARE ODIoUs-The Islander of yester-
day, evidently for the dire want OF a subject ior an
editorial, deYotes considerable space to an effort
to show a remarkable similarity " in the form, ar
rangement and style . of the ADVERTISER and the
Gazette. We beg to deny the soft impeachment
for nothing can be farther from the truth. The
whole attempt at a criticism is so triaing and vapid
that it would hardly be worthy of a notice but for
oEe expression, in regard to which we confess to
little sensitiyeness. Ii is wherein the writer speaks
az our ~ careless selections of sentimental poetry
Ee are never careless in selecting poetry and IN
proof of this we refer with confidence to successive
volumes of our paper, where, il our critic has any
of .. that fne instinct called poetic sense" be may
ind many q selected " gem of purest ray serene
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VESSELS EXPECTED.

French corvette Infernet left Auckland May 10th, 10 cruise
en- route. Was at Tahiti Aug. 9th.
Hag bk r c Wyiie, from London, TO Hackfeld a Co. sailed
June 18th.
German bk Cedar, from Bremen, TO Haekfed & Co, sailed
May 18th, and II now due.
Brit bk Agsia, I'm Liverpool, TO I II Davies, sailed June Is.
Am ship Gaiherer, I'm Philadelphia, with Goals 70 u 8 Gov
eminent, sailed June 25th.
Brit str Maegregor, I'm sydney, 70 Brewer s. co, due Oct Is
p NJ = N1sco de Cana, I'm San Francisco, due Oct 10.
Haw bk W G Parke, I'm Puget Sound, TO Hackfid d Co, due
Brit stmr City Of Melbourne, I'm s Francisco, due Oct 10.
Am bk GarbaIdi, from Portland, en- route for China, is about
due.
Am schr Fanny, from Arctic, Is about due.
Am bk Mary Belle Roberts, from San Francisco, 60 ii. Hack
field a Co, due about Oct IL
Am bktn j A FalkinbuIR, from Astoria, 70 Castle Il Cooke,
due about Oct Is.
Am bk ID C. Murray, FIN San Francisco, to Brewer 4 Co, due
Oct 10.
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IT Is A source of qualification to us that We
have been able, in these infelicitous times, to
furnish a sensation and q text on which the Ga
zefe might hang an editorial. Our suggestion
Of last week anent a water tank in the valley
wherein a supply might be kept on hand for an
emergency, has filed our contemporary with
fortunately recovered from the shock) to present
fancied arguments against the plan, the heaviest
one Of which is the bugbear of an inundation
which, when the dam breaks is to sweep over
us {. like a bosom of DESTRUCTION - after the
manner of the Mill River in the valley Of the
Connecticut. Goodness gracious Does the
writer imagine that it is proposed to accumulate
in our valley such an immense body of water as
that? But We are not contemplating the con-
s~truetion of a reservoir large enough to run a
dozen cotton-mills, but merely one of sufficient
capacity to supplement, in n dry season, the
Aoow from the springs in the neighborhood of the
Kapena fall. 1t would not be " immensely ex-
pensiYe :" to provide n site for the tank, for the
conformation of the ground "a swamp) is already
favorable to the work. AS to errors in engineer
ing and ineffciency in sub-offcials-the expert
ence of the past, especially in the latter p%articu-
lar, it is expected may prevent any similar laxity
in the future. The Hippant way in which the
idea is alluded to of " buying out the rights of
d~airy-men,'' plainly shows that the writer has
given no consideration to the subject on which he
vapors. The picture he draws of "a region of
coal forests and perennial fountains . is q pleas
ing one, but its realization would prove " i'm
mensely expensive, too costly, we fear, for the
present generation.
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HERE WAS a coed deal of suggestiveness in a
remark which appeared in the Islander recently
to the effect that the Hawaiian Government suf-
iers for the want Of a Premier, n leader of the
cabinet, the representative Of the sovereign aud
the working ruler. Our Constitution (Article
81 declares that 8. The person Of the King is
inviolable and sacred. His Ministers are respon-
sibie." This responsibility, however in reality
amounts to none at all for with no recognized
leader Of the Cabinet and with diversity of views
among the members there can be no definite,
declared policy Of the Government. No one Min
lister will be willing to assume the responsibility
Of a measure, even after il has passed the ordeal
of a deliberate Cabinet discussion. And go. the
public appreciation OF the contrary which might
follow any particular measure or Indication Of
policy on the part Of the Government, being
equally devided among four Ministers, can truly
be said to belong to neither of them in %particu-
lar. Thus the fact that Ministers are Of equal
authority in the administration of the government
amounts to an incubus, that effectually prevents
an able, enterprising man from ever assuming a
responsibility, should an opportunity present
itself to do go with advantage to the country.
lie is pOwerless unless he should posses suff-
cient energy and force of character to overcome
the scruples and the timidity Of his colleagues
and, as it WERE, carry them bodily with him.
Men of that stamp however, are not plentiful in
larger communities than this Of ours.
1t is patent enough to any one who will can
didly consider the subject, that this little King
dom 30 peculiarly situated in respect to position
and inhabitants, needs, above all things else to
ensure its progress and prosperity, a responsible
Government with a declared policy. 1t needs
some one at the head of affairs who, jacksonville
will, meet opportunities and T" take the RESPONSE
billy whether it be in the provision of means
for inter-island communication or any other en-
terprise that is manifestly for the good of the
country at large. Our idea of the province OF
an efficient Ministry comprehends something
more than attention to the routine Of Office duty.
In England this matter of Ministerial respon-
sibility lies in a nutshell. The Government is
that Of the person who is called by the sovereign
to form the Ministry, and is known as the ad-
mistration Of Gladstone, or Disraeli, or whoever
for the time may be the Premier. If in the place
of the present impalpabe and irresponsible body
which we call the Ministry, there were a recog-
nized head of the Government, a Premier, who
being a " live man. - should be a tangible embod-
iment of the executive power and policy of Gov
ernment-then there would be more hope of
progress than there ever can be under the present
system.
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MEMORANDA.

REPORT OF BARK CLARA BELL, p P SHEPHERD, MASTER.
Len San Francisco Sept 14th with light breeze from sw,
and Gains which lasted for two days. Then took light breeze
from the w and NV, which lasted six days. then wind hauled
10 sW and Sc, with frequent Gains until arrival 81 port
Sighted Maui and Hawaii on Sunday, Oct Sd, arriving in Hoi
noEuIu NJ noon the following Tuesday.
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WNHE UNDERSIGNED BEG LEAVE TO
y acqusint his old customers and the public IN general,
that he viii be happy to supply them with
g @ q q w q O Z H n a. al "a |:
He returns thanks for former patronage, and viii endeavor
to deserve its continuance. II Orders let Al Walters Metro
pOltAn Market, opposite the Bakery. or at Frei 4 LANES
Grocery Store.
Bread will be Delivered In any Part Of the City.
o2 I'm WIN. MANN.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
~ HEREBY GIVEN rO ALI
~ persons that on this 2th day q September, instant, .
Meeting q the Subscribers % the stock q the funceylie
Plantation Company vas held IN Hc0olala. and AZ said Meet
ing Il was voted by said Subscribers 20 accept = Charter q
Incorporation granted 60 them. their associates ana SUCCESSORS,
under the Corporate name Snd style OF The Princeyale PiantA
ton Company. bearing date the l5th day q September inst,
and hat said Corporation WAS daily organized and eiected The
ftlowing named officers % the Company
2. &. JONES JA,----.Secretary aud Treasurer.
;. auto
Notice - further given that Ai the property % the CofPora-
ton shall be liable for the just debts THEREOF but " no stock-
holder shall individually he liable for the debts q the CoFPo-
ration beyond the amoant which shall he due upon the share
or Shares held or owned by himself"
p. C. JONES, ia,
Honolulu, sept. -, 1875. (oct2 az Secretary.
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PORT OF HONOLULU. II. I.
ARRIVALS.

2-Stmr Kii4uea. Marchant, from Hawaii and Maui.
2-schr Luka, kaai, from Moloss, Kauai
2Sehr MauuoEawai, KaisTaia, from MoIOaa-
3-Schr Fairy Queen, Kaaina, from Hanzlei. Kauai
4-schF Pauahi, HOpu, from Hiio, Hawaii.
6-Sehr Nettie Merrill, Crane, from Kaunakakai.
6-Scbr IA Moi, Reynclds, from Eahului, Maui
Am bk Clara Bel, P p shepherd, 20 days from san
Francisco.
5-schr kamaile, Boiles, I'm Wsimea & K0Ioa, Kauai.
6-schr Mile Morris, Lima, I'm Kaunakakai, Moiokai.
6-Sehr Kinau, AhuihaIa, from Mako. Maui.
s-slmr kilanea, MarchanI, from Hawaii and Maui.
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The government of France, even under what is
called the Republic, is OF a verv paternal charac-
ter. 1t looks after the religion as well as the
a%musements of the people. The Protestant and
Hebrew churches will this year receive about
1886 900; the Roman Catholic Church will have
more than $40, 00s, 900. The railways are subsi-
died to the tune of $500. 600; the Opera receives
$500, GEO; the other theaters and the Conservatoire
de Musique will have subsidies amounting to
$3.50 900. The salary of the President is Sl20,
600 a year, and in addition to this he is allowed
5000 0 q year for " his household" and $4,000
more for his apartments at Versailles" Presi-
dent Grants compensation of $50, 900 a year ap-
pears small in comparison with the allowances of
the French Executive.
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A VAIN HOPE.-The Californians, not satisfied
with the wonderful progress they have made in the
production Of fruits and grains adapted to their
zone, are constantly endeavoring to pursuade
themselves that they can probably grow the fruits
that belong to the tropics. After a great many
trials they have produced a few banana plants, but
no bananas; and latterly they have been trying
coffee. We clip the following from the Tuohtmne
Independent:
Mr.. Leonard Fisher of Rough and Ready, who
has been experimenting in the culture of coffee,
gives us a few points in relation to this branch of
industry, which some day will rank among the
leading interests of the State. The heavy five
weeks frost of the late Spring did not injure the
plants, but the freezing which followed did never
theless, they sprouted again and grew dwarf. The
coffee plant does exceedingly well in this country
when planted upon soil congenial to its growth. as
in Europe it brings but one shoot, and here twenty
two shoots can be counted from one sprout. and
every one bearing coffee. His opinion is that the
tule land and also the alluvial ground between
Stockton and Sacramento is far superior TO a soil
which needs irrigation, as water and hot sand
scalds and kills the plants. He has experimental
with the Morocco variety for the past four years,
starting with a few beans imported direct. He has
two pounds to distribute among those who wish to
experiment. We offered him five dellars for as
many beans. which he refused to see. and those
who wish to come in will have to ante even more.
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FOR RENT.

49, THE HOUSE LATELY OCCUPIED
Id 10y Mr.. :. NJ. Carter, situated At the corner of Palace
ILL Waik and Punchbowl SITS Possession given inmedi-
ately. Apply at the
se4 MARSHAL s OFFICE.
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NOTICE


THE INDER~IG I'D BEG 10 GINt
notcc that I an @ leave Hunciaiu- tax aas orrurtu-
uty to thRak my frfeuas 10 this place for past tavors- Idesirs %
rrcosamsuA 70 the pnhtic. As ny succ.@cg. NJ Y. v HN1NH-
INSOS. Skom Z believe q ~ souhy - thof ~ccnEdrnee. I
have Transferred O. Dr. HgfchSEoa ny husiuess In Vert strexf,
wheh VII 81 and from tie Is u ocohsr b. carried On ~
hc- Uutu I lcAvc H0ncfulu. 1 shall be happy to NEST aay
pailrnts ~ The Pea street oGcs, iu cosuection Slth DE-
Huirhinaan. ro2 In, DIX g. TKoIssEAI.
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Commissioner of Boundaries Notice.

Wv been made to this Office by VIM. II. Bailey, for the
settlement OF the boundaries Of his land in the Ahupuaa OF
Makaehu, in the District Of Makawao. Island OF Maui, all
parties having lands adjoining the above said land are hereby
notified to be and appear before me at the Court House in
Waikiki on THURSDAY. the 18th day Of October, A. ID.
1875, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. JNO. VI. KAPENA,
90 ct Commissioner of Boundaries
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NOTICE !

NUTICE
4 the undersigned did. GA the
18th day cf June, 1879, appoint His Royal Highness the
PRINCE W. z. LELEIOHOKU to he my Agent for the care
and management Of all my property, both real and personal,
within this Kingdom, notice thereof Is hereby given 10 all
whom il may concern. H. kEELIkOLAN1.
Honolulu, July 10Th, 1875. 99S-3m
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To Z OR LEAS
TO LET

TO LET.
VERY DESIRA DIV ELLIN
II and Premises, No. $50 Nuuanu Avenue, containing par
Tors, dining room, bedroom, dressing room,-China and clothes
closets on first hoo,-basement under all three rooms on
second floor, kitchen aud pantry connected, also with basement
MISUNDERSTANDING and washroom, carriage house, stable, fowl
house, &c, in order. Apply to j. II. WOOD.
Cottage and Premises adjoining, with six
Tooms,-ktchen, bathroom, servants room, store room, stable,
and carriage house. au14 ~
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5000 DOLLARS

1000 DOLLARS
TVNO LEND ON APPROVED
IN SUNS To SUIT. Apply TO
CECIL BROWN, Attorney AZ Law.
oct2 Gun No. : kAAhumanu street.