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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-10-23
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FRiDAY. ToBE q. 1873.
~ ARRIVAL during the week have been-ITth, A { y Co..
: , aaesregor' from Auckland, 70 c Brewer s. Co; 10Th. r VI
sCoss NEsco de Cana, from san Francisco 10 n Hacked
n Coi A s n Cos : 3 City q Melbourne, from san Franciseo
10 Brewer s. Co. 20th, American bktn J A FaIkinburr from
F'rtiandi American bark n c Murray, from San Franciseo;
and today the American bark Mary Belle Roberts. from san
Ihe Departures have been-the Maeerezor for San FnBei.-
20 on the 1sth- With domestic produce valued Al as sss. he
NA,eo de Cana aud cry cf Ysibourne er sydney via Auck-
land on the lech.
Our AdTices from san Fnneiseo are 20 Ihe l2,h inst. We
quote prices Of Island produce
sU0AE-Therc Is considerable saoa.s e. u.-.....,
'.rossry grabs, bat thers - noae here ana the trade i sup
PtSi from the local nehneries with a fair article Of yellow ana
George MOoa from Manila. with S0.5Is bags 60 tbe csTfomia
Refinery. The Bay Refinery has completed its extensive re-
maIket Eih a superior article q Cube made by the Partz pa
tent The California Refinery Il running az is foil Capacity.
saPPying promptly an trade requirements al steady prices.
lie ENtra TRANSLATED, I2cf Circle A Crushed, I2sei
tabe, iztej PoEdsred, l2e-ar in barrels There is no stock
oInss hs5e q sale, ne ksnnes holding very nearly aH eur
'0PPiy- We quote 6rooeFy GrBdes, s0lOsc.
MoLAs-Es AID sTRUP-We note a shipment Of GC barrels
Roberts. The price of Hawaiian XIoIasses may Be quoted al
TSaLS, assSrdiss to guilty. The calhbrnia reAHsrs make
otheF Light. Exporters are suppIIei Sith large usreels hi BIZ
a. 254D@oc. Exporters and shippers Eastward can purchase
rs -. $50 SlIIsICn IroH current trade Quotations.
~ her kg products NJ bbs, Csc; bbs, 6Zic; San Francisco
SgllI kegs, Old stock, 07lc.
CoFFEE-Ths demand continues smurizingiy small for III
Green have been quite trding. yet holders show no disposition
% pIess sales, even boxing hr better prices later in the season.
saGs are reported % COCO rs Kona from HODolulu upon terms
wlthheid w quote Manila 2I5cj Costa Rfea, 22ie, all other
Greens, 2iN22ei O.G-Java, 2sa3Oe.
s,t sesn IN i n,'hsE q better tone Ireyaiing fG all Kind;
Sas7i9490 y 100 hs-
At 7479e.
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MEMORANDA.
OF A

REPoRT OF 3 8 MACSREaoR, II 8RAINdKR, COMMANDER
Left Sydney AZ LIS p N Sept 25th, and experienced moderate
easteriy winds and fine weather; 9th fresh easferly and
squaIlyj esth strong breeze and heavy beam zee; 2eth strong
gale and heavy sea- 50th passed Three Kings, and arrived at
with light westerly winds 10 Oct 4th, and fresh Sc winds to
lat 16o s, long 165 81 W. Crossed the equator In long
lei At W Strong Sc winds and fine cool weather the re-
mAinder Of passage Oct 18th at 1880 p m passed q fore and
I6e So n, long 15s IL w. Oct 18th at 8 % . m received
pilot on board. X B PRINdLE, Purser.
FREFoRF OF 8 s vGsco DE CANA, J F RICE, COMMANDER.
Lien san Francisco Oct 9th at I.so m; experienced fine
weather throughout the passage, and arrived In Honolulu Oct
18th at $50 a m
REPoRT OF s s CRY OF MELBOURNE, BRowS, CoMMAS-
DER.-Let San Francisco Oct 18th at 1880 a m, and cleared
Ihe heads at IL a m, with a light sW breeze and thick weather.
The wind continuing light and battling until 4 a m on the 18th
thence 9 strong sW wind which lasted 20 hours, thence light
airs and Gains until noon on the 18th, thence light Sc winds
nntil arrival az HonoIslu, which was entered at $50 p N on
the 18th, making the passage in s days and 4 hours.
REPoRr OF BARE ID C MURRAy, A FULLER, MASTER
Len San Francisco Friday, Oct LIST at 8 p m in tow Of tug Joe
Redmondi cast OF at 5 p m and made sail with a light breeze
from w and a dense fog, which continued till the following
day. FIRST Z days out had Hight breezes, fine weather and
smooth sea Got the trades the Sh day out in Lat q . So ",
long l3S w. Continued very light till IL days out in lat 2So
calm. The 18th day wind sprung up from east. The latter
part Of passage had very heavy NV swell. Saw Hawaii Oct
10Th at o p m, and Oahu next day 81 10 a m.
REPORT OF BARK MARY BELLE ROBERTS, GRAY, MASTER.
Len San Francisco Oct I'd; experienced light NV winds in
lat "a so, long l46e W, and sw winds which lasted 5 days;
from thence TO port light NE Sighted Maui DC. 2Ist az 6 a
m, arriving Ia Honolulu next forenoon.
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IMPORTS.

FRoM SYDNEY & AUokLAsp-Per Macgregor. Oct 18th
a I 8 m aSI1' 10 10 e g nquoTs, I bA tea Si ss " Laird a I'd M ! s5Hpso and !
hale bazils 70 p Dalton 1Parcel mdse TO T G Thmm IS bxs
soap to c brewer d Co; ia coils rope, so SKIS oats to II Mac
farfane.
FaOA San FAAxcIsco-Per vasco de Cana, Oct 1911
Dominis - DO mdse 70 w c Parke 50 SKIS dOur, IS pkgs
Castle g g Cooke j do DO & % 5 ) Masnin; Sp tssU do 10 "a 4 % J G GO to
Wright 200 SKIS aour 20 Yum onion 50 pEPs @dss to LYMAN
ISine; 81 bxs fruits to II May $50 do apples to Borfes g Co
zoo S Dc do soI 20 = ! 7 b As1 Iea 10 3 + Rk Eac iaEI5Iq q c 70 g Sg F D Williams aSi
and mdss to Loo NgAwki 81 do mdse to NJ s Grinbaum s Co;
Co; cs books 70 ii N whitpeyi l Pkge mdse e Miss Won
Phster; l do boots and shoes to } Ross; 2dofoH Macfarianei
? do to Thos Lack.
Fsox San FRAScIsco-Per City of Melbourne, Oct 18th
l csc boots to Ira richardson 8 pigs g.Gce5isS to Peitre q CO.
Go; / bx harness to Or MeGreE; 1 do mdse TO Brewer & Co;
do do II n whitney; parcel do TO A PioO; 1 csc do TO W
FRoN PoRrLAxD-Pe. J A FaIkinburg, Oct 2oth-IO0 bbls
90 do TO Mclean; 2s7 do oats, 10 hf bbis and 9 Kits salmon
bellies. 80 es canned salmon, l bx nidse, ] hf Dbl beef, us bxs
nag siafs. / Dol PORK to Castle & Cooke. =
Fsou SAN FAAScIsco-Per d c Murray, Oct 2osh-s pkgs
soa; s Rxs mdss 10 T Lack; edo 10 to DR. Hoffman; $50
bag p PSi ,Ss /: % S aS Gp 100 Do % da Ssl' s ss5R SS. a nSe, P 3 Ss 100 S ss
20 Brewer & Coz ePkgs ndse 2 rams 90 Or TrOusse1ui 40
ppies, ~ pkrs mdse 70 n May 400 Or and 80 hf SKIS -four 70
FTues & Go; 2ss or SKIS -four to E P Adams 200 Or and 100
E e. ;E II and es d I SSss 70 S' g G e M EISs 8S0s les 8 h hard % . a f ) Cart
EItsAl; I bg = Su 70 S SsRs RrS g: 3 e :si Bag K Petat TO Fo % 9n q Co. :
3pkEI mdse 20 NJ McInenyi 200 Or SKIS flour to Yin Quoni 9
a pLanfs. z bxs fnkt 70 John II cieyeri w or "a hour, ~
pEgs groceries 10 Fae s. Lame; IS cs wine to Sehaefer & Co;
Is pigs mdse 70 Castle 3 COOkej 2 bags guanO TO Capt Makes
1 csk eIaret 70 A = CIeghorni 100 cs nut oil, 1 cs tobacco 70
Along & Achucki 400 or SKIS noqF. 10 pkgs shocks, so bbls
heed 80 bag beans 20 II MacAriane; loo Or SKIS -four, so pkgs
mdse TO Moasman L SSn5 300 or SKIS ao1r, s. pigs groceries
TO Mcintyre Brosj IL pkgs mdse 10 Hohschlaegsg q Coz Z
tanks gasoline 10 A Herbert
FRoM San FRAScIsoo-PeF Mary Belle Roberts, oet I'D
SO7 Pkgs cordage 90 Grnbaum a Coz IS SKIS barley. DIDO mid
5fnsr 20 Freu z Lame; 2cs marble, 1 base 10 A J CEr.Ensht;
10 10 matches 20 Lyman Brosj / Csc piano to a b BeckwIihi
II "a mdss 70 N Mclnerneyj IS pigs liquors 10 Chas Long, .
hf bbls Vhfsky 70 Leuehan & Co; 10 do do 70 Macfarlane a
Co; 10 stoves, & piEs hollow ware, do hearthal 10 pumps, 10
drugs, . do gITcsEins TO Dr. sisngenwaid; 20 es coal Sa q
@ EddsrieJI ] do do TO p Daltoni 100 bs .a' ." 90 MT OIL
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THE COLONY OF FIJI.

Some amusement was afforded in the British
House of Commons the other day, upon a vote
for G40, 900 being proposed for : the Sdministra-
ton of affairs in FIJI. The report says that Sir
Wilfrid Lawson, in his usual ocular style, OPP
posed the motion. He considered it was not
necessary to set up a Government for 200 British
subjects, who had been characterised as the most
outrageous ~rufians in the world. A sum of e72,-
600 had been expended, the King and chiefs had
been pensioned, and who, he asked, was the
better for the annexation. All he knew was that
we had given the blacks the measles and they
had given us a war club. He had also heard
on the brain of rum" He understood a new
still had been set up, turning out 200 gallons of
rum a day, and this would soon kill off the few
natives whom the measles had spared. Sir Will
frid then facetiously went into our latest conquests
beyond the sea, remarking that by the Ahyssinian
expedition, which cost us several millions, all we
got was the son of the King, who was brought
home, and for whose education we were to pay,
and as to CoomaSsie, the result of that expedi-
ton was King COffee's umbrella, and that a very
unserviceable one. As he put it, the question
before the House was whether Cacobau's war
club was worth G40 900. Mr.. Lowther, under
secretary for the colonies, explained that the vote
required for roads, telegraphs, &C., and that
it was to be repaid at some future time, and as
to the islands was really necessary, as
the measles had decreased the revenue. DR..
Kenealy supported Sir Wilfrid's amendment for
striking out the vote, which was however agreed
to BY lS9 to 10.
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Photography.

The queeE name that stands a, the head q this
article has been applied to a most useful aud ingeni-
Gus process. that entirely - takes the shiue cut Of
'the Type WRITER q which We recently gave an ac-
count From 4 late New Zealand H,ra!s. we copy
the following description
W were yesterday favored by the Bank Of New
Zealand with an inspection Of one Of the most useful
and ingenious appliances IL has been cur lot to en-
counter fuccaio 4 Co. Of Londoa, under the tile
OF "Papyrography." have patented a process Of
copying. in a common copying press, which produces
over 200 copies of sn original manuscript. at the
rate Of Ave copies n minute, on any description Of
paper, without even the trouble Il renewing color
on the ink-pad. The process i - simple that il Is
difficult 10 describe it. A thin sheet Of prepared
psper, one side being coated with 4 composition i
the material on which the original is written with
chemically on and destroys the surface coating Of
the paper in the track CT the pen. leaving it porous.
After writing. and a triaing process which occupies
not more than two or three minutes, the original is
laid on a velvet pad aud the sheet to be printed is
laid on II Under pressure the lax leaves the pad,
passes through the pores Of the original paper, rem
dered non-waterproof by the ink used in the track Of
the pen, depOsiting itself on the sheet TO be printed,
which can be repeated 10 any extent. Although so
simple and effective. the process seems TO be a CON-
helio-type printing, and common copying. One Of
its principal advantages is that no skilled labor is
required No commercial office should be without
1t, as for RAJ idly producing a number Of comics OF
private circulars II supplies n great want; in short,
1t is difficult TO see where its usefulness can end"
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NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE following concerning
the Charlie Ross abduction case is published In the
Herald to-day: A letter has been received from
Philadelphia in which, from the correspondence of
one Nelson Booth and Charles j. Ross. there is
what parports to be a confession of Booth 1t ap-
pears that he was concerned in the abduction and
he is now in England. He gives certain instruc-
tons by which the boy can be recovered. Mr..
Ross has communicated with the English police,
but attaches little Importance to Booths story.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l9.-Oficers of the law
have received information. during the past week
that if Westervelt is convicted the boy Charley
Ross would be returned. 1t is also stated that the
prosecution has much important information, which
they have withheld for prudential reasons. TT is
belieTed that WesterYelt win reveal who the
parties are who have the child 10 custody.
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PORT OF H~oMoLULU. a. 1.
ARRIVALS.

e. lC-Schr KamaiIe. Bolles, I'm Waimea & Koloa. Kauai
b-stmT hhauea, Marehant, from Hawaii and Mani
I6-sehr Pueokahi- Clarke. from Hama. Maui
1I-1aFy Ellen, Mana, from Maalaea, Maui.
E-Bnt stmr Aacgregor, Granger, 81 days fm Sydney.
1-sehr Prince. Beck. from Kona and Kau, Hawaii.
H-Schr WarEiek, John Bull, I'm KaIaupapa, MoIokaL
TSP n . Vasco de Cana, Rice, o days and 10 hrs fm
Gan francisco.
is-Bnt stmr City Of Melbourne, Brown, S days and 4
hours from San Francisco.
Portland, o.
Z-Am bk D C Murray, Fuller, 20 days from San Fran
cisco.
20-Sehr Mile Morris, Lima, from Molokai.
@-Schr Pauafi, Hopu, from HIo, Hawaii.
9-gehr Jaunita, G DudoIt, from Molokai.
Tan ok Mary Belle Roberts, Gray, I9I days from;
San francisco.
E-sehk Msnuokawai, KalaSaa, from Molokai, -
2-simr Klauea, Marchant, from Hawaii and Maui.
23-Schr Hattie, Kalanao, I'm Waimea & Keloa, Kauai
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THE PACIFIC
%.

fON SATURDAY morning last, the 10th instant,
Her Royal Highness the Princess Miriam Likilike,
sister to His Majesty the King, and wife of the
Hon. A. 5. Cleghorn, was safely delivered of n
daughter. AT four P. NJ. all the bells of the city
rang a merry peal in honor of the infant Princess.
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% Cbuiln q g. 90 g coal oil. s. pkg- mdse to 7 n Davies;
- c. bofaA. 20 bhls lime, SO sks haur. l2i do bran, 90 bags
SAts, % potatoes, 20 bs apples 1902 n asst redwood. 50 hal-s
- 20 Onder: . G. furniture, I do marble / pkEe glass, I do
a. base 10 Z + Williams. 10 pkzs mdse 20 Dillingham; 4 Co;
n9af baby carriage to 7 waterh0use; ; pkgs fur
hiture, ~ DO drugs % y II Hobroni 9 pkrs mdse. 100 bNs
bgraN- coo bbls m1Lasses 60 fIackf-d s. GO: - c. hardware 10
naH q sons 81 kegs nails, 255T2 Il asst lumber % Levers a.
Di'ksonf 5000 q asst red Eood 20 Wider a Co.
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VESSELS EXPECTED.

French corvette Inisrnet left Auckland May IOth, to cruise
en- route Was az TahiIi Aug. 9th.
HAE bk r c Wyie, from London, 20 Hackfeld & Co. sailed
German bk Cedar, from Bremen, 10 Haekfsd 4 Co, sailed
May 18th, and IL now due.
Am ship syTen, I'm Boston, 10 Brewer a Co, sailed June 22d.
Brit blk Agaia, I'm Liverpool. 20 T II Davies, sailed June Is.
Am ship Gatherer, I'm Philadelphia, with Goals to u ; Gov.
ernmens, saned June 18Th
Am bk Gadbaldi, from Portland, en- route for China, is about
due.
An schr Fanny, from Arctic, Is about due.
Bril- atmr Mikad0, I'm Sydney, 20 Brewer a. Co, due NOV u
p 8 Colima, I'm 3 Francisco, to HackfeId & Co, due Nov l6
Brit sim- MacgregoT, FIN 3 Francisco, 90 Brewer & Co, due
Nov 17Gh-
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NOTICE
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
rs GIVEN TO l.
~ persons that on this Goth day of September, instant, .
Meeting Of the Subscribers to the Stock OF the Princevtlle
Plantation Company was held In Honolulu. and nc said Meet
ing n was voted by said Subscribers to accept q Charter Of
Incorporation granted to them, their associates and successors,
under the Corporate name and style Of the PrIneevrle Piants
ton Company, hearing date the 18th day Of September inst
and that said Corporation was duly organized and elected the
following named officers Of the Company
VIM. ALLEN PRESIDENT
P. Q. JONES, JR,. &. Secretary and Treasurer.
f.E+ :. Z. sAud1lof.
Notice is further given that all the property OF the Corpora
ton shall be liable for the Just debts thereof bat I" no stock.
holder shall individually be liable for the debts Of the Corpo-
ration beyond the amount which shall be due upon the Share
or Shares held or owned by himself"
p. q. JoNEa, ia,
Honolulu, Sept. 20. 1875. (oct2 ~ Secretary.
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DEPARTURES.

/. I6-schr Jenny. Uilama, for Kona and Rau, Haxaii.
B-Brit stmr Macgregor, Granger, for Sun Francisco.
16-Stmr Kilauea. Marchant, for Maui and Hawaii.
1s-Schr Active, Puaahiwa, for Kohals, Hawaii.
I8-Schr Fairy Queen. Kaaina, for Uanalei. Kauai
I8-Schr KamaiIe, Bodies. for Ko.oa and WaImea.
1S-Schr Khan, Ahuihala, for Maliko, Maui.
ls-schr IA Mol, Reynolds, for Kahului, Naul
le-Sehr Pueokahi, Clark, for Hama, Maui.
lS-P 3 VRsco de Cana, Rice, Cor Sydney. Z
Is-Brit stmr City Of Melbourne, Brown, for Sydney 4
2o-sehr Warwick, John Bull, for Kalaupapa, MoIoal.
0-Schr Prince, Beck, for KOna and Kau, Hawaii. Z
Zl-Sehr Mile Morris, Lima, for Kaunakakai, Molokai
1-5chr Mary Ellen, Mana, for Kohala, Hawaii
N-Sehr Pauahi, Hopr, for HiIo, Hawaii.
22-H b NJ . Peterel, Commander Cooksoh, for Kauai.
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Eye. Ear and Throat Diseases
LUNCH & COFFEE SALOON. BY lUM JOG

" the Sto~ ~ A : Ci-Ehorn A "a.
oF II NJ - TEE n
Fnsa ; ssiOsk ia ar norulag IN 10 IA shs syva.ng
-olG am
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j. BECHTINGER, M. d.,

]. BECHTINGER, M. d.,
90 ruE rSsvrHsrr 90 v1ESS,.
7 PHYSICIAN To THE HAREM or
h The Grani NfHicr - EEyFf. es ~ hQncr q sn1ounrs o.
I-t~fy g.~,-J ~. fgs,tgf~ 4, r.g~tfnny rss af,rr,-.e AZ
The spoSiai advantages shkh he o6rrs cot ony frsn si~asi
Eye, Ear and Throat Diseases,
Eeni - ihe Al1snis peeslAr . The ea9Tsnf irr.oal ceon
sEa ~ sFEkxs IrAIIAx. GrH~Ax. srlNrsH. uoIlASDpp.
FEESca AMP E1eLszL
Eyr, Ear aaa Threas Ia-sisste. ssa Fra.-
cisco. CaIsfsraia.
No 20 Sacramento street, Corner Kesray. o23 On
LUNCH & COFFEE SALOON. BY IUM JOCK
No "a NCUANr STREET OPPOSITE
" the SSos ~ A : C~ghorn A ca.
q n II NJ - THIS DAY.
Ina ; sieiOSs in as nornsag IN 10 IA 'hs syya4ns
CITIZENs AND RESIDENTS OF HOMO
ssTiia lSL ia;,l, sai'a to ai' sTss'i fus saS w Ss5assT' :: s'a sosT 81
CHURCH, whsrr services are hetd every sabbath at n o'ciocs.
pleased to attend. rl.eTs : q wSisSsaay sTsniaS PsSyss
Meeting At : IL oeiSck. in The Lectarr room. 10 which all arr
uetoame. aPs ~
NOTICE!
gBNHE CNDERsIGNED WILL NOT BE
responsible Tor any debts contacted 10 his name sithout
waikapu, Oct. .th, ISIS. g SIN
TRANSATLANTIC
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
of Hamburg.
Capital. One Million Prnssian Thalers.
rENHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
n appointed Agents of the above Company are nov ready TO
Issue Policies against Risks Of Fire, on Buildings,
Merchandise and Furnirure.
an terms equal TO those Of other respectable cosnpAniss.
Losses paid for and adjusted here
For particulars apply to
olGu II. HAcKFELD a co, Agents
FOR SALE.
EHNWO rs IN NUUAN Nj VALLEY.
the second aud third houses above the First Bridge, now
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

TVNHE o As BUZZ
Il FUM1S Han, situated on Hotel Street, near Nuaanu
Avenue. For Particulars enquire Of 4.
sells I'm q. II. ROSE.
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MORE DIsCOMFITURE.

Judge Henry c. Meyers, of Natchi-
toches, who is in the city on short bust
ness visit, has called our attention to his
letter published in the Natchitoches Re-
publican of the thirtieth ultimo, addressed
to his ''friend Cosgrove, of the Vindicator.
1t was written in reply to some baseless
charges against the judge in connection
with his position as treasurer of the school
board. The Democracy of Louisiana are
peculiarly unlucky in their attacks upon
school officials. This probably happens
because of the ignorance which generally
prevails in the party of a radical reform in
educational affairs. In the good old days
the parish treasurers generally deemed it
a religious duty to rake in the school fund
for party purposes, and stand off the Yam
kee school teachers with scrip, slow notes,
a ride on rail, or anything but money.
Being ignorant of the change under the
present administration, the Democratic
penholders charge Republican officials
with the ancient offenses, and are sur
prised into silence when they find so
many good old customs" abolished.
Our own Lafayette square committee can
sympathize with the Natchitoches Democ-
racy, they also having been on a cold trail
for few weeks.
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A LIGHT UNDER A BUsHEL.

There is nothing like being well in
formed upon matters in which the public
are interested. There is nothing in jour
nalism SO ennobling as the capacity to
detect errors in the columns of contem-
poraries, and to dissipate error by the
strong light of truth it is enabled to throw
upon subjects that are dark. For instance
there was the Cincinnati Commercial,
which published an editorial upon the
jetties Then there is the New Orleans
Times, following closely after with sharp
stick:
The Commercial is good paper, but very,
very ignorant of delta topography.
And the Times goes on to say:
The Commercial has column leader
about ietties the writer whereof is wild in
nearly all his statements respecting the
| river and it's mouths and only correct in his
history of the legislation on the subject.
| For bis information we will state that from
| Fort st. Philip to South Pass mouth there
is a clear and deep natural channel having
at all times thirty to 100 feet of water.
How can the Commercial but be gratiied
at being set upon the right track by our
neighbor? But was itquite right that the
Times should have kept this piece of
intelligence so long hid from the
public? Was it justice to the jetty con-
tractors, who have been writing their way
over the shoal at the head of the pass,
and to old General Barnard, Sir Charles
| Hartley and the convocation of New York
engineers who proposed the closing of the
| river outlets in order to scour out the
channel at the head of South Pass? The
Times has, alas kept its great fact hidden
too long A huge list of engineers, from
Sauvol and De Pauger down to Bayley and
Andrews, have been kept in the dark, and
even the coast survey officers have been
kept in profound ignorance of so vital
fact, up to this time.