davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1875-11-20

This would give an average annual
immigration during that period Of
4O5, ,99S, or 17S,500 more than the
year covered in the last report of the
bureau. 1t is needless to mOrallize
upon the effects of such failure in the
great stream that has for years poured
life, vigor and productive energy into
the heart of the north. This intermit-
tence in the flow of immigration is
probably due, the New York World
thinks, to two cause.-the panic and
prOstration of business, and the in.
creasing demand for labor in the Old
World, more especially in Great Bri-
tain. In so far as it indicates that
our country has become less desira-
able home for the poor OF other na,
tions, it conveys lesson which we
should not neglect. The warning con
firms the result of our own experience,
which tells US that the burdens of
American life have of late been grow
ing wearisome for theindustrial classes.
, 1875-11-20
The Tide ef Emigration.


The report of the bureau of statls-
ties for the month ending Juue 80,
1875, contains much valuable informa-
ton. One of the most suggestive
tables in it is that giving a statement
of the immigration during the year
which closed with the publication of
the report.
1t is natural to glance at the total
in such a ia bic before examining into
the details presented and the figures
in this instance are startling. The
whole number of aliens arriving in
this country during the year ending
June 80, 1915, was 244, ,632, of whom
I7.l32 were travellers not intending 10
remain in the United States. Thus
the number of actual immigrants for
the year was 227 ,498. While these
figures would be respectable for the
period precedingt 1916, or for the
years of the civil war, they exhibit a
sad falling off from the immigration of
the last decade and the more prosper
Gus years previous to the war. Dur
ing the five years ending December
81, 1873, the immigration ranged at
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We COPY the following editorial article from
the HG0aiidn Monthly Messenger for April.
The article itself is reviewed, respectfully but
shreHdly, by a correspondent In another column,
and in justice to both sides in the discussion we
reproduce the Bishops own statement of the
case. As the matter appears to be in good
hands, we do not feel called upon at present to
enter into the debate. Some of our readers may
indeed be of the opinion that if good people will
only pray for them it will be something to be
thankful for, even if at the bottom of list. But
in things pertaining to Royalty, there is such a
thing as ethical etiquette, even in the perform
ance of religious duties, and this is evidently
what our correspondent contends for.
"a remark was once made to Us, that the progress
Of the Anglican Church in these Islands has been
retarded more by the want Of unity Of those within
that body, than by any opposition from without.
And we must confess that there was much truth ia
this observation. At least whatever may have been
the case in the past. it is true to-day. Take the
persistent efforts that have been made for the last
twelve months to afix . charge Of d~isloyalty upon
the Anglican mission because the Bishop has refused
to turn the prayer for the Royal Family upside down
in obedience to some who would erect . laW-papsey
in our midst. 1t is not by those who are not Of us,
but BY some who profess to be Churchmen, that these
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EucaIyptus-Trees as a speculatiou.

The Los Angeles Herald records the fact that a
company has been formed for that city in the pnr-
pose Of raising eucalyptus trees for fuel and man,
ufacturing purposes. Two hundred acres of land
have been secured within a mile, on which eucalyp-
tus-trees only four and a half years old from seed
are now growing, which measure sixteen inches in
diameter and are forty feet high. 1t is estimated
that each one of these trees is worth 81 for fuel,
and more for manufacturing purposes. Foresters
calculate that 600 Of these trees can be grown to
the acre, and it requires no great calculation to
fshow how pro6table such a business may be made.
The company organised in Los Angeles purpose
purchasing land at $50 per acre, and the cost of
seed, plant. &c, will probably average rs cents per
tree. The total tor the 600 trees and acre of land
will thus reach about $50, say 5000. At the end
Of four years, supposing the timber to succeed as
the average do, the timber will be worth 5000.
And as these trees stump and sprout rapidly.
another such yield of timber may be expected in
four years more. Fuel as is known. is very expen-
sive in all the great valleys of that State. But with
the eucalyptus-tree the farmers seem to have the
remedy in their hands, beyond which it affords an
opportunity Of securing an income by the sale of
the timber for manufacturing purposes.
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M
x ?. 1875.

Tux arrivals from foreign po-ts since our hst are a. fsloEG
March 1th, American bark Agate, from Newcastle, y. : "
with Goals 70 q. Brewer a CO.. 18th. American whaling bark
James Allen, hom KawafaAei soth. Hawaiian bark Matte
Macleay. from Portland, 70 w. BacEEid & co.
The departures have been March 9Th, Unkei Br1esiz, for
san Francisco. With q eargo Of domestic produce valued a
So, sO3ss; 2sh, q. c. Murray. for San Yraneiseo, with a
cargo valued Al s53,s5T 50, mostly domestic produce; Onward
CvhAIer1 for the Arctic ard 3Ist, James Allen cShalerl. also
for the Arctic.
Mr. K ?. Adams hsld a Large credit sale % goods ex recent
arrivals AZ the store sfH HAek6sh 4 CO. On Wednesday last
vhIch vas eoutin1ed today.
We pz5uah herewith the Custom House Statistics ff n,
quarter Jass past, a. farni.hsd to The FInAsee Departments By
Col Allen, the Collector General These zbss show q COZ
Tinusd increase In exports % cur staple articles q prodsetIou
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The NEw LIBERAL LEADER.-The Right HoHora-
BILE Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquis of Hart
ington. who succeeded Mr.. Gladstone as leader of
the British Liberals, is the elder son OF the Duke of
Devonshire. He was bora July %, 1888; was edu-
Gated at Trinity College. Cambridge, where he was
graduated as b. A. in 1854. The marquis entered
public life in March. 1857, when be was elected in
the Liberal interest as one Of the members of the
House OF Commons for North Lancashire. In
March, 1868. Lord Palmerstou being premier, he
was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty. aud in
April Of the same year Understanding Of War.
On the reconstruction of Lord Russells second ad-
ministration in February, 1866. the Marquis OF
Harrington became Secretary of War, and retired
with his colleagues in July of that year, the Earl
of Derby succeeding as premier. He was again a
candidate in North Lancashire at the general cleo
tons of 1868. but owing TO the rivalry of the house
Of Stanley be was defeated by 3S5 votes. He was
subsequently, elected to represent the borough of
Radnor, and became Postmaster General in Mr..
Gladstone's ministry. Later he was appointed
Secretary for Ireland, and held that position until
Mr.. Gladstone resigned. He is unmarried, and it
is generally understood that he might have been
the husband of the Princess Louise. but was I'M
willing to impair his political prospects by that
alliance. He has displayed moderate ability in
official capacities and a fair degree Of aptitude for
parliamentary business. His views are understood
to be conservative, and he has sustained the lead
ing Liberal measures rather as an act Of party dis
cipline than from choice. 4
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Precious METALs-There have just been pub
lished statistics of the amount of precious metals
produced in the States and Territories west of the
Mississippi during the year 1874. From this it APP
pears that the excess over 1878, which was the
champion year, is 50, 142, S62. British Columbia and
Mexico being included. The yield increased in
California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and British
Columbia and diminished in Oregon. Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Arizona and Mexico. In Nevada
and Colorado the excess is merely nominal, but in
California and Utah it amounts to SO, 100, 900. three
fourths of which is due to the former. The total
yield for 1874 amounted S74.4O1 ,066. and in view
of the recent developments On the Comstock lode,
the amount in 1875 is excepted to approximate $780,
600, 000.-Sac. Union.
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Ii OUR ARTICLE of last week respecting the i'm
moral nature Of the matter published in the ma
tive newspaper KuokOa, (Which is issued from
the Office of the Gazette and nominally edited by
the same person whose name stands at the head
Of that ~journal) we remarked that 1--WE have no
doubt that, continuing to rely on the discretion
of his assistant, he will now, as be has in the
past, profess to believe all our statements I'M
founded" And the result has been precisely as
we anticipated. The Gazette of this week de-
clares emphatically-' There has nothing ap-
peared in print which need alarm anyone or
offend the most sensitive"! We will not under
take to say how sensitive the editor of the Ga
zette may or may not be; but if he will read a
fair translation of number Ii Of Raiana Hu,"
the serial on the first page of last Saturdays Ku-
okoa, and then tell US that bis constituencies is
still unohended-that he will willingly recon-
mend it to be read in families and schools-why
then We can have no farther controversy with him
as to what constitutes immoral literature. Even
his native assistants sense Of common decency in
literature-apparently moro keen for the nonee
than that of his principal-prompted q sort OF an
apology, for the outrage, which apology we trans
late as follows:
AmOBk NnC UOANo boOH " hHO
story printed on the FIRST page of to-day's paper,
there are some of which we do not approve; they
were not discovered in time, and therefore we
publish without alteration of those words, but
with the intention not to allow such language in
the future. For the present, We request that our
readers will be SO indulgent as not to blame u.s."
But the mischief is done-tbe moral plague
has been scattered broadcast from Hawaii to Nil
hau among the youth of both sexes-and columns
of editorial apology cannot undo the evil. And
this is the journal which we are told I" is and has
always been peculiarly a Hawaiian institution,
designed originally and ever since conducted,
with the one idea steadily in view of being an
educator () of the people" And the statement
is made (shall we take it-eum 9rdnO sdis?) that
this generous educator of Hawaiians has sunk
from $500 to $1,000 in some years in conducting
it, although his endeavors shave, in the main,
been well sustained, - and he "hopes will con-
tinue to be" for :" the Kuokod, as at present con-
Quoted, is popular with the natives" So much
the worse for the natives.
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THE PACIFIC
SATURDAY. APRIL 3.

AccoUSTs which come % hand from the other
islands, more particularly from Hawaii and Maui,
tell a sad tale, and reveal the fact Of the existence
Of an alarming amount of Illicit distillatiOn
among the natives, and consequent increase or
drunkenness with It's sure attendants. idleness,
vice and crime. Alarming. because this evil,
more than all other Ills combined, will not only
retard the moral and physical growth Of the PeO-
pie but will sap the already emasculated life
blood Of the race, and if not speedily and effect
ually checked it will soon settle the question or
their extinction. On this point there can be no
controversy. The letter of our correspondent
- Maui" in its statement Of facts, tells about
the same story as that which we hear from Ha-
wall. The law against distiIlation is practically
q dead letter in the outer districts. OkOlehao
(native rum) is abundant, and is made and drank
without let or hindranee, whenever the materials
(moIasses, sugar, or h-root) can be obtained for
it's manufacture. Work is abandoned for the
drunken orgie, family ties are sundered, quarrels
and brawls are rife, and more than one murder
has been the result.
We expect 10 hear some timid conservatism
complaining" Why publish to the world this
dismal and ~disreputable story?" Because there
can no possible good result from concealing or
ignoring it and it is only by directing public at
tention to the existence Of this dangerous condi-
ton of things that We may hope to arouse public
opinion to the necessity Of action.
The question recurs-wbat is the cause Of this
comparatively sudden outbreak of liquor making
and drinking among the natives? The existing
laws against the manufacture of intoxicating
drinks and the suppression of drunkenness are
ample, and until recently have been pretty efec-
tually executed. But now, the truth is that 1t is
quite generally understood among the people-and
the facts, up to the present writing, seem to war
rant them in the belief-that these laws are no
longer to be strictly enforced. The guardians Of
the law-the myrmidOns, as our correspondent
rather bluntly terms them-are the native police,
and it is reported that in the districts where dis
t~illatiOn most hOurishes these men are not infre-
quently themselves the manufacturer and dealers.
1t is possible that this statement may be some
what exaggerated, and we will give the force the
benefit OF the doubt in this particular but this
much is certain,-they take no measures to exc
cute the law, or to punish those who are notori-
ously and continually guilty of its infraction.
Who is responsible for this deplorable and dan
gerous condition of things? The responsibility
cannot remain with the native police it belongs
to the officials Of government, from the foreign
born sherihs up to the Attorney General, who is
ultimately and legitimately rests upon the Minis
tiers as a body. There we leave it for the present,
proposing to return to the subject again.
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\ NEw SCIENTIFIC AssocTATIoN,-Jusi as cur pa
per was going 70 press. we learned with much de-
light that a mieroseopieal association was about be
ing organized. A subscription list, headed by Ills
Majesty with $50. and followed by others equally
generous. is row circulating. 1t Is proposed to
procure a microscope Of high power" This is a
movement in The right direction. DR. Hardness.
new visiting The Islands, is AmembeF Of a similar
association in san Francisco. where great attention
is paid to experimenting with the microscope. The
lectures of Or. Wytnr, ou this subject a. she Ly-
ceum abOu. one year ago. will not soon be forgot
teH. More hereafter-FfieRi.
We trust that the new = Scientise Association "
viii be enabled TO so direct its Investigations
through the microscope as that they shall become
OF practical value as well as a source of amuse-
ment. The habits and natural enemies of insects
are branches OF enquiry that may well repay at
tention. Zach fruit and shade tree. each garden
shrub and vegetable. has a host Of insects peculiar
70 it, that season after season renew their attacks.
\ list of the insect pests which gather about our
flowers. garden vegetables. ornamental shrubs and
fruit trees, would extend to hundreds. Every year
witnesses the advent Of new enemies.
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DIED.

s.....rr-At MakaWAo, Maui, March lob, RHEDEHIc J.
sou "a w. r. and Z shArratt, aged q years, month and 10
daTs
wGp~ELL-on East Maui, March Mr. GEORGE HAD-
WELL, aged about IS years
BEarLkNASN-AE KoIoa, Kauai, March 2oth, o. heart as-
p.a- Mr.. CHRISTIAN BERTLEMANN, . native % hamoargi
Germany, aged about 81 years A resident Of these islands
foe The past twenty years
IueEuxo-Iu this city. March I'D, Of brain FEVER, GEoRoE
sEYaoua KAM1LIPuA. Infant son Of Mr. and Mr. Annie Lux
sfnx. axed o moaths and Il days
COAsT-on board the u Pensacola March z'ih' NJ
JoMN CoART.
wusos-In this sity, April "a, q eonsanPuSa. Mr;
Fn.1crs WILaoN. a native Of Philadelphia, aged ABOUT -
xssr. He came here "a barber b. trAde) = lev months Enee,
where. aner having worked = While, he Was cared Tor y \
charifabIs hand Ne died q Chrsfan-
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Fernando Wood recently gave a social entertain
ment at Washington The clerk who sent on the
iavit.ious made the mistake Of sending one TO a
colored member Of the House. The colored gentle
man was very much astonished AZ being invited TO
narticipate. and to ind that the Civil Rights Bill
Covered even Fernando Woods social entertain
ments. aud after some hesitation wrote TO Mr.. Wood
a polite note saying that he would be delighted to
accent of his hospitality, but he was afraid 1t
"a would Injure him IN his district"
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A writer in a New York paper proposes that the
Khedive's present to General Sherman's daughter
be placed on exhibition, fee ten cents. and the
money contributed to the poor Of that city.
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John Mitchell has been renomiBated for Parlia-
ment for TipperaTy. Moore, Conservative, will
contest the seat The election takes place on the
7th Of March.
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A tar Of six cents per pack Is imposed on Play
Inx cards 10 England. During the financial year
81 1875, the tar was paid on l~,02o,SSe PACKS
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1.-The Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Leg
Hature have voted themselves two hundred copies
Webster's Dictionary.
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In A recent number Of the ForinighIy Reuietc,
Professor Huxley has taken what appears to be a
retrograde step by reviving the Cartesian theory,
that animals are mere automata-mindless machines,
in fact He omits to tell US, however, what is the
autos which supplies the movement When a me-
chanist constructs an automston, its so-called auto
matte action is derived from its fabricator, and the
motive power has to be periodically renewed, while
its motions are rigidly limited. But in the dog, the
elephant, and the horse, as well as many other ami
mails, We find not only the utmost freedom Of Volt
ton, but that nearly all the mental processes are
performed by them which are conducted in our own
minds. They perceive, reflect, compare, remember,
calculate, deduce, and even imagine, as is shown by
the Well-known fact that dogs dream. One Of the
best authenticated incidents in natural history is the
following An elephant was following an ammuni-
ton wagon, and saw the man who was seated on it
fall of just before the wheel. The man would have
been crushed had not the animal strobe forward, and
without an order lifted the wheel with his trunk, and
held it suspended in the air till the wagon had passed
over the man without hurting him. To call this an
automatic act would be q mere abuse of language.
Nor will most persons feel more favourably disposed
towards the theory by the obvious corollary that
man is q conscious automaton;' or by the fact
that, as Professor Huxley goes on to observe, " this
view is held, in substance, by the whole school of
Professionalism theolOgians, typifed by st. Augustine
and Calvin"
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N!

WHEREAS, 1T HAS COME TO THE
w knowledge Of the undersigned that certain parties
TO Us KNOWN, have maicously circulated a report, to the
effect that the SCHOONER KAMAILE, advertised a. a regu-
lar packet between Honolulu and the ports OF X dion and
NVainen. Kauai. is about to discontinue her regular
trips to the above named ports now we desire that IL be dis
tinctly understood, that the said Schooner is under = contract
with the Koloa Plantation to run regularly for the term Of one
year from the first Of November, 1874, and that she will
accordingly continue to run to the Ports Of Koloa and Wsimea,
as advertised, barring accidents.
We hereby caution the authors of the above reports, that
they will be held responsible for all loss or damage resulting
in consequence OF such false representations made by them.
aS4 BOLLES r. Co. Agents.
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AN EXPORT to introduce the silkworn business has
been made in California, and the .aitd says that
silk culture now seems TO be considered a failure, al
though the mulberry tree thrives to perfection in the
land. However, the idea of the Alta is to go on
and prosper. There has been a market for the eggs.
but no sale for the cocoons; but silk factories have
recently been opened in New England, where the en-
terprisipg Yankees mean to cut out the far-famed
Derby looms; and as there is q tremendous duty on
the foreign article, they ought to have a chance.
But, even with sending cocoons to New Jersey, the
return, says the fila, would not encourage new
planting; and what is wanted is a number Of spin
ming factories in California itself. The American
girl in the farmhouse is 50 clever and quick (this is
the Alias patriotic story that she can learn the art
of reeling silk in a month, and surpsss the Italian
peasant altogether. When the girls are taught to
spin there will be another profit added, and silk cul-
ture will pay, and will be taken up with other agri-
cultural operations by the farmers. Finally, the
fila concludes with q glowing picture of California
supplying China, and France, and Italy with the
raw material cheaper than they can grow it them
selves, the consequence of the star-spangled banner
waving over the biggest worms and the brightest
girls in all creation. And it is quite in accord with
other authorities in declaring that silk culture is q
genuine cottage industry'-all that, and nothing
more.
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IMPORTS.

FaoM NEveAsrLE, n. 3. w-PG Agate, March 2ohf-
sid tons Coal 10 Brewer a Co.
Faon PoarLAEp.O -Psr hatte haeieay, March 9l5tt-
"A cords stAve Bolts, I bx PeFBoaAl Effects, 40 pays Salmon,
soS aks Flour, 2OS CO Bread, 50 aka Wheat, jas Do Bnn. n
bbb. Beef s 40 DO Pork. 500 bbls Lime, iii iba Han, 2sl DO
Bacon, 100 bzs Apples SO aka Oahs % Haeksed q Cos 1 bot
Ham 10 mr. Ward
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LOSTi
A LADY,S KID GLOVE, RIGHT HAND
n with a gold fastener, a suitable reward will be given
left at the store Of E. O. HALL 4 SON.
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A certain editor seems to dread ga Gre in th'
rear" What's the matter? Been hurt, eh2