The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-01-31
Our American Letter.-No. 2,
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beautifully situated on the banks Of the Severn
River which runs into the Chesapeake Bay. Here
l met old Island acquaintance in the persons OF
Lieuts. Rush, Miller, Bronson and Capt Green.
These officers with some fifty more are assigned to
duty here as instructors. was informed that al.
though the u. ;. Navy is at present very small. ya
the utmost pains are taken TO keep up with the i'm
provements and discoveries made by all nationsi In
every branch of naval warfare. Thorough expert
ments are constantly making to test the inventions
in t~orpedOes and gunnery, and IL the time should
ever come when a large navy should be necessary
to the u. 5. one would be built as formidable as
any that will then be floating. In times Of peace
the L. S. have no occasion to spend vast sums on
irouclads to be sunk by collisions during feet
manoeuvers, or whose armor can be penetrated by
the latest heavy gun. Happy country which needs
no enormous standing army or snowy fleets TO
menace its neighbor! Her policy is 10 train up
officers and then to make her armies and build her
fleets when danger makes them necessary. II the
u. s. can supply the world with provisions and
manufactures she is content not TO have had a
seat at the :" Berlin Congress-
WAsHINGToN, ID. Q.
An absence of sixteen years from this city has
rendered everything unfamiliar except the Capitol
and the old public buildings. The old canal Is
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asphaltum composition, which makes dust and
mud impossible and walking and driving delight
full. The ugly gaps on the avenues are closing up
rapidly with blocks of beautiful residences, aud we
get the impression that this is u city OF homes and
not Of : shop-keepers." Many parks are laid out
throughout the city which are being alled with
statues of American heroes. l was in Washington
when one Of them was unveiled, the statue OF Gen.
George IL. Thomas, of which the papers have al
ready given your readers full accounts. 1 saw
Gems. Sherman, Mcdowell, Buell., Hancock, Slo-
cum, Schofeld-all celebrated men and for whom
in due time Equestrian Statues will be erected.
The time may not be far distant, The reunion OF
the Society of the Army of the Cumberland which
| attended was presided over by Gen. Jea G. Davis.
1 noticed him standing bareheaded while Elk. Sem
ator Stanly Matthews was delivering the Grafton on
the grand stand at the unveiling. The air was
keen and frosty and Gen. Davis took cold and died
Of pneumonia a few days after the ceremoniesi
After struggling as one. OF a crowd Of ten thousand
persons, who had cut across from seeing the pro-
cession TO the stand surrounding the Statue, and
being jostled by negroes. ladies. children. soldiers.
congressman etc, | alone Of our party succeeded
in reaching the grand stand. i incautiously re-
marked to a lady that evening at the White House
levee. that in our Kingdom better arrangements
would have been made In order that at least the
Presidents wife could have reached the stand
without being jammed in the crowds, and to my
surprise, this remark appeared in a Boston paper
My friend was a newspaper correspondent. AT the
levee President Hayes astonished me by the hearty
and sincere pleasure which beamed from his hon.
est face as he shook bands with and spoke a few
kindly words 10 each one ot the thousands who
were presented to him tbat evening. Mrs Hayes
wins, with her sweet smile end affable manner, the
heart OF every one. During the perhaps unevent-
ful incumbency OF Mr.. Hayes, the u. S. has grown
strong and prosperous. and his government has
been one of the best America has ever seen.
Leaving many monaos about Washington for
future letters, | hasten to
New YORK CITY.
The greatest Improvement here is the Elevated
Railway, which puts passengers in twenty minutes
from '!up town " to E down town "a distance
as great as from the Honolulu Post Office 10 the
Pail! Aud this is accomplished with SO little noise
and with so much comfort Ia the passenger, that II
is enormously patronized aud ear ns millions per
annum at ten cents pea head. Ii has revolution
lied society aid brought friends within the reach
Of each OH, Rs social influence. just as the tele-
phone has brought business men all over the city
within the reach If each others voices. This Met
ropoiItun Railway has greatly deprecated the val
ne Of The property through which it runs. and the
question whether the Company are reliable in
damages therefor is in the Courts. ] was told here
that the Co. bad anticipated a possible judgment
against ii, by placing all enO' nous mortgage on it's
property.
There has just closed in New York an
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY Fam.
In company with another of the I. G. AIS cores
pondents | visited it. OR ollactories were at once
greeted with the perfume Of the products Of the
dairy, and our sight was next attracted by a mon
ument of cheeses in the centre OF the pavilion.
which weighed in the aggregate, $4,000 poundsi
l was particularly Interested in the different breeds
of cattle on exhibition. First came the "Holsteins''
or Dutch cattle. They are spotted, black and
white, larger than Jerseys and are reported to be
rich in butter and cheese. With the Jerseys"
you are familiar. The :" Guernseys " are substan-
TALLY tue same. and the Attorneys +" ere but an
other name for =" Jerseys" as they all come from
the same group OF Channel islands. One thing 1
learned is that the younger the Jerseys are bred
the more they incline to the : pail > and less to
=" beef" saw here "Ayrsbires'h for the first time.
They are red and white in color, with fine heads
and small horns haring upwards-more like the
smaller Durhams in size and general appearance.
/ saw one COW &" Mysie I'd who bad produced
Z. O44 pounds of milk in FIVE months. / should say
the 6 Ayrshire " was the COW for Honolulu famil-
les, where the Jersey seem to fail in quantity. We
went also to a show OF fat
CHRISTMAS CATTLE.
This was a lot of sixty Durham or short-horned
steers raised and fattened in Illinois and brought
to n. Y. for a market. They averaged 200
pounds live weight! As / looked at their ponder
Gus sides and straight backs / saw in them the
realization of what breeding for beef and not for
bone will produce. They were not thoroughbred,
but grades-but all of the prevailing Durham col
ors. red. white, roam and red and white. There
were also Cotswold sheep here of which a pen full
weighed 2s5 pounds on an average, and one prize
wtther 81 lbs, more than many Of our beef cat
tie do.
Do 1 tax your credulity too muchf l was as
greatly surprised as You will be, but when / saw
tbo anfrnaIo I did not ouaotfop Tho gooloo b,ouu