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T II K VO'L Y N ES IAN. country, that carry tho mind somo centuries still further towards the flood. But the events themselves even if substantiated be yond cavil, are of too little importance to become of historical value. They are merely deeda of sensualized man, and tho offspring moro of brute instinct than ra tional forethought. A general type of char acter pervades all savage tribes, and the history of one is the history of all. Hence knowing what savages were, in the wilds of the known world two thousand years since, we can come to a correct judgment as to the career of tho indigenes 0f these islands during the interval. Feuds and pre datory excursions constituted their enter prise; dances, songs and tales of an une quivocally sensual caste, their social amuse ments; wasteful and cruel sacrifices their religion; superstjtious fears and desires of physical ease and enjoyment their faith; and the worst form of Asiatic despotism without its splendor, their government. It would be a libel perhaps even upon tho na ture of the rudest savages, to suppose that no gleams of a different order diversified their otherwise unehequcred existence. Humanity would have utterly sunk beneath its load of vice and misery. Hut we find that even here at times there arose some chief of milder sway, some priest of gener ous views or man of vigorous intellect, re formers in their way, to whose voices the nation listened, and whose influence ceased not altogether with their lives. These served from time to time to rejuvenate tho people and to perpetuate upon' them the stamp of men. Providence is patient and long suffering before it gives over to utter deso lation races of even the most rebellious children. A torch lighted from the mine of mind is often given them, which they need but fan upon to kindle into a flame. If its gleams are too transient it is because they neglect to secure it and to call down from heaven that fire which alone can spread the blaze. It has so happened here. Among the records of the past we see a'few spots, bright but with a lambent flame; deeds, of humanity, true affection, a few wise laws, faint traces of heaven-born truth; but like ignis fatui glimmering in tho wide and dank morass of error and degradation. And it is to be noted that these spots are all far-off; they were of old; good kings and good men were not recent, but superstition, slavery, despotism, had steadily increased until the common mind had become scarcely better than paralytic. In fact heathenism having destroyed everything else, was preying upon itself. But Providence had one more cill in store to proffer to these desolate islanders. The white man with his much of evil but more of good, came, lias he accomplished hi mission ? We shall sec. The late epidemic has carried off 101, within three weeks, on this island. The deaths throughout the group, have been, so far as we can ascertain, about 400. The following, from the North American Review, of Oct. 1814, may afford some useful hints to our tree loving friends. We have supposed that tho manner of trans planting in vogue here, by which tho younger branches and roots are so much mutilated, could not bo otherwise than injurious to the tree, and it may account for the fact of the poor success generally met with in trans planting trees of a few inches diameter. It has been found that very young trees and even those from the seed or nut will in a few years greatly outstrip in vigor and beauty those of a large size taken from the valley. "The operation of transplanting trees, that have attained a sufficient size to produce an immediate effect upon tho scene, has, in a greater or less degree, occupied the attcn tiou of every landscapo improver of eminence r ability. Various are the means that have been adopted for this end, and innumerable tho expedients that have in turn supplanted each other. So little success, however, has in most cases been met with in removing large trees, that it is often supposed by in telligent persons to be of no uso to attempt most delicate nicety is recommended, in the work of rearranging the roots iu their origi nal position in the ground." ww.,!'!1 i i ....v.. uu- .....uvui.a, uiitmitu uuii iovcr, constipation, cct 1 us labors seemed to bo just within nausea, .sore throat, kc. kc. It is an nil pre ins leach. () into ....,.. i. . . i . . . . 1 . wieiu epiuemic, and seemed to bo brought on by a dry, hot .south wind, loaded, like the sirocco, with pestilential effluvia. Almost all business i.-t suspended. Meetings are kept up, although very few are able to attend. 1 drag about with relaxed system and trembling joints, and with a head feeling as big as Bunker Hill, though actually con taining nothing but wind, or worse matter, if one were to judge from its blow pipes. Still 1 can't rest; my house is thronged night and day , with poor coughing, wheezing, watery-eyed, groaning and dolorous-looking patients, each begging for one drop of con solation from my old medicine chest. So I stagger at it, aiul deal out about two hun dred doses a day. But the disease is not fatal." pense, it is material to add, is found to in crease in a rapidly progressive ratio. Trees ot about ten or twelve incites m diameter are considered by our author as a medium size, being easily manageable in removal, and large enough to produce an immediate effect upon the landscape, and to oppose sufficient resistance to the storm. "The roots of tho tree to be removed hav ing fast been carefully laid bare to their mi nutest extremities, the common. transplanting machine, consisting of a strong pole mount ed upon high wheels, is then attached to it, and it is carefully pulled out of the soil. Both the roots and branches are tied up for fear of injury, and so balanced against each other, that a nice equilibrium is preserved. It is then removed with but little trouble to the pit prepared for its reception. In placing . 1 t 1 A 1 J A t A t . A u in tno ground, me lormer position oi tnetree in regard to the iveulhcr sulc is reversed, that is, tho lee side, where its branches have shot out more freely, and iu an opposite di rection to the prevailing high winds, is now ti tin Iiii'ihmI fmvnrita thorn, so ns to rnrrert any irregular or side-long shape which they may have acquired, and thus restore the bal ance and symmetry of the top. The practice of mutilating or pruning the removed tree is condemned in the strongest terms, as almost sure to prove fatal to us vigor; and me Extract from a letter dated Ililo. April 3, 1813. Our readers this way have had abundant cause to Know the truth of the description given below. ic lie our it. It is often found, that a your.- tree from ho nurscrv. whrn ,.is..,.i , 110,1 onetranspmntedafThad-wnre-;; o ten inches in diameter, has Jiiot up so mud more rapidly as in a very few years to be . ... nam,, ? ucpcnd on causes so occult as only to be discovered gradually, and bv oh- kin 1 Vh n thn S, a .vcO' Peculiar We arc all sick at Ililo, pan loa, as tl 1 ave been , SJ , mins thcrc-c, natives say, aolc koo This is tmi tn mvc been taken to insure sucecss, tho brio- in my family, in brother I f:ilv. if, , C7 'VV1-10 Particular, or the omission schools, and all the natives atfnr,!,..,! to rcn u sh V,nJ ttivifl1 ' P1' A , Ba' " probably true of nine-tenths 12 m 1 , ,0"S ! 1 1U0k l',10n th w,,0,u arul '" P''"lil1v ninciccnicnlUths of the th m c,ls?oupgl and baffled people of Hilo nei. The disease is the t i , . i'.umh.i, mien me on- i.uiueuza, attended wan lever, constipation, Miccossiul experiments have been made abroad. 1 l0 knowledge that has been brought to bear upon this subject, and the degree of perfection to which the system has now been carried, would scarcely be believed by any one who has never lost himself in the enticing pages of Sir Henry Steuart, of Al lantion. His numerous experiments led him to the adoption of a system, which ho has given to the world in " The Planter's Guide, "and which a distinguished com mittee of tho Highland Society, alter a thorough examination, declare to be attended with complete and almost miraculous suc cess. In several important respect, the me thod of practice recommended by him differs from any which had before been known. But it appears to have been taken up after a most patient and systematic scrips nf tvi-.U to be founded on sound and obvious reason.?', and to proceed upon a nice adaptation to the habits and the demands of nature. " Sir Henry Steuart begins with the asser tion, that success cannot be expected unless upon principles of selection, determining the subject to be transplanted with relation to the soil to which it is to bo transferred. The soil and subsoil must be congenial to the na ture of the plant, and tho species of trees se lected must receive as much attention' as is given by tho farmer in adapting his crops to the soil of his farm. The condition and properties of the individual trees arc also to be nicely considered. It is well known, that the greatest difference exists between trees which have stood in exposed situations, and those which have grown in such as are shel tered. The stems of the former are always short and thick, because from their un obstructed oening to the air and light on . cry side of them, they have not the same impulse to shoot up towardsthc free air, which is always so clearly observable in close woods. Their branches, also, are thrown out boldly in every direction, while the roots beneath the ground arc exactly proportioned to the vigor and hardiness of the tree above it. Trees that have stood in unsheltered sit uation will have acquired, therefore, by their own efforts, thickness and induration of bark, shortness and girth of steam, nu mcrousness of roots and fibres, and lastly, extent, balance, and closeness ot branches, properties which admirably qualify them for sustaining the risk of removal. When such trees cannot be had, they must be made by previous training to acquire these properties, the treatment to which they arc subjected being various according to the special quali ty in which the particular tree is deficient, but all described in " Tho Planter's Guide" with a fulness and accuracy that leave no possibility of mistake. "Tho size of the trees that can be subject ed to the process, of transplantation is stated to be a mere question of expense. A largo tree can bo removed with the same certainty of success as a smaller one: but tho ex- To THE I'lMToil OK THE POLYNESIAN! Sir, I hear about town, rumors of re forms to be made by the present legislature. Among other things, 1 would suggest whether the increasing numbers of the v ile curs that infest our streets, barking and yelping the live-long night, to the great annoyance of all lovers of quiet and sleep, should not come under their consideration. It can be easily demonstrated, that these dogs so far from being of the slightest use, are a great prac tical evil to even their masteis, and a nui sance to all lovers of cleanliness and gar dens. Towns in the United States periodi cally set loose dog-killers, and the streets arc soon rid of the brute vagabonds. Here unfortunately they are cherished by black and white, Greek and barbarian, and iu consequence have acquired an impudence and strength of lungs actually intolerable. Now as in many instances their masters manifest for them a "aloha" equal if not quite superior to any love they have for anything of the biped creation, I would recommend that all who show so sad a want of taste and so little regard for the nerves of their neighbors, be compelled to pay a tax of at least $5 per annum for each and every dog they rear and keep, and bo re quired io put a collar with tho owner's name upon it, around the neck of each and every one. Such a law would undoubtedly di minish the noisy brutes, test the relative strength of tho "aloha" for tho purse or dog, and put some funds into the treasury for dogs some people will have at all events. That the poorer people be able to indulge their canine propensities within proper limits, I would confine the tax to those who keep dogs within the precincts of the town. Away from it, and about the farmer's huts, they may be even of service, and a light tax would operate to prevent any one man from keeping a legion. On Hawaii and JMaui I am credibly in formed that they havu become so numerous and wild as to roam in packs, with wolfish propensities, destroying great numbers of lambs, kids, calves and poultry. To ensure their destruction then, and to prevent them from absolutely exterminating the useful quadrupeds, a reward of so much a head will be obliged before long to be offered, if not by tho local authorities at least by the farmers. The subject is certainly worthy of the serious consideration of our legisla tors, and for one 1 most zealously pray they will give heed to it. Axti-Caxis. irrimiirniT nw iiim iiiimhiiimb mimi mi l A UTHO n I T Y. Till! subjoined notice is published at the request of Ladu & Co., to caution purchasers at tho up proaching Sheriff's Sale. Purchasers nod have no concern however m regard to tltu rights they may acquire under any such sale, as the protest is in tcmlcil to hold tlio (Government responsible for its legality; and whatever d, images may accrue against the Government, will in no wise u fleet the leal rights of tho purchaser. The Government holds itself responsible for u!l its acts in regard to that sale. iCTNOTirrc. Whereas certain re nts and pro parties belonging to ns, were Bold at Public Auction on the (Uh and 'Jth days of December last, uud by an advertisement in the last number of the ' Poly nesian" newspaper, u further Palo is unnounced to take place at Koloa, on tho 2Sth proximo; and whereas said property and interests were sold and conveyed on tho 17th of May,' 18-13, with the sanction and under tho guarantee of the Hawaiian Government, we therefore have protested airuiust such intended alc, and hold the Hawaiian Govern ment, M. Kekimnaoa Governor of Oahu, and tho Shcrill" of Oahu, and all other person concerned, responsible for any and all losses and damage a Ma in: from said proceeding!!. LADD ii CO. Honolulu, April 24th, 15-13. ' Appeal to a Jury from Decision of Inferior Juilgit. Before His Exckllency the Gover nor of Oahu. April 22 Wiley & Nichofcon . Window Judgment of the Inferior Court affirmed, with cost. 1815. r o ii SlIU'l'I.NG I. T I : M,1C Ii NC'K THE POUT OF HONOLULU ARRIVED. April IS Am. whnlc-ship Stephen, Copgswcll, New Bedford 8 1-2 months; 130 Hp. Oil and oil from Maui. J April ID Am. whale-ship Cicero, HowlandrNw Bedford. Off and on railed pan! day. April 20 Am. whale-barque Rajah, West, New Bedford ; and w hale ship Cndniuc, Tobcr, Fair haven oil and on. April 21 Am. whale-drip Bingham, Ehlridge, Mystic 11 months; 1000 whale, 10,000 lbs. bone. French whale-drip Orion, David, N. Zealand; 1850 whalo, f0 sperm, 18 heaiU bone damngo to rud der, &.c. &e. &t. SAILED. April 22 Englis.li w hale-ship Mechanic, Gardner, St. Johns, N. B.: to cruise. April 2:1 Eng. Sch. Thotnaa Lord, Johnson, Sydney, N. S. W. From outer roads Am. whale ship Chariot, Luce; to cruise. ADVERTISEMENTS. SheiilPs Sale. ON TUESDAY the 2!)th instant, at If) ak A. M., I shall sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, the unexpired Lvuxe if a certain piece of Liuul in Honolulu, with lniililinn ami uppurte iiiiiircs, the property of John Robinson, which I have levied mi pursuant to nn execution issued at the Court of Honolulu. Term on tho dav of nale. R. BOYD, High Sheriff. Honolulu, April 15, 1845. Tor Sale, AT the Storo on Mr. French's premises, the following Goods, ex Hannah, from China: Old Manila Copper; Pepper; Manila Cordagc; Manila Hats; White and painted leather Faun; Blue Lights and other Fireworks; Col'd Sarsnett and Synchews; do. Levantines; do. Samiet lldkf.; Blk Silk Hrikfs.; Scarfs and Randan (sashs); China Matting; Manila Cheroot?. 4w apr 19 ' Dissolution or Copartnership. riJlHE Copartnership hitherto existing and known -H. as I1ALSTEAD & IIOYT, is tlri: day dis solved. All debts, dues and demands, contracted lor the benefit and use of tho above concern up to this date, will bo settled by JOHN J. HALSTEAD. AH persons indebted to the above concern, aro re quested to make immediate payment to the nub criber. JOHN J. IIALSTEAD. Lahaina, Maui, April 1, 1815. WRIGHT dr FIELD, rALYTEHS, (ULI)EHS $ ULAZIKRS, Will execute w ith ncatnes and despatch, IIoise, Su.n, Ship, Coac h & Ornamental Paintiko. JC'P'AII orders thankfully received, and puuetu ally attended to. Honolulu, April 12. tf CI . M', VINCENT, HOUSi: CA Ii PEJVTKH $ JOIXER, MAS on hand, for sale 6000 feet clear No. I I inch pine Plank; 12,000 feet No. 2, 1 inch; I mi! i Lights of Sashes (ass'ri); .in pairs of Blinds do.; !i paiiiulled Doors do.j 13 Door Frames do.; t Win dow do. do. Tj'Bi'ii.ihng mid Jobuing on reasonable terms, at the shortest notice. Honolulu, .November 2, ml. tf JONotice to Subscribers. oO npilOSE who hi tend discontinuing thir subscrrp JbL tions to the Polynesian for volume 2, com mencing May 21th proximo, will oblige uUy argni fying their intention previous to that date. To nave trouble to both parties, those not hoard from on or before the issuing tho last No. of the present vol., will be considered as subscribers for the ensuing year, and their papers forwarded ns usual. Polynesian OHice, March 2i). 7w foiled Hccf. 1Jnis- snperior Hawaii Salt Beef; 200ft JP lbs. Tallow; tiOO Ids. Suet; for sale bv tho Hoc eivers of the Estates of French & Grccnwav. Honolulu, Nov. 30, 18-11. tf C ANTON HOTEL. f,?ir THE undersigned having taken tho premise iMlflft-fornierly known as the "Warren Hotel," begs to assure the public that ho has spared no ex pense in titling rip "the same for the comfort and convenience of residents and visitors, and solicits a share of the public patronage, BILLIARD ROOM and newly fitted UOWLINO ALLEYS attached to the premises; Tho services of superior Chintte Coukf and lfuitem have been secured. Residents may. have their meals pent to their homes, or pic-nic parties provided for at the shortest notice. BREAD and PASTRY mado at the establish, ment, constantly on hand, and will be mipplied iu any required quantity. HUNGWA Am' 24. tf