New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-15

;h.r ~ ole: ani have seneI 51sy &c oI1y1 % 81
foy az. The whole tmoa1' s19s loeo < 81 nc u
asou. one tho-ssLd @. witch Tas by re u y 0! TO
ses Six hundred ard fly was contributed ~ "
HupueyeD and other good ci'izens Of Bos.9a AM
Vicinity who feel deep in eres, 10 ire iom7 haycs
seen he ADVANTAGES OF similar ins:i.uiOas - ther
own city. Mr. Hume well fJrnsIly rs.i led 1ecs aoi
iskindlY remembered by the chef AMI Others xho
knew bin in the early days az civlhZato1 here. s
graft Wing 10 us AID creda5e 70 hin, that he Cd r sles
20 warm an nferes. in the welfare OF The lsauts We
doubt Lot that the We slthy sud enter rn5 sh'p2Vi
ere i'll tte porte OF the Atlsltc, especially Ne F'Bed
ford Fair Haven New. Lou don, S.oniDgtor and otaer
towns in that nes hborkoo whose vessels are SIP
Piled with men at port will generously second our
Efforts Tley are directly iIteres'cd in tavins m31 Of
good ha5i.s and good ah 10 theis ship', sn1 this is
the Only p-aclicat.e way 10 icsufei'. ms eoaTAcs
which We have entered iuo amount TO seven thousand
five h-noro and tairteeD dollars nsludny asu1sc ip-
ton Of FIVE hundred dollars payable III Gmber 50 tnat
yen viii see hat our contracts have ex 'ee1e1 or
means as yet provided by about twelve hunnred dbl
lars. Ibis excess unavoidable. Hal 40 no, IN
CURED this possibility, could no have goze
on with the work. We trust ih4t rome al.
vsItages VIII result 20 the sailors curog i1e next Fl
season although .e DO not expe to nave ID eon
plete operation iii Lext ear. The number o; w1aie,
ships vhich visited this port in 1884 Tas ons hundred
and eighty i've and the nunoe: OF mercnan' Vsssei3
was one huudr5d and twenty 1--we, ana The nunoer OF
sailors il the vessels seven sx hundred
ard eighty.fve. There were also dgrog the year
tyyeutv five national vessels Of all rat0ns, having on
board eight thousand six hundred aod nlnety5ve men;
very few OF these, however, leave theic vessels.
large Lumber OF sailors ualy visit here who
discharged At cte ports in the group. For Instance
at TIE port OF Labsina trers were two hu1dre1
ana twenty four 8hsl-shps last year. AID | trlst
al distant day our valleys and plains viii be oc'u-
lied with th, pleasant residences of the men of the
So. Tie mode of condustin the bu.ness Of wh 4ling
has be- materially chaDgci NJ hin few years. to--
uerly tn crews were shipped ~ TIE A.anpc perts'
end most Of them continued board during the voY
h b. N4aVAa =
large number OF ships they are shippei for t1e s,a.
son and are discharged VIII the ships return from ms
crnife 20 th St large number of seamn remain here
for weeks il the Fell and Winter ms fac OF itsei
shows The important necessity Of furnishing additional
snd bette accommodates Ii pc ,uary Ip)st mt
for tits poit no. only ron the large number OF sailors,
but from the fact tha n os OF ih7m have male log
voyages before they Iea,h our ports eeaefany ron
four 10 eiqht months OF lsborioUs and dangerous
teIvice "
VoLcAxoVs-The old crater of Kiaues is very
active it, whole surface b.ing covered with immense
smoke and steam holes, o con g, Fnlca appear 10 the
ppht like greet fires. Fifty or sky Of these lights
were counted Oh the evening Of the sth of August In
the sou westerly portion of the crater s lava lake
Of some three miles in crcumfe ence boiling snd raging
furiously From It's surface the liquid lava Is cJn
tinuaIy Jet ed up to thirty fifty feet, its or blood
red 1t makes peculiar FLASHING, dead heavysound,
something like vet vCrS unlike the breaking OF the
surf on the shore A very fine view of this lake is
obtained from the banls above Z. From this point
"aDd peculiar"
On Inc night of the nth August new eruption a
rev volcano ade its appearance near The summit o!
Maupa Ioa It's location is TO the rih of the old vol
cano of Kilaues twenty or thirty miles, and IL
al an elevation Of Lii thousand feet above IT, Within
half hour of its first appearance the whole noun
tain top lighted up as If great ely was burning upon
it, Ii go continued during the night OF the llh, but
was not seen again until the Tuesday 14b following
when the OutpOurns Of the lava could be seen, and
river Of it traced down the mountain side TO the right
for ten miles more, till II was lost IN the valley
which lies between MauDa L)a aud 6auna Kca.
The appearance of this new volcano, az seen from
Hilo wa very beautiful. Nesuvius never sho1e more
brilliantly afforded greater pyrotechnic display
On the 18th August al rear IL, noon, another erup
ton was witnessed on the plain abOpt equ' distant
from Maura Loa and Msuua Kes, and at n point
where one was lever before known. Ii ra3 seen by
several peIsoIs in lilo, who represented Its appear
ancc lie that OF he violent upheavipg of fifteen
acres of earth and rock, two hundred fee in high
followed by large volume of lava. is distance i;
representa- as about twenty ei miles from llo Ii
the light this new volcano gave out strong, luriC
light, ard was Apparently casting up lava, whleh va
| lunning a direction away from Hub.
On The sht of the 18th inst. the VOLCANOES on ;h'
mountain and plain distinctly seen from the chan
mel between Hawaii and Maui A. L7hains the re
fectisn was very distinct.
MONUMENT TO KAMEHANEHA III The people OF
! Honolulu have decicc1 on CT cling col umn 10 th(
memory Of their late popular king Ksmehameha III
Subscription lists have been opened and the funds
| necessary we're rapidly being subscriber.
SORT SOAP.-Au extensive sosp maruactory has
been commenced in Honolulu. The PO'yaesto1
speaks of this enterprise likely to be very profitable
on account OF the great amount used in washing ol
Shipping which has TO be imported.
| RoYAL CouRTEsY.-7he P0iyResion publishes oii
cially the reply of Queen Victoria to the letter o.
Kamehameha ~ on his accession TO the throne. She
assures him of friendship.
HAwAIIAN LEGIsLArrpE.-The king prorogue(
both houses of the Hawaiian legislature on the 18th
August. Both the MOBILES aud representatives agree
in granting the bill of appropriations FOR the expense
of the government.