The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-02-12

g Honolulu is not the only place where steam
tugs are not strong enough to contend with all kinds
of weather. In one of our exchanges we find the
following account of the loss of three New York pack
cts at Liverpool, England, while being towed out Of
port:
On Wednesday, the 18th Nov, at Liverpool, it
blew a gale, which occasioned considerable damage
to shipping. The Samuel NJ. Fox, for New York,
went ashore on the West Middle Bank, but came off
and anchored. On the next tide she parted her
chains and drove ashore on the higher part Of Great
Burbo Bank, where she remains upright, with loss Of
rudder and forefoot, and five and a half feet water in
her hold, with nineteen feet around her. Two steam
ers have made Intellectual attempts to tow her off.
The Silas Wright, also for New York, grounded on
the West Middle Bank, and was abandoned as the
tide rose, the water being three feet above the upper
deck. She also remains upright. The Louisiana, for
New Orleans, likewise grounded on Burbo Bank, fell
over on her starboard side, and is covered at high
water. These ships were all being towed out of the
Mersey, but the heavy sea and violent squalls render
ed them unmanageable by the seatugs.
70 We find in the Portsmouth (N. H. Journal
the following account of the sailing of the British ship
ResoIute from New York for England. 1t is from the
pen of E. Merriam, Esq, the well known meteorolo-
gist of Brooklyn, N. Y:
Son nv return home from my tour west and
north, l went on board the Arctic ship ReSOtute, and
there met Capt. Hartstein ready for sea. 1t was a
pleasure to meet this noble Arctic navigator, and
! tAAb HAN'SNAS WOO 80 - wv 1880
the ReSOIute ready to sail as IL messenger Of peace to
the home of our ancestors. When the ResolWte was
brought into New London, Conn, in December, 1855,
by Capt.. Buddington Of the whale ship John Henry
(owned by Messrs. L. Perkins & Smith, } having been
found drifting alone i'll the ice, its own mute navi-
gator, off Cape Mercy in Davis's Straits, in a COM
munication published in the New York Journal Of
Commerce of the 31st of that month, [ suggested the
purchase of this ship of the salvors by the government
of the United States, and the making a present of
her to the British government as a New Years gut.
+ l. l zoo 4l,A liz 1"nb1n C,1rcacfjr thor
made has been acted upon by our government-the
f ship with all the stores on board have been purchased
: bv our government at the price of forty thousand
dollars. About sixteen thousand more has been ex-
pended in putting her in complete repair, and on the
2 18th inst. she departed from our harbOr on her peace
: full mission, and is now part way across the Atlantic
e [ accompanied Capt. Hartstein part way on ahis
s VOYAGE, and left him outside Sandy Hook light ship
4 with all sails set ; the sea as smooth and placid as &
molten mirror, the air balmy and tranquil, and the
sky brilliant and beautiful-ail nature seemed t.
harmonic with this good work. Mr.. Henry Grinnel
and his youngest son were on bOard, drinking deep o
i. the enjoyment which this peace measure afforded
them, for when the resolution passed by Congress
authorizing the purchase of the ResoLWte and her re
turn to the British government had become a law
Mr.. Marcy. Secretary of State. commissioned Mr.
Henry Grinnell to act on behalf of the government IL
the purchase of the vessel and stores-a compliment
well deserved, a trust we'll repOsed.
The government, in appointing Capt. Hartstei'
to the command Of the ReSOIute, hOnOred itself. I'll
|. had earned this command in promptly vOlunteerin!
to 90 in search of DR.. Kane and his companions, wheI
they were ice-bound in the Arctic seas, eating thei
scanty meals with nothing but suffering and in
creasing privations in prospect. His services wer
accepted he entered at once on the work of prepare
of ton, and in a short time set sail for the frozen zone
penetrated the Arctic seas to the parallel of 780 81 n
ne succeeding in finding the object Of his search, too
at them on board his vessels, and on the 18th of Octobe
of the same year arrived at Sandy Hook, without tn
loss of a man or spar, having been absent from Ne
York but four months and seven days. Such KIND
OncS of heart STch inability of mind. such industry
such perseverance, and such success, have we
Of earned for him the high honor which the governme1
,, have done Capt. Hartstein in appointing him to til
!, command of the ResoIute. He goes out i'll her in a
lie the dignity of an Ambassador of Peace.
la "The ResoIute is a staunch, strong vessel, built
teak wood, expressly for Arctic service, and co
- originally $25,OOO. She is about 400 tons burthel
IL When she left Sandy Hook she had q complement
c. six officers and a crew of thirty men. She was
the best possible order that money could make her.