The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-03-19
NOTES OF TIE WEEK.

tribe was brought up on Thursday last by the dippel
of the dredge machine. The difference from the
common fish consisted in his being armed with 6
number of long points, which he used freely in sell
defense. They appear to be designed for killing such
small animals or fish as may fall u prey to it.
Po1-We have been shown some poi brought back
ON the sch. Liho1iho, nearly three months old, IN as
good if not better condition than when put on board
It was just hard enough to be broken in Jumps. Al
though somewhat sour to a foreigners taste, it is con-
sidered by the natives as very fine.
DEsERTEns.-Capt Barber reports that q whale
boatAwith six seamen, went into Kawaihae last week,
which were supposed to be deserters from some whale
ship cruising about Hawaii.
u Capt. Sherman of the sch. Haalatao, had
another chase of a humpback off Kawaihae on Thurs
day last. He struck q very large COW, in the bay,
which headed for the open sea; his line becoming foul,
the boat was ~swamped, and he was obliged to part
from his prize, which had received her death blow.
An OLD REL1c.-The anchor of the whaling bark
Harmony, brought up from the bottom of the harbor
on Saturday last, a portion of a sunken keel, which
was left projecting out of the water some three or four
feet. The crane of the dredge was applied to it on
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long, and some of the ribs with the plank still fasten-
ed to them, were hoisted out. It appears to be the
remains Of the old Russian ship WeLington, which
sunk in the harbor about the year 1929. She was
formerlya man-of-War, but when she visited this port,
was engaged in the merchant service of the Russian
possessions. The keel and some Of the plank are yet
solid, and appear to have been buried in the mud.
THE WHEAT CRoP.-We regret to learn that the
caterpillars have made their second appearance this
season on East Maui. A correspondent writes us,
under date Of March 8: elf we can boast Of raising
nothing else here, we can boast of our large crops of
caterpillars; and such destruction as they are play
ing with the wheat. Four or five hundred acres will
not excuse them-and the end is not yet. Some will,
of course, replant, but the loss must be great We
learn further that all the grain on East Maui will be
required for planting in the fields devastated by the
caterpillars. -
V Lahaina has always had q name for choice
vegetables and fruits, but if the samples we received
last week from Mr.. Oudinot, are fair specimens, she
must go one mich higher than she has heretofore stood.
In the lot sent us were half a dozen mammoth sugar
beets, all about the same size, measuring eighteen
inches in length and twenty-five inches around, flat
Dutch turnips, twenty-four inches around, some
superb Savoy ~cabbages, thirty inches around the head
and such c~abbages Then those Tombez potatoes.
yellow, dry, and sweet as a genuine Carolina. The
bcst We Oon DO, Is To wish the cultivators of such
vegetables to live to the age of Methuselah under
their own vines and fg-trees. By the way, Mr.. O..
writes us, he is planting a vineyard; we hope he will
meet with success, and not forget to send us the first
sample of sparkling Hawaiian produced.
IS We notice with pleasure the semi-annual re-
port of the accounts of the Hawaiian Mechanics Benefit
Union in another column, and hope that the society
will find a cordial support among those whom it is in
tended to benefit. We understand that the govern
ment have granted them a charter of incorporation,
thereby securing their invested funds. This is a step
In the right way, as all societies devoted purely to
mutual relief and encouragement of their members,
while they observe the principles of Temperance and
Morality are ever worthy of protection and support.
MAIL S1GNAIs.-In future on the arrival of q
foreign mail a red flag with the letters NJ. A. (mail
arrived) in the center will be raised on the Post Office
flagstaff; and on the departure of a foreign mail a
blue flag with the letters N. L. email leaves) in the
center. This will be an Improvement over the former
mode of announcing mails.
R The uniform for the new rifle Company has
been received by the ship Raduga from Boston. It
consists of cadet grey, which is now a favorite
uniform in the United States and Europe. The trim
'mings for the privates are black, and for officers Gilt.
The hat is black felt, with a plume, very light, and
similar to that of the Russian Rifles pictured in the
London illustrated. But the rifles are perhaps the
most admired. They are the Minnie patent, the lock
beng of English manufacture. Their weight is only
ABOUT ten lbs, the old muskets weighing fifteen lbs.
This rifle has several improvements we have never
notlced IN any other arm. There are fifty rifles and
~slxty-h7e sets of uniform. The company have also
received instruments, and intend to have their musi-
clans connected with it. A military company
should always have it's own musicians. The equip
ments OF the new company are entirely paid for, but
there will be an outlay for making up the uniforms,
which we hope such of our citizens as have not vet
aided will cheerfully assist in defraying, and thus
allow the company to commence operations without
the incumbrance of q debt.
Loss OF THE BARK j. c. FREMoNT.-Bv the arrival
yesterday of the sch. Mary Reed from Fanning's
Island, we have the particulars of the loss of the New
Grenadlan bark j. G. Fremont, bound from Puget
Sound to Sydney, with $50, 900 feet of lumber. The
Fremont was lost on Christmas Island, Nov. %. and
was owned by Messrs. Wetherbee and Talbot of San
francisco. Her cargo was owned by W. C. Talbot.
one was under the command of Capt. johnson,
formerly in command of the l.. p. Foster. which
sailed yesterday. The vessel and cargo were a total
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