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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-05-21
COMMERCIAL.
WEDNESDAY ETE'G, NAY 20, 1857.

The past week has been decidedly the dullest Of the season.
We have observed but little movement in any branch Of bust
ness. The slight impetus given to trade by the arrival OF the
Yankee, with invoices of desirable goods, seems to have entireiy
died away.
At auctions a fair quantity of goods have Dee sou' "U' ~
prices considerably lower than we.noticed last week.
The barkentire Jenny Ford, for Puget Sound, ana the Dark
MetropoLis, for Columbia River, sailed on Saturday. Inc
latter took SO tons sugar, on owners account, a larger amount
than has been exported in any one vessel this year, excepting
the exnort by the Yankee Oh her last trip.
The Yankee sails tomorrow, and is compelled to decline a
considerable quantity of freight this trip, she being filled to her
utmost capacity, even carrying all the deck cargo she can.
sCGAR-Sales of 100 half bbls, on private terms, for export.
The market remains about the same as at our last review.
COFFEE-But little coming forward from plantations. We
have heard of no sales. Best qualities are firm at Is "a lac.
RICE-China No. 1 jobbing at 10G11c. The stock is quite
limited, and a supply is expected shortly.
L~UMBER-In fair demand, jobbing at $55OS4O. We esn-
mate the stock at about $50, 900 feet, of all descriptions.
DRY GOODS-Sales of Denims at 12AD14c. Blue Drills at
lie.
FLOUR-No change. Sales Of small lots at our last quota
lions. The demand viii be limited to the home consumption
till October, which is very small.
BEEF-Stock continues heavy. We notice sales Of Hawaiian
in San Francisco at S14, which is slightly under the quotations
for American, and about the asking price here for best Ha-
waian.
sALT-Exports of 40 tons for the Oregon market, on manu-
facturers' account. We quote at about 81 250S1 so per Dbl,
for a good article.
S~ALMON-Sa1es Of Oregon and Puget Sound at S14 per Dbl.
CIGARS-saleso of Manila No. 2, Havana shape, at $l7-
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PASSENGERS.

FOsEIGN.
For SAN FRASCIsCo-Per Yankee, May 21-D G Bigelow,
vie and daughter; DIR Jas r Dow, Jos Booth, wife and child
Dr. Hutchinson, II Dickinson, S Honmeyer, L 81 Mandelbaum,
DR. Houghton, A Chuck, ] nj Hanford, Miss Langdon, o r
Wood, Capt Covile, H c Shaw, H May, G H Wilcox, G N
Morse, 6 Linn, A Joseph, N NJ Cover, j W Near, H Henly,
T Webb, ] Eeara, VI segar, g Jones, Capt Stott-31.
For PORTLAND, OREGoN-Per Metropolis-Mrs Won Pfster
and 3 children, Mrs DAILY and 8 children, Mr. Gooding.
coAsTwIsE.
FROM KAHuIUr-Per Favorite, May 15-Rev W P Alexander,
wife and 2 %chldren5 L Bailey and s deck passengers.
FROM HANALEI-Per John Young, May 15-E johnson, A
Wilcox, Chas and Albert Wilcox, and 50 deck passengers.
FROM LAHANA-Per Kamoi, May I'D G Bigelow, wife and
daughter; DIR Dow, S Hofmeyer, Rev ] F Pogue, ] F Colburn,
Judge Bond, and 80 deck passengers.
For kOLoA-Per John Young, Nav 15-Dr r W Wood, Mrs
DR. Smith, Mrs DR. HOFFMAN,.
FoR LAHAINA AND kAwAIHAE-Per Maria-Mr and Mrs
Spencer, Messrs Allen, King and two others.
FROM LAHkINA AND KAwAIHAE-Per Maria-Mr and Mrs
Thcrston, Mr. and Mrs Andrews, DIR Morse. Mrs Brown. P II
Treadwsy, Judge Robertson and 55 deck passengers.
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Imperial Institute of OF
Sciences.
LETTER OF H. 1. II. PRINCE NAPOLEON TO Mr.. Ellie De
BEAUMONT, PERPETUAL SECRETARY.
On board the Refine HortenSe, august 20,
1856, at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. )
SIR.-In the bays Of northern lands, as in Spitz-
berg. in Iceland and Greenland there are found many
logs which, after floating a long time at sca, under
the influence Of various currents. have there come on
shore. These css are generally trunks of pine, but
their origin is un certain.
Being DESTROYS that my cruise in the northern seas
should promote the Interior knowledge of those cur
rents already ascertained in their principal direc-
tons, but whose ramifcations are little understood,
I gave orders that a great number of floats (fftO
should be thrown from the Refine Hortense, during
her various trips, bearing marks of their point of i'm
mersion. These floats consist each of a cylinder of
pine wood,
25 centimeters (about 81 inches) in diameter,
In the direction of the axis of the cylinder there is
a hole containing a glass bottle sealed and enclosing
a slip of paper with the following words:
Voyage of n. I. II. Prince Napoleon, on board
the corvette Refine Hortense, commanded by Capitaine
de la R~onciere, Capitaine de Vaisseau. This float
thrown over board on the 1856, lat.
long of the meridian of Paris. Whoever
shall find this note is requested to deliver it to the
nearest French consul"
This note is translated into English, Latin and
Russian.
The bottles are secured in the log with pitch and
entirely covered by it; over the opening is a sheet of
lead bearing the name Refine Hortense and the date
of Immersion Finally the better to attract attention
to these floats, and prevent any confusion between
these logs and other floating wood, the said logs ere
further pierced by two holes perpendicular to each
other, as we'll as to the axis of the cylinder, and
through these holes two stout wooden pins have been
passed, making a cross of which the arms project
about 2 decimeters- (about 8 inches1 beyond the loo
1 would respectfully request you to write to the
various scientific academies of Europe and Americ. to
give them notice of this fact, to make it publicly
known, and to request them to inform the French
Academy of Sciences of the places where these logs
have been met with. have the honor, &C.,
(Signed,) NAPOLEON.
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Testimonial TO Judge Burbank.

at o meeting of the members of the Bar and. Of
fcers of the Supreme Court, held at the Office of A
B. Bates, Esq, on Saturday, the 10th May, 1857,
Present, A. B. Bates, Chairman; J. Montgomery, j.
w. Marsh. ]. 2. Griswold, P. c. Ducorron, E. P.
Bond, R. G. Davis, w. C. Parke, J. E. Barnard,
1t was unanimously RESOLVED, That as members
of this Bar and officers of the Supreme Court. VS.
deeply regret to hear of the sudden and unexpected
decease of Samuel Burbank, Esq, of Koloa, who Was
formerly an active practitioner in the Courts of this
kingdom, and that, although he some years since re-
tired to engage in agricultural pursuits, his character
as a man and as a lawyer merits especial notice and
commentator.
RESOLVED, That rs a testimonial of our appreciatan
of his worth, the District Attorney of Oahu be re-
quested to present to the Supreme Court at the next
regular term, the proceedings of this meeting and re-
quest on behalf of the Bar, that they be entered On
record.
RESOLVED, That the relatives. and more especially
the bereaved wife and fatherless children of our de
ceased friend, have our deepest sympathy, and that
the Secretary of this meeting be requested to send to
Mrs. Burbank a copy of these resolutions, as a test
monial of our feelings, and cause the same to be pub
lished.
Honolulu, May Is, 1857. JNo. E. BARNARD,
Secretary.
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INTER-ISLAND TRADE.

FROM KAHULUT--Per Favorite, May 15-S1 bags -four, 1 bale
wool, i Dbl Irish potatoes, 800 goat skins, 8 kegs butter, Al
fowls.
FROM HANALEI-Per John Young, May 1855 bags coffee,
z cords wood, 9 goat skins, 9 hides, 10 bbls cement, % bags
rice, 6 sheep, 2 kegs butter, 2 bbs and l bag -four, "a cs and
pkgs mdse.
From LAHAINA-Per Kamoi, May 16-150 bbls whale oil, so
bhls beef, 100 feet koa boards.
For LAHAINA AND KAwAIHAE-Per Maria-15 bags coffee, 2
bags flour, 3 bags onions, Is punches bananas, 2 bbls beef, 81
bullock hides. 8 horses, 8 pigs, 1000 feet lumber, 6 try pots,
20G0 bricks, I tons measurement goods.
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EXPORTS.

For PORTLAND, OREGoN-Per Metropois-21O bags coffee,
z746 mats sugar, III kegs sugar, II bbls samples, 20 bales
pull, $50 cs brandy, 693 bags salt, Is cattys tea.
For TEEKALET-Per Jenny FordS bbls molasses, 3 kegs
sugar, 2 bbls tallow.
FoR SAN FRAsCsco-Per Yankee, May 21-3S,000 gals oil,
100 bids pork, 1000 lbs coffee, $4,000 Go sugar, 5000 do whale
bone, % chests tea, $4,000 specie, 30 bbLs Hawaiian beef.
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The Cotton Plant. Continued from Aprl 3O)
II E section of country in the United States capable
of producing the celebrated Sea Island cotton is very
limiHed, being confined to the low, sandy islands along
the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Some of
the largest fortunes in these States have been accu-
mulated by the high prices realized, in past years, for
Sea Island cotton. The prices varied according to
quality from 25 to so cents per pound. There is
perhaps no agricultural product whose culture has
rewarded 50 highly the skill Eof the cultivator. In
1906 a South Carolina planter succeededin producing
a staple worth % cents per pound more than that Of
neighboring plantations. As the result of many
years experience, he succeeded in 1926 in producing
a crop which brought in the market 81 10 per pound.
The year following his crop sold for 81 25 per pound.
The highest price ever obtained, was for two balds
extra fine, which sold in 1928, for 81 per pound. III
late years, the price of Sea Island cotton has compa1-
atively declined-being now worth 80 cents to $h
per pound, according to quality. more than the uM-
land. What is gained in price is said to be partly
lost in the comparatively small yield of tho SeEi
Island.
There is probably no plant more sensitive to soil
and climate and the modes of culture, than cotton;
and to ascertain what species or variety is the best
suited to the soil and climate of q country, in which
it is to be introduced, is a matter of the first impor-
lance. For, however Judiclous the culture, IL e&-
pended upon a species or variety physically unsuited
to the climate, it will not be successful. According
to the concurrent experience of American planters,
the great secret of the successful culture of cotton,
depends upon the careful selection and curing of the
seed. Where there is a perfect adaptability Of spe-
cies to soil and climate, the seed appears to be capa-
BILE of almost indefinite Improvement, by careful Gull
ture. In the Southern States, there are q great many
varieties, probably identical in origin, but improved
by skilful nursing through successive generations,
and which are described, in the Southern journals,
under the fancy names Of Chester, Sugarloaf, Dean,
Banana, Boyd's Prolific, Silk, Jethro, Diamond, and
O great many others.
According to a statement presented by Mr.. Bright
to the English House of Commons, one-half of British
exports consist of cotton manufactures. And accord
ing to a late Treasury Report of the United States, raw
cotton now furnishes two-thirds of the total export in
value from the United States. The total consumption
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In Great Britain, Sardinia, Belgium, Austria, and
Denmark, = free
In Bremen, lad VdLorem) . of per cent
In Hamburg, : Of per cent
In France, Gn national vessels0 about II cents per ID.
In France. Tin foreign vessels,) about s cents per ID.
The German States are chiefly supplied from the
United States, through the Hanseatic cities of Bremen
and Hamburg. Until the establishment of cotton
factories In California and Oregon, Sandwich Island
cotton would be a good remittance to China, Ham
burg, Bremen and Liverpool.
As was stated in the previous article on this sub
ject, the main fact that cotton growing is well adapted
to all the islands of this group appears from ample
experience to be fully established. The quality pro-
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PRoL1F1c.-A female porker, Of the Berkshire bro.
belonging to Joseph Booth, Esq. within a few do,
has become the happy mother of twenty-one juvenile.
twenty of which, at latest dates. were doing fnelv
and the mother as well as could he expected. Cract
that nut, Mr.. sold Settler"
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EDITOR OF P. G. ADVERTISER: DEAR SrR:-Will you
take up your 2:40 s'hos,' and give the "Oahu" Road
Supervisor a little gentle exercise, inspecting the
Nuuanu road from the town out to the second bridge!
If you will only do it, you had better believe them
holes wouldn't be filled up, greatly to the advantag0
OF His Majesty's lieges, and particularly to the 81
commodation of Go IT EASY.
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sDECIAI- RTTsTNEss NOTICE.

BUSINESS NOTICEa
Persons desirous of mailing papers, can procure them at our
counter neatly done up IN wrappers, hVe copies o cents, or
twelve copies for a dollar.
TERMs--Six Dollars per annum.
Single Copies 122 cents each.
AGENTS FOE THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
robo;no Mann, c.. s. BARLOW, Esq.
MGkatcao, f.. MGusI = L. L. TORBERT, ESQ.
HIo. Hnucaii Capt. J. WORTH.
KGWGihde, HdIOdfi = Capt. JAS. A. LAW.
Kond, Hd4Daii THOS. III. PARIS, Esq.
KoIoa Kauct = DIR. j. w. SMITH.
San francisco, Cal L. Z. FISHER, Esq, Mer. Ex.
Ne1U Bedford and y. S. . B. LINDSEY, Ed. Ship List.
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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

~ The Yankee will be detained only Tor inc
mail Thursday morning, which will positively close
we are informed, at 10 o'clock precisely after winch
hour no letters will be received at the Post Othce.
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ERys1pELAs.-This disease is of quite uncommon
occurrence here. Only three or four fatal cases of il
have been known during the last twenty years.
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MEMORANDA.

Clipper ship Pdmpero, Coggins, which sailed hence Dec. 10,
with a full freight Of oil, arrived at New York March g., after the
remarkably short passage Of eightyJfUe days. The shortest
trip, we believe, was made by the NIB. Palmer in 80 days.
The Sovereign Of the Seas and Shooting Star both made it in
So days.
Whale ship Sharon reports some twenty whalers at Talca-
sperm. he sFdT66HA came Tor b s SUPPLY ply 81 pPot6aSG6agasco 4fahosgee
which she procured at Talcahua1o ansr9tted.
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THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY MAY q.

Agr icuIture of the Hawaiian Islands.-NO 3.
Hae Cotton Plant. Continued from ApriI 30)
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Vessels Expected from Foreign Ports

Am bark Fanny Major, Lavton, would leave San francisco
for this port about May 10, due here the 18th.
Am ship John Marshall, left New York for Honolulu in Jan.
Clipper ship Kamehameha ~, Garry, to sail from Liverpool
April 20, with merchandise to r. c. Janion.
Brig John Dunlap, Cooke, will be due from Christmas Island
about July J..
Ham brig Hero, Moeller, from Sydney, may be looked for from
Sydney by July l..
Am brigantine L. P. Foster, Johnson, is expected about May
~, from Puget Sound, With a cargo of lumber to Hackfed 4 Co.
One of II. A. Pierce's line of Boston and S. /. Packets was to
sail from Boston for Honolulu about March %.
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LATEST DATES. received at his ONCE.
ARRIVALS.


May 15-Haw schr Favorite, Hebron, from Kahului.
15-Haw schr John Young, Hale from Koloa.
6-Haw schr Kamoi, Chadwick, from Lahaina.
17-Haw schr East Maui, from Molokai.
1S-Haw schr Excel, Antonio, from Koloa.
IQ-Haw schr Maria, Molteno, from Kona, Hawaii.
19-Haw schr Kamahameha, Quick, from Kohala via
Molokai.
2o-Am whaleship Sharon, King. from Lahaina. Sailed
same day for Ochotsk.
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DEPARTURES.

May 14-H B NJ steam frigate Pearl, Sotheby, for Hongkong.
14-Haw brig Emma, Bent, for KOloa.
14-Haws chr Alice, Rye, for Kona, Hawaii.
15-Schr John Young, for Koloa.
16-Am barkentine Jenny Ford, McCarty, for Teekalet.
16-Am bark Metropolis, Preston, for Portland, Oregon.
IS-Haw schr Favorite, Hebron, for Kahului.
2O-Haws chr Kanehameha, Gulick, for KOhala.
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- A bag will be kept open at our counter I'LL the
sailing of the Yankee, for papers, &c. The COM
mercial in wrappers can be procured aS above ready
for mailing.
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was as follows:
Bales, 400 lbs. each.
Great Britain, 100000
Continental Europe, 1,122060i
United States, $1,000
Total consumption, s,S0C,OOO
The supply was furnished as follows:
Bales.
From Egypt, Brazil and the West Indies, 100000
From British India, $50 coo
From United States, 3~,2OO,oO)
----
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From Egypt, Brazil and the West Indies, 100000
From British India, = $50 600
From United States, 3,2OO,OO)
8~,8oo,oG5
In 1856 the crop of the United States was 8,b24,-
243 bales. The weight of. cotton bales of different
countries varies and is as follows: Mobile 5O4
pounds; New Orleans, 455 pounds; Uplandj 800
pounds; Sea Island, 333 pounds; East Indian, 383
pounds; Egyptian, 245 pounds; West Indian, PIP
pounds; Brazilian, 1872 pounds.
The following statement of the number of srindles
now in operation, will show the relative advance of
cotton manufactures in different countries:
No. of dpindIes.
In the United States, 100000
In Continental Europe, 100000
In Great Britain, 20,OO0,O00
The giant strides of English cotton manufactures,
made during the last fifty years, is only equaled by
the triumphs Of the American staple, over all the rest
Of the world, and which, in comparison to all other
agricultural staples, has now attained to colossal pro-
portions. And although one of the strongest COM
mercial ties, which now bind together England and
the United States is Of cotton. it is q thread not
easily to be severed by the swords of belligerent min
listers.
Cosr OF PRoDUcT1oN.-Acccording to a statement
in a southern journal, fifty laborers will produce $50
bales, of 400 hundred pounds each, which is $500
pounds per man. The following is said to be q fair
statement of the income of a cotton plantation, with
an invested capital of $15O,0O0 Consisting mostly of
negroes):
Product in cotton, ss1 ,1so pounds, at certs
per pound, s1e,ses
Other products, 6,925
s26,7as
Annual expenses, o,791
Net income, s2oyoo2
Six cents is a low estimate of the average price of cot
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VESSELS IN PO Ts--MAY goo
H.. /. N. Corvette Eurydice, tPichbn.
Am bark Yankee, Smith.
British bark Gambia. -
Coasters in Port.
Sch Kamoi, Chadwick.
Schr Maria, Molteno, for Lahaina.
Schr KanehaIneha, Gulick, for lkohala.
Sohr Excel, Antonio, for Kauai text week.
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% Rev. D. Dole will preach the annual sermon
before the Hawaiian Missionary Society. at the Fort
Street Church on Sabbath evening, May Oath.
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READ Nd REFLECT.

DR CHARLES II. TOZER's CARD TO the afflicted of Cali
IL fornia In approaching any new course of systemat
ic inquiry there certain points concerning which the
inquirer should always be careful to satisfy hmcf He
should comprehend distinctly what the subject of inquiry
is-IIeath and Diseases.
five can form and fix in our minds clear conception
Of the state Of Health shall have difficulty in under
standing what was meant by Disease But beyond though
not above, these objects Of investigation of the human
body have another and still nober end II is to lay
before you in such plain terms that you cannot be misa
ken and will know where to apply for relief
use the word disease generally and before speak Of
the signs of particular diseases IL will be proper TO take
general view OF symptoms. When person strOubed
afflicted with disease which weakness of the back
and limbs pain In the head dimness Of sight loss Of
cuar power papaton Of the heart irrabily,
ness, dyspepsia arrangement Of the digestive functions
general debility symptoms Of consumption and many 9th
which better explained than put paper and
quire Medical Surgical attendance, II would be well for
them 10 inquire ifthere is physician who is competent
to attend them, and who understands the application of
medicine and whose Scientific Attachments in his profess
ion and whose age and experience entte him to your
confidence. Considering these things DR. Chas H. Tozer
has concluded to inform you that afflicted advertising
his place of business stating that he has been successful
practitioner for over twenty five years, and has
Attended and Cured Hundreds,
whom they have been considered by other physicians and
have been pronounced by them past recovery Therefore
you may rely upon him as one in whom secresy and the
utmost confidence be placed,
Dr. c. H. T. would invite all that afflicted TO call on
him and II he does not administer for them there will be no
charge made Let no false delicacy prevent you but ap
ply Immediately and yourself from the dreadful con
sequences which must follow those who neglect to receive
attendance.
Dr. H. Tozers Office is on 9th street. near the Belyi
dere HOTEL between and streets His rooms are so ar
ranged that the Doctor be consulted without the
Of molestation.
Rs- Office hours. from in the morning until in the
evening, G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.
lily 9th St, between and X, Sacramento