New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-30
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

py The arrival Yesterday Of the bark YANKEE W.
have dates from Honolulu 70 the I'm hAis"' 'e
LiEetteb Gays later. 49,. 5oys
The YarLee arrived a, Honolulu in seventeen Day
from San Francfco, beng good passase - ~
season ~ the year. She earned out rh'ren - yo-.
n ai matter, containing abou; Thirty bushels Oh pp
ard large number of letteIs. The YANKEE a' 18th
ned down quantity Of ice. which was receiVeu w..
much atceltrnce by the lovers of COOLING cr'eioe
a; ;hc Isands. Il was selling a; forty Gems pponc
in Honolulu. Trade had somewnat impro'e' "e
10 recent arrivals. -, 40
Tie SIrirg Zee; Of whalers Is now commencing ~
an,e. Advices from the wndward ISLANDS rspc.1
f,rr nj Hilo ard the number az Lahaiha; pe .s
mostly vessel juft out from home they req"'''
else than supplies OF fresh vegetables ,,
On the ..th February large number oil "heiee
were teen spouting tt the entrance OF me ha'o
which were thought to be sperm whales InIee ooao'
from the ship Vineyard gave chase ou' ono mo- hmm.
backs, which have been plenty about the isianus ~"
ing the " inter months. ,,:
III. tavel between San Francisco and the ls!ands IS
evidently on the increase. A large number OF our
t,w,,ne IN saws The Commercial, and old residents,
are lea, ing IL the Yankee many OF them LOT piea
aid nearly all Of them purpose returning III .no
Sun and Fall. Every packet that has icit o, -.
rived for the past few months has been crowded 70 's
utnos st capacity. The Yankee takes about sky pas
gers .,
The corrosive nature Of the salt water in the neigh
boh.td of the Islands is shown by the fact that the
steam tug, which had recently been hauled out 20
have her bottom examined, was found with he1 post
fn-tuiI gs boats &c, entirely ro-d of and her iron
rudGer actually had hole eaten through It, though
il il inches thick aud had been III the Ha'ei ony
eCh; months.
NJ, kctoes had been very numerouSssince me iale
rains and were great annoyance TO the nhabltant
esLecially in the evenings
severe shock Of an earthquake was felt at NAVAL
haze IIaw all on the oath February, the most severe
thai The residents there have had for many years and
ruff Gent TO shnke down many OF the old adooeS In
HoLcluu had it occurred there.
The following account of successful excursion after
guauo we extract from The Commercial Adrertt'er;
ARRIVAL OF The SCHOONER LihoLlHo WITH loo
TuHs or GUAso.
The arrival of the fine schooner Lhollho, capt
John Paty on Saturday with about lOO tuns OF guano
fro n, Jervis and New Nantucket Islands, caused no
little excitement in our town. When the e1peduoh
sailed on the 2jh of December, no one appeared to
take much interest in it, further than 10 express
Q, nrl al denunciatOn of all humbugs. -,
Tie appearance Of the specimens oil guano Which
we have Sc, n is that of fine powder very much re-
semi irg snuff without the strong smell OF ammonia
which tie CLincha guano has. Under n microscope,
If rears entirely composed Of Crysalllzed substance,
ard resembles snow Good judges pronounce II 70 De
fist quality guano, but what its Vaue " compare
with CLincLa euano, remains 10 De deI' ~ 49,
eir III tuns of this guano goes forward by the park
YaIkee 10 be by the mail steamer wa rama
o. to New-York, the object being to land II IN new
Yuk ar room a. possible. The balance is being
hpped On the cgpssr,.hP AipaSd , TO se" i0'A
The vessel was ten days from Honolulu to the ~!
amos. and the came number Of days loading, which
was Elected with whale boats .
On the 18th of January they sailed for Howland
Islald where they arrived on the 9th OF February,
landed. erected hut brought on sample OF the de-
po.it and ret sail next day
n ey saw Nantucket on the 9th of February,
low island. which. as they approached, gave faint
signs of vegetation, in the shape OF dry grass ana
dead butbes Oh the waters edge. They landed on the
lCh and were agreeaby surprised to ind the entire
surface of the iand not only destitute OF vegetation
Iut afnrdnp a vast deposit Of guano OF the very best
water and somewhat leaky only adY yell fo%p n tue
were taken ON board. The passage to Honolulu was
ode in % days. reckoning from the 18th Of February
until the 9TH Of March. Absence from Honolulu II
days.
The usual course Of the VIVID was from the n. f.
| g. f, end although the voyage made in midwin-
ter the weather mild, excepting the great heat
| shore ut midday The currents appeared TO change
with changes of the moon, from the westward east
ward, ana from 10 ! miles hour. The landing
il BIT perhaps be considered difficult by inexperienced
per.ons but il appears 10 have presented obstacle
10 enerprisug voyagers
The agent Of the Company, Mr.. A. Benson, erected
| upon each Island flagstaff, upon which floats
tie American flag and each island has on it small
house for the protection Of the property of the Com
psny ~ well general caveat against all ntruders.
| One great drawback these guano Islands is the
want Of fre-h water not @ crop Of which 10 anywhere
| to be found. Rain seldom fails appears by the
very dry condition in which they found the guano
deep ts four or five feet below the surface.
Birds eggs and fish in such abundance almost
TO sagger cur faith in human testimony. At times,
the birds were 40 thick actually to cloud the amos-
rbere and Il was almost impossible to step without
reading on the nests. Altogether, it seems, these
islands are by all sccounts wonderful place.