The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-28
TEN DAYS LATER


the arrival on Tuesday afternoon of the
lie clipper packet Yankee, Capt. Penhallow,
VS. from San Francisco we are in possession
perz from that city to the 9th
&e Ya4kee was telegraphed on Tuesday after
some 25 miles distant, but owing to the
& winds was unable to reach the port. The
tug went out on Tuesday morning and
a her ina distance Of fifteen miles.
he American clipper ship Frigate Bird would
for Honolulu about the Doth, seeking freight
fa. The schooner Sophia, Capt Homer, (late
lie Messenger Bird would sail also about the
u, and probably bring the mail of Dec. 20
fhe Eaguero arrived over on the evening of the
making the remarkably short passage of
rtsm days from Honolulu. She would leave
Honolulu about the 1st February.
The news contained in the California papers is
no special Importance. The annual statistics
been published, and we give below a brief
mary of the principal items.
Nothing new had transpired in relation to the
mOns. 4 rumor is abroad that the Mormons
san Bernardino were about chartering three
ss to sail for these islands, but we donot find
orrOborated in the papers. There is no doubt,
vsver, of their intention to migrate to som
~artsr. The following is the paragraph on
Fich the above rumor/ based:
1 Two BRILLIANT SuGcEsTIoSs.-The Washing
n correspondents of the Atlantic newspapers
|%metines produce some very sagacious hints for
adoption of the Federal autho rites. One of
dn proposes that immigration to Salt Lake from
mississippi Valley be prohibited, while another
ggssts that 4 bright lookout be kept lest the
tier Day Saints make their escape to Vancou-
s Island or Hawaii"
CALIFORNIA STATIsTIcs.-The total shipments
treasure from California during the year 1857
Hounted to the enormous sum Of S4S ,SS9 $50.
this amount about So millions to New
u. 9 millions to England, 8 millions to China,
4 the balance mostly to various points in the
sdfe Ocean, among which the Sandwich Islands
= vt down as having received $50, 1903.
In the movements of passengers for the past
ar there had been "a 600 arrivals against TO-
departures: an excess of arrivals over de-
rturs Of 7,649 persons. Arrivals from the
atTich Islands during the year, 31s; depart
3 hr d., 1872; excess Of arrivals over depart
p, l3G.
he total value Of exports from San Francisco
than treasure during the year, was S4,42O,-
t'of which amount the Sandwich Islands re-
d S295, 2OO-only about $4,000 less than
aT China or Australia. The total value of
liable imports was S~4.41O,265.
san index Of the direct trade between San
a1eEeo and the Sandwich Islands, a comparison
ne tonnage entered hence for four years past,
0Fs that since 1856 the trade has fallen off
sy two-thirds, yet the islands stand fifth
hvm New York in tho table Of exports, in
Of value.
We compile the above from the s. +. Prices
vent and Shipping Lisf, an ably conducted
@~aercial paper issued by M'Ruer & Merrill.
FAso DrrIcuLrEz-The schooner Queen Of the
|, Fhieh arrived at San Francisco from Mazatlan
inter 81, reports that n rumor was current at
pace, TO the effect that q clipper ship had been
~ STAND in the Gulf to load with guano, and was
EaoItei from loading by parties on the island.
rev Of the ship seized those on shore and put
: "a irons, until the ship was loaded, when they
Sa them and then paid them for the guano, &C
"as 10 the valuation Of the officers Of the ship.
Asnan Young, the Mormon leader, who dehes
s'ernment and threatens the armies Of the United
IS a native Of Whifehaven, Vermont, and is
~ years Of age His father was q farmer, orig
rom a town in the vicinity Of Boston, and
= bnghsEs IS said never to have been at school
sr'een days. He has manifested a very strong
Since he has presided over the Mormons, and
ad that imposture over the whole civilized
!, sending hundred of missionaries to make
n!es. The Philadelphia Ledger remarks that
si probably have the infamy of being the first
s~"aali 10 the United States elevated to . gallows
S-ssn- His present career is strongly in that
III; and the fellow, while exercising unlimited
ssna Utah. has the ~impndence to talk Of the per-
~~a he has suffered"