The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-04-22
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
MAIL FOR SAN FRANCIsco.-The schooner Liho-
Tho, with a cargo of Hawaiian produce, will be dis
patched for San Francisco on Saturday next, taking
q mail. -
The WHALEMEN's SHIPPING LIsT-corrected up to
the latest moment, will be issued on Saturday morn
ing. For sale at the counter of the bookstore, in
wrappers, ready for mailing, price 124 cents.
THE SPRING SEASON OF 1S5S.-The spring season
of 1858, which is now about drawing to a close, has
been an unusually busy one at Honolulu. One hun
dred and t~hirty-one whalers, out of the feet of 30
now in the North Pacific, have touched at these
islands since the 1st of February, and sailed for the
northern cruising grounds. These 131 vessels hail
in the aggregate $3.50 brls. sperm and 80, $50 brls.
whale oil on board, and 1926 brls. sperm, 1926
brls. whale, and 46, 800 lbs. bone, as the result of the
9. between-season's cruise, Besides the foreign YES
sells, six Honolulu whalers brought in $40 brls. sperm
and 3,175 brls. whale oil, and 10 Honolulu whalers
have been reftted and sailed for the north. Business
on the whole, has been brisk and remunerative, and
a good fall season is looked forward to. The freight
ing of oil and bone, etc., has been more extensive this
season than during any previous spring. The follow
ing vessels have been loaded-clipper ship Polynesia,
sailed for New Bedford, April /, capacity about 900
barrels, clipper ship EziSa g. Ella, sails soon, $500
barrels; clipper bark Black Eagle. 600 barrels, sails
to-day or tomorrow. British brig .aniilIa, /, 900
barrels, sails Saturday for Liverpool.
A CARGO FOR ENGLAND-The British brig .dntilla,
Captain Henry Harris, which sails on Saturday for
Liverpool, is the first instance, as far as we are
aware, of a vessel loaded from the Sandwich Islands
direct for England. She takes about 1000 barrels of
whale and cocoanut oil, a large quantity of hides,
and about 1000 pounds Hawaiian wool. This lat
ter article of export is worthy Of note, as being but
the commencement, as we trust. of a large business
in the wool trade of these islands. The samples of
this shipment which we have seen, are of superior
fineness, and it is supposed will bring about 20 cents
per pound in the Liverpool market. We remark,
however, that could our sheep farmers wash their
wool well before shearing. the price would undoubt-
edly be enhanced. Nothing is gained, and much
hazarded. by sending a new article to q new market
in inferior order. The wool which we saw was not,
perhaps, n fair sample of the whole. Messrs. Lou
zada & Spencer ship per .9atiilo about 20 900 pounds,
and the balance comes from the farm of R. Mofitt,
Esq, of Kahuku, on this island.
THE IRON IN HIS HEAD.-Our readers will remem-
Der that at the last January term of the Supreme
Court, one Joseph Farrell. a seamen belonging to the
- ~ - 80 ebNfJ % was tASo eHb hNlOt VI al
assault upon a native policeman named Nahinu, with
a knife. At the trial, Nahum stated positively that
a piece of the knife still remained in his skull, at
which he was considerably laughed at by some of the
~jurymen, and of which DIR. Ford, the attendant
physician, was doubtful. The wounded man got over
his hurt, but has since frequently complained of a
pain in his head, and on Monday last, DR.. Ford ex-
tracted from his skull the piece of the knife blade
which had remained there ever since December last.
When our native policemen do tell the truth, they
deserve to be duly credited with it.
The MARKET FOR Putin January last, when
the first large shipment of pull went forward per the
Fanny Major, we expressed a doubt of the good
policy of crowding the market of San Francisco with
this article of comparatively limited demand. The
adyices received per Yankee, on Tuesday. represent
ing pull as having fallen to a very low figure, and
with no prospect of a speedy rise, quite fully confirm
our then expressed opinion that the market was about
to be unwisely glutted.
A KITE AT SEA.-Capt. Fisher, Of the Black
Eagle. a long way to the southeast of Hawaii, one
day saw a kite, well up in the air, which was travel
ing off before the trade wind at n great rate. He was
at first puzzled to think how it kept so steady, but as
it passed the ship, discovered that a good sized piece
of wood was attached to the string, which, dragging
in the water, kept the serial voyager to her bearings.
1t, no doubt, came from Honolulu, and will perhaps
weather permitting-astonish the inhabitants of
some lone isle of the ocean by its apparition.
KEEP YOUR HORSES OFF THE SIpEwALK.-Our readers
may not be aware of the Police regulation of our city
and a proper one it is-that horses must not be
hitched upon the sidewalk. We have recently heard
of quite a number Of saddle-horses made to undergo
a trip to the Station House for a, violation of this rule
among the rest, a brother of the quill was forced
to redeem his Rosinante, which he had hitched in
that part of the Kings highway intended for pedes-
TRANS. -
FURNITURE PoLIsH.-The very best article for
renovating furniture, that has become furnished by
use, that we have ever seen, is on sale at the drug
store of DR.. II. L. Billions, on Fort street. We speak
advisedly, having used it with complete success where
all other articles recommended for the same purposes
have failed. The application is easy, and the result
surprising to tidy house-keepers. See advertisement.
SUPERIOR FmE-PRoor SAFEs.-Messrs. DEMO &
Roberts of Boston, are the manufacturers Of a supe-
rior article Of safe, which is warranted to be absolutely
~fre-proof A number Of testimonials from merchants
in the United States, speak very conclusively of the
superiority of these safes, founded upon actual trial. |
A. ?. Everett is the agent for Honolulu.