The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-10-21

NJ Shin. Jpan. piman. from Cape Lsburne, reports =
Passed out Bhering Straits Sept IL, and 172d Passage Sept ~.
Sept %, lat. 80 N, long. 1877 W., experienced q furious gale Of
wind from n. n. E., shifting suddenly twice during ue UNI :
s. 4. and S. 24th, spoke ship Moctezuma, from Bristol Bay, too
bris-she reports bark n. s. Perkins, enc whale, and fiof1da'
200 brls. The ships this season in the Arctic fell In WIN 'e
whales near Cape Lisburne 20 miles from shore, about 'e
August, altogether about 30 ships, and followed them nor'h u
ley Cane. We have spoken and heard from the following ships;
Sept LIST. bark Baltic, 1000 Omesa, s whales; Oahu. ZOO
George & Mary, S do Heirn Mar, 5 do; Aug p, Java, 600 vh-
III Report OF ship Abrnn Barker. slocum, spoke and heari
from Aug Is, Adeline, 9 whales, 900 bis Rapid, 4 VIII, LOO
bris silver Cloud, / VIII, 10 bris Sept LIST, Lagoia, 8 VII, 100
bis King Fisher. 500 bris; L C. Richmond, 1 win, SO bris;
Aug 20, Olympia, ; VIII, 200 bris; Scotland, 0 VIII, 700 bris;
Superior, clean 18th, Midas, 6 VIII, 500 bris John Wells, . VIII,
200 brls Levi Starbuck, 3 VIII. $50 bris 10th, Minerva, 3 wh,
$50 brIs Empire, 5 VIII, $50; I'D, Euphrates, clean 18th,
Maria Theresa, clean 18th, Roman, clean Sept i, st. George,
2so bris Parachute, Zoo brs Eliza Adams, 3 VIII, 500 bris
Francis Henrietta, 100 bris 18th. Hllman, I VIII, 300 bris;
Aug is, Cicero, clean Sept lt, Rebecca simms, 800 bris,
Sharon, clean America, 1 VIII, 100 bris Gambia, clean An
telope, 80 bris; Amazon, clean Rajah, rs brls Aug Is, Thos-
Nye. 500 bris Gideon Rowland. 3 VIII. 200 bris Sept :, Rein
deer, 1000 bds Aug 20, Helen Snow. so bris Massachusetts.
. VIII, $50 bis Robert Morrison, 4 VIII, 200 bris-
II The Agate reports the following ships in the Arctic later
than those reported by previous aniT ais Bark Black War
nor, July Is, i whale, Aug %, 2 whales Emerald, July s,
clean; ship L. =. Mason, July 20, ! whale, Aug j, ) whales;
bark Emerald, July ], , devil-hsh, Aug 25. 2 whales and devil
fish bark Java, July 20, l whale ship Nassau, Aug 20, clean
brig waiua, July IS, clean, Aug %, 3 whales bg Anhiia, July
2s, Aug 10, 1 whale. GEO brls); Milo, Aug %, ! whales.
II Ship Renjamin Tucker took the first right whale in
sight Of Cape Lisburne, in about lat. IS N, long. Is 80 Wi
from the neighborhocd of ST. Lawrence Bay to Cape East took
the remainder Of her whales In taking the first whale had a
boat stove, and a man naInei Corydon Grow got foul Of the line
and was taken down and drowned. He was about IS years old,
a native Of Waterbury, Vermont
IL Ship BENJAMIN Morgan. from Kealakekua, reports ut
that port Oct. II, French ship Jason, Hache, from the Arctic,
clean American scaling schooner Franklin, Holt, Of New Lon
dor, 1000 furs and 1900 hair sealskins, and 80 bris seal oil.
Would probably touch at Honolulu.
~ Capt sarvent, of ship ArnOMd, from St. Paurs Island,
$50 VII. $500 bone, sends up a report from Hilo, but most Of
the vessels have arrived already.
III The sperm oil reported in our last issue as taken by ship
Marcia, was caught in lat. 49, 81 N, and long. 147o 40 W.
The four whales taken slowed down 123 barrels. Capt. Billings
reports that he saw sperm whales three times on the passage from
Cooks Inlet to these Islands
II Ship Mountain Waue left Boston May 2l-was "a days
to Cape Horn, 81 days off the Cape. on Pernambuco, spoke
whaleship Elizabeth, of n. b.. and bark Damon, both homewari
bounG. Oct. Is. buried at sea William Austin, seaman, belong
ing to Northampton, Mass, aged IS, died of consumption.
REPORT OF BARK PoRrESA Sailed from Liverpool 18th
May-met severe weather in the Channel; sea broke on board,
by which the mates leg was broken 18th, arrived at Milford,
put the mate in sick lodgings 18th, sailed from Milford June
IL, of Isle OF Madeira, spoke the following ships Fort William,
from London to Calcutta Speedy, from London to Sydney
Eliza Sharp, from London to ST. Kits. Afterwards experienced
variable winds to the Line-crossed it in 259 81 Passed
Cape Horn, 9th Aug, Diego Ramirez, 9th; spoke no vessels or
the Horn, one French ship in company 10th Sept crossed the
Line in the Pacific in ll3e W.; nth, lat. 13 long. 1260 got
trad--winds 18th Oct. arrived at Honolulu.
JOIN MCGOWAN, Master bark Portena.
IL The Harriet & Jessie, from New Bedford, crossed the
Line in the Atlantic June -, in long. 2T O6 W. Arrived of
Cape Horn July 90, experienced strong breezes and very foggy
weather saw several vessels, but spoke none. Aug A, weather
pleasant, made the w. part of Hermit Island 1.-THE extreme
point Of Cape Horn bearing W. s, distant sc miles, Being
short Of water, made for Talcahuano, arriving there Aug Is.
Aug. 81, sailed again for Honolulu. Left at Talcahuano an
American bark bound to New York-did not note her name.
Crossed the Line this side il 115o W. Took the n. e. trades in
about los N, and had them light until in the neighborhood of
the Islands.
II Report Of ship addison, Lawrence, from Arctic, 700 VIII,
10000 bone Sept 2, Emerald, Halleck, 2 whales 1st, Nassau,
Murdock, 1 do Black Warrior, Brown, 2 do Tybee, Freeman
: do; john X Elizabeth, Lester, S do. Whales average this
cases less