The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-10-28

I'll. cs,rer .b;n po,vnesia. Can't. II. G. Morse, was adver-
.ised to sail from Boston for Honolulu via San Francisco aooo'
Sept-s
The bark Messenger Bird, 4l2 tons, six years old, has been
sold for $4,000.
The ciipper schooner Sea witch, nj New London, tio IONS
built in New London in 1854. has been sold sr sSooos casn'
She is to be employed in the fnis trade between san INCH
and the Society Isianls-@
sares from New Bedford, Aug Is. ship California, West, hr
North Pacific
Capt Murdosk, OF the NassaH, reports September ~, snip
Omega. 10 whales Goethe, 4 do; 18th, bark Fortune iodo'
10Th, Emerald, Haneck. 2 do-passei the latter lath' ooond =
the South. May 25th, took from ST. Psufs Island, Capt MOTEL
the doctor and two boats crews Of wrecked ship napofe'n ~.
The following Is the report OF Captain ii. j. Green, OF SNIP
Sheffield, from the Ochotsk August II, Nonaak, eno ~
VII 10Th, Splendid, Pserson, TOO VII; Monmouth, Ormsoy, Zo
VII a:h, Hawaii, schimehrnis, evhalesi 18th, Maria Theresa
Coop, $50 VII, going TO winter In 0chotsk sept !, Cnano'ei
Price, Hoiconb, 500 VII Kauai, Mammen, 300 VIII; heinoeer'
Ashley, $50 VIII, spoke him Sept 80, bound out Of oo'h passage
since previous report 1 whale Daniel Wood, Morrison, GO whi
Gideon Rowland, williams, 400 VII Milton, Halsey, $50 whi
Sarah, swim, 4 whales; Gambia, Merritt, 0 whales SUPERIOR
Wood, clean 18th, Walter Scott, Collins, clean 9TH, 'ineyaru'
Caswei, $50 VIII Hiberna, Andrews, clean 22d, Parachute
Cory, 1850 VII 18th, Hibernia ID, Edwards, 500 VIII Midas 2So;
Kutusoft. Wing, $50 VIII Roman, Dehart, 8 California grays'
Faith, Wood, $50 VIII 10th, Oregon, Tobey, 700 VIII
Capt. Drew, Of The Frances Henrietta, left the Ochotsk SEPT.
IL. Ran down Z, the I.lands without reefng a topsail-the
weather very beautiful. Reports the following ships seen ana
heard from, from the 1st to the 18th septenber:-Rapid III
whales, Daniel Wood IL do, Navy 10 do, Minerva IL do, nina
Is do, South Seaman q do, Bowditch % do, Charles Phelps iWo
bhs, Vernon 400, Italy 8 whales, Adeine $50 bris, Louisa ooo'
Robert Morrison 200 and so sp, Olympia Z whales, Condor 900
brls, Midas $50. John Wells 800, Massachusetts, 1reen, 4o'
Barussable 9 whales. Nimrod 500 brls, Corea 100- Heard that
the Condor lost a man by sickness-John Wells lost one man by
the capsizing Of a boat the Louisa had a man killed and the
captain injured by the bursting Of a gun fred for the boats q q
fog Rapid lost a boat and boats crew by desertion, in the
vicinity Of s.w Bay Vile de Rennes had q man killed BY
bear South Seaman lost two men by the capsizing OF q boat
Merrimac lost five men by sickness
Capt Henry, of ship Brutus, from the Ochotsk sends the fol-
lowing report Of ships spoken in that sea during the first part o.
September :-Merrimac, 1900 VII, Navy 500, Daniel Wood 500
Cincinnati 600, Minerva 500, Montauk 500, Rambler 200, Eu-
pirates clean, Rapid 400, Phoenix $50, Ocean Wave 500, Della
ware 500, Alice Frazer $50, Fanny 500. Roman COO, Empire 400,
Silver Cloud 400, Lexington 200, Wavelet GOO, Benjamin Rush
$50, Coviugton $50, Arctic 500. Had been a good deal among
the ice, but sustained no damage beyond loss Of copper. Let
S.w. Bay Sept 25.
The bark Kingfsher. Capt. Palmer, reports the following
ships in the Arctic later than previous reports August 20,
Levi starbuck, Jernegan, 400 bris Dover, Jeffrey, 500; Hobo
mok, Marchant, $50 Sept 9, Massachusetts, Chatheid, $50;
I'D, Lagoda, Willard, 500 Antelope, Potter, 25o; 10th, Rein
deer, Ashley, 900; Hibernia, Edwards. 500, gone to Hakodadi
and New Zealand direct.
Ship Scotland, Weeks, left the 49th passage Oct 1. On the
4th of April, three Weeks before entering the sea, the cooper,
William Wright, vi New Bedford, aged 90 years, was killed by a
sperm whale, has two daughters residing in New Bedford The
Scotland experienced very severe weather in the ochotsk, with
constant fogs.
Ship Ehza +. Mason Iet the Arctic July Is, on account OF
scarcity of whales. LEFT the Ochotsk Oct g. Reports spoken
and heard from Sept. IS, bark s.. George, $50 bris, Ohio 800,
Kingfsher 1000, Reindeer 100.
Ship Governor Troup. reports a very bad season on the
Ochotsk-fom the LIST Of June to the LIST Of August, constant fogs.
Left the Straits Oct. T. Reports Sept 20, Sharon 400 bris,
Silver Cloud 900 Oct |, Rebecca Simms 400, Hieernia, Edwards,
500.
The Josephine left the sea Oct. Sd. January LIST, 1858, a sea-
man named Samuel Durfee died Of ship fever. az did a Portuguese,
name unknown. At the same tin e nearly all hands were down
with the same complaint In saghalin Gull, run ashore In thick
weather and lay there "A hours, but got of without damage.
The Josephine reports the Adeine 800, Minerva 500.
The Jireh Perry reports Came through the Straits oct .
Spoke and heard from the following ships; Sept 10, Woiga,
Croweu, $50 brls John Wells, Woodbridge, 400 Rambler,
willis, 200; Wavelet, Swain. 500 2sth, Navy. Wood. sSoi
Robert Morrison, Tlton, 700 passed st. George, but did not
speak her Oct. ], Dover, Jeffrey, 900; Brighton, tucker Soo
The Ochotsk whales were small this season, but fat
The Trident, from Arctic, brings 10 later reports than those
by the VIM. Thompson. A native OF Society Islands died one
week before getting into port Len Cape East Septic. Did not
get a chance to strike q whale from the 1st Of May to the 9th OF
August, and On the 9th OF Sept took the last whale. The whales
averaged 100 bris each