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

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Tar ATLANTIC CABLE w are indebted to Mr..
| McColgan, who came through with the last "ai' iio"
New York, for o piece of the cable, which Is creating
.uch a sensation in the Eastern States. The cable
in NOT os ponderous q looking mass of wire ana guua
nercba as many persons imagine the great submarine
cable TO be. In appearance it much resembles the wire
ropes sometimes used for raising heavy weignts. u
:. CORE or conductor, which is the real nerve OF the
whole affair, is composed Of seven thin copper wires
that are singly scarcely as thick as a brass pin. Ihese
.even wires are twisted like a cord, so as to add to
their strength, and at the same time to enable them
to stretch with the untwisting of the outside or pro-
tectine wires. The core is heavily coated with gutta
percha, and the latter is wrapped with tarred yarn.
Outside of this comes the protecting wires. which
give strength to the entire fabric and protect the in
terror from damage. This covering is made OF the
best wire, twisted up into cords, and with eighteen
cords forming the outside envelop. The eatire thick
ness Of the cable is lilo of an inch in diameter. Inc
weight of the cable is ] 1850 pounds to the mile. The
cable is strong enough to bear in water siA miles OF
its own weight, when suspended vertically. The Mag
ara had eighty miles left, which was purchased by
some ieweler in New York. on speculation for S4oo
a nile, making the SUN of So, 900 paid for it. At
the rate it was being retaied in New York (123 cts.
per lnch) 1t would yleid over @OOVsVoo. SSnuA"e
9 Yankee speculation"
Royal HAWAIIAN THEATER.-The plays at this
house since our last notice have been Armand, oy
Mrs. Richie, known to the theatrical world as Mrs.
Mowatt, in which Miss Ince personated the charac-
ter of Blanche in her usual correct and talented man
ner, ably supported by Mr.. Beatty as armand.
On Saturday evening the management again favored
US with the younger Dumas play of Camille, on
which occasion we noticed H. r. H. Prince Kameha-
meha and some of the elite of our citizens present.
There was a good house, and the piece went OH adml-
rably. The acting was much better than on the first
performance. On Monday evening the California
Minstrels made their first appearance before q Homo
lulu audience, and the house was literally crowded
from pit to dome, and, to judge from the open coun-
tenances everywhere to be seen, perfect satisfaction
entered strongly into the composition of the feelings
of the hearers. Our limited space prevents an ex-
tensive notice of the performance. Some little draw
backs attendant always on a first representation have
been remedied, and we doubt not the future pieces
will give even greater amusement than the hrst. we
would recommend those troubled with the i" blues
to give them a hearing, and they will find it better
for their complaint than the doctors perllous stun.
ssThat's So" Tuesday evening Lucretia Borgia was
again admirably performed to a moderately hlied
house. Tonight q gOOu JILL IL Oucico-o ASPSus'o1
of armand; the Eton Boy. for the first time here by
Miss Annette Ince, and between the pieces Miss Car
cline Ince will sing a favorite song.
CATTLE IN THE STREETs.-A few days since We no
ticed a drove of wild cattle, at high noon. driven at
galloping speed through King street. 1t may be that
the cattle were not very wild when they were brought
from their pasture, but the efforts Of the native horse
men who drove them, combined with the strange
sights they saw in going through the town, drove
some Of them mad, and one, a cow. with a calfby her
side, charged at every moving thing she saw. The
hour, as we said, was about noon, and the whole ma
tive police force were standing by the station-house,
from which position they retreated in rather a pre-
cipitous manner on the appearance of the COW afore-
said. Several hair-breadth escapes occurred before
the drove got out of town, though fortunately nobody
got hurt. We have witnessed a similar occurrence
several times in our streets during the past several
years, and we would ask why the police do not en-
force the following provision of the Criminal Code,
page 81:
bullock, cattle or other ferocious or dangerous animal, in the
street OF any village, or in any place Of public resort, sna., IN
dangered, be punished by fine not less than I've dollars, nor ex-
person is NOT so endangered, by a fine not less than five dollars,
nor exceeding one hundred"
We will guarantee that full q dozen persons could
be procured who would t~ruthfully say that their
:. personal safety was imminently endangered" on the
occasion above referred to.
REPAIRS ON SHIPs-We note the sperm whaler
Mercury, Capt. Hayden, hove partly down for slight
rep ,irs, and the addison, Capt. Lawrence, about
being hove out to repair damage about the bows.
The Emily Morgan, and the Benz. Morgan are
next on the list for heaving out, while several others
l...o. . - lorro or lose re0airs n N their conner
or sheathing. Much inconvenience is experienced on
account of the small accommodation afforded for
heaying out vessels, there being but one wharf
owned by private parties, q. Robinson & Co.. and
one belonging to government, the latter being only
about fifty feet in length, and at present occupied by
Messrs. johnson & Foster, ship carpenters. Govern
ment utterly refuse either to sell or lease any of the
wharves on the new Esplanade. 1t would un-
~doubtedly prove good policy to dispose by lease OF a
wharf lot for heaving down and ship carpentering
purposes, and the southern end of the Esplanade
could be we'll adapted for the purpose, by extending
the wharf front, and making a cartroad to the bend
of the channel. The result Of such a course would
undoubtedly be to enhance the value ofthe %neighbor-
ing wharf property, and at the same time it would
give additional facilities for repairing ships speedily.
To SHIpMAsrERs.-We most cordially thank mas
tiers of whalesllips fol, the full reports furnished to us
by them on their arrival in port. These reports aid
us very much in giving correct returns from ships
not arrived. Every %shipmaster by noting down at
his leisure any incidents transporting during his
cruise. and furnishing them for publication on arri-
val in port, will add much to the value of a newspa-
per, which, like this, is dependent in a measure on
marine reports for items of interest. Mr.. C. N. Spen-
Ger will also accept our thanks for courtesies render
cd in the marine intelligence line.
PREMIUMS TO WHALERs.-At the annual meeting of
the Agricultural Society last year, a resolution was
passed to award "a silver cup to the master, silver
medals to the officers, and bronze medals to the crew
of the whaling vessel, fitted out from these islands.