The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-27

s1rURDAK, OCTOBER q, 1850.


szses or hst hus sr ube mail packet Of the ID, v ehave had
- ~ arrivals d merchantmen, Of which only two brought
1esUsoL M huoving Is . list Of the auivals:
EshP Black Sea, Cate, I'm San Francisco, in ballast. Has
been laid on for New Bedford to load oil and
IAip Ocean Expr.s. WINS. IN 8 2, in ballast, sailed
again on the ath, for Jarvis Island
5-AnM Bhering, Giniat, I'm Pesropolaski, in ballast, has
been aid on for New Bedford to load oil and bone.
s-Dsniah blk Maria, Ingemann. I'm Hongkong, with cargo
China goods to Hacksed h Co. Is waiting freight
In n Frances Palmer. Patty. Is days; Am ship Flying
Dragon, L. days: and Am ship Mary Goodel. Is
ro1se for guano islands
o. vhaIeshfps We have had q large number Of arrivals during
- nonkh, for fun list Of which with their reports and catchings,
vs rAv 70 our shipping list on the fourth page. and to our week
b bsues- We can hardly undertake as yet to hazard a definite
ocnate - to What the seasons catch Of the whole feet via
Wcune 70, hat the general opinion here is, that the present sea-
spuss catch Of oil and bone will not equal that Of 1888.
1e non~snival Of the ship Josiah BradIey, which sailed from
Doen, Nay 70, win = full cargo for this port, has begun to ex-
80 ban ~ her safety She Is 100 days out to-day She had
a bsssd . large amount Of beef and pork and other ship stores,
end hx noo-auivai hHG operated 10 strengthen the views OF
hpa6es Of ships seores&
M ship Block Sea and bark Bheriny are advertised for
New Bedford, and have fair prospect Of finding cargoes, though
= Loo rates Oh is being engaged at S cents per gallon.
The Flying Dragon Il under charter to load guano 1t Bakers
L., and sails for that destination to-day She Is understood 10 De
Chartered 1t So per ton The Mary GoodeH, which sailed last
week for Johnson's Island was chartered at s1 IS
1hes appears to be considerable difference Of opinion express
q here about the prospect and ultimate success Of these phos-
uhafe usno enterprises We have never had, and have not now
- has doubt on the question, IL they are properly Conducted
Phosphate guano Is not 50 valuable as Peruvian, It's true IL
= . di6ezent article entirely, and Of the nature Of gypsum, which
- long been used as a fertilizer, and these Pacific guanos Must
eoms into general use. We find In the New York ErPr<ss, OF
August II, the following relating to Jarvis Island guano;
AnxnacAx 6cAxo-Ifs Effects upon fhis Years Crop-We
se By our exchanges that the planters and farmers a II over IN
sansy, Who had been waiting with a good deal Of anxiety for
Auerfc.n Guano used by them last Spring, in planting, have
wrsky generally come 10 the conclusion that, all things consider
ed-quaifyr price, ease OF transportation Abundance o supply
ana the general convenience Of using it-Aneican Guano sun
surpassed By any other, and i far preferable 10 ban-yard ma
nure, uper-phospkates, and all other natural and artificial TER
tzsn- In every instance In which The American Guano has
bsen plczd in eompetiion with other manures- its superiority
has been manifest Ia beneficial effects In equally visible this
Summer on corn, wheat, tobacco, cotton, the sugar cane, vines,
q III kinds u fruits and flowers, and on root crops OF every de-
~ Ibis city has made arrangements to supply the increasei
dmand which the success Of last seasons experiments viii
during he approaching season will quintuple that Of last season.
ne Frances Palmer sails to-day at i O'Clock, with a full
cargo, and some fourteen pas-enger- Her cargo consists prin-
eipany q sugar, salt puiu and molzsses-
ne clipper bark Arekifeef, Capt Fish win sail for San Fran
sfscp IN abous ten days She IL a fine vessel, and viii no doubt
r.duy an up with freight and passengers She viii sail about
NE 10Th
he schooner KinooLe has been sold TO Capt Rikeke, for
$500, and viii continue in the coasting trade, running to kona,
Hawaii
The cscosnuf oil brought by the schooner Seereto, from Guam,
snountiug 10 about 400 gallons, has been sold on private terms,
and 10 being shipped on board the bark Bhering-
whaler,s exchange maintains its par figure, and viii probably
advance TO n premium. As IL is very scarce, the demand being
neafr than the supply This state Of exchange for Honolulu
n The height Of the shipping season Is something new. But
shere d no question that II Is better f. the interests Of the port
Mat II should be So