The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-08-11
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

TIE Onrsrrz-As We intimated in our last issue.
. survey was held ON this vessel. The result OF It
was made known after our paper went to press. AS
q matter Of curiosity, we place the report of the sur
veyors on record
Honolulu, August Sd, 1859.
v. L GREEN, Esq, IN charge of H. \. N. Commission and Con-
sn.-In compliance with your request We proceeded on
At state to proceed to sea, and beg leave TO report as follows
rha. her weodends Al, have been s.S u d,r .na 's Ans x oss na Us
particularly examined the stern post, and bored into the sposs
pointed out by the carpenter OF the orestes u =" INV nv
The ship had not been pumped since $50 A. NJ when .he,s
Was 2 feet 8 inches in her.
cin no' Mb 5c@ psm wsfe her out to IS 5 inches il 20 70 minutes.
Taking into consideration the nature OF the cargo on beard,
are placed for procuring funds to put the ship into thorough re-
pair, and having the auxilary steam power 10 wSr !, 10 PUMPS y : 81
the crew, and if placed in the same position, we should prccee'
on our voyage.
JAMES ROBINSON,
HENRY J. H. HoLDwokTH,
Harbor Master.
According to this report, it appears that the bark
is leaking at the rate of 81 inches per hour, or screen
feet per day. And yet on these facts, the surveyors
come out and say e there is no unusual risk to the
lives of the crew. in proceeding on the voyage. She
has a small two or three horse engine it is true, but
s%upposing that she only continues to leak at sea ut
the rate she does in our still harbor. it is little else
than recklessness to continue the voyage in her pre-
sent condition. IL the engine gives out, what then :
How is it to be repaired ? Every person, who is
fully acquainted with the facts must concede
that the crew, one of whom hal wife and five
children, are right in protesting against going on
in hes. 1t is an unjustiiable risk of human life, and
if the vessel goes to sea and is lost. probably no in
surance could be recovered on her or her cargo,
if all the facts are known. 1t is said that a lum-
Der vessel can't sink. She can no viewer become
water-logged, and make vastly more suffering to her
crew in that condition than if she sank outright. 1t
is only a few weeks since We read an account of a
lumber vessel s~pringing a leak off Newfoundland, and
the crew and passengers had to take refuge in the
rigging, where they remained for several days al
most furnished, till picked up by a passing ship.
The track of the Orestes to Melbourne is a Sahara
compared with the route across the Atlantic.
LIFE AT NEwPoRT.-News being rather stale here
in town, we have sent a reporter down to &c New
~vulgarly called waikiki cocoanut grove.
whittier the whole town has gone or is a going. Real
estate is advancing very rapidly in that quarter, and
our reporter notes the erection of several new estat-
lishments of various unknown dimensions. 1t is said
that the government, in view of the great rush for
in that neighborhood. has ordered a sale to come
OH on the lotn. iireauy, conSlueraoie inquiry 10
being made as to the locality, SC.
1t is rumored that a large feast Of horseAesh oc-
Cured among the natives Of the grove some days ago.
but to wha. extent the townspeople enjoyed this new
luxury, does not appear. We have our sus-
picions excited that there exists some unusual at
traction to the beach, but we wouldn't hint that
it is to obtain a change of diet.
A evening or two ago, some one, n genius at
n meantime n IN g LII f;,o >, nro1nSaI g. n orob
No sooner said than done, and from hither
and thither focked crowds to join in the evening
sport. The full moon only added zest to the occasion.
But the tide was high, and wait thay must till
the midnight clock
Sounds one to the drowsy race of night"
The poor crabs, however, got wind Of the propos-
ID onslaught, held a solemn conclaye and vowed to
g flee for their lives The result was-a delightful
evening, a splendid moonlight, lots of fun, but nary
crab. -
LICESsEs.-Notice has been issued by the Interior
Department, fixing the rates at which licenses will
issued after this date, under the operation of the
Code 90 Eal1ows