The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-03-17

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Other vessels added to registered onnage...."
There were condemned unseaworthy -....ls
And sold to Foreigners.
And lost q. ca
Increase Of the
This leaves the total at present emplo,. !
800 tons, as against 4 .940, 843 at the clcs :
as follows
Steam Navigation
Whale fishery.
Cod fishery.
Mackerel fishery.
Total
HERMANN.-The steamer Hermann Was !
Saturday by q. s. Marshal for $4,000. 3
bought by H. A. Cobb for himself and q
Wright, and will probably run as an oppsais
mer to the northern ports. 1t is said, that b
inal cost of the steamer was $500, OOO.
The Washington correspondent Of the ys
HeraId reports more Mexican outrages. fpl
lean vessels have, been fred into, detained sud-
by Gen. Gariz, and the cargo of one vas on.
be discharged on the beach of Tampico shis
beseiging the city, and was then sent by hins
interior o6rbis own account The vessel VA
made a cover to his launches in an attack On
was perforated with shot holes, and the chd
| hand shot away. Her commander, Capt. Tr1
imprisoned for eleven days, and only released
arrival of the United States steamer Fulton;
indemnity was exacted.
The DIFFICULTY WITH PA~RAGUAY.-Muy
readers nave doubtless forgotten the origin dM
sent dispute with Paraguay. The Washington
Of it is this: Paraguay WINS the east sh1
Paraguay river, but not the west side. Ihsd
ON the Paraguay side is prohibited to warvsszk
on other side is free to all While the units !
surveying schooner, Water Witch was making !
vet of the western channel, for the benefit Il
merce, she was fred upon without provost
warning, by the P~araguayans, Kidding her ii
killing a sailor. When asked for PREPARATION, u
eminent of Paraguay refused to make it. Ik(
dition over which 80 much fuss has been mad
| which has already cost us so much money, SD
pei Paraguay to make suitable apology aa
t~itution.
WHAT IS THE MARKET vALU OF GooDs I'D
Francisco Mercantile Gazette in its arick q
fluctuations of prices, has the following very p1
remarks "It will require but little ~considex1
show that if price governs demand and supP!l
itself governed by them. If a high price q
goods to a market while at the same time il :
the consumption of them in that market, il IS
that this increases he demand. We set cut With
idea of enquiring. What is the fair market p
goods. And we have now, we think, got far e4
be able to draw the conclusion, that the fan I
price is that which will ensure the stock !
given time being worked off just before suppz
in to replace it. If the stock is so large thsi5
can be furnished in a shorter time than wild
sary to work it off at paying price, then it
10 .o1l N anyfhs,n ovor that nrfcQ WIfbOuf m
longing the glut, by supplies coming in befa
are wanted; and all the expense of storing, IN
etc., for the extra time required to clear the y
must form a deduction from paying prices
directly, or in the shape of forced sales at lOvsl
If on the other hand the stock is so small ID
consumption at a fair paying price would use
shorter time thar required for procuring frsl
plies, then purchasefV must submit TO high
under penalty of being left without the arta|
gether, however Indispensable to their exs7
their comfort it may be. To gather mp the =
information necessary. and to keep in vierA
various influences, Of season, substitutes, ch7
marine disasters, &C., which must be consists
order to determine what this price Is, nslI1
difficult, and in point of flct is not easy; @
just what constitutes the science of the mercs7
regards sales. 1t is the business of a sae'1
know exactly what price be can get, and shf|
| tUDlcTS nt Cau kCt IL iIOus IL 10 '>
business to determine whether that price So
that he had better wait, or 50 high that he ha1
sell; and according to the extent and accua7]
information, and the correctness of his jadge1
making use of it, will be his success in tht q
of his operations"
The steamers Fulton. Harriet Lane and !
Witch, of the Paraguay Expedition, had Fl
Pertambuco for coal. The Fulton and Wan
left that port on the 26th December, and the y
Lane took her departure on the 18th. The y
encountered heavy southeasterly gales, Wlias1
adverse ~equinoctiai current, after leaving BaD
and were thus delayed on the voyage. All u
nobly, but were forced to put into Msrauh1J
Clara, as stated. The Brazilians and en4j
resident at Pernambuco sympathized coriaI
the objects Of our Government, and ~enter'anel
little doubt that Lopez would strike his nag
a fight. after causing as much expense -
The Fulton was appointed to take CONN.,
Bowlin up the Parana. All the crews were y
lent health and spirits. A c~omplimentar! q
had been. presented to ex-Consul Clements, .
United States, by the trading firms in PerD'4'
The London Court Gazette says: The W.
been ~graciously pleased to appoint Lord NsPWw2
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary anu :
Plenipotentiary tathe United States OF Ames M
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary apa =
Plenipotentiary to the King OF the Netheria'u
The Queen has also been graciously pesSr
point Lord Lyons, now her Majesty's Enso, n
binary and Minister Plenipotentiary 70 ps
Duke of Tuscany, to be her Majesty's tns!
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to~
States of America. J
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH TO CALIFoRs1A.- -
derrick has also given notice of a bill for 'e.
ton of a line of magnetic telegraph, 70 III n IA
Missouri river with California. The Dill 81 a
Secretary Of War authority to contract y .ss
who will erect the line, agreeing to give .Asf|
$4,000 per annum, for government te'es"f
ten or fifteen years. r,.,rl1
"we should brave trouble as the New Ing Z
braves winter. The school is a mile a"si ~
hill, yet he fingers not by the fire, but s"asst
slung over his shoulder, and his cap tieo
der his chin, he sets forth to face the nm 4
when he reaches the topmost ridge, whs' lind
dered snow lies in drifts, n the norm ~ y
keen and biting, does he shrink anu ~ bs
beneath the fences. or run into the nea nat 81
warm himselfs No; he buttons up MS .or.sr|
joices to defy the blast, and tosses the sn ~;,b =
with his foot, and %, erect and fearless, HE -
heart and rudy cheek, ne goes on
school. .sty J
.Now. when the fierce winds of sdselsIsx
over you, and your lifs's summer lies punT -
frost and snow, do not linger inactive, OF sui aour 4
ly down by the WY, or turn aside fron, '.ah Z
for momentary warmth and shelter, o.., *rn
heart and firm step. 30 forward in Goa ;s.sf,
~vanquish trouble. and to bid defiance 70 !. y MT Z
there is ever : time TO be ambitious. nhtipb
ambition = >nqy. but when It il hard. s1I
ness; heAk yua ara down; die nasJs y
won't d4 - Al. That geEatinous man s.rrersl
are M ly>n upso3es, and whose musclss rste