The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-20

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rs ~ hnbses raider quiet In business circles. and trade
49, lneerspAa n he anse by the arrival Of one mail pr
eDEtnse a snoeha per Yankee within . day or
noru, YIN cargo OF uhaiemen's stores-the San Diego,
m. ssnnsnns Island, in ballast, and the Mefiso, fum San
s1ncisrn. With the mails and . full freight Of grain, beef shin
Bes and undreA
ne Sos Diego reports that absolute possession has been Ia
81 Sohnsons Island By . force nom eAn Francisco acting
for The Paeias 0uans Company, ana improvements vere in
prse.s. With a viev to the eonvensenee Of shipping Oh EuAno-
The clipper ship Rvres Birch bad taken in a part Of a cargo
Ie most Interesting news brought BY the mail d hat relating
20 The Jarvis Island guane matters. The clipper ship White
seaff'r, which vessel IL viii be remembered, touched at this
part last July, under charter to Mr.. 8 G. Wilder, had arrived AZ
New York In 81 days passage from Jarvis Island, with 12oo tons
fu.no. Mr. Wilder, Who owned the cargo, sold out his interest
6s $4,000 casa, and the parties Who purchased re-soh the
cargo for S3s per ton, " about $4,000, the vessel having been
chartered af 81 Per ton, and Il vas being 5obb~d out at 80 TO
$50 PER ton of ,2to hA This Is the frt large cargo that has
arrived at New York, and the result which has attended the sale
of 3 gratifying. and shows not only the commercial value O
the arfcie which hs been 90 much decied BY persons Of picay-
ue ideas, hot most couciusfyeiy leaves Commodore Mervine and
Capt Davis in that unenviabie position which this paper long ago
assigned them The enterprise OF Mr.. Wilder in chartering
the Waite sraiior, and in making = practical iess Of the COM
meriaI vaiue Of this guano In the face Of the ridicule and oppro-
hsiun he net with hese and In San francisco, certainly deserves
the rEh revard q has received UnbeEevers in guano adven-
lures may confines b eroak- but IL viii noe have muchinnuenos
on the market-valne Of the article
We nurhsr learn hat the American GuAno Company had enter
edisso acootraes and sold to . responsible firm in New Yok, COM
pristng VIM H. Webb, the vea-kDown ship-bunder, CON- Van
derbiA- and oshes. 100000 tons o. Jarvis Island guano, TO be
delivered At the island, and to be paid for as fast as delivered.
The ships Of the contractors are to have precedence over others
in loading guano- We may also state here that the Company
have On the way out from New York, eleven large new can buoys,
With anchors and chains fg meorne, together with railway ma
serais and cars, and that thev vii, in the course Of few months,
be aide co load ten vessels at once With the same ease with which
they can now ship Cd sixty tons a day
We are much gratifed with this intelligence, as the guano
u1de yin add 70 the commerce Of this port. Most of;he vessels
chartered 70 Ioad vim be obtained at San Francisco. and they
Win touch here to procure supplies, laborers. &c We notice
that one or two ships had already been chartered at San Fran
cisco for Jarvis Island. under the above contract
II d stated that Capt Turner. who, IL will be remembered, was
here . lev months ago. and visited Jarvis Island. has sold out
his interest in the American Guano Company for s12o.Ooo-a
high figure, q correct MI
NE schooner E. L. Frost sailed this morning on a So
cres expedition. said to be on a visit tn Casper Rico Island,
supposed 70 be q guano island. in about lat 109 N, and
near the meridian, or about 1900 miles west of this port She
win be absent about six or eight weeks 1t is reported also that
the San Diego VIII Izve here on the same GRAND to-day or to-
morrow- 1E4sz 81 1913
The bark Ya.kee sails ON Friday, for San FnDcisco, with
. fnu cargo Of sugar, pull, re. &c Our readers viii regret to
learn that this farorise packet has been (condiionauy) sold, to
be DELIVERED in San Francisco, and ~n then he taken OF the
route IT WI be q hard matter 10 supply her place In the esti-
nation Of the trading and travelling public.
rs lngsnesf has been chartered for Victoria, vancouveris
Island. and l. advertised Tor freight and psssengers- A branch
Of the OH and popular house Of R. C. Janion, is to be eaAb
Iishel a. that port, under the agency OF Mr. Henry Rhodes,
Who takes passage IN the Yankee- ne Aageaen win arrive
~ yictnrtz AZ . hvszbte saso-@he opening Of sprinz-and
dsDoac produce sent By her vim probably md q good MARKET
Inserisiand sehooners are nov bringing in fun frrirhts from
Hawai-, Kauai and Mani, and the ndghting business is once
more boxing up
We 6z . fey quotations this week
sC6AR-wehe hear % sahs az $1,000 rs No ], fac export
On psfv.fe s<DA We quoee best qualities in kegs ut Has
MOLkssEs-Purhase have teeu made here at 1+c, and
a. shss Hrre shipoents have actually been made to Hio, for
s-Spsyins the shipping, - The Chinese plantations in that Dis
trs< ask sc for their productions This Is q new feature in In
taIslaDi trade
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sHrN6LEs.-A brisk johbinx trade has been done, but the
suppiy Is stiH large We quote At SI6e7 IS. jobbing prices
LUMBER-Narket stu oversuppsed and but little doing in
. retail way
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, at par to ! Y cent prem
SIS FRANCISCO
Ven Hfle change appeas % have taken place from last quo
49, - --<s kfnd. of xt.nr~a n ~ low Flour $S6 30 /;