The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-05-26

,h.t g. ne intimate connection between the oanu"'s
I.,a.ds and this country. resulting from the former
b.;nv the re6tsine station of our Pacific and indian
E~vh.lino fleets. gives an Importance TO the trace o
the 4 ndwich Islands not possessed by that Q my
ether countrv ON the. Pacific. The Sandwich Islands
also derive importance from being the only natural
stopping and victualing place on the California anu
India route, At the close Of the tables II says:
OF late years a Sandwich Island whaling feet has
come into existence, and it is the only one VINO" ~"
enters. or that probably will in the future enter mo
rivalry with our whaling marine. The voyage around
the Horn is so dangerous and expensive that WIN tne
completion of the Pacific Railroad the greater par y
the whaling business must be transferred 10 oa,''ol-
MIA and Oregon. Supplies are already obtaineu ior
the whaling feet cheaper in California than else
where; and Oregon must soon monopolize she snip
building Of the Pacific Ocean. SO that we need MOI
fear for our whaling ascendency. lis even ~"
ouite common for The officers Of = whaling SNIP 70 90
rim the Isrhmus to California to join Their shIps or
relieve another set of officers. Our whaiers do moi
need to learn lessons of economy OF time ana money
from our Navy Department, but TINS mas h,reauy up
preciated the advantages of doing away, when posi-
bic. with the voyage around Cape Horn. The MOD
crate success of the whaling fleet for the past two
wears. together with the low price CT oil. would nave
had a depressing influence upon TINS imPor'nu'
branch of our marine, but for the high price OF whale
bone, which has to n great extent compensated lr
other losses. We learn from New Bedford that the
first o. the whaling feet of this season are now coming
in. and that accounts OF the SUCCESS ct VIII i"oe '"h'
(homeward -bound) are very good. Generally the
whaling fleet has earned better returns than any
other branch of our shipping in the past year.
The remark that officers of whale ships go out " to
California t. join their Ships is incorrect, il it in
tended to say that whale ships go there for their cap
tains. Masters are frequently sent out to Honolulu
pa California to take charge OF vessels. and officers
are relieved here, but these changes do not take place
in California. -
PRocLAMArroN.-The following public ~proclama-
ton by His Majesty appears in the last n tynesaan:
It will be seen that the term of Mr.. Monsa. ats BAN
ishment is reduced to seven years-or till May ~,
1864. We understand that Mr.. NJ. is at pi esent resi-
dent in England.
KAMEHAMEuA w. by the Grace Of God King of
the Hawaiian Islands
To all achom these Presents shall come, Greeting
Know YE THAT, Whereas, on the 2OfiI day of May.
1857, We did, in the exercise of Our Royal preroga-
tive, and for grave reasons affecting Ourseif ana Our
Family. by our Decree bearing date upon that day
cause Marcus C. Monsarrat to be expelled the King
dom, and prohibited him from returning to Our
Dominions, forever, under penalty Of Death
And whereas, an appeal hath been made to Us. on
his and their own behalf, by those in this Kingdom
most nearly connected with the said Marcus C.. Mon
sarrat, praying Us to exercise Our Royal clemency in
his favor:
Now, therefore, know We, that We, being thereunto
moved by a feeling of deep sympathy for the family
of the said Marcus c. Monsarrat; as we'll as by SEN
timents of profound gratitude to Almighty God, who
has ,leigned to bless Our own domestic circle with
happiness and comfort
Do hereby. in tn. exercise of the Power vested in
Us as Sovereign, declare our aforesaid Decree of the
10Th day Of May, A. d 1857, modified by the miti-
cation of the sentence OF perpetualb anishment therein
set forth and decreed, to Punishment for the term of
seven years from that date; and the said Marcus {.
Monsarrat is hereby strictly enjoined and prohibited
from returning to any part of Our Dominsns, before
the expiration of the period of punishment herein set
forth and decreed, under the penalty prescribed in
Our aforesaid Decree of the twentieth day of May,
A. D.. 1867.
Given under Our hand and the Great Seal of Our
Kingdom, at Our Palace, in Honolulu, this
twentieth dry of May, A. d. 1859, and the
Fifth of Our Reign. KAMEHAMEHA.
KAAHuMANU. |
THE "MoRNING STAR."-Alluding to this vessel,
and the sad condition in which she was found to be
on her return from Micronesia, the Boston Congre-
gotionaiist says:
"From Honolulu papers received, it appears to he
the opinion of the better portion of the people that
imperfect, and even rotten, timber was put into the
Morning Star, while the enemies of religion seize
upon the opportunity to imoeach the honesty of
Christian men generally. As TO using rotten timber
in the construction of the vessel, te do not beiiere 1t.
We know the builder, and n number who worked on
her, all Christian men, whose testimony to the con-
trary is unimpeachable. She was built in a yard
where the timber was constantly exposed to the public
gaze, and yet not a mas can be found who saw rotten
timber. The fact is, some vessels rot in two years,
while some do not in twenty. 1t depends greatly
upon the climate and the cargo, and thoroughness
and frequency of caulking
- When the Hon. David Crockett returned from
Washington, on the adjournment of Congress, to his
constituents, he gave them, besides an account of his
political career, some items of the customs of Sc ciety
in the Capitol. Members of the House, said ~, dine
not at the good old fashioned hour of noon, but at 8
o'clock in the afternoon Senators at 5 nnd the
Cabinet at Z O'Clock P. NJ. .And the j resident.''
inquired one of his auditory. when does he dine %
Oh, said Mr.. Crockett, be does'n take dinner till the /
next day. The a~necdote, of course, has no possible
application here only we couldn't help being re-
minded oft as we were waiting. after dinner, last
Saturday. for the appearance of the Polynesian. If
our contemporary purposes issuing hereafter a little
before s%undown, We would suggest that the paper be
dated {. Sunday &c., so that the news WON'T be far
on t of date. -
Double Quick TIME.-The brig josephine returned
last evening from Jarvis Island; after an absence of
only twenty days-about the same time that it takes
some of our fast coasting packets to make the trip to
Hilo and back. ShSmade the passage down in eight
days, and the trip back in eleven day, having re-
mainel but twenty-four hours at the island. She re-
turns here TO procure more laborers to load the four
large clippers now at that island.
CONCERT Our readers will not forget the concert
this erening at the Fort Street Church. The object
of the concert, the high talent that will appear, the
presence of their Majesties-all will tend to draw a
crowded house. Tickets for sale as per notice in
another column. -
"PRosPEcTING." = the Josephine we learn that
Com. Pendleton. in his big ship the Iranhoe, had ia
ken possession of Christmas Island. The commodore
was in fine spirits. prospecting for guano, and SAN
guine of finding it somewhere, if not on that island.
Oahu CoLLEGE--The annual examination of the
scholars and students of this College. takes place at
Punahou, on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday