The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-18
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER i.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.


local news and communications. The scene in our
port. since our las, issue, : one seldom witnessed
in the largest ports Of the world-;he arrival Of TWEEN
,y-fye ships and barks during xix days. When we
went to press last Thursday, We could report only IRE
vessels il the harbor: 10 day we have about well.
call It fhirty-frs. for they are arriving 80 fast. that We
can hardly keep the track Of the exact number. At
Lahaiua, also there are about tl-sltg vessels, and pro-
baby a number n Hlo also, in al probably sir'y
arrivals during six days Il is pleasant to greet the
return Of the many familiar faces-eaptains. mates
and seamen-who have for 80 many years. some Of
them even thirty years. made Honolulu their annual
rendezvous. and whose absence leaves u in the enjoy
ment Of only "a duh time" We consider the re-
ports better than last year. with the prospect now Of
the average catch Of the season being a little higher
than last seasons. The only whaler lost Al the North
Is the George & .Niry, an account of which will be
found below. But as many accidents usually occur
later in the season, we may yet have to report others.
We cannot omit here expressing our THANKS TO ship
masters and others for the pains taken by them to
furnish Us with full reports. We only wish We had
it in cur power to report every ship " blubber-log-
ged, - but in the absence of that, each Of our friends
will accept our hearty aloha.
Loss OF THE WHALING BARK GEORGE x MARY
The bark George S Mary, of New London, LETT Homo
lulu April 18th. Had a pleasant passage and very
light winds up to Kurile Islands; passed through
the forty-sixth passage the 10th May; had thick fog
and rain all Of May. Made the ice on the 2Sth of
May. in Lat. 549 80, Long. 149, and entered it in
the same Lat, Long. li7, working towards Jonas
Island, the ice most of the time thick and very heavy;
arrived on the whaling ground, W. 5. W. of Jonas
Island, June 9TH, cruising about until the Sth. Saw
no whales; a Y. E gale came on, on the sth; ship in
the ice. At T. NJ. of the 9th, sea account, the gale
commenced with thick weather and rain; at midnight
gale increasing. ship under double-reeGs, On tack and
tack. in a clear spot Of water. with heavy ice close by
70 windward and leeward, and no other clear water
in sight. At 8 p. NJ, had to close reef; the gale still
increasing, had TO y4r ship about every hour, TO
keep clear Of the ice; at half past 8 A. NJ. Gale still
increasing, with a heavy swell running from 5. E;
at 4 quarter past :, struck a heavy cake Of ice on the
s~tarboard bow, started the pumps and at the same
time took off the matches and found the lower hold
full Of water. In some five minutes after the ship had
struck, seeing that there was no chance to save the
ship, ordered the boats cleared away, and just got
clear Of the ship when she rolled over on her beam
ends in Is minutes from the time she first struck the
ice. The Gideon HoJclaHd, Capt. Williams; bark Del
atrGrs, Capt. k~enworthy; bark Dr0mO, Capt. Cole;
and bark Phiiip J., Capt. Hampstead, rendered all
the assistance in their power, and took an equal share
OF the men. The Gideon H0r!GRd being the nearest
shin the captain went on board on her, being unwell
at the time, and was kindly cared for by Capt. Will
Jams, for which the captain hereby extends his thanks.
-Four days after, the captain went on board the bark
Deiarare, Capt. Keneworthy, who kindly landed
him a; Ayan on the 10Th of June, where he remained
until the 10Th of September, being unwell most Of the
time. and from thence took passage TO the islands on
board the ship OHiruri, Capt. Allen. The George
.iflry had on board at tie time Of her loss. FIVE
hundred barrels Of California grey oil. with pro-
visions and sails for herself and tender for a season
north, all Of which became a total loss.
VINO KILLED Cock ROBIN THE Po!ynesian, in
it's last issue, undertakes to fasten on US the origina-
ting OF the small pox report. \ few facts on the sub
iect will perhaps set him to rights again. In our
issue Of the 9th July, We referred to the report which
was current in town, in the following words. Bear
in mind. we did not state it to be a fact, but simply
as a rumor, the truth of which was to be inquired
into:
SMALL pox-A report reached town on Monday, that the
small peN MAJ rr,@en ou' a. Ma"iua On NJ l9Eaud, ana tEas
there we're seven cises d; Il there P. Nchlonin' u, LETT FOR
that piaee on Tuesday, to examine whether the report WAS true
The next Saturday (July ~. the PoIynesian had
the following
SNAIL Pox.-Nr. Lane, the Agen; Of the Board of Health, at
Waialua; hayinE rspoT'sd ssssrai cases Of small pS IN that
enquire into the truth Of ie report He informs Us that he
very mild. The disease, 50 far, is confined to a very limited
district, and strict measures have been taken to stop all COM
Sheriff J. II. Brown left yesterday to see that this taboo is rig
hIH4>A lfEtH ID NLe>r rANaL thrA - ttEN- " . NNpe
the disease will spread no farther. DR.. McKib6in informs
ns that. for he present, The disease 4 confined TO children. and
thar he attributes the miiness OF the attack to the fact Of their
having all ueen vaccinated.
Here is the first report of small pox (varioloid, if
you please,) officially promulgated by the Hawaiian
Government, after a full examination on the partofits
Board of Health. This official report, (the only one
was published after an inyestigation.) was circu-
lated abroad in the mail taken away by the Yankee
August 8. Will any impartial mind hesitate as to
which MINER ORIGINATED the rPpgrt- and Is there a
question that it was done by the Hawaiian Govern
nent. through it organ OF course it remained
lucontralicied until our issue Of the 4th Of October,
when finding that there neither was nor had been
my such cases. We so stated on what the public has 1
and will consider good authority. During the coming
week, two medical gentleman intend, We learn, to
Waialua, and examine all the cases which have
occurred, and whatever may be the result Of their =
Inquiries, We shall not hesitate to publish it. %
The PoSY ExPREss.-The advantages of this ex-
press to the business and commerce of San Francisco
becoming every month more apparent. Dispatches
Ire sent through in seven and eight days from San
to New York, By pony and telegraph, and
apt. Wade Of the Silrer Star, informs Us that he
eceivel a reply from the owners OF his ship, in New
FORK, in II days from the time the dispatch left San :.
francisco. Drafts and other important letters from :
his port can be sent through BY Pony Express two p
weeks ahead Of the mails. The charge i - 30 for
quGrter-ouace letter, which Of course must he
written on thin paper The contract with the United
states Government for an overland telegraph between
L. Louis and san Francisco has been awarded to the ;
Union Telegraph Company, and the line Is :.
o be completed by the end Of 1851, when San Fran
viii be within instantaneous communication -
nth New York. and Honolulu will be only ten or :,
Seive days distant. :
ROYAL HAWAIIAN THE,rER.-The standard plays