The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-11
NEWS FRsn THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

ne ssh Of February.
The PolyneIan publishes table Of statistics, showing
The educational and social progress Of the Islands durh
Ne Ast fifteen years The free schools, which
IN 1s45 numbered $40, with about ~ scholars have
Asn 10 fifteen years y $50 schools and ss2s scholars,
dnnuton Of a5l schools and IL s72 scholars The
q this decrea accounted for foows-Firs The
decrease in the population amounting to 5,7SS In the
twelve years that reported thirty per cent OF The
population Of 1915 seesnd that late years less q adult
he schools lost their secarAn many Protestant
md Catholic small schools were merged together in ono
The statistics further show marriages within the same
period, nos including the years 50'55, 2l8
Births, not including the years 1876 49,
Deaths, not including the years ls4s-4e-'474s'5o,
Nine hundred and sixteen divorces were granted from
The plan Of establishing packet between Ho and Sam
honoulu Adoeytissr . only quite recently that the sub
jet appears 70 have been seriously entertained This en-
Ie has some favorable no doubt least
TrAncsco goes from Hawaii and il could all be secured
would doubt well sustain vessel
hlaads Is estimated q about 5000 bushels The farmers
are planting csutiously for next years wheat crop
being printed On paper made At Tsyiorvs Marin county
HE Haria was about TO sail for T.nnngs Island, to
engage the oil trade, about which there ap
pea1ed to be some speculation
The Heather Ben had arrived 1t Honolulu in 155 days.
route for Victoria " l. She has number Of clergy
men ON board for British Columbia.
Custom House statistics show increase in the export
me whale bark Hberria was IN leaiy condition. and
had put into for repairs She m hurricane in
1885, the passage from the Ochosk whom she sprung
aleak, which has been increasing ever sinoe
RATES OF rowAGE BY THE PELE.
Merchant vessels from 500 to 900 tons, each 1880
Merchant vessels from 800 % 500 TOMS. 50
Hsv s;sn rhsis.S;ns AND na,ss az
Brigs and schooners over zoo tons. IS
s .a aoa tua % NV % ~: ~ o.
Ge, ~ Of IN sne ns DELL
considerable distance at sea beyond the said buoy an
extra charge win be added 70 the rate OF towae as in the
~"'''A VI 'Ao pio'' n-' W ueeno" equAoi''
'A1 ISLANDS IN THE Moth fACIfIo As fLASH FOX
The nportapce If orennr mn No. .vennes NJ y, .rr,e
trade with Honolulu order to counerbaance the with
@ Q. tne wnnane nees becoming more apparent
Fasnprs island with 10 600 gallons OF cocoa nut OIL
which was sold ct good profit This circumstance calls
WIZ .ae IoLowog .emafx :, ~ sue xoysessan
Tanaine's Island (which is lagoon island. thirty miles
long, with fine harbor the belt Of land around being
s Az NIUE su1 cosereS win coCoanus eesl mere
broupht there from other isands These work for 4
eated period and are then returned TO their homes by
re ~" n are W go on ~n'cn
hands are then set TO work 70 scrape the nuts which is
done at the rate OF 200 daily per man. The scrapings
~ uM e - ~ h.. y. 1r u .tsI , nu y;
rovsrS, Mes whsch he, an ro,n;r. =;
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.h "y 49, ns-, VI 1890, Yd ou. snodeD. ,s ~
rccoarrt reee hch are oriv e,t;nr hsnd.
70 torn into gold Cocoanat oil Il used yery largely the
and Ioore rscanv IN ne Irntsd s,aasI ror na. s ~
Which sesms pecusrv approorsts The nrice has re
vnaied ann ~, shs Issf four IN roco,r,:
La,,o Men =, 49,. q. - "~.:,
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News rom the West Coast OF Mexico.
ACAPULCO, March q, 1850.
oouva,o<ne. O, General Ayt.aoa n, rntud.d Me,m.rs.
R~r0g0 Of the Yelloac FSucT-Eartq Hdkes-Sone Curious
Karise Effects rAueof-A Nerioon LEGEND in Rsoard to
osesr cdase-Aarch Of General Lo'ada upon Masaaa"-
Terror Of Tie Inhabitants Of Eighty Women and
. .s sM Occupied oy sas o"u.'" troops
INC A'o'a's r'fo''"g 70 oes'9s Me 10o"' &C.
p o ~" lsoovss from an ,s oss
.-.s =. s--.p s.eN =, '.o -''.D
ana Son 70 no can mount nus nofse' ne viii move with
hs brigade Mexico, via Moraa. His munitions Of war
a,e haiuo rrepared IN tho Cae,,e
o. ue a,., = 10y 49, . .1 ~as -
eighteen persons-the disease having been pronounced
ve,ov fever nv .hs suroaon NJ tho plan. The eon,e o
tribute the prevalence Of disease the fact the hogs
been shut up, by order Of the Ayuntamients Be
that il may the hogs have complete and undis-
pued possession Of the streets the plague dsap
peared.
This is for earthquakes, and we have shocks
every day two, and sometimes two or three day.
On the morning Of the 18th repor. heard about nine
O'Clock, which sounded like an enormous cannon. 1t
proceeded from violent eruption of Of the volcanoes
IN the direction of Mexico. At or near the same hour
Commodore Watkins commander of the Golden Age saw
three tremendous rollers coming towards him he ocean
and az soon as they struck his vessel thew turned her
in their mad froc leaving the ocean as calm as before
This city was almost entirely destroyed In ps52 The
singular unanmny VIZ wn'cn me people rasn mo me
On one occ.s;on the host,er Of fr;end Of
mine. who was q very wicked and daring fellow,
TAR nron his knee dnrino violent shock |as djd All
around hm1 bnt no sooner had the shock nassd than he
iumped nm and oommenced laurhpr at his more devout
companions In less than minute another and more