The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-02-28

P1uIoDIcALs-The mou,hlies received by the last
mai are rich in variety AMI can hardly he eNcelIei-
Each new issue appears re surpass rs predecessor
-Harpsr's for January and February are re-
ceivel. 7. Ross Brown continues LIS graphic and
humorous sketches o: Waehoe silver m5uing -
Castaway in Jamie. : a finely illustrated AZ
cle-w! the recor q current events. contents Of
the editors drawer. stories. anecdotes &c.. III which
it abounIs, the readers Of Harpers cannot but be
well satisfied.
The -iua.tsc for January presents lts usual va
riety Of choice and aJly-wri,ten literature. This
periodical Is I credit to the American people, and IS
not surpassed by any similar serial in Europe
-Gooisy and Fraa5 Leslie stand where they
have always stood, rlfs mseums in every laiy's
parlor, without which no lady can we'll exist.
From Calitornis. the Rsspsri1R and RutctIEs'
.n1s4-iae, come wiki their usual promptness, The
former Is embe,ishei with q sketch Of kilaues, ac-
companied with an article on our volcanic wonder,
By the accomplished editress Mrs. Day. We wish
more copies Of both these mon;hlies were taken
among Us. -
TARDY RELIEF-The schooner KGiama sailed on
the 18th, under command Of Capt J. 7. Lawton, late
of the -4Eate, for Johnson's Island. TO bring up the
men who were stationed there nearly a year ago, to
keep possession Of the island. The owners, who re-
side in san Francisco, evidently suppose that these
men are exempt from that human failing known as
hunger, or would have relieved them months ago.
When left on the island. the company consisted Of one
white man and Ave Hawaiians but they will prooa-
bly, be found skeletons, either living or dead. for
hough they had food, it was not Of such a nature as
would keep Ok disease, or answer in case of sickness.
At best is seems u case Of inhuman Imprisonment.
The missionary packet Morning Star sails to-day,
in AN opposite track, to relieve the necessities of the
missionaries Of the Marquesan group, someof whom
have been for months deprived of houses and homes,
and on short allowance, among those cannibals,
whose love for strangers is ine1act proportion 10 the
quality and tenderness of their flesh for cannibalistic
purposes. -
JAPANESE PLANrs.-We notice with pleasure that
. large variety of plants and trees have been intro
duced from Japan by Mr.. J. c. Pfuger. of the house
of Messrs. Hackfeld n Co., to whom the public have
before been indebted for the introduction of large
numbers of birds from Europe. These plants arrived
in the Yankee, in the best condition, which IS owing
in no small measure to the special care taken of them
by Mr.. p. during the passage from Kanagawa to Vic
toria in the bark r. ". Hood. Some few Of the
varieties are known, but the names of most of them
will have to be learned by reference TO works on DO
tany, and study Of their characteristics, rs they are
known in Japan, only by japanese names. Among
them are several ties plants. The importation has
been made to the order Of DR.. VIM. Hillebrand for
the Agricultural Society, and the plants will be set
out and tended by that gentleman, whose taste and
success in Horticulture is a sufficient guaranty that
they will receive the best care and culture.
STEAM To CnISA-Therea appears to be a prospect
that under the new administration at Washington,
some plan will soon be devised to establish a line Of
steamers hptuapu San Francisco and China Mr.
VIM. II. Seward, the new Secretary of State, who is
well known to be warmly interested in the undertake
ing, has presented to the Senate the memorial
of the New York Chamber Of Commerce asking for
steam postal communication between San Francisco
and China. This enterprise is an important feature
in the contemplated plans for the establishment of n
regular steam transportation line to Asia, and were it
not for the pre-occupation of our Government with
other matters, some such measure would undoubtedly
be acted upon AT once. Any trans-Pacifc line of steam
p~ropellers would unquestionably be of great service
to our kingdom, touching monthly or semi-monthly
at this port, as they undoubtedly would. on the pass
age TO China. -
VESSELS BOUND TO AUs-RALIA.-When the brig
Vaguero used to run between San Francisco and
Australia, she generally touched at this port, going
and returning, and always obtained more OF less
freight and passengers, which more than compensated
for her short detention and loss of time. We merely
mention this, to indicate that other vessels on the
same route, would experience the same success.
Detention need not be over six hours, unless for
freight. The high price of produce there would un-
d~oubtedly induce shipments from this port.
\ USEFUL LUxURY-We notice that our former
townsman, NJ. d. Myers, (whose purchasing agency
in New York Is a great convenience to our mer-
chants,) is engaged in the manufacture Of concen-
trated milk, made from pure Orange County Milk.
and put up in lib. tins. T.. o. Hall keeps a supply
of the article, which is almost indispensable for
health on sea voyages. Persons going to sea should
not be without = supply, and at the above place a
pure article can be obtained.
For THE EAsr-Cupt. Mitchell has kindly con-
sented to delay sailing till this Thursday morning,
in order to accommodate the public and take the
latest advices issued in our paper. The mail by the
Uyomiag will probably 90 through to New York in
an unusually short time, not exceeding thirty-two
days, reaching that city about April = or s. The
mail will close at 9 o'clock. Files of the CONNER
cal -4ircrtiSer for the last four weeks can be pro-
cured at the counter.
FOREIGN AGENCIEs.-In making up their orders,
our merchants will bear in mind that Mr.. VI. d.
Myers of New York, and }. f. b. Marshal Of Boston,
hold themselves ready 10 attend To any orders for
The advantage Of having a reliable agent to
select just the article wanted, and in just the guam
titles desired, is one not every day offered, and the
is more than compensated in the superior goods
hus Obtained. See their advertisements.
The |. :. HosPITAL TROUBLEs-We would call
TO the letter on this subject on our last page,
opted from a Boston paper. In the event of the loss
f the Lerant, which had the original report of the
investigating Committee. the letter is the only authen-
ic expose Of the Irregularities which were found to
under former administrations, that has yet been