The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-10-24
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

ia Ier IN 4.I .gu- fVe irrhes in diameter. and weigh. the
p@saf1r fne s and asl,1-y Of .t Ers a.. We aa5gr-.ari That.
Capt Taylor intends % present ,a-m &" ;he santa Clara t.lr-e,
on tLe Pacific The curious and tuquuuE can see chem AZ Mn
a snort ;u.e-P9IygssjGa
When for the first time We saw the tusks mention
Ell above. on board the Seq Hitri, We felt conscious
that We had perusei, in years gone b., in our sea
Of reading an account Of some Of a similar nature.
Overhauling our memory. We traced the recollection
back to 1855, and found the article was contained in
the american Eclectic, Vol I, ls4l, taken from the
London Quarterly RsrisJc, September, 1910. The
work reviewed, is q ".Narratirs.o Of an Expedition
10 the Polar Sea, in tie years lS20-2l-22-23-C0m-
mGHdc9 By Licute1ant-HOr .Iimirai-Ftriin1ni
ron H'raHgeH, Of the Russian Imperial Nary
Edited by Maj. Edward Sabine. R. \. F. r. 5. Lon
don 6vo. 184O.' After abiding to the valuable furs
which the few Russian traders came occasionally in
the proper seasons TO purchase, I reviewer con-
tinues
There Is another article of commerce Of too in
teresting and curious Il nature to be passed over
We allude 10 the normous quantity Of animal re-
mains, and especially those Of the mammoth, a speci, s
OF elephant differing from those now existing on our
globe; the ivory of which, buried as il must have been
for thousands Of years, IS rs sound and perfect rs
that supplied by the tusk Of the living animal. The
multitude Of these huge remains, together with the
bones Of a great variety of other animals, that are
found along the northern shore OF Siberia, and on the
numerous islands Of the Polar Ocean, buried in masses
of ice, and in the frozen mud-bauks OF the rivers.
near their mouths, is almost beyond belief. The
traveller here may indeed say.
! saw ,ue Old worlds white AMI waye-swept homes,
r 4 i sgn eg sgaP If ,5 srG S4HEes ' aE!ii 4ad been
lay strewu beyond mine eyes remOtest ken
Hederstrom, who was ordered to visit the islands, of
which New Siberia Is one, situated between 74S and
7Go Of latitude, and opposite TO the Cape Swatainos,
Cor the Sacred Cape.) paid great attention to these
remains.
According to his account. says Won Wrangel. these bones
or t1>SS are less Arr~ and heavy the further |eaivance towards
tn North, s. that it is "a rare occurrence on the Islands to meet
ITTnr i. from las rs ~ 80 ~. In ,n,rtfty b,Ucyrr ~
bones increase wonderfully to the norhwarl, and a Sonni-ow
expresses himself. ts Wboie sal NJ the .FrSt of The Sacsoc
Islands appears to consist of them. For about eighty years
the fur-hunters have every year brought large clrgoes from this
Island but a yet there i 40 sensible dimiHution OF the stock
Inc tIs-s on the Islands ar also much more fresh and white
than those Of the continent. \ Sand-bauk on the western side
was most productive Of al, and the fur hunters maintain, thar
a fresh supply Of mammoth-bOnes is always found to have been
store at the bottom Of the sea-"
The reviewer. in abiding to the fact of these re-
mains being antediluvian, adds:
However, although some of our modern sages are
hardy enough to deny the fact of q general deluge
having taken place, II Is a fact for which we have the
clear and distinct authority of Scripture, corrobOr-
ated by the records or traditions of all nations of
antiquity, and further confirmed by the actual ap-
pearance of the surface of the earth itself; and we
venture to hold by the opinion that the flooded earth
swept the remains in question away down with the
departing waters TO the places where they are now
found. Cuvier agrees with De Luc and others, who
maintain that the impulse of an ocean upturned from
its bed, rolling impetuOusly over the land, carrying
before it, might well be more than sutfi-
cient to roll the dead carcasses of the mammoth 10
the North Pole. The food Of water to the north is
manifested by the slope of the earth's surface towards
that quarter, and the general direction of MI the
rivers which flow into the Polar Sea, in Asiatic ST.
BERN and North America.
1.-The Baron Cuvier, whose researches were pursued
with a vigor and strength of mind that entitle the
conclusions drawn from them to the greatest weight,
satisfied himself that the flood Of Noah, rs described
by Moses, took place about the time usually assigned
that is TO say. from five 30 six thousand years ago;
and he says of this great catastrophe, in his Theory
Of the Earth, that,
In the northern resionsit has left the carcasses Of some large
Ell, even T. the present day. with their skin, their hrr, and their
flesh. If tley had not been frozen as soon a. kiled, they must
quickly have been decomposed by putrefaction'"
The two tusks from the Sea Hitch, are well wor-
the inspection of the curious, and we thank Capt.
Taylor for making us acquainted with these mementOes
of the 9 good old days of Adam and of Eve"
LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.-In the Geographic
received by the clipper ship Charger, we find
he following highly important and reliable news:
WAsHIxGroy, Sept. 22l-A company of infantry
mas been rendered to the Government from the Hawa-
ian Islands, and accepted. 1t consists of American
migrants and native Hawaiians. 1t is expected to
;ome as soon rs the news of the acceptance is received.
luS II II SIttbAshtCu COMPANY " SPtiCIA AH-
,incibles - at Hilo. which, under the leadership of
IS gallant Captain and experienced aid 1.-THE order
is said to have arrived at n degree of perfection
n military tactics, that throws the regulars -
nto the shade. All the company now wants is n
nance of n shot at JEFF. Davis bloodhounds. 4
patriotic master of a whaleship intends, we learn, to
,lace his vessel at the disposal Of the corps. 1t is to
e hoped the Minister of Foreign Relations and Secre-
of War, His TX. R. C.. Wyllie, will not claim
hat the neutrality proclamation lately published in
he POIyheSian, forbids the departure of the gallant
and. Oh, no; that will spoil the fun.
L. S. 5. LAycAsrER-We extract the following {
rom the letter of the 3Oth Of August, ofthe Panama :
orrespondent Of the San Francisco BuHciia. Lieut..
Iarris was a cousin OF c. c. Harris, Esq, our re-
pected townsman, and doubtless will be well remem-
cred by the many vino visited the L. 5. :. .uerri-
,Gc and Lancaster, for the c~ourtesies shown by him, =
, them, when on board. =
1.-The flag war steamer Lancaster is still in port. :
lieut.. Joseph Harris, one OF her officers, of Massa- L
husetts, died of fever on the Lancaster on the 23d. a
lie was a promising Young officer. There are no more Y
Of fever on board. Five men in all have died !
the last 20 days. The Engineers of the Lancaster O.,
ere relieved by q new set. who came out in the .,
Northern Light last week. The old corps was com .
rised of William W. W. Wood. Chief Engineer; l.. :
!. Robbie and Thomas Williamson. LIST Assistants; "
Dmes Il. Wright, c. L. De Vain, Thomas Cunning 7
am and Joseph y. Cahill, 81 Assistants; Herman =
elius, Sd Assistant. All these officers renewed !
oath Of allegiance to the National Government, =
1d all will religiously respect it. l learn that En- .
ineer Wood loses S11 900 in confscated Tennessee =
onds for his loyalty. Assistant Williamson's father
Chief Engineer of the Confederate " navy" He P
ireatens to disown his son for his fealty to his Gov
nment." - -
SHIP FOR Olive learn from good authority, o.
at the ship RadugG may be looked for here about -
e fifth of November, and if sufficient inducement =,
will be laid on the berth for An oil and bone :
eight to the United States. 1t may be that We are =.
played out as a place of resort for whalemen, but =
is rather poor policy to show our hand so plainly =,