The Nevada journal., 1861-10-04
iWAITAN ISLANDS,

We clip from the Honolulu Pacific Ad-
,ertiser the folio wing items:
ANTIQUITIES DfseoyERED.-p During the late
cruise of The Phoenix Island Gn,.no ComDa-
nF's packet schooner LiholiLo, Capt. Cod
dard the Company 5 Agent landed on Nal
lens Island to, eSplorc the same, and gives
an Interesting account ~ The remains Of
houses. wells ana graves, which we're found
ar the eastern side OF the island The hou-
SIS had been built to cover ground in the
s7ape Of cross, the foundations oni7 re
naming. These were built of large slabs
of coral, aud the floor inside covered with
small pebbles. The paths between the
houses and the main road TO the beach
were paved with coral stats, lni thc main
road 70 the beach were paved with corpl
slabs and the wells we're laid up with the
same material. ercrythiug being finished
In the very neatest and most substantial
manner Al the present time The wells arc
filed with salt water. The graves were
near the houses and We're qui.c namcrou5
or examination, there were found ~ some
of the graves trinkets, mostly necklaces,
o. the style usually worn b. Catbo.icS.---
Can't. c. brought away skull and some
other lltle articles. HcIe.is question for
.he curiors rs 10 Gho the former inhabi-
;nnts o. Salden's Island we're, ana now
they came there. and # the wells once con-
taineG fresh water. what has carsei 'ha
caange? The general supPos.t:or is that
ms vas = stopping place Of sonit Of the
Spanish Buccaneers, V htck three centuries
a2o cru,seG between South ATcrica ard
The Manilias. But whether thIs Vas one Q,
their depots or settlements as Ascension
Island probably was, or whether the rnluS
are all that remain OF :, Castaway crew, viii
probably never be known. Future inv eSti-
CATIONS may iuruish some clue IS to who
the settlers were. Malder's Island Is a low
coral island, without trees or verdurc Of
any kind bu. coarse grass, and apparently
uniuhabitable by human beings.
A. LIVE CANEL-Among the impolta-
tons ty the Yankee, in a Eactrian Camel,
purchased in San Francisco and imported
from thence in the Yankee, by sir. John
T. Warehouse. There were ten of these
animals in the Tot brought from the Anoor
River last fall, and ali Of them were sold
at auction recently. So far as We are
aware, this is the first camel thai hes ever
been brought to these islands. ard rs
might be expected; vii! 3c a great curiosity
10 the natives, to whom it shortly will be
about $500 laid down here. The Unted
States Government some years since i'm
ported i number of camels from Egypt for
Texas, which are said to have cost it So, ,0o2
each.
WrI.r HoyFY.-Boes seem to oe ;ndcstr-
ously ct work ir our forests. Some time
ago we noticed tie finding o. honev, the
productions of the insect N Wild state, anG
yesterday, naive procrted about ten
pounds from :. l:uku: Tree n the upper por-
ion of Eallhi valley
PzlE WA1GSs Ur.-From Captain Borres
Of .he Nettic Merrill, we learn that K;ienea
Is quite active, ard has been for about 4
week past. The .ignt mas been very bright,
and was distinctly seen rom fllo. "Ns.l.-
noruu" also informs Us that '''fhe volcano
is II state of intense action" our ores
ponsib.e' being or the spot We may look
/ for full acceuLt next week.
FRoM KILACEA.-The increased action at
/ this old cratc-, reported in g previous
paper, is confirmed BY returned visitors
! Or the lOth to l3th this lake was in cou-
/ slant f.ctior, boiling almost necessarily, the
surrounding cone hills also participating in
! Inc movements. The roads thither from
/ iF.lo are. however, il an uninvitirg condi-
/ .ior, perhaps no worse than usual.