The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-01

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wERx any oth.r eyiI~nc- a~ei~I that business ia HDnolIlu
. rEtrsa-y dali, a-bIe from tl- fact thst 49, have 10 Tsrt only
n "a stssn-T. or tars aad a di.msuti-t bus, % 20 b-f,uDi
N tA- fct equally patent that cur - B-pau-ih.-' ~ The P0tV-
HSssFa term. ban. anI our - Caum-rcL~ have bah IN tie
place, disgustsd With u. state &c. Affairs AMI Pr-Pectsof bg-i-
ness In town The former EH take a cruise 90 w. h--EJ over
Hawai-, calling Ia % have a confidential chat with Na1tm-
Feic, . inquire about The Prr-p@rts q her getting up aH'-h~r
apheavinz aui Eva~rst Illumination, aui s-o o. TAX box al;
thar mast reported bath O. ~ ~ LsraHfr and a. Belonging 60
a big Japanese junk. Our Comm~rriil' ha- INF ruuatsy
ben troubled With a new saretarn~ 'aash, and gill Vii; the
.ava= Establishment. q JIupaakua and East Mani. and h.
irsends 90 return With q hhd mI q Mas-1vat, statistic and
other 81 cshsra.
our rgpIsrs vii th-rstar- E--p as c11i a- The F-at.-r four
tLsrulsn4eteF stool yesterday az noon. ~ 90 10 the -had-J pr
nif-. Nth the assurance hat cur rsI~r ~oat stop, it having
been gong nov 50 nus Gust Eve y~ars aud tlrty-one days hy
the almanac that q has got a kni q peTBstaai moton.
uhich promises Al APPEARANCE every Thursday, whether there
Is any news AZ hand % EH t Or no.
As5r business, = doDt believe there has been any business
done during tn past week. II there has, ~ wish o. know
where Z Is, and who has done t. Excerpt Z - th= departure
ofthe Steamer, he SstHs, AMI one 0r tao Other coasters, our
harbor Ia. been almost idle since the sailing 81 the Spssd,ren-
We notice that the whaling bark HHHt0HB. whict has been
lying IDLE hr =eyersl months, - being RETIRED Dr sea- and viii
be Dispatched to the coast early ia the fall. to engage in the bag
whaling, in which our feet va, 50 successful last yeasOu. Capt
T. King has purchased the share in the Harmony formerly
owned BY j. T. DOSsett- The brig Aggfs has been found unit
Tor service, and wHi be stripped and broken up
The schooner Queen has been purchased and dispatched On
n voyage Of discovery south and West, in command Of Capt.
heye, formerly u the lH1 Ihd1- Her destinItiOn . Lt
tEanspirsd-
By a notice in our advertising columns, Il will he seen that a
change has taken place in the old and favorabIy-knosn firm Of
Nechers K CO., Gustav Reiners having Withdrawn, and j. ID.
Wicse and p. A SchaeteT having been admitted As partners.
The business will be continued as heretofore.
Ady5c-s we're received BY the last mail that drafts o. the
Honolulu Consulate, drawn for March 3lst. were refused pay
msnt on presentation AZ Washington. The advices received
give as I'll. reason Of such non-psymert, that they were not
eountsrrigned by ths u. s. COmmissioHeT, agreeably with
instructions from the state Department II this be 30, it is
somewhat questionable whether any Of the Consular drafts sent
forward since these Instructions were issued, will be paid with
out being thus countersgned.
II. B. Ms steamer NufiHe arrived on the 29th, 20 days
from Panama, but brings no later news from England or Paua-
ma than We had by the last mail she will take in a supply Of
cOa, and sil again early next week for Victoria, VI
CALFORsIA COAL--A subject Of great Importance to the
commerce Of the Pacific - the discovery Of good coal in CaHfor-
nia, at q very accessible point for mining and shipping purposes.
The san francisco HsTgd has the following statement regard
ing thu coal:
The recently discovered coal field lying along the northern
base OF Mount Diablo was visited a week ago by the state GeoIO-
gis,, and from him e have obtained some information Of the
situation, quality AMI extent % the new mines. The locality il
and the shores Of suisun Bay, at the mouth Of the San Joaquin
river . r about five mies hack of the landing kno.n as - Kew
York 90 the Pacific" The mines OF veins are three in number,
cropping oct nj angie q lthirty-one degrees, one above the
other, along the edges Of a rasine. Tie veins are each four or
into the earth. They arr admirably situated for mining, and in
respect % general location. The mines at Mount DiahIo III un-
TO shipping. In regard % the quality Of the coal, the subjoineI
anslVs made by Professor Whitney, Estate GeolOgist) furnishes
that the samples examined were from near the surEcee, neither
Of the five companies which have made excavations having
veins The companies at present In the field which furnished
Professor Whitney the specimens Of which he has made an
analysis, are known by ths names Of Clark q Co.. Black Dia-
mond, Cumberland, and Peacock The following shows the
component parts Of each oftheir samples: