Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-03
FROM SANDWICH ISLANDS.


Arrival OF MIR. Caldwell mt Honolulu
EXTRACTS from some OF the Papers.
We arc indebted to the Hon. Alfred
Caldwell, U. S. Consul at Honolulu, Sand.
witch Islands. for files of the Honolulu Com
m0eiat AdOertfser TO Nov. 7th, the date of
the leaving of the last mail. Mr.. Caldwell
arrived ut the Islands on the 9th of Octo-
Der, and in the Advertiser of the 3Ist we
see it noticed as follows:
NEw U. S. CoxsuL-By the Comet, mr.
rived Alfred Caldwell, Esq, the newly ap-
pointed U. S. Consul at this place. lie
brings his wife and family with him. Mr..
Caldwell is "a native of Wheeling, Va, aud
has been lawyer of emiuence aud extern
siVe practice in the loyal portion of the
"Old Dominion and the Mother OF Prcsi-
dents" Although we would GLADLY claim
him as a brother of the quill, vet, ms We
are informed, he has never been connected
with the press, as thHtHccurAte journal. the
PoLynesidH, stated IN its last issue The
superintendent Purveyors and Physician of
the Hospital, which arc in his gift, have
not been made public. Tle American res
Idents, in taking leave of J. A. Parker,
Esq, the late incumbent, cannot but bear
witness to the impartial aud gcntlcmnnly
manner in which he has always discharged
the duties of the honorable and highly i'm.
POrtant office Of n United States Consul,
and wish him n safe and pleasant return TO
Virginia, the State of his nativity and res
idence.
Tho Ad0srtiser is weekly paper and is
rather m interesting sheet. 1t looks heal
thy aud business like. 1t is about the size
of the weekly LntelHgNeer and publishes
about one hAlfthe quantity threading mat
ter, and is furnished at the modest price of
Six dollar per year. Its commercial col
umu is taken up for the most part witb.thc
whaling trade. Large numbers of whalers
were in POrt-eighty their wants
it seems make up the main business of the
Consulate, and is very profitable to the
Consul. The business season commences
early in the fall and closes along in winter.
The whalcrs put into Honolulu both on
their outward and Inward voyage from the
United States and other parts of the world.
Many Of them wait over there for fresh
cruise. From the commercial article ofthe
Advertiser for Nov. 18th, we take the fol-
lowing extract:
THURSDAY, November Z, 1861.
Our last mail for San Francisco and the
East was dispatched Oct. . by the bark.
entinO Constitution, via Victoria. At that
date, our reports from the North were very
meagre. We are now able to chronicle the
arrival Of nearly two thirds of the whaling
aeet, aud give reports from most of those
yet to come in. We are grRtiEicd to an.
nOunce that the success of the fleet has
been greatly in advance of the previous
three years. The average of the whole
fleet for 1860, was 500 barrels of oil and
6,S6O pounds bone for 1859, 535 barrels
and q. 500 pounds bone; for 1858, 62O bar
rels oil and 1904 pounds bone.
As stated above, only portion of the
whaling fleet has arrived, yet the average
thus far stands largely in excess of last
year. AS the laterArrivals always Improve
the average, this will DO considerably in
creased by the end of November. There
has been Al arrivals, as follows:
BbIS. Sp. Bills VIII. LII. Bone.
SNe0eh At Honolulu, .....l Jos 2l,20 292s zoo
at LahAina,...-... SIS 3,32l a1OlO