The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-20
CONF
7HURsDtr. MARCH 20. 1852

TEs British bark Emperor arrived on Sunday la, fran
Monterey. in distress, leaking. A survey was bed on SIoalay
70 ASCERTAIN her condition, and il was found that the vessel a.,
sound, and TIA. The damage sustained by collision with a hoHt-
leg log. was small Il viii, however, be necessary 70 discharge
part Of her cargo, which consist, Of Iumhcr. - 4 ; TO allow %
the repairs being made Proposals for 1900 % $500, required
for the vessel. have been called for at The British Consulate
The frst Spring sLaI-r, the Rsisdeer, Capt Rsyuor- arrived
froa Maryarita Bay on Tuesday. with q good catch flI25 brs
She brings q brief report from vessels cruising On te coast,
which will be hund below The ship 1retie, no~ us-riy due
from Boston. will he laid on hr oil for New Beifori, ard vii
probably ind = fun cargo, as II the reports from the coast thus
far received. have shozn fair success.
The bark BsnJamia Rash Q0nnsIiy in tie @h4GBg s-rieeJ
10 Ioadinx for Victoria, v Il, to sail On SATURDAY.. she taxes a
cargo Of males, some % or more. and also a quantity Ct sugar
and noizssSs- This export Of muies will prove beaehcisl 10 cur
gzzicg Interests, and n horses could be added to thfn, our
asreuituEists would he pleased Wear spare several ;hou'aad
% th>se animals, called k0rses for want u sSms ou-r EaHs.
There are probably not less than 5000 on tbs Er0uI.
The n. ". Eeod IL Lad on for Bremen, lnd Is taking in
cargo, lot VIII probably not get away before The latter part u
April an a part Of her cargo CI from the coast f-riJ 5 Jet TO
arrive.
The Yankee Il az her berth at Market Wharf, taking in cargo,
having engaged 1000 barrel. oil frua the RsindeeT.
Prog saa Francisco. Ee have 10 later advice. than those
announced LAT week.
In domestic produce quiet ruIes, and ;aIe q every Lind il
extremely aEn. To give quotation. when nothing i doing, ia
hur~sque-
manila RorE-A Arm In Liverpool, Manufacturer. q hemp
en- and wire rope, now advertise thus:
-Ihe present unusually Low price Of Manila hemp Induces u
- DNLk " L3S[E ~ ~lyDyH u using - AE u bNNNE
much lighter than Russian hemp. at the same price pr ewt.,t
would Be fully - per cent. cheaper, and wien spun - marhiB-
cry q the strongest and most darahle rope In gse Taued
Manila answers best fer all DP-s much exposed To Wet. a.
hawse.. wsrp-" kc
Mania hemp, according To The Boston Commercial BULLETIN,
sspecies Of banana tree, indigenous 10 the hFests % MiEdano,
ocs Of the largest Islands % the PHILIPPINE group. TIE tree -
cultivated for It's hbre, which 10 obtained by ruttinz tie trunk
Of the tire until the woody matter falls away from Ih- abTe,
Which, with HuIe cleaning, becomes the Manila hemp q CON-
mcrcs- This 10 collected BY the natives into rolls, bundles and
small bales, care being taken not to entangie the hemp, shipped
In small coasung vessels TO Manila, and then screwed into the
rsxnaf 80 y. bales 81 eommeree- The bulk Of IL product IL
then shipped TO tie United States or EugSud, other rnrm-r- I
cal Countries using comparatively little % this fibre in their
manufactures. U9der favorable circumstances the PHILIPPINES
VII contina- 4 sufficient supply for the ordinary demands Of :
commerce.. NJ rates net much varying from the present. a.
AMERICANS, being the largest buyers, keep down c. mp=fiiou.
the product reeede 50 FAR a to cheek production. II ia probable
thst II a new source OF supply for this commodity IL ever souEh.,
10 VIII be fund. indisenou. 70 the Caroline and portions Of the
solonon's Isiands. and In the mountains % the hast, IN Archf-
peisgo. Perhaps IL could be cultivated prohtalIy. in Nicaragua
ad Central An.nes--HEnfsM echanEs' Magazine.
Ispseo--The Indigo hs n shrub-Ikc plant, two or three feet
high, with delicate blue green leaves, which at the haryest-tme,
ABOUT the month Of August, are cut Of close TO the stem, lied
into bundles, and laid In great wooden tubs. Pfanks ire then
laid on them. AM great stones, TO cause a pressure. and then
safsr 10 poured Oyer them, and after a day or twO the liquor
begins 70 ermsnt In this process Of fermentation lies the
principal dfocuify, and everything depends on allowing II to
cont puc Just the proper time When the water has acquired a
dark green colos, II Is poured OF into other tubs. mixed with
lime, and stirred with wooden shoyels till q blue deposit sepa-
r1fes Itself from the water. which Is then allowed 10 run Of.
The remaining substance, the Indigo, Is then put into linen
Indigo Is dry and hard, it Is broken into piece and Jacked mp.