The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-11-13
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rHUssDAr, yovEMBER u, Is62

bark Laura and Louise, fcu
5rvneu bark Constiiut on. from Puget sound, via Hno bari
Yankee from san Francisc45 vessels, all with fun cargoes.
BhaIsTs-Coyington, OF and on only OtheHo Marengo
Fanny Fr- 81. Gen restet Ocean Victoria Harvest lisa
Della Savy-lo vessels al this port, aHt one, the AdeIins
At Lahaia@-sH from the Northern cruising grounds.
Russian var steamer C3letai4. Oct 10. Il days from San
Francisco, which sailed again on the 2Ist for Japan
The reports hOm the Wh4Ing grounds still continue fayora-
bic. AZ Compare with tie past three years, and thus far very
few accidents have been reported.
-Four merchant ships Win full cargoes are somewhat overdue,
and anx5ousIy boxed for. They are:
Bremen ship Pauline, over 200 days out from Bremen.
American ship Erie, l2 days out from New Bedford.
American ship Raduga, I46 days gu; from Boston
Dutch ship Gsielei, l5S days out from Liverpool.
The Daa,ietta, whIch sailed from London, also with a full
cargo for Honolulu, Is 10 days out. but not fully due yet. The
vessels overdue must either have had severe weather OF Cape
Horn, or met with unusual Gains. such long passages to this
port are seldom recorded.
BARK Kathleen arrived AZ Victoria alou: sept. %, and, at
latest advices, hal gone 20 the Mills 70 load Lumber for Homo
lulu She Is now nearly due.
Local trade IL fair and fully up 20 the expectations Of our
merchants. Th- best Indications Of the feeling of our retailers
are Afforded By the fact that the recently imported eargoes have
been nearly closed out from first hands. The improved catch
ings Of the shaIers that have returned from the North have
tended to impars fruness in every branch Of business through
out tn group.
The following exhibits the present state % our market for
domestic produce
goes forward per Comet, Of fine article from the Makee Plan
tasiOn, b; not on plantation account. No. i is held At &c "a
SIZE No 2 at &c "a 7lc-
MoIAssEs-No large sales or shipments o; this article have
occurred. A considerable stock is in the market on plantation
account. Shipping 8 supplied at 1sc-
WooL-We can hear Of no Faies, and know OF but one 10, in
the market.
PaDDr-some twenty or thirty tons go forward by the bark
Comet, which will probably he the last large lot Of the fall crop.
We regret to hear that the rats r proving very destructive to
this crop We have heard Of number Of instances Of the most
astonishing destruetiyeneSs Of these pests. One party lost about
hnesn acres. and another Is having his crop taken of ~ rapidly
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as IL can be harvested in the daytime. Natives are easily dis
couIaged, and some will no doubt be deferred from planting,
particularly in districts where rats n so numerous. lie "a &c
Is a fair quotation for paddy.
HDEs-yo great demand Sc "a DC for trimmed Is about the
rate at which they are sold.
GOAT SKISs-Tbe same causes for low prices, stated in our
last quotation, sul hold good, and the rates ara about 25c a
Joe for small, and 37ic for large.
PCLC-We have no transactions TO note.
"HALEnoSE-since our last. one small lot has changed
hands at about 57I cts.
IyoEY-No sales to report-about 25c - the last sale known.
xcHASGE-Whaieme bills are very unsettled, and nothing
doing Sterling is preferred, aud in fact sought after during
the past week several transactions covering about sI2 OOO. have
taken place at about i9d- ON inquiry, we find that over $40
900 in sterii9s exchange has been taken up lately at from 4sld.
a 49d.
The commercial news from the East shows the disturbance in
the markets there as increasing, and prices Of most kinds Of
merchandise subject to frequent and great changes. The
markets are extremely feyerish and easily operated on by spec
ulatOrs-
Whale oil and bone still maintained high rates. which ia owing
TO the fact that they are sought for a $ a remittance to E-
rope, and that the stock Of both sperm and whale is becoming
reduced to extremely low figures, without a prospect Of being
rePlenished to the extent Of former years. This years imports
TO latest advices will be observed by referring to the report Of
the New Bedford market, below. Taking these facts together
II seems more than likely that oil and bone will. during the
winter, reach prices as extraordinary as the present premium
on gold and ship-masters viii act wisely in sending forward
as much OF heir eargoes as possible to realize these rates.
III Bark Cicero, stivers, arrived at Lahaina Oct. 1850
bbis. this season. She and also the BarnstabIe II coming to
thi. port |
D The following letter from San Francisco, received by the
Yankee, will be read with much interest:
"sAS FRANCISCO, Oct. 18th. 1862.
Recent Federal victories in the Southwest give hope of CON
AM Of The Potomac updrT N'CIeIIan9s cdmmsnd ap M te
nation is very mesgre- We hear enough, however, to show
msncsd. but nothing whatever has yet been revealed as to the
events in the Yankees budget Of news is the raid Of stuart's
rebel cavalry into Pennsylvania, an act Of rebel inpudence
that is without material Importance. except as being the first
invrson Of = free soil" during the war. Marine :" war risks"
ly raised on account OF the appearance OF the pirate Alabama
in the Atlantic; This vessel is the latest production of English
before she can be brought TO by any Of cur mauOf
" In the way Of local news We have but little to communicate
that You will no; better learn from the public prints. The
subscriptions to the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund are still
The amount thus far paid in cannot be much SHIRT
a quarter Of n million Of dollars. Already $1,000 COO, have
been forwarded We presume the amount will be materially
when our Loyal countrymen at tie Hawaiian Islands
tine opposition line Of steamers via Nicaragua may now he
regarded as a fixed fact The ." pioneer" Of the line, the
meet With the america. on the Atlantic side. The rates Of
passage by This route are materially lower than via Panama.
Since our last report We have 10 note a continued activity in
but with less hrmnsss ia prices owing 10 the general
irsire among holders OF goods fF Eastern account TO realize ON
eonsgnments, and by rvmitting for the same in gold. to
nus avail Themselves of the extremely high rates Of premium
now ruling at the East Many Of our heaviest importers are
making extraordinary efforts To collect aud remit in advance Of
he usual time % payment, and IN consequence there has been
very general draining uut % much surplus moury heretofore
floating around for short investments. This unusual demand,
,ouplrd with the fact that much capital heretofore invested for
Eastern account, has been Crferei home in gold. has occasion,d
Dome -tringency in the money market and the rates Of interest
within the last week has reached; - Per cent. premium at New
FORK, but has now receied O. 80 per cent. which il the latest
quotation tom thas city We are wholly in the
LARK = to the causes nf its auctrati0n-.
"Our market for island prIiucs remains nearly as last
ADVISED. although sugars are a tfife less firm owing to the de-
line in crushed, which il now qtotabIe at lie Pulu is nomi-
at &C, with a stock in hand equal to many months con-
umpton- Molasses dull at IS a 2Oc-
= Rice Is in poor demand at % in sacks. We note as a fact
stands. after being polished here does not present so handsome
n appearance. a. that which Is shipped in Paddy AMI under
oes all he operations q cleaning here. The difference in
nlor and brightness IS very pefceptible and leads US 20 infer
hat your mills are defective IN their construction.
" The bark Arctic, from your port, arrived at Boston. Sept.
q, and vas advertised To sail again for Honolulu on the it
nsI COct) The r. ~ Hood had arrived at Bremen, also
ron your port
Z" We have no further arrivals from any Of the northern
'haHng grounds since the SaTaa Han en-, before reported"
NEW EDFoRD OIL r-Septembe Is.
The market for sperm oil has cen unusually quiet since our
lst- The only sales are % bri. at 81 IS = gallon for export.
nj 800 brts head matter a; 81 10 y gallon Whale has also