The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-17

THURSDAY, DECEMBER l., 1868.

The papers by the Trieste place US in possession % san
Francisco market reports 70 November 3, and Eastern reports
10 o"tOber 30. In San francisco, trade showed very little ami
nation, and prices Of our leading staples remained about a. at
previous quotations. The following from the Alta, gives the
rates Of exchange on the 2d, the day Of the sailing Of the
Panama steamer
In foreign Exchange little or no variation 5 Observable.
p e1 sC do: % DO: 90 day. a. 1851. Exchange on
sO5i payment, at sl64 per cent. premium, and currency do at
soEt2 per cent The quotations for Legal Tenders ar. nominal
% ne nar'ssr material advance q the Gold market ia the East
Advices from Rio Janeiro report that the bark SmyTHiote,
Capt BGriet, put into that port Sept. 6. co days from Boston,
"indistress, short of provisions, and leaking" Her water tanks
hal probably gven out, though we find no further particulars
relating 10 her than the foregoing she 5 a new and very hI
clipper bark, built for the Smyrna fruit trade. and intended
hereafter for the Pacific or China trade From San Francisco,
she IS expected TO visit this port, having cargo for here
In the New York market. Oct. 80, ohs we're firm ami adVanc-
ing-cruie sperm 81 6s to sI64 whale 81 Os per gallon.
Woods were also firm. and choicest California were in request.
Our best Island wool classes with the choice California
Gold vas quoted in New York, Nov. q, at 153Ia154, and
very unsettled In our last weeks issue, Tin the Commercial
cOiInsJ viii be found an article giving the best explanation Of
the causes affecting the price Of gold that We have yet seen.
We observe that the steamship Pacific, running between San
Francisco and Victoria, has been seized by the United States
Custom House authorities in San Francisco, on a charge Of
smuggling opium The evidence Is said TO be very positive,
and the ship likely to be condemned and sold
No vessels were advertised in the san Francisco papers for
y his port The whaleShip General Williams, with a mail,
sl4i1i NOV - and - ~ = uays ~ to-day u EuanO
clipper Princess was waiting for a crew, and you'd leave
about December l. The brig HaHie Jackson had not yet ar
rived from this Port-IT days ont; nor the Comet. Q days oct.
Both these vessels woald probably leave again for Honolulu
between the 10Th and 10th Of December.
The bark Trieste, which touched at this port on the IIth,
called merely TO land two passengers. She was loaded with
grain and bound to Melbourne, whittier she sailed on the I2-h.
The DOHifHG arrived on Sunday, 25 days from Victoria,
with an assorted cargo, which will be found advertised in our
columns She viii return 70 the above port about the 18th ms.
The ship julian, consigned 10 Messrs. Melchers * Co. ar
rived on the 18th. leo days from Bremen. She brings a full
cargo Of assorted German goods and whaIemen's stores. From
this port she will be fitted out as a whaler, Under command OF
Captain LlbbeTs.
By n card in our advertising columns. We observe that Messrs.
HOfschlaegsr & Stapelhorst have received the agercy OF the
Lahaina Sugar Company. The sugars from this plantation
are among the choicest in the market. Latteriy, since the
machinery and works have been completed. the Improvement
has been very noticeable.
The faHkee sailed on Monday, taking out a full cargo OF
domestic produce Since Oct. /. our shipments Of produce to
san Francisco, Boston and Bremen have been very heavy; and
will probably be found TO largely exceed those of any previous /
year. This increase seems to have a solid foundation and Is
likely to Misunderstanding a good omen for the future perna-
nent agricultural prosperity of the Islands.