The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-04-23
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF TuE WEEK.
HOVE IsDrsrRY.-Mr. Tbos. Hughes has just COM
ple,eI for the sugar mill Of Jas. Louzaia. Esq, OF
Maui. a Steam Engine, which was shipped on board
the schooner Kauoi, on Tuesday last. This engine
il ABOUT 25-horse power, with n 1O-inch cylinder and
2f-fnch stroke, and Is therefore a little smaller than
that in use in the sugar refinery building. II is as
handsome a piece Of machinery in every respect as
any that has ever been imported from abroad. The
castings were all made here, and the engine having
been designed for durability and tue parts being
unusually strong, it Is capable Of being worked to
double ia nominal power. 1t IS a specimen Of home
Of which Mr.. Hughes may be proud,
and shows that Honolulu il capable Of producing
whatever may be required in the steam line on any
Of our old or new plantations. This engine is to be
erected in a locality where ten years ago. any one
would have been set down as a fool. who seriously
talked of growing cane aud manufacturing sugar.
Yet every month ads new proofs 10 the wisdom If
Mr. L. IN selecting Waikapu a the site Of a sugar
mill, and indicates that il will yet be found 10 be one
Of the best locations on the group.
- \ pair Of Lamas, were imported recently into
California by the U. 5. ship CyaHe. from Cnllao. and
brought by John Parrot. the banker, for $500.
LumIs are used extensively in Peru, as animals Of
burden, aud in the mountainous regions are found
quite as serycelble A. mules. While referring to
Peruvian animals, We would here suggest the import
alton Of the alpaca sheep, if it can be procured.
Our mild climate would doubtless prove very fayora-
bic for il, and on the mountain sides Of Hawaii large
herbs Of them could be kept. If our Minister Of
Foreign Affairs finds nothing else to write about in
his next dispatch to Mr.. EIdridge, the Hawaiian
Charge at Lima, (lnd in these dull times We half
suspect his cxceIIency's dispatches are very brieD
perhaps he can arrange with Mr.. E.. to procure a
pair Of these animals and ship them by n whaler to
Honolulu. During February and March, whaleships
frequently touch at Paita on their way hither, and
any vessel would doubtless bring them on. At all
events. there can be no hurt in trying to introduce
what might become q valuable animal here, and add
to our productive capital
IMPROVED MERINo SnEEP-We understand that
the fine lot Of Nerino Sheep, consisting of S rams and
10 ewes. imported by Messrs Hofschlae yer s. Sta
penhorst from Germany. in the bark Fstisch, have
been purchased by His Ex. II. c. WylIie. Esq. and
will be removed to his estate at PrinceviIIe, Kauai.
Wool is a staple, which, like sugar, always COM
mand5 a ready market in any part Of the world, and
like sugar, it's value and profit to the producer are
increased by attention and care. We hope that these
will yet become our most important exports, for they
can be produced with less risk than almost any other
staples. and are always in demand at fair prices.
The sum paid for the above lot Of sheep. with one
Shepherds dog, is reported to be $3.50.
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A LASD or FAMISE.-There are four things re-
ported as scarce in this market-four, which is an
absolute necessary Of life potatoes, which in the
&" old cOuntries' are reckoned among the necessaries,
but here more Of Il luxury poi, which just now serves as the
Hawaiian fancy stock for speculators with a small capital +; and
lastly, foreign Heurs, wfthou, which newspapers are esteemed
a bore and editors as candidates for the asylum For the first
three articles named, we can find a good substitute in rice, and
81 long a. that = abundant, there need be no fear Of a famine.
both alsives anu m@eisners, as 5 L !" is is IL other rice countries.
= - ~ :. r,nn-s1i =, 80 !, az Gti.n ~ ~ a" elTr,r VII, 1 ~
printed an oil Almanac eutir-. We shall DO this before We in
fict on our readers a list Of all the crowned aud unerowned
week. Tn public would never forgive Us.
~ We came very near having some news the
other day, for 4 beg or parcel of papers came up
from the wharf, supposed to be from San Francisco.
Ir turned cut. however, to be a package that hal been over
looked on board the TrHkee, containing san Francisco dates OF
March u. which everybody bad seen before We may have to
clipper will bring Us = mail or leave Us a few papers.
OUrsIDE-Dr. HiIebrand's report Of the Queens
will be found on our last page Re hope
he glory Of that institution will not depart with the worthy
doctor who has presided over IT, On the same page. is an inter
s.tiaE account q General Tom Thumbs weiiins,-onr OF the
- Don't fail to read the account of the fortifca-
OF Charleston in another column. 1t will give
zone idea Of the struggle which may now be going
On there. -
HEIGHT OF Influence
To Is and Others, who love and wish % SEE restored the
-uou a. IL WIS. there f. hut small pleasure in seeing both ends
II il desolateI by strife au! faction"
gIde last PoLyHesiaH-
N4v,L-H b. NJ. Steamer Hecafe. sailed for
sydney on Tu-~Iay last. She VIII touch at Fauning's Island
b. take observations and surveys
= The bark Comet sailed on Saturday last,
.b5ut II \ VI, taking a heavy cargo and large list
II passengers
From the Richmond Dispatch. Feb 9th.l
THE DANGERS BEFORE Us-The tremendous efforts
making by the Lincoln despotism East. West and