The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-24

SUoARs-Sandwich Island Sugars are in favor a
good prices. Other raws are neglected. Sales o
100 kegs Hawaiian are noted on private terms. bu
auotable from &c. to lie. ger p.
SYRUP.-Ar auction 80 bbls. Sandwich Island a
Ice. Here is a nut for your planters to crack:
SORGHUM SYRUp-Syrup made from sorghum
grown i'm SoIano county this season, IL for sale IN this
city. As an evidence Of our States progress towards
supplying her wants by her own productions instead
of importing rs heretofore, the above fact Is most
gratifying.
CorFEs-The Coffee market is now considered by
the trade to be in a much better condition than for n
week past, owing TO the fact that importers Of and
spectators in fine coffees are out Of the market. and
their stock pretty generally distributed among the
dealers and burners. All the Rio i'm market is that
by the Caesar, while that by the Italia. to arrive, is
out Of condition; and the resumption is that the
Rio by the Caesar will not be forced upon the market,
and that the iybbing prices of the several kinds will
now settle down 10 about 25c for Rio and Manila, and
27@29c for Costa RIGA. The market closes extremely
quiet. with sales of 400 bags Rio. at 24c-
for oil kinds fat and are unpro6t-
able. The sales are confined to jobbing lots Of 500
mats extra choice No. i China at 50 AZ Y 100 lbs.
Stocks remain excessive, with no hope of relief for
many long months to come AT the close 225O mats.
of so TBS. ca, No. i China, sold at auction at 43c. Y
b. l have seen no quotations Of Hawaiian.
whalemen's List.
The following is a list Of whalers that have arrived
ut this port the present season
Oct BARK Abigail, Nye, Arctic Ocean, 1900 bbls whale, 200
bbIs sperm, 5000 lbs bone, 200 lbs ivory.
Oct Is-Ship Thos Dickerson, stewart, Fox Islands; 1900
Oct Is-Brg Susan Abigail, Reifeld, Arctic Oceans 90 bbls
Oct SfEssrk Camilla, Thomas, Arctic Ocean,; LOCO bbls oil.
Oct 22-ship Nm c Nye, Cootey' Arctic ocean, 4'o bhs OIL
Nov @ship Brunswick, Potter, Fox Islands; 500 bbIs oil,
Nov 5-Haw brig Victoria. Fish, Fox Islands; $50 bbls oil,
Nov 1o-Ship mllman, Psk, ochotsk Sea- e5obbls oil, Il 900
rs bone. O
Nov Ia-Bark Gratitude. Harrington, ochOtsk Sea; 400 bbIs
sperm, l25 bbls whale oil, l,s00 lbs bone
The ship Ocean, of 900 tons, with all her whal-
ing craft, was sold On the 2lst at public auction by
McRuer & Merrill, for $4,000, to Pope & Talbot,
and will probably 60 into the lumber trade. Capt.
Clark leaves in the next steamer for the East. After
the sailing Of the Yankee on the 9Th, the following
item appeared in an evening paper:
A CLIpPER RACE To HoNoLULU-To-day the clip
per bark Yankee and the brig -4dpance sail for
Honolulu. As both these vessels are fast sailers and
leave at the same time. speedy passages may be ex-
pected. The Yankee has the credit of making some
Of the fastest passages on record to Honolulu, and
therefore has her reputation to maintain. The i'd
paHce is California built, is of good model and has a
reputation 10 make.
lOur readers will remember the beautiful clipper
brig .Aavance. She was beaten by the Yankee on
the passage down by about SO hours. She also beat
the clipper Syrsn some two days on the same passage.
and we have yet to hear of the craft-clipper or
s,eamer-that can outsail her.-ED.1
What is our future is your past. and you can make
sn item Of the relative passages for reference here
after. No vessels have left here since the departure
of the Yankee and -adrance, which were advertised
to stop ut Honolulu. The Comet is now daily looked
for.
The Aquila and the Monitor.
After running the gauntlet of the piratical craft
and the wintry passage of Cape Horn, the .dquiIa
arrived in our harbor safe and sound, and we were
all congrstulating ourselves upon having some float
ing defence worthy our commercial Importance. when
the first 8. E. gale of the season commenced. and
ragged with such violence, that at its conclusion the
-AquiIa with the monitor on board, lay sunk at the
end of Hathaway's wharf Here was a precious go.
Every ody and his wife in town was talking about it,
and proposing a scheme for raising her. After some
delay in telegraphing to the East. the Underwriters
Agents received word that she was insured for $780,
0O0. and the risk had not terminated. Then il was
that the work of raising her commenced with a spirit
which was worthy Of the task. and in two or three
days il is expected 90 something will come of it." I
send you the comments Of the press from day to day.
on the subject, which are too lengthy for my letter.
Your old townsman. Mr.. Dan'l Burns, rendered for
the job. bat when it was found to belong to the Un-
dervriters' Agents. they had their own employees.
and 1 am sorry that Mr.. Burns did not get it. As
the 1-2O, O0O. GO0th owner he had my best wishes. but
NGC LioloNlty Va SCfCidl liAilOho Ohi ~ Wy
against me and my man. Some correspondent of the
Morning Call suggested. when everything appeared
at heads and points, that the assistance of the Rus
slams be asked, and here is the
Reply of the Russian Admiral.
EDrroRs MORNING CALL-I observed in your issue
Of Yesterday, n communication suggesting that the
large number of men attached to the war vessels now
lying in this port, might render valuable aid in the
efforts to save the iron clad Monitor, sunk in the
-4quiIG. / desire to say, through your columns, that
upon an application made by the proper authorities,
il would afford me great pleasure to furnish from my
command, all men available for such purpose; and
that they would be as glad as myself so TO make, in
part. q return for the hospitality shown them by your
countrymen In San Francisco.
The Russian Ball,
On the 18th inst, was a grand AFFAIR. l was ''thsr,"
and speak by the book. Those canary birds 1 al
luded to in my last letter were in full feather-and
So were the Russian officers. and our navy and army
officers had the pleasure of meeting here for the
FIRST time since his return, my old friend. Commander
Selim Woodworth, and if he did not talk good native
Hawaiian when he met me, then l am no judge, and
have seen the proof sheet Of Rev. Mr.. Andrews
Hawaiian Dictionary to no advantage. He has been
in your region, or else he never could have got of
Aloha os Maxi. with the accent a. pure and unde-
hled" as he did. I can't tell you half what l saw,
but can what I didn't see, which was. n beaver hat,
wore there The hat duly appeared. however. within
the next "a hours, looking as If an elephant had
stamped on it,-in short it had became q I" cooked
hat The ball was the grandest affair / ever was
at. and il 1 knew who the gentleman was that pro-