The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-02-04

Loss OF tbs SCHOONER EMMA RooKE-Ihe long
absence Of this schooner on her last trip TO hlo,
began to excite fears for her safety some ten days
ago. On Saturday the .Ntttie Merrill brought
an empty sugar key supposed 10 have coue from
the E. r. and 4 block known as having belonged to
her. which hsi been picked NJ on Lanai. having
fOsted ashore. These evidences increased the con-
viction that some mishsp had befsllen her. On
Wednesday, the .9anuokGlr ai arrived from Hawaii.
bringing intelligence that the Emma R0oke went
ashore st Kohsla Point, on Tuesday. January 19.
and was 8 total loss. She left Hilo on the 18th, in
charge Of Capt wm. Berrill. with n cargo con-
sisting mainly Of $50 kegs of sugar and 80 barrels
Of molasses belonging to the Kaiwiki plantation. and
q large number Of natives. She anchored at Hohals.
and was getting under way for Kawaihae and Homo
lulu, when she ran ashore, her bow striking fast.
aud in a short time the vessel became IA complete
wreck. The passengers were all safely landed with
their baggage and a considerable amount, of specie
belonging TO the government. Among the foreign
passengers we're Capt. J. Worth and Mrs. tombstone
The Emma Rookie cost Sl2. 1000, aud was owned,
one-half By Mr.. J. C. King. the remainder by Nlessrs.
". L, Green snd Capt. Molteno. Mr.. Kings inter-
est is insured for $4,000. The cargo WIS valued
at about $1,000. the loss of which will fall mostly
On the Ksiwiki plantation, as only FIVE kegs of sugar
du1 IulEtS o3ETt4sO OF luOld>-ee were saved A4lnOugQ
the loss OF property is heavy. yet it is a matter for
congratulatioa that no lives were lost The Emma
Rooke was a very superior vessel, built for Capt.
Chadwick by Miller of New London. about Eve years
ago. aud BY him brought out around Cape Horn.
She was built expressly for our coasting trade,
for which she was admirably adapted. and was the
best schooner We have ever had here. She cost orig
inaliy $4,000 aud her less at this time viii be seri-
ously felt. -
SALE OF An IsLASp-The Island of Niihau has re-
Sinclair, for the sum of SO, 600 cash. 1t is the in
tention of the purchasers to make a sheep range Of
it. for which the island is said to be well adapted.
Niihau is seldom visited by foreigners, on account, of
its out-of-the way position, and consequently is
among the least known in the group. 1t is eighteen
or twenty miles long. about five or six miles wide,
one.half of which consists of elevated or highland,
about 500 fee, above the level of the sea, and the
other a lowland or plain. Both sections are said to
be good for grazing. Ii is on the lowland that the
natives, Of whom there are perhaps two hundred,
live, and support themselves by fishing, and raising
sweet potatoes, onions and yams. all of which grow
well and are the finest produced on the group. As
a sheep range. the island will probably be found to
possess some advantages, as all other animals. dogs,
sc, can be entirely excluded from it. The few ma
tives who live on the island. by the Introduction Of
there, will be enabled 10 assist and
have some better means Of maintenance than hereto
fore. --
- The steamer is being rapidly re6tted for SER
vice. and when ready will resume her route around
Hlwaii. She is ha~sg four new boilers made at the !
which will be put aboard during the COM
ing two weeks. but the vessel may not be got ready
before the close of March, as her machinery requires
considerable overhauling. She was never more need
I'd than now. and the growing trade, IL not tho
necessities OF travel, demand her being kept in the
he coasting service.