The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-01-14
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Letter from San Francisco.
[YRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

Something about Vessels.
Resuming my correspondence from my last of
25th ult., per Princess, which left us on Thanks
giving Day, l now advise the arrival of the
Comet, A. A. E2dridye, and Halle Jackson, all
from your port, and all entering harboz
within few days of each other. The A. A. E.
having been placed on the berth by Messrs. c..
w. Brooks & Co. for Honolulu has had quick
dispatch. She has on board -four &C., and what
you appear to be greatly in want of at Honolulu,
S5 900 Ia treasure. This house mas also laid on
the Halle Jackson for the same port, to load i'm
mediately. The Comet will get away about the
20th. The following vessels to have dispatch
for China, and may stop route at your port
VitdHa the Goth, for Hongkong, to be fol-
lowed probably by the Derby. ,E5erh0rd, and
Clara r. Sufa- The 4. A. Eldsidge has been
flying about the Pacific Ocean the last six months
like "a hot potatoe in the mou,h Of hungry
Irishman," having taken in anC discharged Elk
cargoes during that short period. Bennett, how
ever, got his training in the 'Re, ,,ular Dispatch
Line of Honolulu and San Francisco Packets
and old habits viii cling to a person like Dejani
ra's present of the robe of Nessrs to Hercules.
Q believe my comparison is clas.ically correct
ifnot, make it SO. for have Ler,priere near by
for reference. only knor0 The fac from erperi-
enee. The three ancient worthless Tad however all
their fingers in the pie, but which the pie
sened one disrenember, but l think it was old
" Herk'' that got played out, On the Odd
of September, notice that the Dolphin, Capt.
Clark, sailed from Pernambuco For Honolulu,
with the cargo of the SdmI Roberf son from New
Bedford. The whalers have abCi,t all left our
port. The Nuera Italia arrived t.. lay with 2O7O
bags Rio Coffee part of the Casa, s cargo left at
that port from Rio.
Men of War.
The Narragansen and Lancaster have left our
harbor, the latter on a cruise, tie former for
pirate. Although both the Co43nist and the
Chronicle deny the truth of ans steps having
been taken in Victoria for the 8sting out of a
privateer, yet the United States steam gunboat
Narrogansen, commanded by Captain Wood
worth, has left our port ostensibly: for cruise,
but in reality to proceed to PUGET Sound, and
watch the movements of vessel which is being
fitted out by cur neutral neig bOrs in that place
The Nayva1dnseH carries four sxtv-four FOUNDERS
and one thiIteen-inch gun amdsliips, and will
give n good account of herself should she fall in
with any pirates. All L can say is, if Selim
WOOdworth meets one of the higa toned gentle
men, there will be some fun afioat. The Russian
men-of-war yet here, and it is good thing
for the cracker bakers, if for nobody else. The
commercial reporter of the Bulletin thus dis
Russian visiting waters
the expenditure for outfits will
der for Bread for the Russians (bere noticed in our columns)
and that contract nearly Hard Bread baker
q November simply for the lack of demand
The New York papers are filled with reports
of the courtesies shown our hyperborean guests.
Harper's Illustrated Weekly is filled with pic
lures of frenZied dancers, waltzing, polking, and
all that sort of thing, very pleasant to contem-
Plate in picture, but excessively warm to expert
encs in reality. 1 suppose it is all right but
here is what is said by some old cynical bachelor
past 40, age when one is apt to look at mo-
tives. As am only %, | don't endorse, by any
means, what is advanced by the gallant writer.
lf true, however, the shoe will fit as well in
Honolulu as in New York or San Francisco.
The ladies Of New York to fancy the Russians i'm
~ son Of their salanry and skill in payns compIiments
There is denying that our Scandinavian friends have hy-
peboran and show disadvantage in photographs
but then they genemany as the ladies Besides
here are gerds oI palaces "a Inusa are I
etc. and most OF the officers OF the Cars
be unmarried OF American
holy thing marriage but the patriotism Of
young ladies' might have effect towards inducing them TO
future they might avoraby influence the relations Of the
Countries"
Without prelude, offer the subjoined:
SUGAk.-At auction McRuer & Merrill sold
largely of Hawaiian Sugar, received per Comet.
The prices realized for the better grades were up
10 the 1ull market tlOSe sOlu aI UIc
were of very inferior quality, of which latter
only portion of the offerings was sold. The
following is the list of prices obtained: Terms
Under $500. cash $500. payable 18th
January. Ex- Comet, from Sandwich Islands
so kegs prime, IL Ic; 139 do choice, $l0@10 55;
200 do good, 3s G91c; l09 do fair, Ss@S5c; 69
do do. IS 406S As 81 do, good, 50 O2t 225
do dark, &c; 202 do do, 64c; 200 do do. 65c;
balance withdrawn. At private sale 200 kegs
Hawaiian, ex Halle Jackson, from Honolulu, at
&c Y II. fair quotation from an average of
actual sales is as follows No. l. 1Oc@1lc; Me-
dunn, Sc19ic Ordinary, Ic@9c Mat, 61c.
MoLAssEs.-Small stock, but sells slowly. Quo
tations. ordinary, 20c best quality, 26c per gall
CoFFEE-Has experienced the effects of the
large importations and 23c is quotable for Ha-
waiian.
PuLU.-The sales comprise all the late receipts
per Comet and Halle Jackson, say $50 bales,
chiefly at 2oc.
MIR. Andrew Potter came into my Office to-day
IN great trepidation. L asked him what allied
him. thinking perhaps he might have met a
spiritual affinity. 50 Nothing of greater conse-
quence than this he replied - have just come
from Schrieber's. where have been to buy a bale
OF pulu, and the price is 25c per lb.'' L offered
u lend him, if he was broke, but he said he could
stand the press, and l suppose 25c per h. is the
quotation for single bale.
FuNGUs.-In bond. l5c per lb and wanted.
Pepeido Lddu is in demand
RIcE--The market is bare of Hawaiian clean
co, and Sc@9c, could be obtained for a lot. In
Shina, our stocks have been again increased