The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-03-05
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The NEW Packet sMrRNIorE.-On Saturday last.
just after our paper had been circulated, this eagerly
looked for vessel came in. bringing our mails. though
having had a long passage of q days. She is a
handsome, saucy- looking craft. evidently built for
swift sailing. "She's got the metal in her, and
Capt. Burdi,t intends to bide his time TO show what
she can do. though her pioneer passage down has
been an unlucky one. Her cabin is large and roomy.
and judging from observation, she will be found a
comfortable and easy vessel, and become a favorite
with travellers In the fila, we end a full account
of her. which We give entire:
The NEw HoSoLuLU PAcKErs.-From truck to keel. from
stem to stern, the Smyrniote is a beauty, a theme for admira-
ton, which our web-foOted brethren enjoy with a degree of sat
isfaction always realized by a true sailor when he heaves in
sight of a fac specimen of naval architecture. Capt. Burditt,
an old cruiser in these waters, and a part owner, keeps her like
a yacht, in ship-shape order Designed for a packet, she has a
mahogany-comfortable and convenient-ftted with even the
luxury Of a bathroom, and well adapted for the Island trade.
famed East Boston clippers, and combines q legion of good quail
titles. She unites great strength with remarkable speed, is easy
heavy one-fOr her model is buoyant. She was built, by days
work, wholly of Massachusetts pasture oak, from keel to kelson;
her ends are spanned by heavy pointers and breast hooks; she
is strongly kneed and copper fastened, has a hali-deck and
same style as the best European packets. Aloft, strongly and
neatly rugged with the best modern improvements, her rolling
topsails {Cunningham's latest patent) are well calculated to
buffet old Boreas IN his sterner moments, while a saucy looking
from Boston to SMYRNA. a trade for Which She was designed and
from which she takes her name. Over this distant racecourse,t
long traversed by our fastest fruiters, she stands recorded first
in speed, having made the passage in twenty-eight days, the
shortest time ever made between the ports. Our trade with the
Sandwich Islands is rapidly developing: and the periodical ar
familiar to our readers as "household words, and she will form
o. me OF % Gu ~ regular channels S n news TO ms great zee Gsn' "a
Ontoard and Il. Il. EAdridge, in Charles W. Brooks x Co.'s line
will find her well worthy of inspection. She has landed her
cargo from Boston in excellent order, and is now loading at
Clay street wharf.
PANAMA STEAMERs.-The following will interest
those who are DESTROYS of learning the expense of get.
ting to New York or England, via San Francisco.
DEP4ErrnE OF rHs pAsaHA sIEAMEss-The Opposition
st. Louis left port this morning, says the Bulletin Of Feb. 9,
sengers, the former reporting $50 and the latter 422 as being ON
board. Spectators on the wharves estimated the number on
understood that the st. Luis carried off to-day 5 100000 in
gold coin. of Government funds, on account of the Sub Treas
also carried away the sum of s1.357,sl2 OF in treasure. The
sle5; dining cabin. slss; I'd cabin staseroOms, $50; do: berths,
sinios st ssSiH s;, sSo; "a r csb,S 81 ass sos s.se-are s sa'00n' S'02 0o'
Loss OF THE JENNY FoRD.-The barkentine Jenny
Ford, formerly engaged in the lumber trade between
Puget Sound and Honolulu, was wrecked on the 3lst
of January, while beating out of the Golden Gate
at San Francisco, bound to Teekalet. She missed
and went broadside on the rocks a. the North Head. near
the rocks and swimming ashore. The second officer and a pas
sSsb we're :, 81 drowned es;Isr s Mse va y; r. ya," %s al q s abu ves sci s o"a. a a ne
owned by Messrs. Pope and Talbot. The wreck sold for 1910.
ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIPE "A native, whose
name we have not learned, belonging to Lanai, who
.purposed leaving Hilo in the schooner .Marilda, hav-
ing laid rome articles on the railroad track at Kali
wiki. and seeing the cars approaching. attempted to
remove his things. While in the act Of doing so, the
struck him, knocking him down, and crushing him in the
shocking manner; from which he has died, This same
was lost. The railroad track is about two miles in length, and !
s used for bringing wood or cane to the mill of the plantation.
SPRING wHALERs-are beginning to drop in. the
hree arrivals this week being well stocked with lie.
The Oriole is a 6ne little clipper. a perfect beauty.
almost too good for blubber- hunting, and Captain
Iernegan formerly of that lucky vessel, the Erie, is just the
nan to make his bird sing songs that will charm the whales
ut, and she is only eight months from New Bedford, she has
nd ! 5000 lbs. b Q cargo worth $4,000 dollars to-day in in
Jew Bedford. Capt. J. says that the whales actually followed
lis ship. We hope he will always have the same luck.
? SCHOONER MARILDA.-This Hilo packet sailed on
in charge of Capt. Marchant, an old favor
tie in the coasting trade. While he had charge of
he Kekauiuoht, she was kept flying around like a Japanese
ON. The HHo public will doubtless enjoy again the luxury of
regular packet -
~ The Yankee goes out this morning early, we'll
with sugar and other island products. She
lso carries a crowd Of passengers. who will be found
eported elsewhere. Every berth, we understand, is taken up.
We wish them all. as well as her captain and officers, a short
nd pleasant trip over. and another 11-day passage back.
FROM TAHITI-The brigantine Taioela, Is days
rom Tahiti, touched at this port on the 29th, en-
for San Francisco. with a cargo of oranges.
We could gather no news from the Society Islands by her. She
allied again the same day.
= Whales we're seen gambling off the entrance
the harbor on Wednesday afternoon, probably enjoying them
under a lee shore, for a change.
II PURVEYOR OF THE QUEENS
OSPITAL acknowledges the receipt Of seven quilted bed Gov
$ from Mrs. LYONS, of Waimea, Hawaii. Also, four bags GOO
,s) -four from Mr.. G. WILHELM, baker, Maunakea st. 1t