The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-11-04
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% ycars ago. nctAi-s - known q ;as latter, and d.
viii =ls dr@alra: -atrIy 90 the n=aeT Had +; m; i-sa
GT t- @ scoveTy q coal oI there uust have soon been a scare
~ 30 great - 20 render tie use . gas imp-r1tve even in
srlu sett.meat.. ar even a. tn Prrs-a: rate q destruction,
what's cannot last bng and sme substitute ws called fr-
Our readers have 20 pia q the immense trade IN coal OIL
Frr q ~ork recently puslisheI by tie HaTpers, We gather
sam- reliable act- esasernns j. The greater part e ;hs oil
60 seems - obtala-i nJu a small section il ths Western part
-i P-aasyI.aEil aud We; virginia D.seoyeT.ss have bern
E4I- - o-her IOca4t4rs, but the amount obtained e.-eSLrTe q
rlt s1 rsrs= az n P-Hn-yIvaniI-
-Is- a-tali pr.iart q o. IN Pesa.yIssaia !. 80 d2-a AZ
~re-s.. - vau- to over ssOOy-,0oo, Or half as murh a. the
vre-, crop. The consumption % this ns~Iy discovered iiu-
miHa.or aaI lahr-a,or s Increasing rapuiIy both at home and
f-5s th- importation hI increased 600 pr cent, 3OO0o,OOO
% -lI1n- being eaHsuHed there- and IA lse5 e . estimated
suet-ct co1-ler eighteen raonths tie Eh- q an Gil well some
-LrtIa9-r thaa thfs, but te rrea; majority give cot before 4
var On. But experience shows that OIL may D. struck and
good yiebIs Obtained IN close proximity 70 exhausted wells
<1Hs w~EA hat refuse, under the most vigorous pumping 10
yri a 6irr-! ulor-- arr male productive b boring them
o.. - haaIrri let. seirttiae taen eontend that the greatest
Oh deposits unierEe The earh's surface ous thousand 10 one
Ih- <1rs thai Ee have r=feueI . ssys that =" lie uumt-T
O 20 se1= IN operation ~ Pennsylvania 5 81, with a daily
yell q $3.50 barrels, bring an average for each well u 25
barrel. a. this rate, the annual P-oiac; Of Petroleum may Dc
81 iaxn at : 500 go barrels. The oil trade IS believed to be
Esmly established, and the business = receiving a renewed
impulse from the new discoveries % wells in various parts Of
tte oruutry. The business i Increasing ia Ohio, in which
state are 80 counties IN sheh parties are nov engaged in CT
operations. though the production = coEhnel to 4 comparative
y szIii area The daily product IN Ohio - estimated a. so
barrels Western Virginia u aLo doing very vel in oil, her
any Fr-iGct beng etilatr4 az l-I80 barrels. Kentucky
furnishes daily ID baneIs, while the prospects n Kansas,
Tsuucs-ee ant G-orrs re spoken Ct IN saiteunS terms Tie
-PrHiuet of California = 80 do=n at 20 b1Teis pr day bot ~e
nave 10 means q knowing whether sh5 % at0se CT below the
mIrE- There are said % se $50 COMPANIES already engaged in
te 81 tls4r=s IN various parts q the United states, 70 50
wei-h compensate IN some degree for til bs q Cotton and
oIer products through ne REBELLION
OFiI< % The hi-h duties OF Imports into the United states.
taerr has bcrE mote smuggling cT.ci on Lately than formerly.
un-I how t . neSrHiaE a veg c1L4Eon anI Systematic
tu-la q All -E9aE tire E1F.hera 'F1Hu-rs, Tersons are En-
U--l 90 ;e Hl15t uaIc- Ihe I. : soveEameai have recently
i-FUet a cirralar warning thaz engaged ia = that the a~
against ~suuy=E=s me- cniy involves th- EHf fture q the g59is
-rusrsi- nut the addition of a Gae of 5000, or 70 be I'm
cr-oult $50 ysars, CO to both Fay the fs ad saheT imrrison-
m-ut Many a nan wto would under 10 circumstance thiuk
o. cheating BIS neisabor- Aoes nsi hesitate 10 shss: the Gov
eminent - getting u gods without paying the duty Il an
Opportunity o@rGrs, ani books upon l- deed a. a e smart
Bet-u fral Elr5pe, L j. said, which Do not bring in a coEsi-
are. ~ corceaImeul, vwt IN Without payment. The amount u
smu.:tns between Canada aud the adJoiaing States i said to
is on 1Lisah' heavy dalss are iaPosed- --
TIE suits brought lately agains; merchants in san Francisco.
in What are called The = champagne cases" show that a system
q frauds has been Praetced there fer years. 1t Is said tina;
tie Government was cheated q AZ least a million dollars by
the differentiation % wines imported a. san Francisco in the
year 1s65 alone Measures have lately been taken TO check
this systematic ssindHns. II several cases. large quantities Of
champagne have been declared hora-tei 70 the Government for
tbs reason that the fun amount q duties hal not been pail as
"Iur-i y ltE fT1crelinG5 against several parties ne stl
-lH Franeise7 70 erre; out al Frauds Of lis Lind. Two thou
Tie G1vrrnm-Et-
TIE tssgraph announces the de.:h q Capt Charles IT..
NIar-haH. % The Gm Of c. H. Marshall L Co, Of Ne~ York.
prTresOrs o. the Liverpool Black Ball line Of sailing packets.
Captain ManbaH, il his early days, had himself been master
% a Liverpool packet, bot long since abandoned the se., and
fr mary yelrs has been the head Of the frn alluded to. lie
took a Prminen; part IN politics, and vas one q the Eeadug
splri,. IN the New York Chamber Of Commerce.
The steamship Colorado. on her last trip from san Francisco
70 Fauam1. took IcOO boxes % japan tea, which Is greatly
-lusLi fr In SsE York As .oon IS the new line Of China
s.c4lcss j. established. not only teas bot silks and other goods
VII be regularly transported from japan and China via san
Fancisco and Panama 70 New York, as the specifies; aud bes;
route We unierstI=d that the company intends to pu; the
freight on japan and China goods At such a figure as will in
merchants to ship by the steamers in preference to sailing
vessels A liberal policy at the outsr; will DO much TO draw
tie trade Of Asia to san Francisco
From japanese aIes We learn that the American schooner
Florence arrived a. Yokohama August -, and the British
Blackburn August 90, both from san Francisco. Tia
British ship HarSG,ray would leave Yokahams S-p; Is for
San Francisco, and the American ship UHeorah, which az
there sept -, would sail in all thai month with the same
Destination The Japan Herald, q Yokohama. give. the fol-
loving as The ruling rates for freight Sept =:
FEEIsHT-To Shanghai per steamer: For silk. g so Per
measurement. - peE ioni per sailing vessel, - So to IS
ae-sqrsP.ai 20 cube ft nom To nongkoqg Per sailing
ard Tea Is Per toai So II 10 Per ton OF 10 cubic feet
LOCAL COMMERCIAL NEWS.
We have little TO chronicle in local matters, having had no
merchant arrivals from any quarter during the past week
lLc L. :. steamer SarGEGe came in from Tahiti on Sunday,
after eoaIng. Will leave for san Franc.co. She reports
The fruit season was setting in with Al abandau; crop OF
.hoee oranges The bark Glimpse, whose cargo Of coaI she
purchased at Tahiti, was 10 sail soon for San Francisco in bal
Ast seeking. Il IS barely possible she may ;ou.h here.
Du-i1r The pas: week nine whalsrs have arrived AZ this port,
bringing in eensrany sir cargoes Or oil. \ full report Of ali
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