The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-12-16

x Eeu-sN oF Eas MORNING STAR. Inc hi>>4""
arv Packe, returned on Wednesday from her cruise
II Micronesia. having been absent ABOUT I'VE
months. She has had a successful voyage ana met
with no serious accident During her absence sue
r,us8 NJ Pleasant Island. kest-d in east tongltUfie
Ia : !. and se5th latitude a. So. and there mel,
oct. y. with TWO sailors. one an EnGllshInan' h"lheu
Hamilton. and the other an American, VINO SAID
that they had belonged 10 the schooner san J'd"'
of VALPARAISO. Their story was. that the captain
with whom they had had trouble, sent them ashore
when the vessel was in sight Of Ocean Island out
they failed 10 reach ii. and after being nj sea h'e
davs. were picked mp by some natives OF Pleasant
Island and taken ashore there. half starved. The
more probable version i that they ran away rom
the schooner. During h> cruise Capt. James has
visited thirteen islands. anchored eighteen tunes
and sailed. lO.7S0 miles. Capt. Randall. of brig
Tiru. informed him Of having seen two spars, re-
semblinr a large ships lower masts, lying on Pitts
Island. The spars were charred from the foot to
the deck. showing that the wrecked vessel had been
on fire in the hold. and was probably run ashore TO
save the lives of those on board. Nothing further
was learned of her. Captain James hands us the
following report:
Sailed from Honolulu on the I7th July. Touched at How.
lands on The 9Th Of August. Found the People IN want oi
Arrived n TarrtNa on the l0h Of August. Spent twelve days
in this group and sailed on the III Tor me iATeAa A@dh2S
Arrived AZ Mill! on the 25th. CruiSed through the group ana
in tie Seraivaue Islands as far west IS Ascension, arriving on
~. eOh Ssp.enher- hearing for the drst time Of the SHenG"-
GoliS destruction of the whaling feet.
Sailed from Ascen sion on the 81 october FOR the East. VISIT
FL Pleasant Island on Jh= sd october. The ship HdrhGpt,
cart pauba-. toacael there % the l2,h October FROM Mheans
island. With 1900 tons gusuo, bound to the hanuun,. al vel
on board. Continued IN Cruse Hast - far 8 N!Ail. Loei
sight e Niuui ~ .o-n Of the 10Th 4 November, bound !Sr
Honolulu. Hal moderate ca-terIv Winds - Il y. lat-i from
u 10 = had yer. strong Trades Z. y. = . had the hrsi
westerly winds Ia 50 y. Ia. long lT4@ W from thence 10
long ~ V had alternately winds from westward and \.
+. most of the time fresh and squauy- In lat. p : long 100
u tg -ra --gr r,u, y y = In lat .SS wind = 4. - =,
light. On tue i05h had breeze from T. y. e, ana saw land at
noon Of the l2.h- Anchored ~ midnight outside
NEsssIs SsES At PITTS Island, brig TgrG, Capt handa!,
hound T. sydney. and nrL. EITEst Capt Lee Al Ebon lst
September. 14w ing fFt!5 again Al NGAssl! On The 81 Oct0-
Der. At Ascension bark hc1ge.uggsh. ;. 2oth SEPTEMBER;
Reaiu at Wellington On thc 9Th October. Ith December, lat,
- 50 y long. $50 % ", saw barkentine Constitution and
. whaling UasS supposed Ia be OiisFT Grocer, 10Th heading
y +.
AcC-pTSrs--Iust staTba4ri auchor ana fOrty-fve fsthorns
chain at JaIu.;. In lat, : y. louE. l-90 /, carried away
jjbboou.
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