The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-04
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SATURDAY. MARCH s. 1865.

SATURDAY. MARCH :, 1865.
By ths Comet. ~ have ldTi-ss from San FraDeise9 70 the
Ii,h uit. respecting the market. ths AH7 q TIA; date hss the
following
as e q serious hinirzuce 70 extended trade oPeratiolsi yet
r-cevi-~ cgrsidera5ic inquiry, suI sl-s have been made It
gooi hggrs- Candies and Coal Oil are quiet. Provisions arc
II Produce few transactions ire reported. Wheat sls in
y 100 rs. there /. a ,urseIt Of Potatoes on the market, and
Pucss tend Downward though choice are sear,e and "@H'F1'
Their i Jet no telegram from the East. and q ; a eon'sqae1ss
,npor:sa, ger; Which he dumb wires refuse to disclose $ The
value . the currency in Uhi.h sales o. ,aa'rna y, ~ .
Lo~ o. decide. The moment the vital spark aninai-s the con-
81 80. y 49, u b. r~vrett-t tina: the Las report len the
al gl partial reaction q goIt following the capture q Fort
Fr Har.54a produce the demand <as good IN the san
Frsae.so market. Sugar. we're quite active, and firm at *
;-sms fgur-,-i5. Tor first quality, AMI . TO 10 cts foT darker
srsf--. - bhis : + noIasses q con"t cod az 81 per
gallon, sikh increa'rHg demand. Rice, has stTanced' win IA
active ;abbtnz requirement Sales q PauHa and China al lOe'
Ady.crs from Calcutta report . iarge deficiency in The coming
crop % rec
sr,1- va quoted AZ I'll to sra TIE :. 2. Prices Current
advises w. Of I shipment Of 900 haif sacks Of -four from
yaIparaIso FOR Honolulu This may refer to The cargo of the
harx Msfsdoi lately here en- route for China.
We notice the arrival ~ san Francisco, Ysb. :. Of Am whale
p'Fs Elizabeth SrJt, PoH'iG'' from California Coast with
500 bbls % oil and 1000 lbs % hone
No later quotation Of g1df Is obtained than that OF Jan 81
zOZ GEeenbacks g. Fan Frzactsco were cbtaiuah!r ~ BIC o
tso dollars in currency Hr on in soLi-
In New BEDFORD. Jan. >, sperm oil vas quoted dull ~
g. OaS 12G-
In DOMESTIC shipping We have 20 notice the departure Q; the
brig 4ng,Heite on the 18th Gr san Francisco, and the bark
V1iIfi-r ga the let inst for th- same port The Latter carried
{ cargo u about 200 tons Among her exports ~ notice
$4,000 ia coin. II - said tls; rhe took sixteen or eighteen
taou-snd do1ars IN spsce- We cannot account for this export
q coin, when our shipments ., san srancsco far exceed our
imports. and California Is our debtor to a large amount And
yet for two days prior To the departure Of the mai! packet, ex-
chang on San Franci.cJ vas not obtaiuabIe-
The Hanoyerian bark LabeI. Ia days from Hamburg.
bdny. an assorted cargo q merchandise to Me.srs. Horschlae-
zee 6 stapsnhnrst-
The Comet brings the usgSI cargo from sau Francisco.
D<ing her absence capt smith has sod his -ut-ses; in her,
aEi retire.. tom the captaiucy. sh- "a nov Commanded ~
Capt e. H. Chase. aud H-ssrs Hac.fsId = Co, are her agents.
The ". 8. Perkins bra.s = cargo q lumber, which viii BE-
Gaa1 advertised. b
The onuatis no;ins nr san Francisco. and III! X dI.-
r@;chei on srr.ya: Of schoousTs lom HUe now due.
The ship Bae<hGnf,, from Japan, With part Of q cargo, and
sn route tr san francisco, arrived here on Thursday and sails
again 'h' evening Or to MORROW n7Faing early She will take
n mall
Y RK.L EsrArs-The premises in Queen street, known as Hs
Late Majesty seaside residence, were sold At public auction OH
Monday last for $1,000. /
The land known a. the old Royal School premises. located on
Palace yak, we're sold the same day, in three parcels for sIs25. 4
COxxEsCAL ITEM.
They quarry salt in iussa-as granite Is qaarred-l; sells
nj so per block ]
Eastern capital is now being invested IN oil Cperroleum) a.
the rate Of 1880 600 a day. /
The sales Of tobacco for the past year At Louisville. the lary-
est tobacco mart in the world. were 1892 hogsheads, the pro
cseds Of which amounted to szO,COOOCO.
TIE Cincinnati EGzette h-s occasiOnei 4 great sensation in
that city by publishing a list u the citizens who have paid less
than sIeo income tax. The names ola large number OF persons
incomes c! from $1,000 20 $4,000 per year, appear Ia the
community
CALCo--Calco IL 50 called from Cafcui. a CITY in India
aad has been manufactured in IiinIOstan from tiIe fmmemoriaL.
~ Arst lmp'rtat2n "a made by The Easi India Company in
loJi- and tine printing commenced in LONDON in IGT6. In con-
sequence Of the hostility q The spitaIfgIds silk weavers, the
importation % Indian cahcrs vas prohibited III England in
anS TEI. II I lts L s sas mad sI 44sgn lfGrly SsH sHy T REi. .55s ssis,G
different however at the present period
Troy w~EGHr-nenryH III caused a grain Of wheat, gath
eyed from the mHLiIe OF the ear, to be the standard weight;
and thuty-t~O % these. w-l-dri-i, were to make one penny
weight twenty penny weights ore cunce, and twelve ounces one
pound troy. siHce tLen ~ has been thought advisable to
alssis ihe rennyWe!gts into C"sniyhuT equal parts, called
LondOn weight
= srelE--It :, asserted ,lAt the - Of sugar a known TO
the ancient Hebrews. The fr-t distinct notice Il the sugar
cane Is, ih= account % the eSPeiition undertaken by Nesrchus
down te Indus IN ihe time % AlrSa3der II appears to have
been cultivated IA sicily a. early a. Hoo, at which place there Z
was also a mill for grinding It.. Prom sicily the cane vas
Domingo - Cofumhu. ia 1888. In IG+I IL was trTnspilnted
frlH. Brazil to Barbados, aud thence To other West India
N Europe about 1906 and the ft - refining sugar, and Of
forming u into cones, vas communicated by q Venetian in I5504
acres Pi.n.ea ia aI ISIS. ami ~ = 5 S5Ss slSs n 1851 g t lST ~ %e F, ts9o
which in ths t1TmeT year vas i, 900 qufntals IL 100 lbs. Spanish
9oNcc quiutlls, and every thing indicates I larger increase next
year. There - an imlrnse tsii IN this province fr cotton Gull
able and advssta.s-1u, at IN ~ - 1n 20 a a Is1son-
one owning land has been iaIuceI O. rrow cotton in preference
anything else, and there will doubtless b. a considerable in
crease. The Geurgia seed futru duceI a couple Of years ago by
an English gentleman owning a cotton ,.tat,. Inmate ~ II
steam Pgmps, has proved much les subject 20 flights than the Z
native plants IL y-tis a crop rH less time. aud viii, 10 doubt,
be generally adopted throughout ;r PROVING. The cotton has
soSn At Al SEASONS, thr'usaaut the year. and ,hs yield
and quality are found 70 b. invariably tbs sams-PaHGIG