The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-03

Ell At his port on the seth. eighteen days from
Tahiti. to obtain water. We are indebted TO Messrs.
b. +. Bolie- * Go. for Tahiti papers to October G.
From them We CLEAN hUt little of interest in this
quarter. The only war ships in port were the
French dispatch steamer LGtoUcbe IreUils and the
French transports Esyale and Csrert. The Span
isl squadron had sailed. - was supposed. for Ma
Mia. No foreign merchantmen were left in port.
The Messenger contains a reference To the loss OF I
ship on Pa!meFston Island. We copy the Hsrc5i'S
translation Of the i:cn. merely adding that the
British ship BeliSSiHtd sailed from san Francisco
for sydney. February y. with Il cargo OF wheat
valued AZ S32.5jl. The ship was probably wreck
ed early in March:
The schooner 4orli, Capt P. b. Dunn, arrived a, Papeete,
simg on PaimGrsio9's Island; in Lat. IS % :: Long. los 10 W;
discovered something which appeared to be a wreck on the NE
side Of the reef # P,lmerston's Island lie immediately lower
eli a boat, and preceded 10 the island when lie fouud his con-
lecture to he correct. On landing. he divided his crew into Two
squads. and sent one TO the north side Of the island. aud went
himself with the other to the south side. to search for the sur
brHrss nr1n ~ isx sx hsdies wer. 5i-covrrNi on me- hSs-h
coral reef which they had been washed over. Four OF these
bodies were men. and the other two children, one a boy. appar-
emily about four years oil, and the other a girl of about three
years. The two children were buried on the northern islet, side
by side, and the men on the southern islet, with the usual reh-
gi"us ceremonies. The captain Of the AoTaf has in his posses
in gold letters, and he also picked up some clothing married as
follows: \. p. RAFT, u. Richie. Jas. Murray. E. Murray. 1t
- NAAehN NAat SNSIs SUI vi tpdiN A9 N4sASN'
DISTINGUISHED Administrations the passen-
gers by the clipper Gdlatea. which touched at this
port on Tuesday. en- route for China. were Major
General Stahl. late of the United States Army,
who has been appointed Judge OF the American
Court recently established in Japan by special
treaty-and Mrs. Vedder. wife of the L. 5. Consul
at Yokohama. Japan. They were both fellow pas
sengers with QUEEN EMMA on the passage from
Nh N,I- ., g., Er,Dm-nN aud ne bmr r,O,.St
called on her AT Ter country seat in Nuuanu, where
they were very cordially received. Before the
ship sailed on the 3lst. the Queen sent off to
Mrs V. a generous present of fruits and flow
ers with her warm aloha.
"SEEING THE EiEruANr."-The landing of wild
bullock from Hawaii and Kauai. always attracts a
crowd of idlcrs to the Esplanade to see the fun.
One day this week, some cattle were being landed
as usual, when one Of the widest of them started
off ON ii frolic. and darted among a crowd of ma
tives. knocking several of them over as prettily as
ever "A row of ten pins fell down. As luck would
have it. the animals horns turned in instead of out,
SO that he did no worse harm than knocking down
and terribly frightening two or three, and scatter
ing the crowd very unceremoniously. But really.
this landing of wild animals in the heart of the
city is dangerous business, and ought to be stop
ped. In old times, when the Government was adj
ministered more paternally no bullock were allow
ed to be landed except at F~ishermanis Point.
That's the place for them now.
CANNIBALIsM IN THE SOUTH PACTIC-We had
hoped that tales of cannibalism were among the
things of the past; but if the following is correct.
there are a few canibals still left - down SOUTH
The retaliation was terribly severe, but like many
pervious instances of revenge OH savages. may have
been based on the rule that might makes right
In too many cases of trouble between natives and
foreigners. the latter are the instigators and hav-
ing the power. deal vengeance without mercy
Alettcr from Plymouth. England. published in the
London Star, says: "Advices received by the
Norseman state that Il boats crew belonging to the
French war steamer Fulton have been killed cooked
and eaten by the natives of New Catalonia. The
officers and crew of the Fulton, in retaliation. have
taken summary vengeance upon the savages. kill
ING every one they could catch in that neighbour
hood and setting fire to their villages. Over one
hundred and fifty had been shot and bayonetted
besides those burnt"
MusIcAL~-The band of the Vanderbilt has been
on shore several evenings the past week, serenad-
ing the principal residents, and treating them to airs
That wake a glad remembrance Of their youth,
Call back past joys, and warm them into transport"
This band consists of twelve musicians under the
leadership of Mr.. ID. Leavey, who is a veteran from
the late war, having served throughout the whole
campaign. ana Deen engaged IN some OF the most
notable battles. He has infused into the music of
the company. that peculiar martial spirit which
nerves the soldier at the front to do his duty. and
which none who have once heard can ever forget.
During the next week. we understand, the band
will give a ball on board the Vanderbilt.
New BEDFORD AND QUEEN EMMA-We have not
seen any public statement in our papers of the fact
that the New Bedford City Council invited Queen
Emma to visit that city while in America, and ten
dered her the hospitalitics of the place. The act
was a very appropriate one. as no city in America
has maintained more intimate relations with these
islands for the past sixty years, unless it is Boston.
The news of the death of her guardian mother.
which she received while in Canada, led her to de-
cline all public ovations after its receipt. On this
account she did not go to Boston or New Bedford.
THERE SHE Blows. The whaleship Nile. as
she was coming into port on Monday, took a fine
sperm whale off Molokai, which she has been boil
ing down in the ,harbor, a~ffording a sight not seen
every day. Sperm and also humpback whales are
frequently observed by schooners around this group
and off to the southwest. Such an animal as that
taken by Capt. Fish is worth in these greenback
times four or five thousand dollars. a sum worth
cruising around a few days to find and pick up.
As sperm oil is becoming each year more scarce at
home. 1t will pay TO cruise for 1t during the winter
season. -
WHAT NEAl a ostoh pupilsheT mas IN press a
new work by Mr.. Bulfnch, author of the Age of
Fables" to be entitled :. Oregon and Colorado. or
the Romance of the Rivers" The first part. - Ore
gon," is an account of the discovery of that coun-
try, and embraces a history of one of the ancestors
of Queen Emma. on the suppOsition, probably,
that the Sandwich Islands were peopled from the
Northwest. or American coast. Unless Mr.. Il. has
studied his subject pretty thoroughly, the title of
his first work would prove a better one for the
forthcoming volume.
\ DANGEROUS WEAPoN.-A gentleman picked up
near the Queens Hospital a few days since. a slung
shot. which is supposed to have been dropped dur