The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-08

weather was -r,rmy. aud il blew a gale from tin
North. raising "a very uncomfortable dust through
the town. No damage was done la shipping, "N-
crpt that of he two whalcr- which ran ai"ul, no
ticed elsewhere. The schooner A@,ls, after Ian
ding her freight and passengers AT Marik". was
despatched up the IltmakUa coast for pdiIi
While oil that coast. waiting for her boat 10 return
from the shore. the gale struck her. and she was
compelled To- leave Tor Honolulu. without her boat.
M damage Was sustained.
Az ON RE>IpENr-Thc schooner Prince. on her
last trip from Iiannlci. brought a. passengers one of
the oldest foreign residents Of these lsIunds-Copt.
J. Kcllett. who landed here in 1925. Il years ago.
For the last so years hc has lived in Uannlri, where
his family are residing. But few of these old
pioneers remain. They are TIA" representatives of
"A bygonc genrration-thc links that connect the
chiyalric times of Hamch- IA the Great with
modern events and the narratives of the early
days. ~ given 10y them. are exceedingly interesting.
MAY they long be- spared among rs.
CONTINUATION Monday night there were ten OF
twelve whaicrs lying oil and ON the port. The
wind blew fresh from the north, and the ships
played about more lively than usual. About mid
night. the bark Actice and ship Cornelius HotIdad
ran afoul. the former having several boats smashed
anu receiving blltI iilhl8t NAHt ne ldit'l II
ried away her hyingjibboom. A ship-carpenter
went of on Thursday to see what was necessary to
do to the latter. and it was decided that the dam
age was so trihing that it could be repaired on the
passage home. without detention here. The won
der is that collisions do not more frequently occur,
when so many vessels are under sail.
TS- Capt. f. X. Baby, who was recently In
Honolulu, has been appointed by the Pacific Mail
Company to be their agent in New York city, II
very responsible trust. y more popular and Judi
cious selection could not have been made. We
understand that Mr.. i. W. Fellows, who has re-
Gently been the agent there. will visit the Pacific.
to arrange for the new steam line. He will visi,
Honolulu. Kanagawa and IIongkong. and being
one of the directing officers of the company, will
be able to arrange matters in the best manner
possible Tor the new enterprise. 1t is believed he
will be authorized 10 conclude any contracts with
the authorities here, in Japan or Hongkong, that
may be necessary.
Ea~ \ gale occurred in San Francisco on the
night of the I'd November. which caused some dam
age to vessels in the harbor. The Union says
=. The steamer Ajax was slightly damaged. The
whaling bark Aurora was damaged TO the extent
of 1908: ship Western Continent, $1,000 /;
schooner Potter valued at $4,000. was sunk Bri-
fish ship James Ninnicomb, $2,G00-she inflicted
considerable damages on wharvcs and vessels ::
bark kedar. schooner W. +. Bourne, bark General
Cobb. brig Ann Sanderson and bark POtosi were
all somewhat damaged to the amount of $1,000.
ATLANTIC CABLE CHAEGEs-It is stated that a
re1.ctinn has been made IN the tariff of charges
o4 ~yiLLf2, Hereafter fifty dollars
will be the charge for every tweis., odds {, ~
letters each, or for 100 letters. which includes the
address, date and signature. This is paying dear
for the whistle. And yet, it is stated, that the
cable is employed all the time, day and night. 1t
is a singular fact that it works much more rapidly
in the night than i'll the day.
STEAM vs.. SAU~-The Vanderbilt left San Fran
cisco October Is. and delivered her mails in Homo
lulu on the 22d of the same month. The schooner
hilton Bddger left November - and delivered her
mails on the 9th of December the steamer having
been 9 days. and the schooner %. This is a note
worthy instance Of the superiority of steam as a
convcyancer of news.
NEW FrRNITuRE.-Mr. c. f. Williams has latey
received from San Francisco and Boston a very
large assortment of elegant modern furniture. to
which we call the attention Of house-keepers here
and On the other Islands. They may rely on find
ing tle best that has ever been imported. A cata-
lOgue of his furniture ware will be found in our
columns. -
zZSJ- \ religious service. exclusively for Chinese.
will be held in the Vestry of the Bethel. at :
o'clock. tomorrow Sunday evening. An address
will he given by Aheong of Lahaina. Masters of
Chinese ara respectfully requested to inform and
permit such domestics and laborcrs to attend.
TAII~-Major Moehonua has sent us Il stalk of
sugar cane raised in his garden near the palace.
measuring 81 feet in length and numbering 80
joints 1t has been growing about eighteen
months. Some time since. the same gentleman
sent us a stalk of cane nearly equal in length to
the one now under notice.
INSTAIIED-Iiev VIM. +. Snow. son of our re-
spected townsman, Capt. Il. F. Snow. has recently
been installed pastor of the Elliot Church. in Law
renee, Massachusetts 1t is a new church edifce
lately erected for him.
THAT LITER RACE.-The London Illustrated
Ne,rs for September %. contains a a spirited pict-
-re Of the clippers 7acpinq and Ariel. which made
the famous race from Ilongkong to London. and
has also Il full account of the vessels.
~ The American Hay, published in San Fran
cisco, has been sued for libel by the cashier Of the
Bank OF California. and also sued for debt, 1t prob
ably will not survive the attacks made on it..
TAxEs-We would call the attention of tax pay.
ers to the notice of the collector. in our advertis-
ing columns.
FOR THE E,sr.-The barks Sarjtr and Comet
will both get of on the 18th, and take Eastern
m ails.
Senmcn under American md Britt
i-h Flags.
Mr.. EDrToE AS there appears to be some nm
certainty respecting the propricty of the American