The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-03

\ commissioner has been sent 20 Bahia 10 study
the Sugar-cane disease, and arrive ~ some practical
rcsuli To- check the fast increasing viL-4m Paper.
Can any Of our readers residing in the United
States communicate 10 rs the character Of the disease
referred TO above. or any facts relating TO it? We
inquire more especially because the cane on Kauai
has during the pas, year or 80 been attacked by a
worm which threatens To become a serious drawback
To the cultivation Of this staple, unless some remedy
i discovered 70 check its ravageS. The worm thus
far Is confined to low, damp localities, but has been
known 10 exist Cor a number Of years, at Lahsina on
Maui. Koloa on K-nai, and during the past year has
rapidly increased at Hanalci. The worms eat into
the cauc-sialk, when nearly ripe, and where numer-
ous completely riddle the cane, making it like a
honcy-comh, perfectly worthless for grinding. This
may not he the disease" referred to in the item
above as troubling the plantations in Brazil; hut
whether it he 80 OF not, any information relating 10
the latter will lie of interest here. Unless some
timely remedy Is discovered Nnd applied, these insects
may increase and become oublesome mot erlocalitieS.
SIN ACCIDENT AT INV LoNDoN.-The last mail by
the Woodland, brought rs the particulars Of y sad
accident which occurred in the hay near New Lon
don. Conn. on the 1h Of June. \ sail-boat, with
five persons on board, on a fishing excursion, was
upset and four ont oC the five were drowned. This
community will feel no little degree Of interest in this
sal occurrence. from tho fact that Captains Cod6ing-
ton 4. Fish. James Fish and &. Strong Holt were
well known here. The elder Fish was lately master
of the Ehca .fiams. and the other Of the .Njle.
Capt. Holt was last here in 1882. in the bark Dele
a-ars. Our towpsman. &. l.. Richards, Esq. who
was i'm New London at the time, had been invited 70
ioiu tho excursion, hat an accident prevented his do
ing 50. Capt. James Fish was the only one Of the
party who escaped, he having swan Tor two hours
against a strong current.
- Not exactly thicvine. hut the next thing 70 it,
- the habit ut borrowing. or taking without borrow
ing. a book from a mans library. and forgetting 10
r,tun IL. judge W. G. Jones informs ~ that he has
missed lately from his library among o-her volumes,
a COPY Of Braujc's Encyclopedia, and Blacks large
Atlas ~,Eiipburgh eiiton) We advocate "rcciPro-
city. hut this sTccics does not pay in the long run.
rprcr or Srr ,NrR r,ss,or-T The opposition
steamer .No,cs Taylor. which s'ilei On tho 2'th Of
June. t-k passengers 20 New Work, Nis Nicaragua,
~ the following rates First cabin. 500; second
cabin. 500. stc~r,rc. S2N Roth lines arr carrying
Immense en-, wis eastward The Nicaragua line VIII
bcr>aNcr nun two steamers rcr month.
sew ~ orr,ksuytH-Tvo huuircl and thirty
i've H,-ks If quicksilver. brought here ly the
-l.sp R5iu1ris. s,1m the vryvk Of the Iitenc. we've
or;r,-l NJ auction by Z :. Bsrtov on TUESDAY last.
and wcrcbii a by the Nc-srs Foster, ~ $40 90 SSl
PEI flask. -
Hi.rorrc,r Cook started on his first voyage
round tho world JULY 30. ICES July 81, 1902, st
Helena WIS discovered ~ tho Portuguese