The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-09-07

u . moderate gale, which soDnnuei th VIZ
The chip hal been all tii- GRe aInong n"atans 'fes
when about ! p. ~. on that day ~c dseeTerei INC
ship 10 he nearly full Of water. st bo,h pumps 70
work there beng several ship % eeSard, kepf III
for them, and -et signals Of diz,re-. AhoSs lrlsp~<f
] =. ~, Capt BliVeu, 81 the -Asaf1Hs, @He %"
board with three boats' crews. ssi ~ hsnds to
work at the hatchways tailing, and kept b'ss yainis
going; san after Capt Baker Of the bark sfa-ts~s-
ion, Capt. Barnes Of the bark EHgeaia. and CAT
Jeffrey Of the bark -9eoTs BaTHss came on bos"t
With tao boats' crews each. and teniered al assist
ance possible. Broke cut the forehead ami found the
leak was in the wood ends; SUPPOSED the wood ends
started of a. the eutsatsr Was gone outside Tie ~s'
about six feet under water. As, notwithstanding AL
our e1ertions, il vas evident that the ship MO in "A
sinking condition. I consulted With the several ship
masters, a. well As with my own ~ofsceE-. and after
full and careful examination Of the SITUATION. We
came to the decision that the ship could No. 10 saved
| then advertised the ship for sale at public asatssh-
AT this time it required the united exertiss Of the
several crews Of the Rsgsais. .saGiss. &c. as
well as Of my own, TO keep her aaoat- Set . part 81
the men To work breaking out ol. and sucoesS~i In
saving about ninety barrels Of sperm oil and one
head Of bone, which l shipped On the bark .sasi.iHs-
At this time Capt. Cunningham Of the Jas .Aaury
and Capt. Fisher of the bark Lagoia came on board
We commenced breaking cot provisions, which were
distributed among the eyeral vessels that took the
crew Of the Congress Al : O'clock p. ~ Of the 10Th
(sun time) the lower hold teisg full Of water and the
ship fast settling, l left the CoagSess and went On
board the bark -tIufiiss-the officers and crew isy-
ing already left her To Captains Bisen. Baker,
Barnes, Jeffrey, Fisher and Cunningham, a. well as
20 their officers and the crews Of them several ssssci<.
| tender my most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the
assistance rendered by them To Capt EiWard
Kelly. Of the bark Presidsni, xbo kindly gave me q
passage to Honolulu, l also feed myself under great
hlfU. sE.n -,hltr.r Atoms uhtcla can only h.rR Il Mail
never he called upon 10 repayin k-Sd
FROM TAnIrL-The schooner .4orai, - days from
Tahiti, arrived on Sunday last, but brings Iitle news
of special interest. The blight which h. fss years
affected our orange trees. has reached those islands
and threatens to be as fatal to the crops there a. il
has been here. No successful remedy has yet been
discovered, that will remove or even check it The
following report of the wreck of the missionary bark
John Williams will interest our readers This is
the second or third time the missionary packet Of the
name has been lost
LOST or THE MISSIONARY BARK JoHN WILLIAMS"
1t is with deep regret that We have to announce
The total wreck of this truly splendid bark, at the
South Sea Islands IN March last 1t would appear
that the Intelligence was first received in SYDNEY.
but was at first doubted there, as will be seen by
the following extract from the Herald of the sth
inst:
1t is TO be feared that the report brought by the
schooner Ida. respecting the wreck of this beautiful
ship is but too true. although the particulars are
very meagre. Capt. Robsu. Of the Ida. says that
while at kantaya n missionary. whose name be
forgets, reported to him that the John UiHiams
had been totally wrecked On one of the Island.
forming the Nayigators' Group. and that the wreck
had been sold for $500, and that IL was supposed
to have occurred during the violent hurricane that
swept the islands on the 9th of March, causing
great loss at the Tonga and Fiji gTcaps- Captain
Rohan not having heard this repor: either At Ton
ga, Varvou. or Ovalau, expressed an opinion that
the story of the wreck might have arisen from the
FnA. shas thA sUsgag -fn c.--.. tw-A
since been on a reef and subsequently repaired IN
Sydney: but the missionary was positive that tire
unfortunate affair took place on the bark's last
passage from Sydney to the Islands. She was
commanded by Capt. Williams. a gentleman %
considerable nautical Knowledge. particularly
among the South Sea Islands. a series of years hav-
ing made him intimately acquainted with the intri-
cate navigation Of the various groups
The report has now peen confirmed by Capt
Young. of the Nerd, which arrived here on Satur-
day last from Savage Island. Capt Young says
that he saw the remains of the wreck on the reef
near the Island at the beginning of this month.
She drified into the reef in a calm, and not in a
hurricane, as supposed All the masts had gone
out of the vessel, but the hull was standing quite
perfect, with the exception of one hole inthe bottom.
The wreck had been purchased for $500 at Samoa
by the celebrated Capt. Hayes OF the brig Road
The loss of this fine new bark will be severe blow
to the Missionary Societies-Australidn paper.
Capt. Vincent, of the floral, reports that he lei
no merchant vessel at Tahiti on the sth Of August.
The U. S. steamer Tascarora was daily expected
from the Fits H.. Is. NJ S. Clio had completed her
repairs and left in June for Valparaiso. The British
ship Syiphide touched at Tahiti reporting having
left Valparaiso for England. After having made two
unsuccessful attempts to get around Cape Horn, she
sailed from Tahiti for Sydney. British ship Prin-
cess Beatrice sailed, no date, for England with .
load of guano. -
Filth AND G,RB,GE.-Arcund some premises in
town the accumulation of filth is fearful. A lit.ie
svxtann AMI axerriSn IF sha .usbor,tr ,,,H~-~, -
law viii remedy the evil. A correspondent, suggests:
" Kitchen and stable refuse, with ether abomina-
tons, pollute the air of the town, making it equally
unhealthy and unpleasant. Is it not practicable for
the Board of Health, or other responsible parties, 20
employ men with a horse and cart TO visit every
house in town three or four times weekly. removing
rubbish from the premises, charging a tax in proper
ton to the rent paid, and hning heavily thoee who
wish To retain dirt and filth on their premises for the
privilege of doing 80. | hope that this suggestion
may lie improved and acted ON by the authorities"
NEw MARS OF rHE HAWAIIAN IslANps-At the re-
qucs, Of Hon, u. {. M'Ruer. representative in Con-
gress from California, the United States Government
has caused n new and corrected edition of wilkes
Chart Of these islands to he printed. a few copies Of
which wec received from Washington by the bark
ID. c. Marcy. Among other improvements a COM
pass has been aided, which renders II moro valuable
to captains. L. is very handsomely printed, and s. i,
is the only correct chart of this group. ought TO be in
every house and coanting-r~ouf.
CARVING OFT rHE LAw.-we learn that the Can't
ain Of the schooner Old Fsliotc was fined, in Hlo.
twenty dollars and costs, FOR violation of the provisions
of S~,. Io7 Of the Civil Code, in delivering letters.
without defacing the stamps. This is frequently
done. probably IN ignorance Of the law. which re-
uuircs every Captain To defsce the letter stsmrs.