The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-11

2, SAILORS WIDE AWAKE The fine clipper bark .iftrila
OF New Bedford. Captain Thomas, saiIej from Homo
lulu Tor the kodiac and Arctic whaling grounds on
the 9th Of May, carrying the first mail dispatched
to the newly-acquireI Russian American territory.
Parcels of late California, Eastern. Honolulu and
native newspapers were put up At the news depot for
every ship known to he cruising on those grounds.
while all the letters in the Po>t-othce adjrcs>ei IL
them were taken out and forwarded by Messrs. Cart
wright and Jones, over six hundred papers and
several hundred letters were despatched 10 the
fleet. which numbers s~ixty-fve vessels, the whole
filling two large mail bags. An extra edition Of tine
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER was also struck of. anrcun-
cling To tie gallant whalemen that they were cruising
in American waters, ami that the land they saw was
United States soil, on which, if they chose they could
settle At once. 1t is no; at al improbable that some
Of the more adventurous of the whalemen may land
and locate their claims. We have now several travel
ing correspondents in that region, and We shall look
for n full report Of the news from the new territory
by the feet returning next fll. We purpose soon
to appoint local agents, and shall expect to receive in
the course of time 4 large addition to our subscription
list from Russian America.
We notice that the San Franci>cans talked of
despatching a steamer to Russian America in June.
Honoluluans are ahead of them, and have already
got off their first boat with dispatches on the 9th Of
May Capt. Thomas purposes 10 carry a large pen
nent 1T his main mast head displaying the initials,
~. 5. NJ" and ON the 4th of July, we presume.
there viii be in the Arctic a general celebration of
the anniversary - the first ever held in the new
American possessions. Hurria for Uncle Sam and
his gallant Arctic whalemen.
y From the san Francisco papers, we see that
Mr.. J. Q. \. Warren Is still interesting himself in
introducing island products into California and send
ing new seeds to these islands. In the Times, We
find the following
MA~IANIA GEAss.-The Introduction and acclmation in
has already been attempted on a small scale. hut there appears
l. have been 80 little interest manifested in the experiment,
such additions 10 our California fruits, grasses, etc, that it has
Cambridge, which recently arrived from Honolulu, a quantity
of Maniania grass was imported and purchased by Mr.. J. "a.
the experiment. above alluded TO, no" offers this grass, free Of
cost, To all who will consent to try ii.
The same paper of a later date has the following
New PLANTS FOR THE SANDWICH IsLANDs:-By the bark
Comet, which sails today for Honolulu, J. q. A Warren will
DISPATCH ii choice selection of California plants for Introduction
to ihe sandwich IsIauis. The parcel comprises specimens Of
the dophi"iah", several varieties of arooe~iea, fifteen kinds
OF roses, new To the IawaiianS, sone olive cuttings, jessamine,
dT"e@"a: some beautiful plants Of the golden honeysuckle,a
las, specimens of tecOHis, dioslaa, ana a new variety of hello
trope. These plants are all carefully packed in alright cases
with glass covers, and it i expected that they will arrive AT
their destination in a good condition as when the journey was
plants as possible into this country, and to this end he has or
ganized a system Of exchange with the Agricultural Society at
to them; they srar'',see t. rgturn a similar S9ntlhn.ion Of their
bananas, manages, sardsniaS and palms, and any one DESTROYS
ah9vs stated; On IhSre are re- many many piAces IN l ,ms Sia,e where troi.,
why many varieties of them should not be successfully reared.
se a. mi u,i,, 'a and tt htsIs nrI mos, "EH aenr' f r. "h' Tbo @e who ee
business il is To raise plants would, it might he thought, take
some active interests in a matter 50 important, and every gar
dener should at least make the experiment Of planting some Of
theSe beautiful flowers and valuable fruit trees.
The plants received will doubtless serve to adorn the
private gardens of the officers of the so-called Agri-
tural Society. which is all very well as a private
transaction, but as to the gift being of any great
benefit to the islands, we very much doubt.
MUTINY on SIurBoARD-On Thursday morning
last, the British ship Sea Chief, at anchor outside
and bound for Bakers Island for a cargo of guanO,
attempted to get under weigh, when n portion of the
crew refused duty, ON some frivolous pretext. The
Captain came on shore and reported the state of
affairs to the British Consul. The Consul immedi-
ately applied to the Captain of the United States
Steamship Lackdwanna, lying in port, for assistance,
and two boats-crews were promptly dispatched to the
Sea Chief, who assisted in getting up the anchor and
putting sail on the ship, which Immediately went to
sea. 1t is stated that the Consul instructed Captain
Laws in writing that when he got to sea, he must use
force, even to the utmost extreme, to put down any
mutinous conduct amongst the crew, and that he
would be held blameless for consequences. Thus it
has again been demonstrated, for the second time
within Il month, that the presence of Il man-of-war
in these waters is an absolute necessity, not only for
the protection of American commerce., but that of
other nations as well. 1t undoubtedly afforded Capt.
Reynolds no small degree of satisfaction to be on hand
and able to respond to the request of the British
Consul, in the absence of Il ship-of-war of his own
nation. Blood is thicker than water"
\ SAVAGE HoG.-On Wednesday morning, while
some hogs were being discharged from a schooner at
the Esplanade, one, a huge boar, with long tusks and
"A decidedly ferocious look, got adrift, and charged
up the wharf, running turiously at every one he saw.
Two gentlemen coming down encountered the beast,
and ran for a pile of lumber, which one of them sue
ceeded in reaching, but the other slipped and fell
prone on his back in a pool of mud. The hog was
upon him in an instant, but fortunately got himself
entangled in the gentlenan's umbrella, ~atforling an
opportunity TO reach the lumber pile, with no other
damage than Il good scare, the loss of an umbrella,
and the acquisition of a large quantity OF liquid soil.
ALL FROM BAD WHISKY.-The other day a sailor
on shore from a ship outside, got rather more than
. three sheets in the wind, . from a free use of liquor,
and went into DIR. Mc'Kibbin's drug store, where,
without any apparent reason or provocation what
ever, he verbally abused and attempted to assault the
Doctor. DR.. Mc'Kibbin il, coming in very oppol-
timely, knocked the fellow down, not, however,
without getting his own coat torn off. The sailor
arrested, but a his ship was about going to sea,
the Captains request not TO prosecute was acceied to.
CoDFIsHISG.-The /. b. Lint, which arrived from
San Francisco recently, is bound North, to the Cod
fishing grounds of Sitka, and its neighborhood,
recently acquired by the American Government, by
treaty with that of Russia. She will probably fall in
with some whalers to which the news will be unex-
pected and welcome. What a cruise will that DE of the
T-4F II. .I,,r. g ,Io.L.-I. A. e. .l.-p- 3
bakes, the crab roastings, and other good things in
store for her crew, makes ones mouth water. Bv