The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-09-28
The Scw island I'm tine Pacific.

y correspondent o. the New York Ereaiaz
Poa ~rites TO TIN; TaIer ~ fgiiows On the -ub-
jet:
SRI Nov Tia. tie saijst q tie discovery q a
new sl4ul IN tie Pas.hs, o. tie westward q san
Francreo. = before the pablo, any information con-
corning that b-zhty mu-t prove II general interest
Twice during nv pa.-1ge in the Pacifc. While in
the neizhborhoad uention-i, have I Ias-ei thrOagh
dis-olorsi wafer. such - usually indlzIte- the viein-
ity u n shasL Thou-sni- q birds filed tie air, AMI
numbers % Gals were sen Alongside the .hip. but
az times Il va- exe-slingly fszy, and even hal Land
been near re c1ull not have sen IL. On one Occa-
-ion we we're several hour IN this white wafer, AMI
~ the same time going - n high rate q spesl
Sounding we're t-keu, bHt without any bottom
being fund.
In the Cd ehs-ts an island i laid down in the
nsI-hhoFhOyd where the newly discovered islani j.
aid % he kea;sL Captain james smith, q New
Jouion, sgrnsriy IN command of the Zos. AMI later
q bark JGukss, has been over the route between
san francisco and the Sandwich I-Lanis Cfteuer
than any other man, AMI ne tells me that IN his
various voyages he has pa-Sel through this di-colOrsi
water perhaps = dozen times- He felt emf lent q
the vicinity % land, and quCtsi the numerous birds
a. proof Of the fact The birl- are similar in suecies
to those which breei upon the F~araI0ne Islands, Of
san Francisco Captain Smith als0 stated that he
hal invariably met With iosy and stormy weather
in that neiGhborhcSL-
Within my OEn period Il observation several ves-
Sef- have been lot IN the Pacific, and never again
been heard from. and II my Re that this islAnd has
The -rhaoner PTisEgbip lea san Faneis,o in fall
81 1872. bcuui Tor Honolulu, auI No ness from her
ever became known IIad she experienced -~0utheriy
winds Oh leaving part, she wouii have passed. near
the kealIty q the nswly-f-cDverci island
The Cuitel States Jcp-Ofwar LsuGHf lett the
Sandwich I-lznds IN September, 1872, bDund FOR
Panama T. get cut q the trades in order % take .
n~Ortherly slant % wind, she would have % stand well
% the DorthW4ri All westward, and thus pass near
the locality q the island spoken o. Thi- fine ship,
With 4 crew Il two hunirgi and fifty Cflcers lnt
men. has never since been heari from.
Tire schooner Phi 0f fs Hat left san Francisco
about two year acu, bouni on \ csi-h-hiuE voyage
o. the Oklat-k Sea. After an excellent -a-1u'-
work she tsck her departure fF home, bat ht- never
been heari frUm since.
The vessels here mentioned may have been burnel
az sea. or have muuiervi IN ssIc. bu; IL i -l,neWhsr
singular that IN each instance their c.ur-e- would
have taken them @ the vicinity q the i-lani statei
O. have been htsiy discovered
IL i amusing b notice bow some people viii
strain themselves in efforts to produce evidence
u s-stain al inpr0bability. No man who has
ever nsvizstci much IN thi- part OF the Pacific,
be.ic-es ths; there i any island in toe locality
referred to-a5out 100 miles west OF san Fran
cisco. and nearly north or this group nor indeed
on any 81 the no-thrcu ~ southern tracts between
san Francf.o. and H,nolulu. The schooner
FHeudsliD Jeff san FEnciscD in the FIJI when
-,roaz r,r;hze-- winds and tri- prevailed and
s,uLI ns.4 have reached TIE ira,iry a--uei f=
,fr i-l,nd. ~ with tar L---rf. vas-h 30 Ili'