The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-19
To the sandwich I.,and. and Bael.

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pUlzr and obvious g. highly . d=-rve very gen
eral notice, reeggn!ti5n. and admiration.
Tie general estimation OF the benefits aecruing
- The country through our nUmsrCCs yacht clubs
i. NJ doubt. very high bat prObabiy defective
witbal. Fashion, rscr=atIon. excitement. OF
health, are Dot By any mans the sole motives u
tlelr existence; nJE are the employment OF -
many men and tie incidental expenditure Of -
much money the OILY beneficial r-glt= from them.
VI which Ih= voyage i { =UpsTlatiye, but by no
mans = solitary, evi1ence. Notably, but almy-i
CE~iiIingly, was The world largely indebted 70
Capt. Alan iOung. the spirited owner Of the
Foz, in TIE later Arctic expeditions, as also sub
ss41ently IN Investigations ~ facilitate the laying
Of the Atlantic Telegraph but thi= : neither The
place nor the occasion % multiply Instances,
which abound. Of q similar kind. Tor for the
NET part viii the Individual principally CON-
cerned Be very thankful for their public display.
IL may De feared that such l. the case with regard
y the voyage now under notice, but the insIru-
ments OF pubic information, fully sensible VI this,
must not u governed by il alone.
Inc IhemI5. formerly the TfGnia, is an iron
schooner Of about 40 tons. and was bulk for
Stephenson, the eminent engineer, under h- OWE
supervision. By Scott Russell. Her present owner,
Capt l. B. Hanham, having fully tested her
very superior qualities IN a voyage Up the Ne1I-
ierTanean. conceived the idea Of making = voyage
II her - the Sandwich Islands and back and
having noticed an article from the Pen OF the
captain OF a fine steam irigate, IN his estimation
Of a most uns4tI-!actOTya and incOnclCsive nature,
go = " - 1N-11 - LIr AA-AL- ~
mentioned, he resolved 70 pa~s through them in
his way out, and % return By the Sarmi-ntD, &c,
Channels. into the Straits, for as close an inve-
tis4ti,n OF the whole a. circumstances would
permit him % make in hs track hOneHard. lie
enceayOred u secure the company and assistance
Of some accomplished naturalist and other scien-
tihc person. winch delayed hi= departure c1nsid-
erably, and after all, on the 18th of April, 1864,
Capt. Hanham was forced 70 start without them,
with he lady and her attendant, and a crew CON-
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lieutenant), second mate. carpenter, six able sea-
men. steward, cook, and boy. The chief officer
and steward had recently joined the yacht the
rest Of the crew had been vel! tried in her before.
The ThenIs touched at Madeira, Teneride, Rio
lin the River PlaIe), and Port St. Julian (shere
the grave Of a naval officer was visited and fully
restored by the crew.. and on the Goth Of August
she rounded Cape Virgin into the eastern entrance
Of the Straits, clearing them by Cape Pillar. at
the western entrance. early IN the morning Of the
l2th Of September, being i week or ten days
before Tin thO-e latitudes) the yernal equinox. 1t
was not, however, till the 18th Of December that
Capt. Hanhan took his departure from the We-;
Coast, from Cailao. for the Sandwich Islands,
with an unbroken distance Of over 5000 miles of
seaway before him. The chief officer having died
of the Island Of Massafuera on the 4th Of NJ
vember, the OTDer himself was from that time
the only person on bard possessing the slightest
knowledge Of the science Of navigation, IN which
IL was tbenceforth part Of his care 20 instruct one
Or Two Of his crew.
Hawaii was made 10 forty days, and from the
22d Of January, 1865, till the 29th of November,
the IhemIy was kept cruising about amongst
those Islands. every anchorage in them being
1nce or oftener visited. much to the advantage of
the native and other Gov
.rnors. Ministers, and Bishops, who were freely 4
conveyed backwards and forwards as public duty I
'r private inclination led them to desire. Mean
While one Of the Kings houses was appropriated
or Capt. Hanham's use on shore. These and all I
nHNAUaU NNZ ~ Hnurarar Eaunn h. r
cope Of this narrative, but there seems some '
'easOn to hope, as they are for the most part in '
ere@ting and amusing in no ordinary degree, that '
will be presented 10 the public by the owner l
# the vessel himself at some future period. i
On the 18th of November, 1865, the Ihsrn!s {
eft the Islands On her hOmeward voyage, taking v
he track to the southwark through the Marquesas |
,rOup. On the ID Of December a magnificent
nastif, the captains constant companion for d
everal years, and well-knOwn in Southampton '
or which the Grand Duke Constantine had made a
,erfectly fabulous offers (.) to the owner-died. Fl
IN the 18th be lost his steward, and on the 9th o
{ the following month (January, 1860 the ire
arabic affection Of the death of his most estim- C
bic and accomplished lady (eminently wise. self y
cheerful. and courageous, although an Ii
nvalid) fell upon Captain Hanham, and left him r
.e-olate indeed Of counsel, as web as of com
aniOnship. I
Valparaiso was reached on the 9Th of Februa- 0
y, and on the 2lst. having thoroughly reftted y
Dr the grand ieat OF the voyage the vessel sailed y
hence for England by the track before indicred,
Fhich, notwithstanding the very altered circum- "
tances in which he was placed, and the sore p
to hurry home to deposit in the last L
es;Ing place assigned for them the remains he =
ad carefully preserved. Captain Hanham would Il
OF abandon. Accordingly, though entirely de- y
endent on himself the navigation Of the yacht, Fl
Istly confident in the character and seaman- u
hip Of his mate. and the fidelity. endurance. Ia
nd zeal of his crew, the captain drew up such II
lstructions for them as were best suited TO meet IL
le emergency of anything happening to himself, e
-hich from time 20 time Observation-Disclosures !.
had to alter and adapt TO circumstances. Sc
IN the 18th Of March, corresponding 70 the z
me OF our autumnal equinox, he entered the ii
ulf Of Penas and the Sarmiento Channel round -