The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-27
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY Y. APRIL %.
News of the Morning

The only arrivals this morning are the Kil1Ue1
from Koua and the Nvy from Hio. Three whalers
axe d the pOrt-the J,5,p. Perkins and Vineyard.
The Steamer brings as passengers Capt. W. VI. Glib
son, Misses Corney and Duloit, o.. G.. Clifford, y
W. TaIlant, John Cohn, Chung 10.
The mails By the u. &. Murray, for California,
the Atlantic States aud Europe, viii close at the
Postofice Tuesday ut 10 O'Clock. Files Of the -fdrer-
fissr can he obtained in wrappers for mailing at our
counter;
Forty-six passengers are booked for the Murray
which sails for san Francisco on Tuesday next, am
ong whom we notice J. c. Phuger, Esq, Consul
for Norway aad Swclen, with his family. Thos. F..
Wilson, Esq. United States Vice Consul at this port,
Henry W. Severance. Esq. late Auctioneer, Rev. Mr..
Post, of the Reformed Catholic Mission, and others.
We are still without later advices from san Fran
cisco. though hoping hourly for an arrival. The
southwest winds which have .T,vailel here the past
week are a sufficient cause for The heightened passage
of any sailing vessels bound this way. As for
the steamer California. en- ro1te for Japan, she
could not have left before the 1911 or 10Th, and if 50,
is not due Vet. BY the first arrival We ought to re-
ceive San Francisco dates 10 April 18th, New York
papers of March 11th. and Lordgn to about the close
Of February
number Of important auction sales take place
during the next few days. Today a llrge invoice Of
China gods will he sold by Mr.. Barlow. On Mon
day. one-half Of the schooner -4c,Irs. And on Tues
day onc-scyenth Of the Lihuo Sugar Plantation.
This estate. for the past few year., has been well
managed, making good returns % q Proprietors. The
crop has averaged over 200 tons annually for several
years past. and the dividends pail in five years have
amounted 10 S6O,OO0,-or foriv pr cent per 0nHum
on the capital stock. at IT. present valuation Of $780,
UO1. which i very lJw. Certainly 10 safer invest
ment can be offered than this
The arrival Of Capt. Richmond Ind a portion of
his crew on Wednesday morning, after q cruise Of
$50 miles in an open whaleboa;, affords another in
stance Of the daring Of American seamen. Had the
strong northeast trades been blowing. the chances Of
this boat reaching this group would have been small
\ n~ortherly wind. with unusually good weather,
favored the little craft, which o-ter q cruise Of eight
days arrived at this port safely When it i remem
berei that schOoners are Usually 10 or Il days max
ing the passage. any unbiased mind viii recognize
the hand Of n kind Providence directing the winds
and the waves, and thus favor n the timely rescue
Of the seImen still remaining on the barren sand
bank Of French Frigate ShOaL.
IN the passage hither from the scene Of his wreck,
Capt. Richmond touched At NHhau. where he and
his men received many kind attentions from the Sin
clair family. 20 whom other distressed seamen have
been under obligations under similar circumstan-
ccs. The day before Capt. RS boat touched at
that island. a ships mast, apparently newly remov-
81 from some vessel, was seen by Capt Sinclair.
drifting near the shore Being unable 10 secure il
alone. he went 10 the settlement for help, and on his
return II had gone 20 SEA and could not be discovered.
IL appeared 10 lie the mIInula-t Of q large vessel, and
IL gvyl condition Il may Yet he heari from again
If any reliance Is to lie placed on current rumor,
it would seem quite doubtful whether the EtfGn IL
Zen VIII return 10 this port 1t all It Is stated that
Capt. Snow would not 10 so unless definitely char
tered We have no doubt whatever about her return
ing, AMI she VIII he due III all next week Crackers
however appear TO he very incrciulou- as Ia whether
shall have any more vessels from san Franci~eo