The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-17

July gth at Baker's Island. 1T each # these
Islands the R-msha@eia J.. left supplies for the
agent, and employees of the Guano Company. At
Bakers Island the ships K,Hlieorih, Rirai and
Sistcarf Lane had al been lcldel and sailed: the
Sea Chief WAS loading, having go tons ON boArl.
and the Geo Green waiting her turn. The SeI
chg, before coming 10 the anchorage, experienced
a severe squall from the southwest, by which She lost
her G~re-topmas;. mizen toPsll ysrl, and split her
mlinslil. Capt Stone reports all night al the Islands
lac has vi-itvl-ao deaths AMI no sickness Of import
anoe. On the passage 10 Honolulu, in " the dol
drums during twenty days the Ramehamoha J..
experienced heavy r4in squalls from southeast 10
northeast When o. the lccward of Hawaii, On the
night Of the 18th inst, Capt. Stone was oVertaIen by
a strong kona, with rain, thunder and lightning.
Thi- sent him flying on lis course. and he made Oahu
before daylight on the morning Of the litll He
brought with him the tail end of the gale.
NArrLEHU, TIE HAWAIIAN DwARF.-Some of our
readers may remember, three or four years ago, a
native from Hawaii, whose head and body were of the
usual size, but whose legs were preIosterously short,
his whole height being about ~thirty-six inches. Mr..
George Bi-ely, formerly a butcher in Honolulu, con-
ceiyel the idea that a speculation could be made out
Of this dwarf by exhibiting him in England, and SO,
pursuading him into a contract, he took him along
on a vessel bound hence to Bremen. and from thence
e. Liverpool. The speculation turned out a failure,
and Naipulchu became a burden On RiScly's hands.
by the Gd-eIie, We learn that 4 letter has been
received at the Foreign Office FROM the Hawaiian
Consul at London, Manly Hopkins, Esq, informing
the Government that through the interpOsition Of Mr..
Tlieo. H.. Davies, Of Liverpool Ito whom the Gazette
gives both the prefix and aiix Of MIR. and Esq., the
man will be sent here Icy the bark GaTstaag, which
will be shortly due, his passage being paid 10y this
Government AMI Ri>cly conformity. Mr.. Davies Will
lie well remembered here rs having been for several
years in the employ Of MessrS. Janion, Green X Co.
He deserves credit for the humanity hc has displayed
in this case of a destitute Hawaiian in a foreign land.
NEGRO DEIrus.-It is somewhat remarkable that
the negro race OF America Is likely TO form no exccp-
tiOn to the established fact that colorel races every
where fade away before the whites. While the
negroes were in bondage and compelled TO serve and
as a necessary consequence enjoyed health and pro
lection, they rapidly increased in numbers. Their
threatens to prove their ruin, if there is
any truth in the following statement which we believe
To he exaggerated:
..General Howard, Chief of the Freeimen's Bu-
reau, estimates the number of deaths among the
negroes in the South, during tue last seven years, at
two millions. This statement seems hardly credible,
vet General Howard is in a position To know pretty
well whereof lie speaks, and his character l. such "a
L. preclude the idea of filsehOod or exaggeration on
his part. In 1860, the total negro population of the
Unitel States was only about four millions. If half
that number have died within the period, how long
will il be before the negro population disappears
This is "A social and political conundrum
well worth consideration
FE,rnERED VoYAGERs.-When the bark Mercury,
Captain Tookcr, sailel from New Bedford, July 20,
1853, the agent, at the captains request, put on
board two pigeons, a male and female. Both stuck
by the ship, making occasional excursions, when IN
port, both in san Francisco and the Sandwich Islands,
their fcathered friends, but always returned at
nishtfill To their dove cote on boarl. Three seasons
they passed ut the North, experiencing during their
travels all the varieties of climate, and seeing more
than the doves which voyaged with Noah.
the passage home, when near port, a squad was
to the family, and two days out the mother
pigeon was washed overheard and drowned. The
surviving parent, however, exercised the maternal
care over the young, and both reached New Bedford
Turing May, in safety.
HIS HfGnNfss VI. KEKUNSAoA.- The venerable
Of Kings is spending the hot months at Eva,
and enjoying good health. He has recently been en-
gagged with his people in building a sea-wall at his
.arge fsh-p0nd of Kuhia, in the style of the ancient
works Of a similar character which are still to be seen
in different parts Of the islands. The wall at kuhia
IS to he one hundred and forty-three fathoms in
cngth, seyenty-cight of which have been completed,
Twelve feet thick at the base and nine feet high. 1t
: n work of no small magnitude
TnE ONxIvERors CRows.-It seems that the China
rows Will eat any and everything. 1t is said that
hey have committed no little dcprelations at Wal
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The pretty AMI musical little California linnets
increased very fast at the same locality. They
are "A really useful insectiverUus bird, particularly
destroying the aphis.
All SERExE-The state Of public morals in Homo
ulu is apparently very healthy. There are scarcely
my arrests, and the Police Court is deserted, the
has plenty of time To read up, and the
alice % their rounds in a languil manner, rs though
hey lid not expect anything to turn up. In fact, the
,hOle town i quite serene and summer-like, and a
pol many who have nothing themselves to do, turn
attention zcalously to examine the affairs Of their
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TnE TEMPERANCE LEGIoS.-This organization still
ontinucs in a hourishing condition, and keeps up its
ycIl-at;cndel weekly meetings at the Bethel Nestry,
very Thursday evening. Colonel ". Claude Jones
ns been elected President of the League, and presides
With ability. The other officers are Mr.. Young as
and Mr.. Humphreys, Vice-President. New
occasions Of members are placed ON the list at every
Meeting. -
\ MODEL LoAFER.-An instance of the way in
,hich some IIawaiians get their living was to be seen
N the street the other day. \ grown kauaka, with
.uite a beard, was engaged III n game Of marbles
four or five little boys, neither of whom were
six years of age. He appeared TO be exceed
ngly skillful at the game, and in a short time clean
1 OUT ihe boys. 1t seems that his practice is, after
SHINING a pocket full Of marbles, to go round selling
hem TO the boys, 50 many for a real. Does not such
l.-l.r nu1nn mnlnr tic Nunrani got ,