The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-11-21
NOTES OF TIE WEEK.

paper Ne have les, co means untriei 70 secure full
ani reliable shipping reports, AMI cur endeayoEs
have met With signal success. We have always sup
Piled outsard-bound shipping With literal supplies
q island and foreign papers, and on several oeca-
-iCus put up Eles FOR every shi? known 20 b engaged
n the northern fishery, and forwAried them by lat
ct northern-bound chip. Our efforts have been
fully appreciated by the masters Of whaling vessels,
sni every item o: interest = promptly reported by
them % Us. On the arrival Of tie whaling bark SEA
Breeze, On Tuesday last, the marine reporter Of the
Gg=sls, who has also the advantage OF being a Gus
tom House oSscial, Who-e dGty it l. 10 board vessel.
On arrival. with a boat and crew furnished AZ the
public sIreasc, boarded her, AMI asked for a report
q her cruise. knowing that il would be interesting
fran the &c: that the owner q the bark CGysi;i
was OF board, and that Captain Hamilton would he
able 20 HarTats the story q the piracy and murder
o. bard that uL:4tei bark Capt II. tod the re-
porter that lie had a lon= report, ~hich lie had writ
ten out in ful Tor cur Mr.. Carter. CPon which the
Gs=S:s reporter stated thsi their paper came ont
next day, whereas nc DID Eot pujIi=h until Sltur-
day, and that We could copy from them. Decidedly
COL Captain II, siiI d~oubuHs. asked If the two
ofsces Eers On god terms. which was very properly
answered in the Affirmative, AID the report was
handed over. Tie next day tic report Of the voy-
az, AMI the matter q the P.rscy, appeared in a
gartIel form. We called fr the report. a. or prop
erty. aai after some delay, ard evident remittance.
it vaz passed into cur hsLis Upon looking II the
report - zand tia; II va silrez-si 10 the =. Editor
Il the Poetic COnmcreisI -94rsTii;sr;'' the name
4 or paper lad teen srasei. Loweye-, snd that Of
tie Ga=sns substituted in the handwriting Il the
reporter. Had the G4=stis teeH honest enough 10
ersff u With the report, we could 10; haze CON-
vH..~aH q. fFa G.UsHru EssHrarf.raH clio r.r.rrf in
stead q such cgedi; VIC fEI them Publishing. the
ships report a. though addre1.ei to TIE Gazette:
Mr. Ei.;or: Kuowiug that heretofore you have
usually been Ca the alert for Items sc
We nave always issirei 70 be On good terms with
the Ga=eis, Dot II to retain their good Will we are to
submit 70 such diseourteous treatment, We shall Le
compelled TO decline the honor. \ fair. honest CON-
petition in securing news could hut be advantageous
70 the newspapers and the pubic, and such oompeti-
ton we invite. -
The EARIHoUAKE ~ SAG FRAScIsCO.-We have
been permitted TO copy the following account Of the
earthquake from a san Francisco letter dated octo-
Der 2lst:
1.-The first shock had Il horizontal motion, from
north TO south, as Lear as / could judge, and &C.
CURED at precisely seven minutes to eight O'Clock
this morning, the second shock at nine O'Clock, aud
the third a; twenty-five minutes past ten. When
the first shock occurred, ] was standing in the
offce Of our Hotel ready 10 enter the breakfast room.
The shock lasted about thirty-hye seconds 1
ran out into the middle OF the street, when the para
pet wall Of the oil American Hotel opposite came
down, and then ran for the crossing Of California and
Ssus0me streets about fifty yards distant. Ia run
ming there I had to run the gauntlet Of the pieces of
the heavy balustrading on the top Of the bank Of
California. By this time the scene in TIE crowded
streets was Undesirable. Some parties were here
and there hurt by the filling stones; the horses be-
came unmans.eable; people were thrown from vehi-
cles and picked up bleeding; women and men ran
half dressed and screaming pitiably. l can assure
you j, vas a most dreadful scene. After twenty
minutes, no shock following, people became O little re-
assured and We yenture1 near the house 10 take q
survey. 4 friend Of mine who was in his room at
the time, told Inc that the scene in the hotel was fear
full During the second shock I was at breakfast;
ran for the door but returned 20 finish. After break
fast I met a friend and we wandered about 10 the
different scenes Of greatest destruction. When the
third shock occurred we were on the corner Of Pine
and Battery streets. looking at places where the
ground between the sidewalk AMI the middle Of the
street had sunk about two feet The principal dam
age i IL the quarter from Montgomery street down
20 Davis stree, near the wharyez, and bounded south
by Bush street aud north by Washington street.
Clay. California and Pine streets suffered most
heavily. The panic wore of ~ about eleven O'Clock.
Business vas suspended. Many would not re-enter
their Offices J. e.. Merrili's premises are all right.
On n line extending north and south from Bush
street % Clay street. about midway between Battery
AMI FrUEt streets, AMI running parallel with the two
streets, the ground has sunk in some places nearly
three and a half feet. On this line l sav - brick
buiIiing gIttsi, and on Clay street one, the iron pil-
Iars Of which we're sunk upwards Of three feet"
SEx BruDIxG-Mes-rs. Lucas & Virgins are
erecting a shell near the c.. .. and II. 5. s. Co.'S
wharf. FOR the accommodation OF the Company's
steamers. The shed will BE- che hundred and hny
feet long, and forty-fve feet wide, open at both ends
AMI sides, for the passage Of drays and carriages.
Two tramways viii lie laid from the outer edge Of the
wharf. though the shed, TO the warehouse opposite
the Custom House. in such a way that loaded ears
may be carried to either or all Of the four doors.
This warehouse viii be used to store sugars or other
freight intended for shipment by the steamers.
Another warehouse wil be erecte1 aauEg for Gus
tom House storage. -
SELLING LIoroR TO NArIvEs-On the 10th Of last
month. the lieeusee Of the Royal Hotel was fined in
the Police Court one hundred dollars for selling in
drinks 70 natives. Subsequently. the
Attorney General sued in the same court that the 2
bond might be forfeited and the license declared void
Amer considerable sparring by counsel during several
days, and amending the pleading, &c, On Thursday
Judge Montgomery gave his decision, declaring
the license TO be void and Of none effect. Counsel for
defense (Nessrs. Stanley and Davis) noted an appeal
to the Supreme Court, and fled objections TO the rul-
ing Of the magistrate. -
THASKsGIvISG.-we would call the attention Of,
10 the notice issued from the United States
notifying Of the setting apart, by the
Of the United States, Of Thursday, the 26th
inst. as a day Of national thanksgiving. A sermon
viii be delivered at the Bethel at eleven in the fore
noon. We would suggest to shipmasters and others,
he proprieiy Of making !; a half, if not a whole
- .
W. -
HAwAIIAS BEEF.-We have been shown q sample
n fine lot ofsalt beef. packed by F. Bcrtieuan. on
Kauai. and can pronounce it a choice article. Pack
d by al experienced butcher and PACKER, in Turks
81 Nd and Liyerpocl salt. We know Of no reason why