The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-06
NOTES OF iii WEEK.

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ITEMS FROM THE ARcTIc-The% unwrit.en history o
a cruise on board a whaler in the Arctic Ocean, is
deeply interesting. In conversation with the hard
s~eafarers who annually visit our port, after theil
northern cruises, the thought forcibly occurs-wha
an untried field is here open for q ~bookmaker! Why
does not some enterprising journal dispatch one O.
&c our special correspondents on a whaleship to thu
Arctic? An Intelligent observer there could g spin
q yarn - that would be far more entertaining thar
one half of the nowadays tales of voyages and
travels. Some of. the oldest and most experienced
whalenen predict that whaling in the Arctic will
not pay more than three or four seasons longer. They
say that they never met with an old-fashioned bow
head of earlier days, that used to stow down from
200 to 800 barrels. but that the present average will
not exceed 50 barrels apiece-young whales. Where
are the big ones? The answer is, killed off long ago,
and the oil and bone taken to New Bedford. Should
the great Polar Sea be reached, about which there is
SO much said, it may be that there will be found the
last resort of the poor bowhead-his SO far safe re-
treat from the lance of the ~insatiate whaleman.
Walrus appear plentiful this season, and in the early
part, before the whalers made their appearance, a
number of ships made a business of taking them for
their oil. They make on an average, 25 gallons each,
and the tusks are worth about 25 cents a pound.
Polar bears have been seen pretty often, and quite q
number killed for their skins-the only available
thing about them. -
STAND BY YouR CouNrRY.-The following para
graph is clipped from a late European mail:
"The Harvard men are of the best families of Massachusetts
Although one OF them nominally halls from the Sandwich
Islands stands 1T it is is understood n isrr % IL That It, this ,srn is due Ito to an accidental mi
like his comrades, his birth, his education, and his descent con-
meet him with Plymouth Rock"
No doubt the Oxford four fairly beat the Harvard
fo,, oil loonp 20 4la p;o,or, and tho ono,:,Lo
but the joy consequent upon their victory was
heightened from the fact that they beat Massachusetts,
men, and still more that they beat men who could
claim q descent which connected them with Plymouth
Rock.
Gay cali it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod,
They have left unstained what there they found
Freedom 10 worship God"
Poor old Plymouth Rock, England can never for
give it. So anxious was Oxford to beat four of the
sons of the Pilgrim Fathers, that they determinedly
rob us, of Hawaii mel, of one-fourth of that glorious
defeat, by claiming for Massachusetts,. in a most
way, a son of Hawaii. Think of it, that
the father of young Lyman accidently migrated
here but three or four years since, and as a conse-
quence his son "nominally thails''' from these
islands. We don't believe that story. And here let
us take occasion to say that our New York CORES
pondent. in a letter, slurred the Puritans, and that
it escaped our observation. We repudiate such SEN
timents. -
RECIPRocITY-Not the treaty, which was killed by
the Foreign office, but that which exists between this
city and Lahaina. Captain Cluney of the clipper
schooner Nellie Merrill, made a statement in our
hearing the other day, which, while it spoke volumes
for his vessel, suggested other thoughts. He has or
ders from parties at Lahaina to carry them beef
from this city, and from parties in this city
for fresh bread from Lahaina, in which it is said that
place excels. For sixteen successive trips he carried
steaks from here and landed them in time to make a
dinner for the Lahaina folks. Our inter-island
service cannot claim for itself much greater
and dispatch. But how Lahaina has de-
Time was when it boasted its commission
houses, its fleet of recruiting whsleships, its markets,
artisans, tradesmen, and i'll fact all that goes to the
make up of a town, and it was styled the " second
,ity - of the Kingdom. How fallen when it is COM
pelled to send to US for fresh beef. The population
win not warrant the killing of a whole beef. What
has crushed Lahaina The whaling fleet or sugar?
And the question comes before US seriously-are we
prepared to make our islands a vast sugar plantation
~ a policy which shall protect one interest above all
,thers, OF by a more comprehensive, liberal and Just
policy, put all interests upon an equality
DANGERoUs.-A bullock landed from the schooner
yesterday morning, was loose on the Es-
,lanade, and seeing the horse and carriage of one of
'ur citizens, charged headlong at the horse, striking
fairly on the breast, both horns fortunately missing
he horse. Had the horse been at all skittish, the
of the occupants would have been endangered.
he Minister Of the Interior or some other person
will suffer serious damage yet, and then somebody
will get the full extent of the law. Our advice
Tould be to apply the law now and save somebody's
life or limb. "
The NEXT MAIL.-It is somewhat doubtful whether
ny mail will be received here before the steamer.
ue on the 21st. Several vessels were loading for
Jhina, among them the bark Singapore and ships
Iaiatea and Kfngfsher, but there is no certainty Of
touching here or bringing any mail matter.
hey would leave about the end of October, and if
touch, would be due about the 18th.
q Tue CIRCUS has drawn full houses the mast
EEK, and the performances have been varied each
vening. This afternoon there will be a special per-
'rmance for families and children, the proceeds Of
-hich Mr.. Lee will donate to school purposes. In
ne evening there will be an entire change In the
-
Two convicts who lately escaped from they
hahn gang in Lahaina, were arrested at Hama. after y
committed several burglaries on their wav
A reward of $40 was offered for their
pprehension. -
EVENING SALEs.-Adams & Wilder, and M12
give notice in the auction columns of several
vening sales. This will be considered bv the roupo.
lers a sure sign that Christmas is not far of.
% We would call the attention Of traders to the
sale of staple goods by c. S. Barlow. ESQ.,, on