The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-07-26

The announcement has been made
through the columns of our contemporary
Of the Adratiser that two, At least, ofthe
masters Of whaleships recently fitted out
~ New Bedford have been put under
bonds by their owners not to visit Homo
lulu unless compelled by stress of
weather, or other unavoidable circum-
stance" We are not informed as to
what may be considered as an "unayoid-
able circumstance BY the Masters Of the
ships mentioned, and would be much
obliged to any one who would inform Us
on that point, as, if it is supposed to
be an eventuality not often occurring in
this ocean, we shall lose all hope Of seeing
the Alaska and Mareugo during their
present voyages to the North Pacific,
except Is lame ducks or in some IN
avoidabIe condition, the uncertainty of
which, at the present writing, makes It
very depressing to think Of If they
happen to come as lame ducks" some
one or more Of our enterprising ship car
penters VIII no doubt stand ready to
place either or both Of them in As good
or a be.ter condition than they were when
the awful mandate went forth, which,
Undoubtedly under a severe penalty,
interiicted them from touching at this
port, which, by the way, if we are to
place any confidence in the croaking ad-
monitions Of the Adrsris,r, It Is in the
hearts Of certain ship-owners Of New
Bedford to CRUSH Yes, according to
that authority, the Nabobs OF the city Of
blubber have determined to crush Us
under their heel, and as 4 preliminary
squeeze, have ruthlessly put two whaling
shippers under bonds not 10 come here
if they can help it. To one who has not,
like those Of the -4drertlssr, who for many
years past have no doubt foreseen this
terrible and summary termination of the
visits Of the whalers to this port, and, in
fact, all the ports in this Kingdom, it
would be most difficult 70 conjecture to
what cause to attribute this malignant
animosity Of the New Bedford owners to
Honolulu as 4 point At which to
obtain supplies for their ships dur
ing the spring aud fall Mind, We do
not say they have really this feeling Of
luminosity against Us, only we are told in I
very plain terms that they have, and (
for that reason are doing all they can to I
deprive Us Of the pleasure and profit Of
supplying recruits 10 their ships. We .
have been told that they have been cen
templating this measure for long time.
They have at last through the assistance
of the Continental Railroad and their
kind friends in San Francisco, made ar
BY which the thing can be
accomplished at a great pecuniary saving.
have been made by which .
the products Of the voyages of their ships
can be delivered at their doors in few
days after they have left the holds of the
vessels, for less than they have heretofore
paid for shipping the same from this port
via Cape Horn In the matter Of crews
for their ships. they can send them out
from the East over the Railroad, if re
qgired, although things look 80 very rosy
for them ia san Francisco that It is thought
men can be procured there without resort
ing to that extremely long measure, with
the probable chance that they would
suffer from an occasional @enterprising
young American taking It into his head
hat he would Ike to stop at some way
ststion, thus entaillng the loss Of passage
md advance upon the owners Again.
being at San Francisco, the Master of the
ressel, owing to the telegraphic eommuni-
alton between the home port and the
-ecruiting point. could be directed IN every
transaction IN relation to the voyage BY
he owner, 50 quickly that even the most
minute or urgent matters need not be
delayed, nor attended to on the Masters !