The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-04-03

The clipper ship Kearsaree, Capt Field, arrived
Saturday forenoon in ballast bouad to Bakers Isl
and to loAd guanO for Europe. She len San Fran
cisco the 18th ult. With moderate nOrtherly winds
which continued the entire passage, making the run
in Is days. she leaves to-day. and after loading
win proceed te Queenstown for orders
Z REroRr OF wHAuEsARk NAurrrrs.-Sailed from
New Bedford Oct sth. 1853 aad cruised in Atlantic
taking 1850 Of whale and As Of sperm until Nov last
then touched a, St. Helena. From thence preceded
to Coss, Of Patagonia and eruised two months taking
two right whales which made so barrels Had favor
able weather thence 70 Pacific and took an SO barrel
sperm whale Of Massafuera Jan. % Laid os.and-on
Valparaiso Feb. I'd FOR wood and water and thence
to the 0E-Shore Ground saw school Of sperm whales
FEB. IS which were going rapidly viniwaTd to
lower for. and next day sighted whaleship Getting
in" Cruisei three weeks and crossed the equator
March Is with light weather. and had fresh trades to
the Islands striving the morning Of the Cd inst OF
Cape Horn Jan. 4. spoke English bark Satellite so
days from Mon;evideo for Callao. on Msssafuers.
Jan IS spoke bark Portia Of Talehuano Saith. with
IS Of sperm, mos, out At Juan Fernandez Feb
:. LEFT bark Mary Of Valparaiso, Kelly, clean. At
Valparaiso LEFT barks Virginia Marks Hyatt. and
Charles 4 Edward, Hathaway, both Of that port, at
anchor.
GuAvo SHrrs.-The Hawaiisn bark R. c. wylie,
Capt Haltc-manu. arrived at Queenstown Feb. s7tb.
III days from Jarvis Island. and reported having en-
eouutered 8 severe hurricane Of Cape Horn which
threw the vessel on her beam ends and carried away
spars and sails; several fearful seas boarded her
which stove in bulvarks ana house on deck, carrying
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other damage. besides killing two seaneu who were
st the helm. sad severely inuring the mate who
rovly ESCAPED being swept overheard. The strength
Of the hurricane lasted IS hours aud the vessel was
enabled 10 reach her destination under jurymasts aud
with the aid Of temporary steering apparatus making
3 much better passage, under circumstances unfa-
vorable than were made by the other vessels which
loaded at Jarvis Island last fall bound the same
port which were as follows Mary E. Packer. lie
days Agate. III days; Go0ier, llO days. and R. c.
Wylie. III days-the las, vessel which sailed, bark
Emma c Beale. u days after the wylie has net vet
been reported. The British ship Royal Saxon. Capt.
Rochfort which LEFT Bakers Island the e2d Of June
last for Queenstown AMI vu, in here Aug 22i in dis
tress and sailed sept. oh. arrived Liverpool via
Queenstown Feb 18TH l55 days from this port. The
An. ship oswiuco arrived at Liverpool Feb ed. I4O
days from Hovlsud's Island. The Norv bark Atlas /
Larsen which was reported having lef Liverpool the
18th Of last Nov for this pert bound to the Guano
Islands, is ISS days out.
The whaling bark Live Oak Of New Bedford. Capt.
Beckermau, arrived at san Francisco March Il from
cruise IL the South Pacific. with as bbls Of sperm
snd SIS Of whale oil She ;Ouebed at Pitcsirn's lei
sud Dec "a and reports the inhabitants as suffering
seriously from scarcity Of water. The Live OAK .
VII reft for the Arctic under command Of Capt.
Wheliea, who viii ship new set Of officers and an
other crew before going North.
The ship osoeola, Capt. Ellis which left Newcastle
Dee 18Th With cargo Of Goals for Honolulu arrived
at san Francisco the 18th Of last month in distress.
With loss Of sails and leaking seriously. She rePorr
having struck twice on the bar while leaving Neveas
tie IL tow of tuboat, and and also experienced very
rough weather throughout the passage. She tackled .
Is times between long. lie east and long $50 vest
ana was unable make this port in Consequence Of
constant gales and head winds through the y. E. .
trades, which made s, advisable under such eircum-
stances bear Up for san Francisco where she ar
rived af,er passage Of s. days.
VESSELS HEScE.-Tbe clipper ship Ceylou, Woods, .
arrived at Manila Jan Sd S days from this port aud
was loading on the leib for Boston The barken,iue
Free Trade arrived at Port Ludlow 25 days hence the
26,h Of Feb. and sailed March 2 fer san Francisco.
The brig Robert Cowan arrived Victoria March 2ith.
q days hence