The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-03-20

mers on the I4th at u noon. Feb 18th left Port
Chalmers at IL N, the return passage. for Homo
| lulu arriving at Auckland Feb cath at An. Left
Auckland Feb 26th at NJ arriving of the harbor of
Ponga Ponga, Tutuila Island, March 4th at II N.
Stopped ship and sent boat to the harbor Of Ponga
Ponga. Boarded the L steamship NArragan-
sett, Commander W Meade, lying there at anchor.
Delivered letters for the Commander; communicated
with the shore, and returned to ship. While lying
] of the island Commander Meade with Paymaster
4 Grfus boarded us. At day light March 9th large
number of natives came alongside in their canoes
boarded US and promenaded the decks in the ancient
costume Of Mark Twain's ancestors, offering great
amusement to all on board AtsAM same day left
/ Tutula. Arrived at Honolulu March 18th at noon.
! We have e5 passengers for Honolulu and San Fran
CISCO 50 packages freight for Honolulu, and 1928
packages for San Francisco, also p bags English
mail. H. L. ALLEY, Purser.
u S. NARRAeASsErr.-we are indebted to Mr..
Alley, purser of steamship Nevada for the following
interesting memoranda of the NarIagansett visit to
the Navigator's The United States steamer Nara
gansett, Captain R. W. Meade, which sailed from
Honolulu Jan. %, arrived at Ponga Ponga Feb. Il,
in eighteen days under canvass officers and crew all
well. Un tue ltLnt tue hhuuEut Ut cnltlf Udue
n treaty with Captain Meade granting to the United
States of America the exclusive right to the hArbOr of
Ponga Ponga (the finest in the South Pscihc)
coalng or naval station. On the LIST of March, the Sa
moan flag was hoisted on shore and saluted with Is
guns from the Narragansett, Captain Meade ordering
two companies of his men with their officers shore,
drawn up line in front of the flag. The Narragan-
sett visited the Island of Apia, the 18th Of Feb
ruary, and detained the brig Leonora, W. II. Hayes,
master, on suspicion of cruising about in unlaw
fully armed vessel, evying contributions the
tive chiefs among the islands, but there being evil
dence sustain the charge Hayes released after
81 DAYS detention board of the Narragansett. On
the 23d of February, the Naragansett returned to
Ponga Ponga to complete the survey of the bay. On
the 18th of March. the high chief TO have given
native dance and had invited the officers of the Mar
raganset to witness it. She to sail from POnga
Ponga on the 9th Of March and proceed on survey
ing cruise among the Ph@niN and Marshall Groups,
thence various other Islands south of the equator
SCHOONER WIroH QUEEN arrived Wednesday
last en- route for Ponga Ponga, Navigator Group, af
ter passage of 30 days from San Francisco which,
although rather an unusual one, is not the longest
that has been made. Capt Bannister (who has visit
ed here several times in command of the schooner
Flying Dart reports S. W. gales with thick weather
to the latitude of so, and for % days had opportu
nifty for obtaining observations. Within 500 miles of
this port had moderate n. W. win ds for p hours,
hauling into the trades which continued IS hours, since
when had battling weather until arrival The Witch
Queen has several passengers for the Navgators and
sailed yesterday, to touch at Johnson's Island.
QUICK PAssAGE.-The bark Camden, Capt. Robin
son. arrived Victoria, V. l., Feb IL, Is days from
Honolulu which is reported to be the quickest pas
sage ever made between the two ports, with one ex
ceptiOn, which was during 1861, in IA days. The
Camden left here the day which the A. P. JOr
dan sailed hence for San Francisco, making the pas
sage in % days, showing that the former must
have had strong southerly winds the entire passage
while the latter had light weather week previous to
arrival The Camden proceeded to Port Gamble
where she arrived Feb. Is to load for this port.
BARKExrISE JANE A FALkrNBURG IeR Astoria |
Feb. &c and met with boisterous weather crossing
Columbia River bar; had strong gales from s. and |
s. W. first nine days until passing Cape Mendi- !
cino then moderate sOutherly weather until the lIth
instant in lat IS &c. long. 1872 Oh aud took the N Z.
trades which continued fresh the remainder of pas
sage. Spoke bark Comet 10 days out from San Fran
cisco the lth instant in the latitude aud longitude
Of taking the trades, and sighted her towards night,
hull down astern.
WHALERs REPoRTED.-The ship Europa of Edgar
town, Capt. Thos Mellen, hence Nov. 10 for cruise
anu uuules Was epoheu pN udTh OF new
Capt. Dimond, on the New Zealand whaling ground,
all well board, but gives report of catch The
Eliza arrived Bay of Islands the early part Of Feb.
with 500 of sperm since leaving Russell last March.
Bark Napoleon of n. B., Fuller, arrived at Russell
Jan 49, with 400 sperm 100 whale and 5000 lbs bone
all told reports bark Addison of N B.. Sinclair off
Norfolk Island 90 months out with 500 of sperm all
told, cruise for few weeks longer and then pro-
coed to Sydney to re6t. Bark Jas. Arnold of n. B.,
Briggs left Russell Jan. 25 to cruise. Bark Chance
of Sydney Norton, hence Nov. 49, arrived at Sydney
jan IS. Bark Fanny Fisher of Sydney. West. Oate
Mayhew) left Sydney Feb. l. and bark Tamerlane of
n. b., FOrdham, on the sth, to cruise.
NAvAL.-U. S. sloop-of-war st. Marys. Com der
Harris remained at Auckland three weeks and sailed
the 10th of last month. She will cruise some time.
among the islands to the southwark and westward
and then proceed to ports in South America. The U.
s. flagship California will proceed to Panama from
Tahiti, which will be the headquarters Of Admiral
Winslow.
Nor HEARD FRON.-The German bark Charlotte,
Capt Steengrae, which left San Francisco in August
last and touched this port on the 29th en- route is
supposed to have been lost she has been heard
since leaving here Her cargo valued at SIS 600.
GUASo SHlPs.-German ship Terpsichore, Rissler,
arrived Hamburg Feb. 18th. $50 days from Bakers
Island. Am. ship Messenger, HILL arrived at Queens
town Feb. sth, ll6 days from Bakers Island.