The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-23
MEMORANDA.

REFoRr or MISSIONARY BRIs MoRSISo STAR, HALLETT,
MAsrER-saled from Honolulu July 81 for the MicrOne=ian
Ishanis, with Rev W p Alexander a. Delegate, and Rev J W
Kanoa and two children, as passengers, for Butartai. July
18Th touched at ArorAI, 10Th At Byron, 21si al Tamana, 2d
at Peru, 29th 81 Francis, 26Jh At Dummonds, 18th at Mono
TOOK on board Rev J ID AHA with his three ehiIren, Mr ID
Tekaanens and wifi, and Mr. Tulekea and wife, for Honolulu
and family ed arrived at Mnse, taking on board Rev 5 Hele-
maunA and wife for Ebon. Sept al arrived at Ebon landed
Rev 3 Helemauna and wife, and took in Rev d C Snow and
wife for Srongis Island Sept 5h arrived AZ NAmeTik 9Th
and, sSiP Emma c Jones" q New BedtoSd' Clifford. mas
Ger, u months out, with 500 bss oil. Sept 14Ih arrived at
Pouape on the 18Th took on board Mrs z T Doane for Homo
an arrived at Wellington and landed passengers; 5h at
MeAskhl and landed passengers 9th al strong's Island, tax
ing IN Rev B G Snow and wife for EbOu l4th at Namerik
16th at Ebon, landed passengers, and took in Rev 5 Helena
una and wife for Mile. Spoke bark q Benjamin Cummings"
Of New Bedford, Brown. master Oct 2Ith arrived At Mile
and landed Rev : Heiemauna and wife, and at ! p n set sail
for Honolulu, arriving Nov 18th At 5 Pm.
REPORT or wHGLISo BARK AHSoLDA. G. F. BAULnRY,
MAsrER-saTed from New Bedford 2d day CT January. Had
very heavy gales the first 5 days out, losing starboard boat
and davits, stove in the after part Of round house, and partly
filed the cabin with water. Touched at Cape Verde Islands,
drzEiy weather from SO, arriving OF there 50 days from
thence to the Arctic ocean had nne weather, arriving there
The 10Th day q July. lad in =. lawrence Bay with the
Cape Lisbon Saw no whales. Arrived of Icy Cape the 23d
Of July. Here the natives had just taken Z whale, but We
there was bat three OF the abandoned ships left We could
9Se sSOGs. P : Two Sosis and nd s en- tSsm Is FAR IS Ihe sy
could 20, thinking they might come up with the whales and
took our anchor and proceeded 10 miles further north, the ice
having worked 10 the nOrthward- TN the night Of the 2Tth
boats returned and reported no whales, they having gone as far
a. Point Beleher; There they found Capt smith Of the brig
-Urnnie," two boats from The bark Florence ard six OF
the bulls % the feet which was left in the Arctic last season,
being badly used up The natives had burnt the best part %
the neet- some o. which was smoking when Capt Smiths ar
rivet thers; The SonoSing are The names Of the ships that
let, taken by the bark Florence" not ashore aThomas
Dickason.r two miles further north. taken charge Of by Capt
smith, and b. ashore and bilged, water flowing in and out Of
her brig "koholA,n high and dry on the beach ship % Rain
water, taken charge % by bark - Florence - bark Emily
Morgan,l one mile north OF Point Belchsr, ashore and masts
gone, claimed By the q" Florence )" bark % Seneca three mikes
north Of Point BeiChcr, ashore, and taken charge Of By Cant
ships Shortly Afterwards took 4 gale from the Sw and NV
lee began 20 pack on shore again Anchored aud parted our
struck our first whale and lost him in the ice Saw several
other whales, but could not get % them on account Of the
heavy Ice The heet was nov here on the Sea Horse Islands.
some working 10 the " and some 10 the SW. Came 10 the
Zee 50 near the shore, the curreaf running al thc rate % four
90 i've miles per hour Cruised TO the southwark and west
Came back 70 the sea Horse Islands again, and found that
most Of Tie feet had gone % the northEard. Aug 25th spoke
bark "Arcic,D from Point Barrow, who reported the Ioss Of
the bark ~Roscoe,H being crushed in the ice and became n
sea Breeze which were both taken charge % again From
thfa time until the last Of Sept, saw but very few whales, and
they were very sny. mas Deen the hrm opinion OF inc old
est shipmasters that they have never kooEn the ice 10 lay in
such shape as this season. IL being Impossible % get on the
whaling ground, where No have got In Former seasons. Up TO
Oct 4th saw several whales. taking 81 mp 70 that time Oct
piece. which stove the ship, breaking OF seven timbers and
four ptenks- The ship now began TO M with wafer very fast.
Called Gr ASSISTANCE, ad the barks SEA Breeze" and
" Midas promptly came and helped U.s. Had II not been lr
their help. the ship would have been Oiled with water We
no1 cut away the broken timhers and got 20 the hak from the
inside WIZ blankets and oakun, We sueeeedein getting the