The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-03-27
The old Sea Kings.

The following "reminiscences Of many Of n,
old whaleships that have anchored within on
harbOr in former years, is furnished by Mr. f. c
Sanford, resident Of Nantucket, which We con,
from the New Bedford Saadrrd as they viii
prove interesting to many here who may hav,
been associated or can recall incidents connected
with many OF tie ships mentioned
I Many Of these old ships. the writer saws. which
went TO California on the discovery of gold there
and were converted into piers and dwellings. and
/ some brckeu up and sold tor fre-wood. hsd his
I tory worthy OF remembrance. There were some
Of the London, Liverpool and French liners. com.
P'isins the famous New York and Havre pack.
cts, the renowned China ships and hundreds Of
others, smaller, but OF equal interest that were
taken from the whale fishery. as well as many o.
less note. Among them was the Cadmus, in
which the patriot lafayette came to this country.
and the Utica, Francis de Pau. Alhambra. Silas
Richards, Splendid Superior, Rome. lof Salem)
Byron, Robin Hood, Charles Carroll. General
jackson, and Balance, the two latter being ships
taken in the war Of 1914 by James DeWolfe's
privateer the True-Blooded Yankee They were
built in Calcutta, OF teak-wood, and the Balance
had the same masts which were put into her when
she was built almost a ceutury-niuetv wears
before. She was named the Balance after De
Wolfe captured her. to balance ship lost by
him short time before, which had been taken bv
British cruiser
Ihara .r Ill III
and American. The celebrated Lady Amherst.
an English whaler of great repute, belonging to
Samuel Enderbury i Sons, Of London, which. in
SIX consecutive voyages, with an average Of thir-
ty-four months to each. obtained 10000 barrels
Of sperm oil catch never equalled by any ship
from our own ports.
Among the New England whalers was the ship
Equator. which had peculiar interest for the
writer Of this article, for it was in this ship and
through her intelligent commander that we were
introduced TO the missionaries at the Sandwich
Islands in 1894, These were the FIRST missioua.
ries who went to those islands, having been land
ed there in the spring Of the previous year BY
Capt. Reuben Clasby, then in the ship Thames.
OF New Haven, Conn.
It was at this time we saw Boston Bow then
only just out Of his teens and 10 command Of
Mr.. Thomas H. Perkins splendid Boston clipper
Nile, on his way from China to Peru with a car
90 Of silks teas. aud fraukinceuse. seeking mar
ket first among the Peruvians aud again back to
the Celestials There were also the Mayiower,
Olympia, Martha, IA London packet from Nan
tueket in 1909 Elizabeth Starbuek. franklin,
Japan, Mount Vernon, Montana, Ia French pack
ct from New York in 1924 Henry Astor. lone
Of Mr.. John jacob Astor's famed Northwest fur
traders to China early in this century, Hiberuia,
Ellen Brooks, Deucaliou Ontario and York. Of
the Liverpool packets. Thos. Bennett OF Charles
ton, s c. Ann MeEim, the Baltimore clipper. /
Architect and Grey Eagle. Of the sane port. The I
Inez, hutusod and Stegiitz, formerly traders be- I
tween Boston and ST. Petersburg. Also, the 1
Hemnon. Kensingtou, Windsor Fay and Mantle. +
he latter formerly New York and China ira
Ter belonging to Goodbue Il Col was moved up
q the center Of the city and for long time was
famous hotel the Minerva. George and Mar
ha. Aurora, Nile Olive Branch. Friendship. be
onging TO Salem when she was cut of by the Ma
iys for which our government sent out the frigate
potomac in 1882, under Commodore Downes. to
hastise the nativesl Saratoga, Pantheon, Ann
larry, Gold Hunter, John Adams, Rose Row
IA Clematis Columbus Isaac Hicks, for years
Liverpool packet under Capt Josiah Macy, now
retired New York merchant aud 10 Bis s7th
ear Mentor, Morrison, lbuilt BY Stephen Girard
Philadelphia. and for many years engaged in
le tea trade from that port, bat more recently
le property Of SPofford & 1Iles,ou. New York
-ml Lawrens, ST. Lawrence, Sabine, Plymouth.
alladium. lone Of Th0fudike's Boston shipsl and
ores Of others that we're thrown aside, the rage
r the pursuit of gold being 50 great that every
ing else was deemed worthless.
In the stone blockade" of Charleston, 5. C.. {
1862. feet Of ships were sunk that had for |
srly been employed in the whaling business. and 7
evious to that many Of them had been 10 the
lropean and China trade from the various com
sreial eenters Of our country. Among these t
ere the Garland, Maria Theresa, Harvest, Ken 4
lgton, Potomac, Leonidas, Amazon, Cossack, :
1urer, Francis Henrietta, L c. Richmond. Ar /
er, South America Originally one Of the "a 6
ous -blaek-baIl packets between New York q
! Liverpool, and when transferred to the wba- ],
z business from New Bedford. was noted for :
king several very successful voyages in sucees- n
u, and seldom equalied By any other vessel 0
N the sane port, her last voyage being com s
ted 90 her return from the Pacific in 1889 A
i0eeca Simms formerly in the China trade ii
n Philadelphia when owned By the Quaker al
rchant Woodruff Simms, Of that city and Iast- Il
the Herald, almost eentary old and once the v
de Of Boston IN addition to these. q number b
re destroyed By Confederate pHvateers. and p
ong them vas the Alert once the property Of tc
Tant and Sturgis Of Boston. and for some time "a
the California hide trade commanded by Capt. P
r. Faueon, when joined at san Diego By the
lknoEn Da1a Who has since favored Is With =
Sc graphic descriptions Of ssaife from the fore =
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CHICAGO has fTe theatres and minstrel halls 10 %
blast, and the papers jgbilautIy announce that Or
Of the theatres took IN over 5000 last hi