The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-02-12

A RrvNANT RrsraRrn-In March. 1878. two
canoes. with some co persons on board, undertook
10 20 from one island 30 another q ihc Gilbert
Group. bu. were blown % oat % sight at land.
They driiicd !or more than a month, 20 The west
wacd. and one canoe was loss vith an on board.
The canoe with 20 persons. sighted Ebon. Marshall
Group soon after which &C. vas broken up by The
sea. aud the people were ore by one eaten by
sharks faur only getting Go land on thr o~uiriggcr.
They were kindly cavyd los by he missionaries
and the people Of EbUu, aud returned 60 their
home by the Morning Star. during her last cruise.
NAvAL-His l. J. Majes,y's steam corvette Tsu-
ku6a, a training ship for cadets, arrived 10 port yes
terday noon, and anchored Of the esplanade. She
is last from San Francisco. which port she len Jan.
II. and has come down under sail. Her tonnage 10
1888; horse power 200; and carries II guns. Her
ships company consists Of % officers, Sc cadets. l6
marines. and Do seamen. The following are her
officers
CGpiaia-T. Y. Ito.
Commaaacr-J. Y. Fukumura
EngIish IRsirueiors-J. W. Austin. f. Yeo and
W. Woodward.
She leaves for Japan in about two weeks
THE CONCERT on Saturday evening last in aid OF
the Church among the cocoanuts. was. considering
the weather and the muddy condition Of the streets.
very well attended. aud the amount realized was
some $3.50. The programme was just the right
length for an affair Of the kind, and the perform
ance throughout was excellent. with the eNccp-
ton perhaps OF a slight hitch once or twice in the
singing OF the choir) The piano playing by Miss
Carrie Castle and DR.. Hoffman was artistic the
Prince appeared as we'll posted aud confident rs
an old stagcr. and gave proof of the possession OF
an admirable tenor voice while those Of Mrs. ka-
poll Kamakau and Mr. Keaweamahi were powerful
and well-modulated and very suggestive Of what
they might become under the instruction Of a
thorough master.
HURRICANE IN THE PACIFIc.-To the south Of the
line. semi-annually, at the season Of the change OF
the monsoons, (by which name the trades are
called in those latitudes) there occurs more or less
bad weather with heavy winds, that frequently are
worthy of the name of hurricanes In November
last one of these winds swept over the Micronesian
groups, extending down 10 Tonga and the Fills,
and doing much damage. At Apiang, a portion Of
the mission premises was destroyed. Al Jaluij the
mission church building was blown Hat the mem
bers Of the mission assembled for general meeting,
slept for two nights in the new church building,
not daring to remain in Mr.. Kapali's house, on
whose premises cocOanut. Is breadiruit and a
score OF %pandanus trees were uproOted by the
winds At the same place a Russian barkentine,
the Julie Retz, being loaded by Capelle & Co, was
driven on shore and became n wreck, with loss OF
a valuable cargo. Two small schooners, owned by
the above firm were lost at the same time and
place. AT Hiapiu. one of the Tonga Group, at
about the same time with the above, a hurricane
blew down nearly all the cocoanut trees on the
island, which is 4 serious loss to the people, who
gain their living by making copra. Two scbooners
and a cutter belonging TO King George went
ashore, and a large Russian ship was only saved
by cutting away her masts. In ONE Of the groups
much destitution will result from the destruction
OF bread-fruit and other trees. upon the fruit Of
which the people subsist.