The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-31
MARINE NOTES.

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Jauu4r-
We hear this m1ruiag that the sch julia Is safe =,
anchor below H0ucIpu. Hawaii
The u s1r-tkeIz and E1-arlJ arrived out On The 18th
Murray On the 10Th.
The Rosario cleared from san Francisco for Kahului
on the 10th inst with = cargo valued At s5i15i.
The bark Constitution. coal ladies'. sailed from
Nauaimo, Il q, for this port, on the 18th December
The LAZY Lampson. sailed from san Francisco on the
-lst inst for this port. with . cargo % general msr-
ehanlise valued At sls.G3- Must be a rather small
The shIp Thomas Dana arrived ia san Francisco on the
18th inst. having been the extraordinary time Of 81 days
occasioued b. repairing damages At Bio Janeiro.
seameH sre again scarce ia San Francisco, although
crews a. a rule seem 10 turn their backs on salt water
and look for employment on land
The frigate Constitution. old "irqnsidss" was anaily pu
York. on December ian
It ia rumored that = nsw line Of steamers. built by
tween sau Francisco and japan and China, calling at Vic
toria- Be, a. an intermediate port
Il has been Hscertained that the Jeanette did not
ba. been eEsmi1ed fr t5 IT, SaTth Of tho Islands and
the coast Of Siberia a. Tar A. North Cape. Arrange
ments are proposed for searching portions OF the arctic
mouth Of the Mackenzie River. Admiral Sir Richard
Arctic seas accessible FROM Bshring strait, thinks as the
Jeanette never reached wrang.l Land. there Is reason to
Enterprise. In August. 1870, to the northeast
Alt1e Atlantic steamers report eneountsring terrific
800 'LeAA-r tN faAy E4A "a lADt I.
Malta from Liverpool arrived At Boston, Mass, December
go ~ s, 81 coa5Sg fsS Sd NJ Ns .SsI y uni H s9Is
and aft. threw two men against the bulwErks, killing
and lad lis leg broken
The steam vhsIer Lurretis. Captain MeIIsn. sailed
lulu ON the ri q october in Isituds5I % 5 longitude
sc v in a gale lost all topmasts and toP-g.llHni mssts.
| sprung heads o. fore and main masts. on the Esd. loss
| jibboom and AL attached, three port boats and one dAyit.
| sasias, and after sissmins tour days. broke seesntHe
rod. and was Obliged toput away for home under sail,
4 rsvtn amin La gsw EaIfuuI ue-ernb~r. 9Th
A floating commsrcia exhibition Il being organized by
aL9ud"n hrm. lis proposed O. dispatch = steamer q
amps iBsI1IigS ssrteuRitgfsi maehihSSsgy. H. sample
! rooms.U or cabins. Will be let "a atEertain prices, accord
lag o their size; which will range from 61s feet % eEl2
feet. The trip Will last about y months. and the route -
LAID out a. folows FROM London direet 10 Cape Town.
/ Port Elizabeth, East L0udDl AMI Durham thence q
1 NirIaidr. MeIbourue. Launcestou. Hobart Town. sydney,
anil brisbane. Ere ? Australia the foI0wing New ,Ze9-
napier. " ellington. Lyttlrton aud Port Chalmers- Prom
west-coazt ports-Caila3 and Valparaiso. through the
straits % Magellan. O. BueuOs Ayres. AOntevtdeo. hiO
De Janeiro. Bahia. Psruambuco. and thence home.
ARussiau prison ship Is attracting considerable atten-
rtv-i In tbs Msr4ey a shart time ago Win a cargo OF
Odessa and ssbast0pol. there % take on board six hun
dred Russian criminals for siberia Por this purpose "a,
vessel has been especially htted mp FOE the conveyance
Of prisoners Her twesn-dseks contains a large space,
a number o. large cages. and the whole having somewhat
are aitsd 10 each % these cages. and through these food
- passed 10 the prisoners. and the aiding door Is then
store Of arms on board. which could be used in the event
% any organized attempt a. escape by the prisoners
The officers and crew number about 80 men
Comm0dorc Wilson. who has been on the Australian
station for some years Ia the Woiyerene. has been or
dered home. the ships term Of service having expired
and she viii be replaced by ths Nelson, one Of the hnes
ships In Her MaiestyfE navy. The Nelson ~ somewhat
larger than the IucOnstaut. which recently visited the
Australian ports. being T.JB tons burden. with engines
% 6OO0hOrss puEer. and carrying twelve heavy guns.
she j. $50 feet iu length aud 60 feet In beam. and u de
signed u cruise under sail or steam, or both combined
Only the central part u the ship. which Is isO feet Of
the whole length, - arm0red. the protection extending
from I'VE feet below the water line ~ the shOtprOO
main deck (Which g. four feet above ths waterl, and
taperiug from nine inches o. seven inches in thickness
An important popularity in the ships OF this type 4
that the stearfng-sear and tillers are well under water
below the arnor dcck, thereby securing an Efficient pro
lection % = vital part