The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04

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the Claudine from Kahului the
the steamship Kahului had not ar
rived from San Francisco.
The schooner Norma that has
been here for so long is waiting to
take lot of South Sea Islanders
back to their native homes.
The steam whaler Belvedere,
which has been off port for quite a
while, sailed on Saturday morning.
She will continue her whaling tour.
VALLEJO, Feb. 15-Except a
small marine growth around the
sea valves, the docking of the Mon
terey reveals hardly any foulness
On Ter bottom.
The steamer Pele left Makaweli
last Thursday night and did not
arrive here until Saturday after
noon. The long trip was due to
unfavorable weather.
It will take about ten clippers
the size of the Kenilworth to take
one-third of the Hawaiian sugar
crop round the Horn. The Charm
or ia the second of the fleet.
The bark w. H. Dimond, Nilsson
master, arrived yesterday after
noon, fourteen days from San Fran
cisco. Light winds and fair
weather were experienced all the
way. She brings $50 tons of gen.
eral merchandise.
The steamer Hawaii arrived on
Saturday afternoon from Hawaii.
She has been taking sugar from
Hamakua to Hilo for the vessels
sailing from that port to San
Francisco. She brought part of
the wreckage from the Kihalani.
HAvRE, Feb. 15-The British
ship Topaz, Captain Gray, at this
port from Savannah, reports that
when in latitude 40, longitude II
west, she sighted a vessel about
$50 feet long on fire. There was
no sign of life on board the burn
ing vessel.
The s. C. Allen, Thompson,
master, arrived yesterday morning
with four days later news. She
sailed from San Francisco on the
18th of February, struck favorable
weather and beat the G. d. Bryant
by about four days. A thousand
miles were covered in the last four
days.
Two crews of Siwash Indians
from the sealing schooner Mascot
created a great deal of excitement
on the wharves yesterday by an
impromptu canoe race. In each
boet were four men, and the two
crews were so evenly matched that
the winner came in about two feet
ahead.
BALTIMORE, Feb. ia private
Telegram states that a party of Bal
timore men have been shipwrecked
on an island off the coast of North
Carolina. The steamer was caught
In the severe storms and was
wrecked near the island. The pas
sengers took to the lifeboats and
reached land.
The American ship India, says
the San Francisco Call, is to be
converted into a coal hulk and
stationed at Panama. Her last
trip will be from here to Departure
bay for coal, and thence to Pana-
ma. The India was built at Bath,
Me-, in 1868, and was one of the
old Clipper ships.
The arrivals at San Francisco on
Feb. 18th included the brig Calico
from Tahiti with freight and pas
sengers, and the brig John D.
Spreckels with a cargo of sugar
from Kahului. The schooner
Allen G. got in from Mahukona,
and the steamer Kahului arrived
from the island Of Maui.
Tie bark G. D. Bryant, Jacob
sen master, arrived yesterday
morning, Is days from San Fran
cisco. Following is the captains
report: First eight days, heavy
gales from southeast and south
west; most Of the time under lower
topsaIls, with heavy sea running;
on February 25th struck the most
severe gale of the voyage; baron
eter read 1855 deg. for the highest;
lowest barometer was 60 81 deg,
and lowest thermometer 40 deg F.
Captain Jacobsen of the G.. D.
Bryant reports the reading of the
barometer on the 18th of February
as the highest ever noted by him
during his eight years in the Ha-
waiian trade. 1t was Sc So deg.
Since that time had moderate
northeast trades to port. The
Bryant brought two tourists and
about 300 tons of general merchan-
disc. She will haul in alongside