The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-01-28

: mander, sailed from san franclsc'
for this port January l9. Sh'
may be expected at any moment.
The barkentine Planter sailet
from San Francisco, January 19
for this port with cargo OF gener
al merchandise valued at $11 ,222.
The R. P. Rithet took on 900
bags of sugar from the steamer
Kaala Saturday. The crew were sc
fatigued by the herculean task that
they left the flag flying all night.
All the stores from the Henri.
eta were taken to Morgan's auc-
ton room to be sold yesterday.
The little opium craft is now at
Allen & Robinson's wharf.
The J.'C. Pfuger, the U. S. S.
Bennington, the c. D. Bryant and
the Robert Levers were decorated
yesterday in honor of the birthday
of the Emperor of Germany.
The bark S. C. Allen sailed from
San Francisco for this port Janu-
airy 16 but returned on account of
the strong Sc gales and thick
weather. She sailed again the next
day.
1t is said that the line of sailing
vessels now running between Ka-
hului and San Francisco may even
tually be changed to line of
steamers with frst-class passenger
accommodations.
The purser and three seamen of
the Strathnevis who left the steam
er in a small boat and who were
believed to have been lost, reached
Destruction island safely and have
been sent to Tacoma.
The bark Martha Davis arrived
in San Francisco from this port
January II. She had a terrible
experience on the trip. Two hur-
ricanes caught her, her sails were
blown away, her galley washed
overheard, the rails smashed and
the cabins flooded repeatedly.
The steward was badly hurt.
A couple of years ago when
Captain Everett was mate of the
Kilauea Hou, he had the misfor-
tune to lose an anchor at Kukaiau.
Soon afterward he was made mate
of the Kinau and remained there
until a short time ago, when he
was made captain of the Kilauea
Hou and on his second trip he
picked up his lost anchor.
The bark Velocity, Martin mas
ter, arrived yesterday, 60 days
from Hongkong. The captain re-
ports very rough voyage. For
the week previous to arrival the
vessel experienced light southerly
winds, while off the islands very
large shark was caught. The
Velocity brought $50 tons of gen.
eral merchandise for Chinese firms
in the city.
The German bark J. C. Phuger
was towed into port yesterday
morning after long trip of ia days
from Liverpool. Gains and head
winds were the experience of the.
vessel throughout the voyage. She
brought cargo of 1900 tons of
general merchandise. The J. c.
Pfuger is at the Nuuanu street
wharf. Captain Wolter is confined
to his cabin through an attack of
rheumatism.
The steamship Australia arrived
in San Francisco the 18th, after a
very rough passage from Honolulu
The first few days she was out she
had very good werther, but on
January 9th ran into a westerly
gale, which lasted for sixteen hours.
She was tossed about pretty badly,
and one of her boats was swept
from the davits by an unusually
high sea. No other damage was
sustained, although the sea broke
over her decks badly at times.
The o. S. S. Australia arrived
last night 6 days and II hours
from San Francisco. Following is
the purser's report: Left San
Francisco, January 81 at 10 a. M;
experienced strong Sc winds for
the first "a hours, thence to port
strong SW gales and rough sea.
One of the Adstralia's boats was
carried away during the rough
weather on the trip. DR.. Soule
has resumed his old post as sur
geon of the Australia.
Eight large American ships have
been chartered to load sugar direct
from Honolulu to Philadelphia
and New York. Three of the
ships have the option of Philadel-
phia, the others going direct to
New York. Seven ships have been
loaded this year at the Hawaiian
Islands for ports on the Atlantic