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. mi mif 'Ant. ' 1 1 i 1 1: 3 i If! Ml It I '! ': i r v - ? 'Ill 'I - 5 ly-.-t; "I . - J- ! . I ii I coxvxi&xmciAx.. THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 1S57. . The arrival of the Frances Palmer on Friday gave a little Impetus to trade, but the transactions have been light, and con fined principally to staples ; the continuation of rainy weather places a damper on business. The Palmer brought a fair freight, of which flour and bread formed the greater part. Our quotations this week are necessarily limited, and we find that with one or two exceptions there is literaly no enquiry for any description of goods. FLOUR Sales of 400 qr. sacks California, ex Palmer, at $14 per 400 lb. The mill is at a stand-still, awaiting the arrival of wheat from Maui ; the supply in Honolulu is entirely exhausted. Bit E AD Sales of about 8000 lb3 navy, ex Palmer, at 8 cts. LUMBER The demand for building purposes, and for sheath ing of vessels has been larger than is usual, at thi3 season, and the stock is greatly reduced. Three cargoes are expected to arrive within 45 days, which will furnish a large supply. SHINGLES Fair supply ; jobbing at $7 (a) $8. OATS In demand ; none in first hands. Sales of straw at 1 cts per lb. CANDLES Sales of Adamantine at 32c S 33c. DRY GOODS English brown sheetings sold at SJc ; "Amos keag" at Qc per yard ; two pink prints at lOe (a) 14c. DOMESTIC J'RODUCTS l'otatoes, both sweet and Irish, butter, egg, &c, &c, have been very scarce at the market the past few weeks, owing to the heavy storms. At the present writing, there is not a pound of island butter to be had. SUGARS Stock in hand is quite light ; no change in price noted. FOREIGN MARKETS. San Fkaxcisco, Tuesday, Dec. GO FLOUR Jobbing sales of 200 qr sks Fowler's self-raising $'J 50 ; 470 do do domestic $7 50 to $8 50. BARLEY A sale of 200 sks choice, 22c. ruTATOES 370 sks sold ia lots at 2J ; 200 do in jobbing lots, 2i to 2k ; 2:50 do inferior, 2i. CORN 150 sks sold at S2 0Gc. BUTTER 20 fkns choice, 35c ; 50 do do, 33c. RICE 020 mats recleaned Manila and Calcutta, sold in three lot, 7c. SUGAR Auction sales of 300 mats Sandwich Islands, 7e ; 50 bbls crushed, 10c. DRIED Al'i'LES 45 hfbbls sliced choice, 16c; 167 do do 12G)V2lc CANDLES 100 bxs Seecomb & Dennis, at auction, 24ic. NAILS 100 keus sold at $4 07J.c. TURPENTINE A sale of 150 cs at $1 gallon. CIDER 50 cs Carbonite Champagne, 4 50. CIGARS Auction sales of 500,000 Havana, at from $25 to $50.-5. F. Bulletin. .LATEST DATES, received at thi Oilier. San Francisco - - Panama, N. G. - New York - - - London - - - - - Jan. 2 - Dec. 15 " 5 - Nov. IS Paris - - - Hongkong - - Sydney, N. S. W. Tahiti - - - - Nov. 16 - Sep. 23 - Oct. 15 - Jan. 2 Ship Mails. For Sax Fkancisco. The ship Post, now repairing, will pro bably be the first vessel for San Francisco, to sail about Feb. 10. For Tahiti, per Hero, first fair wind. For Laiiaixa, per Maria to-day. For Sydsev, per Hero, first fair wind. For Kacai, per Excel, to-day or to-morrow. For IIilo, per Kamamalu, Friday. PORT OP HONOLULU, H. I. ARRIVALS. (For full reports of Whalers see Shipping List on ith jiagc.) Jan. 30 French corvette Eurydice, M. MvPichon, 22 days from from Tahiti. 30 Am. bark Frances Falmer, Green, 25 days from San Francisco, with merchandise to Williams & Co. 30 Haw bgt John Punlap, Dudoit, 11 ds fm Hilo. 30 Sch Maria, Molteno, fm Kawaihae. 31 u Mary, Bcriill. fm Kawaihae. Feb. 1 Am wh sh South Bostou, Randolph, arrived in the off ing from Kawaihae, and sails again to-day to cruise. 1 Sch Kamamalu, 5 ds fm Hilo. 1 " Excel, Antonio, fm Kauai. K:nnii- Pliad wiclc. Ilfi lionrs fm Tallin in. 1. DEPARTURES. Jan. GO Sch Kamoi, Chadwick, for Lahaina. 31 " Rialto, Taber, for Kauai. 31 Am wh bk Ocean, Norton, f r "Warren via Tahiti. 31 Sch John Young, Hall, for Kauai. Feb. 1 II. B. M.'s ship llavaimah, Harvey, for Valparaiso. 3 French corvette Embuscade, Gizolme, for San Francisco. MEMORANDA. O" From Lahaina, we hear of the arrival, Jan. 30, of the Am wh sh Brutus, Henry, of Warren, It. I., 4 months out, clean. The French corvette Eurydice, 22 daj-s from Tahiti, reports definite advices of the bark Gambia, so long looked for at this port. A trading packet arrived at Tahiti from Sydney, states that the Gambia had put into Sydney for repairs during Nov. that she had discharged her cargo, completed her repairs, taken in her cargo again, and lay in the harbor ready to sail for Ta hiti in a day or two. Her repairs had amounted to $5000, which had been raised on bottomry. She will be due here about March 1st. She had not been to New Caledonia, as erroneously re ported. From IIilo, we learn that two whalers were in that port the barkerlice, Lester, and Phillip 1st, Sisson, both taking in supplies preparatory to a cruise to the North. Captain Bcrrill, of sch Mary, reports : wh sh General Wil liams arrived at Kawaihae on the 24th January. South Bos ton arrived on the 26th of Jan. Sch Mary and South Boston lay at anchor in the bay during the blow. Sch Manuokawai left Kawaihae on Tuesday, the 27th, for IIilo.' VESSELS IX PORT. FEB. 4. II. I. M.'s corvette EurydiceM. M. Fichon. Brem. ship Post, Weigard, repairing. Chilean brig Escape, Gasso, repairing. Am clipper ship Aspasia, Green, waiting cargo oil. Hamburg brig Hero, Mueller, taking cargo. Am. bark Frances Palmer, Green, refitting. WHALERS. Ship Benjamin Tucker, Barber. Montpeiier, Macomber. Barks, George, (condemned) Delta, Dubay, " Brig Frince de Joinville, Oahu, Molde, fitting out. Barks, Harmony, Bumpus. , Italy, Babcock, fitt. out. Coasters in Port. Srh Kamoi, Chadwick, soon for Maui. " Alice, Rye, repairing. " Maria, Molteno, soon for Maui. " Mary, Beriiil, soon for Fanning's Island. " Kamamalu, for Hilo. fc Kamchameha IV, Guli;k,for Kohala. 41 Excel, Antonio, for Kauai. Brig John Dunlap, Dudoit, for Kona, llawaii. JOT Most of the alxve have been detained by the rainy weather for several days. Vessels Expected from Foreign Ports. American ship Raduga left Boston Nov. 10, with cargo mdze. for Honolulu, to C. Brewer due March 10. Bremen brig Kauai sailed from Bremen Oct. 8, with cargo of merchandise to Honschlaeger & Stapenhorst. Br. bk Gambia, from London via Tahiti, sailed April 6. Last reported at Sydney. Due here via Tahiti, March 15. American bark Yankee, Smith, will leave San Francisco for Honolulu about Feb. 6 due about 2"2d. American clipper brigantine Morning Star sailed from Boston for Honolulu about Dec. 2, with merchandise for the American Mission due April 15. A vessel is expected daily from Vancouver's Island ; and also one from Columbia River, but we do not learn their names. A fine clipper ship, building it Liverpool, called the Kameha mcha, had been chartered for Honolulu. She would sail during the Spring, consigned to R. C. J anion. PASSE N'GERS. From Sas Francisco per Frances Talmer Mr. Cornell, lady and 5 children, E. Burgess, J. Louzada, II. E. Robinson, Dr. Houghton, Mi Huson and lady, Rev. E. W. Clark an.l lady, Mr. Schwartz, C. Wiltz, Mrs. 11. E. Hutchinson, L. Andrews, L. Severance, S. Moores, Miss Mary Thurston. For Tahiti per Ocean Count Von Medom. IMPORTS. From San Francisco per Frances Palmer : 46 pkgs, 2 baps. 142 cases. 1 box. 72 bbls. bbl and 26 chests merchandise ; 50 cases peaches, 113 bbls beef, IS kegs brandy, 100 cs bread, 400 qr. sacks flour, 1 horse, 26 bags oats, 1 waggon,! pkg and 1 bag specie. . C03I3IERCML STATISTICS, Snowiso thb Imposts, Expobts, Dcties ajtd Cosurescfi of THE SAXDWICH I3LA5D3, FOB THE TEAR 1856, WTTH COMPAR ISONS of Former Year3, compiled trom Official Sources. Value of Goods Imported United States, Atlantic side, -United States, Pacific side, - - -Great Britain, - Vancouver's Island, - - -Australia, ------ Bremen, -------- Hamburg, - - France, - - - Society Islands, - Philippine Islands, - - - Ladrone Islands, - - - Sea, -------- IMPORTED FREE OF DUTY BY Missions, $18,263 2S Returned Cargoes, - - -Whalers, - - - - -Fire Department Engine, &c, -Charitable and Religious Societies, Diplomatic Agents, - - -Agriculturists, - - -Hawaiian Steam Navigation Co., GOODS AND SPIRITS BONDED, FROM United States, Atlantic side, - $42,404 14 from - $241,133 99 - 248,820 66 238,467 65 '- 11,771 54 6,7S0 57 - 70,472 83 29,600 24 - 24,223 91 10,654 71 - 21,094 3S 176 00 - 19,083 75 $922,930 23 11,503 54 11,353 36 3,014 75 2,479 41 2,063 72 1,566 SO 265 39 50,530 25 United States, Pacific side, Sea, - - Great Britain, - - - - -Bremen, Hamburg, - - - -Tahiti, Fanning's Island, -Philippine Islands, - - . Withdrawn from Bond for consump tion, - $42,004 95 KRKK. Imports at Lahaina, - $9,538 35 Hilo, - - 3,977 05 44 Kawaihae, 452 97 44 Koloa, - - - - 42,342 33 22,S92 24 21,815 40 6,115 44 5,1 S6 S3 1,606 1,951 695 00 75 00 145,159 24 DUTIABLE. $16,727 39 1,893 71 203 75 $13,963 37 $18,834 85 32,S03 22 Totnl Imports, 1856, ' 1855, 1854, 1853, 1852, Custom House Recei 44 ii it ii $1,151,412 99 1,306,355 89 1,396,786 24 - 1,281,951 18 759,868 54 ptn for 1856. Import Duties on Goods entered at 44 44 44 Spirits, 44 44 44 Bonded Goods, Transit Duties, - 44 44 Bonded Goods, 44 Spirits, Samples, Buoys, Hulk dues, Storage, Interest, - - -Passports, Fines and Forfeitures, Registry, Coasting Licenses, Fees and Perquisites, Stamps, Lights, HOXOLCLC. $41,501 92 57,878 OS 1,984 73 - 364 33 818 72 - 394 08 79 00 - 490 00 150 00 - 3,714 38 1,557 23 - 273 00 147 92 - 200 83 799 00 (f 00 3,249 00 LAHAINA. 836 23 6,841 14 123 54 30 82 8 23 69 59 974 00 126 00 Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo, Kawaihae, Kealakekua, AVaimea, Koloa, $113,614 22 Total Customs Receipts. 1850. - $113,614 22 9,009 55 412 28 50 00 1 80 - S3 90 $9,009 55 1855. $149,250 57 8,677 38 27S 91 154 74 33 30 11 00 6 00 . $123,171 75 $158,411 90 Value of Exports Value of Foreign Goods exported, - - $204,545 88 Value Domestic Products exported, - $155,443 34 Value Domestic products furnished as supplies, 223,550 00 378,993 34 Total Exports, a a a a tt a 185G, 1855, 1854, 1853, 1852, Domestic Exports from Syrup, 9,847 gals Sugar, 554,805 lbs Molasses, 48,955 gala Coffee, 63,532 lbs Arrowroot, 9,325 lbs Flour, 327 bbl3 Fungus, 370 bales Wool, 67 bales Irish Potatoes, 189 bbls Sweet Potatoes, 1,690 bbls. Sundries, 87 pkgs Grapes, 31 kegs, 3 bbls Plants, 25 pkgs Squashes, 2,526 Corn, 200 bags Bananas. 93 bunches Value of Domestic Produce exported, Also, productions of Hawaiian whalers and trading vessels, 6,297 gallons sperm oil, 148,671 gallons whale oil, 64,915 lbs whale bone, 22,863 lbs wal rus teeth, 14 packages furs. Value, at Custom House rates sperm oil, $1 gallon: whale oil, 40 cents gallon; whale bone, 25 cents lbj walrus teeth, 10 cents lb, - - - - $583,544 22 572,601 49 585,122 67 472,996 83 - 638,395 29 Honolulu, for 185G. Pulu, 4,129 bales Salt, 4,692 bbls Limes, 22,000 Beef, 173 bbls , Pork, 12 bbls Ship Bread, 13,716 lbs Hides, 5,358 Goat Skins, 70,914 Tallow, 226 bbls Kukul Oil, 2 bbls Wheat, 296 bags Melons, 6,823 Oranges, 175,000 Coceanuts, 1,233 Pineapples, 1,290 $155,443 34 87,280 45 Value of Domestic Exports from Honolulu, - $242,728 79 Furnished as supplies to 122 whalers, at an av erage of $875 each, ------ 106,750 00 Furnished us supplies to 84 merchJIitnien, at $200 each, - -- -- -- - 16,800 00 Furnished as supplies to 15 nation al vessels, at - $1,000 each, ------- 15,000 00 All other ports, all vessels, cargoes and supplies estimated at------ - 85,000 00 Total value of exports and supplies for 1856, $466,273 79 EXPORTS. xVi- r oopv If T rpr OfP!in 1 pk hirlp. 1.717 fhS tal low, 1,495 gals cocoanut oil, Melchers & Co. ; 3,806 gals sp oil, . r - j t -I CIO IV.-. on 11.1., ol,.K Kl- Tfralir Ofirt gals wh oil, 8,990 lbs bone, Hoogly 25,514 gals wh oil, sh Ben. rr . . . xuc&er. , . MARRIED. - In Honolulu, Saturday evening,Jan. 31, by Rev. J. D. Strong, Aiampsnirc At the Edwards Church, "Northampton, Mass., by the Rev -I TToll a Pot KlRluRlir.niu innr flvimof ia Slnil vtoruou mui, .... , j yv.. .... . wich Islands), to Miss Miserva Clarissa Brewster, of JTorth impton, daughter of Jlr. Jonathan Brwster, of that place. Oil and Whalebone Transhipped during the Year 185G. STRING SEASON HONOLULU.' Bound to the United States : SPERM OIL. WHALE OIL. VHALEUOXB. 3,094 gal3. 340,142 gals. 17,648 lbs. Bound to Havre : 600 gals. FALL Bound to the United States : SPERM OIL. WHALE OIL. 49,622 gal3. 971,611 gals. LAHAINA. 67,978 gals. 294,440 gals. 3S4,666 lbs. Total. Sperm oil, 121,294 gals.; whale oil, 1,641,579 gals.; bone, 1,074,942 lbs. Vessels of Wan TUB NCMDER OF DIFFERENT VESSELS ONLY 13 REPORTED. 35,400 gals. 16,000 lbs. SEASON HONOLULU. WnALEBOSE. 656,645 lbs. AMERICAN. BRITISH. FRENCH. OTHER TEAR. NATION'S. No. Guns. No. Guns. No. : Guns. No. Guns. 1856, - - 3 96 3 137 3 94 - 1855, - - 1 16 8 256 4 , 156 1 - 1854, - - 4 50 5 143 5 168 2 84 Foreign Merchant Trade. GIVING THE SCMBER OF MERCHANT VESSELS AND TONNAGE ENTERED DURING 1856, '55 AND '54. OS H AMERICAN. BRITISH. 1S56, No 80 Tons No 31,0001 19 1S55,'129 44,965 8 185 t,1102l 33,442' 17 Tons HAWAIIAN. OTHER NATIONS. TOTAL. No 4,619' 9 2,178 8 Tons No Tons 832 15 5752 No 123 Tons 42,213 191a! Ii' 020l!l' HI 'Jfll 4,788 1 10 23471 19 1 6963 125 j 47,288 Whalins Vessels at the Port of th Hawai- - ' . - - ' . L d nu iHiauas (Hiring tut? ji mr x o uu. HONOLtTX. 'Inside Outside I I American, - - 110 27 Bremen, - - 2 French, - - '5 .1 Hawaiian, - - 4 Russian, - 1 Totals, - 122 2S is a 2 1 c is ss & " O 119 34 43 116 350 2 9 4 1 121 34 44' 116 366 Spirits taken out of Bond or Consumption - I -a arz. S6 a B O H o o W CO w es tn r: a 3 5 3 H g T. g HONOLCLC. 1st Quarter, 2d 3d 4th V " LAHAINA. 1st Quarter, 2d " 3d " 4th " GLS GLS GLS GLSiGLS GLS i GLS , GLS GLS I GLS 10. 453!l252 277i 12: 367,1011 125. 350 1041 901 938 2730; 199 145 100 60 302, 340; 111 14U 27 -71! 379! 71 19, 9 666 70 366 70 448; 811 237' 2103 60 6 40 103 TtaU?, 237,2092 6034. 237 93 55! 533 123; 230 $911896 24 8: 70121314' 230, 8151933 15 23! 27 42 .35; 197 j 6S 24 380, 105 11 103 492j 4941 110 THE PAOiriO Commercial Advertiser, TH UBSDA r, FEBR VARY 5. Porta ot the Sandwich Island. Xo. 3. Honolulu Harbor, or Fairhaven as it was first called, is situated on the leeward side of the Island of Oahu, in latitude 21 18' 23" "North and 157 48' 45'' West longitude. It was discovered and surveyed in 1704 by Capt. Brown of the English ship Butter- icorth, a north-west trader, and was first entered by the schooner Jackall, tender to the Butterworth, on the 1st day of January, 1795. The year in which our harbor was first entered is among the most noted of its history. Capt. Brown the discoverer, together with Capt. Gardner of the Prince Le Boo were mur dered by native pirates. The vessels were captured and taken out of the harbor round to Waikiki roads, which, till then, was the principal anchorage for ves sels visiting Oahu, but were both retaken again by the seamen belonging to them. Kalanikapule, the King of Oahu, was one of the actors in this tragedy, and that too in the murder of his ally, who was prin cipally instrumental in defeating Keao at Kalauao, a filibustering chief from the Island of Ka.iai, who was bent upon subduing Oahu to vassalage. Capt. Brown, on return from his war expedition, fired a salute in honor of the victory ; a wad from one of his guns entered the cabin window of the American sloop Lady lVaskingl07i, and killed Capt. Kendrick. His interment, under the English burial service, is noted as the first at the Islands accompanied with Christian rites. The ceremony was deemed by the natives then as a solemn sorcery. The grave was rifled the same night lor the sake of the winding sheet. We give this piece of history as a notable starting point or " fixed monument," as the professionals say, in our survey of the harbor. It serves, too, in distinguishing rather vividly, the difference between the antagonism of civilization and savagery sixty-two years ago and the polka reunions of the races at the present day. The harbor is a deep basin in the coral reef, through which the fresh water from the Nuuanu stream reaches the sea, capable of accommodating one hundred and eighty vessels in its present almost unimproved state. The depth of water varies from four to six and a balf fathoms. The bottom is deep, stiff mud the best of holding ground. Ves sels at anchor in the harbor are perfectly secure at all seasons of the year. In the strongest southerly gales when the wind is directly in from the sea the harbor is well protected by the reef outside of it. About one-third of the basin or harbor proper, at the north end, is filled with mud a depositc from the Nuuanu Valley stream. This can be converted at pleasure into a harbor for ships by dredging. The channel, which includes the outer harbor, is about one mile in length, narrow and rather tortuous. It3 sides are bold coral reefs and susceptible, when the wants of commerce demand it, of being converted into wharf fronts the entire length on both sides to the bar, making thereby a harbor of the present channel, which, under the mooring system, could be made to accommodate a number of vessels, little sus pected by persons unacquainted with the real size of the basm and channel. The depth of water on the bar is twenty-one and a half feet at low tide, which rises and falls throughout our group about two feet. The bottom is sand and about one hundred yards in width, and can be deepened with small expense, under competent direction, so as to admit the largest vessels afloat. The shape of the harbor and channel is such as to offer as much wharf facilities as any harbor of its area in the world. The reefs on both sides are easy of improvement and with extent enough of themselves for a first class city. There are five good wharves, at which vessels of 1500 tons can discharge or take in cargo. These wharves furnish about six hundred feet wharfage front. The government are' now constructing new piers, and it is probable that, before the end of twelve months, one thousand feet of additional whar fage will be ready for use. This port is so easy of access, that any sailing directions for it are almost superfluous. The trade wind blows over the islands about nine months of the year, from March to November ; during the winter months the South and West winds prevail, And bring usually a great quantity of rain. These months are generally stormy, arid during them it is unsafe to anch or in the roads. Most of the marine disasters occur ring about the islands are in December, January and February. When the trade wind prevails vessels should approach the islands and run along to the north'ard of Hawaii, Maui and Molokai, . distant from the land say fifteen or twenty miles, and passing through the channel between Molokai and Oahu, which is about eighteen miles in width, run along the shore from Coco Head (the most eastern point of -Oahu) to Diamond Head, keeping the shore two or three miles distant. The reefs extend only about half a mile from the shore between these headlands. Diamond Head is about four miles dis tant from the anchorage. Vessels wishing a pilot should hoist the usual pilot signal at the fore as soon as the town and shipping come in sight. Skillful pilots are always in readiness, and the port is provided with a steam tug, adapted to towing vessels in and out the harbor. Her service is generally needed when the trade wind is fresh. Vessels not wishing a pilot, can pass Diamond Head about one mile distant from the shore, and head for the entrance of the harbor. The anchorage is indicated by a white iron buoy in twelve fathoms, and ships not wishing to enter the harbor can anchor anywhere near the above buoy and outside the " sp'ar buoy" at the entrance of the channel. The trade wind always blows off shore. The site of Honolulu is good, rising gradually from the sea to an elevation of about twenty feet. The ground is volcanic soil, .with a coral rock basis the very best foundation.for building. The surrounding scenery, as oft told, is made up of everlasting green mountains and valiies. The immediate vicinity is diversified with hill and plain, susceptible of much adornment, as running water is abundant and can be led to all parts. Much has alreadybeen done to beautify the environs of our town in the shape of cottages and trees, but it is only the beginning of what we shall see. The scenery of this island is picturesque, it is well watered, salubrious and fertile throughout, and its topography such that a railroad may be constructed around it at a moderate expense, and doubtless will be whenever it will pay. Its productions are various, mostly tropical fruits, vegetables and poultry; to supply the residents and shipping in port. Grazing is carried on largely and at a profit, and is the chief business of this island in the agricultural line. Being the center of Hawaiian commerce, it draws its supplies mainly from the other islands for consumption and shipping to foreign ports. A large fleet cf coasters of every description, from the nonpariel clipper, schooner to the sand barge,' arc employed in this trade, leaving daily for and return ing from the other islands. One or more steamers adapted to the trade, and running regularly and permanently between the islands, is' yet a desid eratum. e town of Honolulu and shipping in port are undantly supplied with good water, brought down in iron pipes from exhaustless sources near the mountains. 2000 barrels of domestic salt beef, about G00O barrels of domestic flour, equal to any imported, as well as large quantities of firewood, potatoes, pumpkins, vegetables and fruits of all kinds are annually furnished at this port to merchant and whale ships. Native as well as foreign seamen can be obtained at this port at short notice for voyages to any part of the world; wages average about fifteen dollars per month for merchant service, and a hundred-and-fortieth lay for the whaling service. The average value of imports at Honolulu for the last few years considerably exceed a million of dollars, coming from every quarter of the commercial world.' This port seems to be a focus at which the commerce from every point of the compass in the Pacific con centrates. Its geographical position in relation to the old and new world tends unavoidably to make it such. Tho population of Honolulu is somewhat fluctua ting ; during the fall and winter season it is as high as 10,000 or 12,000, caused by the influx of seamen and also natives from the other islands of the group. At other seasons of the year it may be as low as 7,000 to 8,000. - There are four ship chandlery stores, about twenty importing houses, and from fifty to sixty re tail stores, twelvs hotels, nine or ten physicians, and five printing offices. There are six church edifices, some of them very substantial specimens of archi tecture, and capable of accommodating each from 300 to 3,000 persons. The schools are numerous, both for the native and foreign children, and it is generally thought, by those most capable of judging, that the advantages afforded in Honolulu for a thor ough education are equal to those of New England, exceptingonly her universities and colleges. Aside from these elements of material prosperity, there are gathered together in Honolulu many facili ties for real intellectual and social enjoyments ; also many other diversions, said to be enjoyments, which are not so intellectual. We have a college of physi cians, an incorporated college for students, delight fully located at Punahou ; our postal arrange-1 ments with the old world are complete and corres pondence is carried on with all parts of the world regularly and without confusion. Under the patronizing spirit of our treaties with some foreign nations, we are forced to offer many amusements and attractions to visitors which are more facinating than healthy. There are three weekly and two monthly journals printed here in both the Hawaiian and English lan guages. They are conducted with more or less ability, with. a high or low moral tone, according to the editorial caliber and the intellectual and moral wants of their respective supporters. We avoid drawing comparisons between this har bor and any of the other harbors of the Hawaiian group. Commerce, with its true instincts, always alights upon the best and converts it into a metrop olis. . This harbor is an exemplification of the asser tion not to be disputed by those interested in the prosperity of the kingdom, and we think it would be well for all to lend their good will to make it the center of that wide commerce for which it is so favora bly situated and thereby benefit themselves in a wise way. Before closing our remarks on the harbor of Hono lulu, perhaps we ought to allude to its wants. A LiGiiT-nousE ought to be erected forthwith at the en trance of the harbor. The necessities of our com merce demand this improvement. The fearful dis asters and losses near and at the mouth of the harbor for the last few years, and all for the want of one, call loudly for such a safeguard. Aside from the losses which it would be the means of preventing, it would be the greatest accommodation to vessels in enabling them to come in and go out at all times, night or day. Thus saving ' time, which is money," or will be as the star of empire" approaches our meridian. We believe a proper light-house might be built by private parties, and that ships visiting this port would consent willingly to be taxed here as well as elsewhere, for this kind of insurance or safeguard; and that the amount of tax so levied would be nearly or quite sufficient to induce private parties to erect one without delay. But a want much more felt is a marine railway for repairing ship. We are surprised that no attempt to construct a railway has ever been carried out here. The statistics which we publish to-day show the arri val of a large number of vessels, one-fifth of which come into this port for repairs. The present mode of repairing vessels is very expensive," while the repair ing of the hull of large steamers at this port is almost impracticable at present. We are assured that the cost of a substantial railway for the present wants of our commerce will not exceed $25,000. And it would be a fortune to'any person or company who undertook it with practical knowledge of the subject. But the length to which our article has run compels as to stop here. We shall however recur to the subject and furnish some figures to show the necessity of a railway. NOTES OF THE WEEK. Etat Major of the French Corvette Eurydice.- M. M. Pichon, Capitaine de Vaisseau, Commander. Riccardi, Chaplain. Pouthier, Lieutenant. Behic, " Delafolly de Lorcy, Enseigne. Brou, " Petit, Purser. Dumas, 1st Surgeon. De Itasilly, Aspirant. Manescau, Taillefer, Lamarque, Godin, Narcy, 2d Surgeon. W "We regret to learn that our worthy seamen's Chaplain, Rev. S. C. Damon, received an attack of paralysis, on Saturday. The stroke was light, extend ing no farther than the head. It was brought on by unusual mental and physical exertion during the past few months. Physicians have advised him to relinquish his duties for a few weeks, and it is proba bleiie will spend a while on onef the other islands. SnlT The new brigantine Morning Star, Capt. Moore, sailed from Boston Monday Dec. 2nd. Passen gers, Rev. H. Bingham, jr., and lady, bound to Mi cronesia, and Mrs. Jackson Cthe lady of our worthy Post Master) for this place. The vessel is a fine model, built of best materials in the most substantial manner Mr. Gordon writes to Messrs. Castle & Cooke, un der date of Dec. 4th : " I learn this morning that the jar came to anchor yesterday in a snow storm off vVA- " j "uuoiaser From here she is expected in gale. She is now considered safe from danger, f' Cantain is instructed to proceed without sw- A - wumin- Honolulu. Micronesia via the Marquesas. No. 2. At the Annual Meeting of Mechanic Enc; Co. No. 2, held on Tuesday evening last, the fullo officers were re-elected for the third time.. A hi compliment could not have been paid to their efficient and promptness by the Company. Richard Gilliland, Foreman. W. B. Wright, Assistant Foreman. John S. Smithies, Secretary. J. Stewart, Treasurer. Ordination. The ordination of Edward G. with, President of Oahu College, as an Evangtij took place Sabbath evening, Feb. 1st, at the Fort Street Church. The following was the order of cxej. cises on the occasion : Prayer By Rev. E. W. Clark. Introductory Exercises By Rev. L. Smith. Sermon By Rev. B. W. Parker. Ordaining Prayer By Rev. S. C. Damon. Right Hand of Fellowship By Rev. J. D. Stroi Charge to the Candidate By Rev. R. Armstron D. D. Concluding Prayer By Rev. A. Bishop. - Benediction By Mr. Beckwith. Frknl C. S. Naval Agent. We learn that Lieutenant Wm. Reynolds, U. S. N., who resided for some years on the Islands, has been appointed U. S. Naval Store. keeper at Honolulu. It may not be generally known hat Lieutenant Reynolds' father was for many vears the law. partner of James Buchanan, now President elect of the U. S. By our exchanges we learn that it is the purpose of that Government to increase its naval force in the Pacific, and this port will doubtleg be more frequented by its war vessels than it Lu been for the past two years. Lieutenant R. and la-ly. . and also Capt. Snow and tamiiy are expected frwa San Francisco bv the first vessel. '6- IT The lightning, thunder and rain of the past fortnight are unprecedented. We have vainly looked for the oldest inhabitant," but can't find any one that keeps the run of the weather as our friend Ste phen of Nantucket des, in respect to whalers cruis ing anywhere. He is a perfect encyclopedia of facta on the subject of bowheads and blubber Ijuntcrs. We are anxious to give him credit, for without his aid our whalemen's list would have looked till this about as clean as that whaler up at IIilo, which hailed ' 19 barrels," and gave us a sharper for reporting him 20 barrels. But about the weather : for two days and three nights the lightning was terrific. Ia Nuuanu Valley it is reported that a native was killed by the lightning. Several persons saw Punchbowl fort struck and the lightning dart down its precipices. The gable end of an adobe house on Beretania street, occupied by Chinamen was knocked into pi, supposed to be by lightning, but we could find no one who saw it strike. JSF" Our neighbor Hugh Mclntyre, who sells goods at the lowest figure on the corner of King and Fort sts., lias placed himself at the head of the Department of Public Works, by the construction of a " bulkhead" to counteract the effects of the rapids" which turn that corner during every freshet, and which had given the impression that his store might have been built oa the sand. The ' bulkhead" is within the occasional view of the Department, and may suggest an idea or two, if any improvements are ever contemplated in the town. " The schooner Maria reports that the brigan tine Haalilio, which was fitted out at LahVvnaass whaler a few weeks since, took a whale in Kalepolepo Bay, on the 24th of January, which would turn out fifty or sixty bbls. oil. During the winter months, whales are frequently Seen around our islands, and we have no doubt the Haalilio will make a paying business of it. : Count Medem took passage for Tahiti on Saturday last in the ship Ocean, having spent about six weeks on the Islands, during which he visited the volcano on Hawaii, in company with Mr. C. n. Pfluger and Capt. Norton. From several very pleasant interviews with the Count, we found him a gentleman of refine ment, of liberal sentiments, and well read in English and French works relating to this part of the world. He has left behind him a very favorable impres sion both oT himself and the country he represents. From Tahiti, we understand he purposes visiting New Zealand and Australia. 5T We re-issue our fifth and sixth pases this week, on which will be found a variety of foreign news and a story of a London literary, whose experi ence may serve as a hint to some of our bacneior friends. An article on the commerce of the Islands, as well as several communications, are crowded out Honolulu, 27th January', 1857. Mr. Editor, Although from habit, I amaccu tomed to be a gdod law-abiding man, yet when, as far as it lays in my power, I obey the requisitions of the law, and owing either to want of sufficient help in the office of the government official I apply to, or neg ligence on his part in attending to his duties, I driven to the necessity of discharging them, myself, in order to save my property, and if in the act, unin tentional damage arises, and I have to pay the amount, I think I have a good right to grumble, and I intend to do a little of it pleasantly in this communication. On my arrival, my vessel was duly moored by the Harbor Master and remained at those moorings, on til from squally weather and the- number of vessel hanging to her by lines, she shifted her berth, endan gering herself and two or three vessels in her viciw'tf She came also into close proximity to a store ship fro10 whose owners or agents, I received notice to thrf effect. As soon as the weather moderated, I went to the Harbor Master's office to inform him, I wished to remoor my vessel, but did not find him in. wishing to loose the present opportunity as the weath er had an unsettled appearance, I gave my officer instructions to go on with the work. While remooring, -a line from the ship Genera Williams was made fast to our stern mooring cb in spite of the earnest objections of my mate who & formed them what he was about, and how mcC would interfere with him. Finding it necessary aft" wards, in order to complete his work, to cast offth line, he hailed the ship three times to let them knot then cast it off, and finished mooring the vessel. Some two or three days after this, I met the Ma' shal, W. C. Parke, Esq., and he read to me Summons he had in his hands, that my presence required" at the Police Office to answer to the dS of Mr. II. J. II. Holdsworth, for casting off a toe fle my ship whereby certain damage had been miliums " failing my presence there or satisfactory bonus :, t "x - v ; tun svf. I a01 the latter alternative by making it all right with the gentlemanly Marshal. ; At the time oppoin ted thl it .