The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume], May 14, 1892, Image 6

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DAILY PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, MAY 14, 1892.
(Dcncral Stfmcrtisciiicnts.
i'OHN
IMPOKTER AND
Steel and Iron Eanges, Stoves and Fixtures,
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS AND KITCHEN UTENSILS,
AGATE WAKE IN GREAT VARIETY,
White, Gray and Silver-plated.
LAMPS AND
RUBBER HOSE,
LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS. WATER CLOSETS, METALS,
Plumbers' Stock, Water and Soil Pipes.
Plumbing, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work
DIMOND BLOCK,
95 and 97
2804-1382-q
'IF YOU WANT TO SELL out
tirety, call at the
I X
P. O. Box No. 480.
New and Second-Hand Furniture House,
West Cor. Nuuanu and King Streets.
o
'Bedroom Sets. Wardrohes. Ice
Bureaus, Cheflbniers, Steamer and Veranda Chairs, Sofas, Bed Lounges, Baby
Cribs. Clothes lsaskets. Sewini? Machines.
at the lowest cash prices at the 1. A.
Prompt returns made on goods
S. W. LEDERER,
Stork Open Saturday Evenings
New Summer Dress Materials!
THE LARGEST AND BEST
INT. S.
104: Fort St.
PERSIAN LAWN, MULLS, AND DIMITY
and white.
SCOTCH GINGHAM, & EXTRA FINE ZEPHYRS, new patterns, in stripes am
broken plaids.
FANCY FIGURED MUSLINS AND CH AMBRIES in different shades.
CREAM COLOR WASH CREPES SOMETHING NEW.
A large variety of COTTON SURRAHS, COTTON PONGEE AND SATEENS.
Also a line assortment of
White Goods, in Plain, Plaids, & Stripes
'Inspection solicted.
PIANOS !
A Few of Westerinayer's Celebrated Pianos
ON HAND AND
They are elegant in appearance and the
1 Westermayer
With Mute Attachment and other new improvements.
E. HOFFSCHLAEGER & CO.'S,
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B. F. Ehlers & Co., 99 Fort St.,
AFTER TAKING STOCK OFFER EXTRA VALUES IN
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
WINDOW CURTAINS IN ANTIQUE,
Nottingham, Irish Point and Madras Chenille PORTIERES, Etc.
Great Bargains
GENT'S UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS AND CUFFS,
SCARFS, SOCKS, ETC., AT COST.
Dressmaking under the management of Miss K. Clarke
2804-q
H. E. M'INTYRE & BRO.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Groeeries, Provisions and Feed
FAST CORNER FORT
New Goods received by every packet from the Eastern States and Europe.
b resh California Produce by every steamer. All orders faithfully attended to, and
Goods delivered to any part of the city free of charge . Island orders solicited.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Post Office Box No. 145. Telephone No. 92 2804-q
NOTT,
DEALER IN-
FIXTUEES!
KING STREET.
your Household Furniture in its
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Mutual Tel. No. go
Boxes. Stoves, Hanging Lamps, Rugs,
Whatnots. Meat Sales, lrunks, etc., som
L., corner Nuuanu and King btreets.
Sold on Commission.
Proprietor.
2823-y
Till 9 O'clock.
ASSORTMENT CAN BE FOUND AT
8 A CHS,
Honolulu.
in the latest designs, fancy colored,
FOR SALE.
most durable in this climate
Also,
Semi-Grand !
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Corner of King and Bethel Streets.
Ill Every
Department
AND KING STREETS.
SHIP
LEVANT ID I860.
IItV A SPAR kJ VMfAMtMbMM
11 UR FATE.
The loss of the American whal
ng hark Tamerlane, Captain How
and, on the south-enst coast of
Hawaii in January last, and the
more recent loss of the brig Tahiti
off the coast of Mexico, with all on
board, including some two hundred
Gilbert Islanders, recall that of the
United States ship-of-war Levant,
which occurred in the autumn of
1860, while on a voyage from Hilo
. . m m
to Panama. As the story has
never been told in full, it may be
interesting to narrate the incidents
connected with her departure from
these islands, and all that is known
concerning her loss.
The Levant was one of the last
of the old class of American sail
sloops of war, carrying 16 guns,
and had a complement of about
200, officers and men, under com
mand of Captain Wm. E. Hunt.
She came to Honolulu in the sum
mer of I860, with a special com
mission instructed to investigate
certain charges which had been
made respecting the U. S. Consular
hospitals at Honolulu, Lahaina and
Hilo. Having completed her work
here, she sailed for Lahaina in
August, and later went on to Hilo,
at both of which ports the hospital
service was investigated. From
Hilo she sailed September 17, for
Panama, and, owing to calms, was
in sight from Hawaii for several
days. ihis was tne last ever
seen of the Levant, her captain,
officers or crew. It was supposed
that she foundered at sea, and that
all on board of her perished, as the
whaling fleet, which began to arrive
at these islands shortly after her
departure, reported a very severe
storm early in October, in which
nearly every vessel arriving re
ceived more or less damage, while
one merchant brig, the Consort,
was dismasted, but finally reached
port in a crippled condition.
Early in the Spring of 1861,
orders were given by the Navy
Department at Washington to the
Admiral of the Pacific to send out
vessels in search of the missing
ship, then being long overdue.
Under these instructions the Flag
ship Lancaster, Admiral Mont
gomery, and the steam sloop Wy
oming, left Panama, cruising along
the route to Hilo, Hawaii, where
they arrived in June of that year,
having found no trace of the
Levant, and, after a short stay
here, returned to San Francisco or
Panama.
Soon after the departure of these
vessels, a report came from Kau
that a large spar had floated ashore
at the extreme south point of Ha
waii ; but beyond this, nothing was
known of it or to what vessel it
had belonged, though it was con
jectured that it might have been
one of the Levant's masts. A few
weeks later, having occasion to
visit Kona, on business, I decided
to continue on to Kau, a ride of sixty
miles, and if the mast was still
there, to examine it. On reaching
Kaalualu, near the extreme south
point of Hawaii, the spar was
found, lying on three piles of
rocks, high and dry above the
water, and quite accessible to
visitors. It was a very large spar,
that had evidently belonged to
some large ship. In length it
measured 73 feet 6 inches, and its
diameter at the foot 28 inches.
The natives reported that it first
came ashore some two months pre
vious, was taken off by a high tide,
and finally came back again to the
very same place, having been
thrown much higher up on the
rocks, where no ordinary tide could
reach it, as though it had a mis
sion to fulfill and had come back
to make known the loss of the gal
lant ship to which it had belonged.
During my stay at Waiphinu, I
visited it twice, took careful meas
urements, noted the gun rack, and
drew a sketch of the mast, which
is still in my possession, and can
be seen by any one interested.
After this close examination, there
was no room to doubt that this
mast was from the Levant, had
floated from the scene of the .dis
aster, a few hundred miles to east
ward, and became lodged here,
apparently to carry the tale of the
fate of the ship, which was prob
ably lost by being capsized in the
storm referred to, the mast work
ing out of the hull, and having
a number of rusty spikes and rusty
spike-holes, which afforded clear
evidence that a raft had been
made, that had been broken up by
the storm. Here the spar lay high
on the rocks, a silent witness of the
struggles of two hundred brave
officers and men in their efforts to
save their lives in mid-ocean, five
hundred miles from the nearest
land, who found a premature
watery grave, just as their coun
try was needing their services in
the bloody struggle that opened at
Fort Sumpter.
Before leaving the scene of the
Levant's spar, I cut off two large
chips from the mast, as mementos
of the old vessel, and brought them
back to Honolulu, where on exhib
iting the precious relics, the ship
carpenters and old sailors, one and
HE LOSS OF THE I.
all, declared that the wood was
New Zealand pine, and could never
have come from the Levant, which
was built in America. This was of
course a damper, and raised a
doubt with many as to what vessel
it could have come from. Still
firmly believing that it was the
Levant's mast, I decided to send the
chip and the account of the strand
ing of the spar, with a copy of the '
sketch and measurements, to the
Secretary of the Navy at Washing
ton, who caused an examination to
be made into the record of the Le
vant, and found that on one of her
Pacific cruises she sprung her fore
mast and put into Auckland, New
Zealand, for repairs. There a new
mast was prepared, made of New
Zealand Kauri pine, with which
she was again fitted for sea, and
its measurements corresponded
with those sent by me to Washing
ton, as having been taken in Kau
from the spar. This solved the
riddle, and furnished the most
positive proof that the mast which
floated ashore there belonged to
the Levant, and thus unraveled the
mystery of her fate.
The Secretary of the Navy com
municated the above facts in a
letter, thanking the writer for the
information given, which clearly
indicated the nature of her loss
and the fact that nothing more
would probably ever be ascertained
regarding it. H. M. Whitney.
Honolulu, May, 1892.
Uutkm Bales.
BY JAS. F. MORGAN.
Auction Sale of
HAY AND GRAIN!
On Monday, May 16th
AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON,
I will sell at Public Auction, at my Sales
room, Queen Street,
101) Sks. New Zealand Oat,
100 Sk Bran
100 Bales Bay,
JUST RECEIVED!
J as. F1. Morgan,
3072-3t AUCTIONEER.
ED. N. HITCHCOCK,
HILO, H. I.
(Successor to P. L. Lord.)
DEALER IN
ISLAJNTD VIEWS
HILO, PUNA, AND VOLCANO VIEWS.
fjtf" Assortments sent, on application,
to responsible parties for selection.
JfPr"Leveloping and Printing for Tou
rists, a specialty.
P. O. address, Hilo, H. I. 3047-3m
Recently Published
THE HAWAIIAN GUIDE BOOK
1892.
1892.
AW-
1 iiusTtt.Ar Kr
TOURISTS' GUIDE
Through i Hawaiian Islands
If . M. WHITNEY, Editob.
Price in Honolulu, 60 Gents per Copy
The Ouide will be mailed to any part
the islands for 64 Cents per Copy.
Or, to any foreign country for 75 Cents.
The Hook has 176 pages of text, with
20 Full Page Illustrations of Island Scenery,
and a description of the Pearl Harbor
Railway enterprise, and surrounding
country.
It has also FOUR MAPS of the larger
islands, prepared expressly for it.
The GUIDE gives a full description of
each of the principal Islands and Settle
ments in this Group, and will prove an
invaluable hand-book for tourists, and for
residents to send to their friends abroad.
Some of the illustrations in the new
book are very fine specimens of the Photo
tint process of engraving, and accurately
represent the scenes portrayed.
For sale at Hawaiian News Com
pany's, and at T. G. Thrum's Up-town
Stationery store.
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PLACES OF WORSHIP.
Central Union Cuikch (Cotiirrea
tional), cor. Fort and Ln-retania streets.
i lvev. h.. Or. Beck with, D.D., pa?tor. Ser-
vices every Suiulay at 11 a. m. and 7:80
p.m. Sunday School meets one hour be
fore nioti raj service. Prayer meetings
Wednesaa evenings at 7 30.
Notrk Dame DO P.ux (Roman Cath
olic) CaXHXDSal, Port-gU, near tSere
tania Rev. fathers Lt.-oi.ore and Cle
ment. Se-rvices .umiav at 5 and 10 a m.
and 4 :30 p.m. Low Man every day at 6
and a m. High .Mass Sundavs and
baints' days at 10 a m.
St. Andrew's i Episcopal) Catuedkal.
Entrances on Emma ami Beretania sts.
(opp. Hawaiian Hotel and Emma
Square). Clergy: Bt. Rev. Bishop Wil
lis, Revs. Alex. Mackintosh.
Cathedral Congregation. Services
Sunday: Holy Communion at (i .60 a.m.;
morning prayer with sermon at 11 a.m. ;
Hawaiian eveusung 3:30 P.M. J evening
prayer with sermon 7:30 p.m. Holy Com
mumon at 11 a.m. the last sumlav in
each month. Sunday School 10 a. m.
Daily prayer at 7 a m. and 5. p.m.
Second Congregation. Services on
Sunday: Morning prayer with sermon
9 :45 a.m. : evenintr nraver with sprmnn
6:30 p.m. Holy Communion first Sunday
in month at 9 :45 a.m. Sunday School
J a.m. Evening prayer with address
every ridav at 0 :30 p.m.
Portuguese Chapel, on Miller street,
iuiitui)oi, fcuuuav services
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath
school at 2 :30 p. m. Rev. A . V. Soares
-pastor; u. t. Dillingham, Superintend-
cm ui DHDMUl BCOt Ol.
fluiMUftw . ... .
vu.M.uMiAiioN. ervices on
Sunday at 11:15 a.M. and 7:30 p.m
Evening prayer every Wednesday at
:30 p.m.
CuiNESE Christian Church, Fort-st.
Services every Sunday at 11 a.m. and
7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
at 7 :30 p.m.
Japanese Christian Chubch. Emma
Hall, corner Beretania and Nuu
anu Streets, T. Sunamoto, pastor;
Sunday services at 11 a. m. ami 7:30 p.
m. Sabbath School at 10 a. m. and prayei
meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30.
Half an hour training in mu-ic before
each evening meeting.
Y. M. C. A. Hall, corner of Hotel
and Alakea Sts. Gospel l'raise Service
Sundays at 0:30 p. m. Men's Prayer
meeting Friday, 7:30 p. m. Monthly
meetings every third Thursday in each
month.
Hawaiian (Native) Churches.
Kawaiahao Church (Congregational),
cor. King and Punchbowl streets, Rev.
H. H. Parker, pastor. Services in Ha
waiian every Sunday at 11 a.m., and at
7:30 on Sunday evening, alternating
with Kaumakapili. Sunday School at
10 A.M.
Kaumakaimli Church (Congrega
tional), Beretania-st., near Maunakea;
Kev. J. Waiamau, pastor. Services in
Hawaiian every Sunday at 10:30 a. m.
and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday t ventngs, alter
nating with Kawaiahao". Sunday School
at 0:30 a.m.
(General Unicvtisnucnts.
THE RISDOJS
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R. S. Moore,
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Steam Vessels of all kinds built com
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Steam Launches, Barges and Steam
Tugs constructed with reference to the
trade in which they are to be employed.
Speed, tonnage and draft of water gua
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chinery made after the most approved
plans. Also, all Boiler Iron Work
connected therewith.
Water Pipe, of Boiler or Sheet Iron, of
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Hydraulic Riveting, Boiler Work and
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Ship Work, Ship and Steam Capstans,
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Pumps Direct Acting l umps for irriga
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