The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-12-04
Later from the United States and Europe
FORTY DAYS FROM NEW YORK!

The arrival on Monday last of the French clipper
bark Tourney Capt. Moreau, II days from San
Francisco with the American and European mails,
has placed us in possession of files of New York papers
to Oct. 20, London Oct. 4, and San Francisco Nov.
II.
The Tourney left San Francisco on the 18th Nov.
and reports the bark Yankee as having arrived over
on the 18th. We think it must have been the Fanny
Major, "a days hence, as the Yankee only sailed
on the 9Th. But the captain assured as quite conf
IDENTIFY it was the Yankee. Had very strong winds
from the southeast throughout the passage. The
ship B. F. HOrie would sail for Honolulu about the
list Dec, and would be the first vessel for this port.
Count Modem, a Russian traveller, with his SER
want, came as passengers in the Tourney, and will
remain q few weeks ON the islands.
The latest dates from Europe show the political
horizon to be again looking stormy. England and
France had sent q fleet of war vessels to Naples to
enforce certain demands, while Austria and Russia
threaten to defend the Italian States against any
warlike demonstrations from the other powers. We
do not anticipate any serious rupture.
The election returns are the most interesting news
by this mail, and indicate very clearly the choice of
James Buchanan as the next President of the United
States. But if his choice is not made by the people
at large, it will be by the House of Representatives
In which body his party will have a clear majority of
25 or 80 votes.
CALIFORNIA ELECTIoN.-The following is the aggre-
gate vote for President in this State, as far as heard
from. There are FIVE or six counties yet to come in
Buchanan. Fillmore. Fremont.
42,371 2S,219. 1896.
Buchanan's majority over Fillmore, so far, is A.
153 Buchanan's majority over Fremont, 25,502.
Buchanan lacks :, 716 of q majority of all the votes
cast, as far as scertained.-CalgorniG CrOnicle.
PENNsYLvANIA.-The result in Pennsylvania is as
follows. (The returns are not official except from q
counties out of 64:)
Democratic m~aiorities in Sc counties 80, 749
in Is counties 8o,866
Democratic majority in the State 1883
In Philadelphia the Democrats polled Sc ,038 votes,
and the Union ticket 80, 6O4. Democratic majority
3,434,-moret than entire majority of the State. The
Philadelphia election is to be contested on the ground
Of fraud, and proceedings are already commenced in
the courts.
The Democrats have a gain of 8 members of Con-
gress, having elected fourteen out of the twenty-five
composing the State delegation to the House of Repre-
s%entatives. The State officers elected in Pennsylva-
MIA are 81 Canal Commissioner, Auditor of the State
and Surveyor-General.
OHIo.-The State election has gone Republican by
about 20,OOO majority. For Congress, the Democrats
have elected seven (perhaps eight of their candi-
dates. This is a clear gain, as the present delegation
from Ohio in the House of Representative does not
contain q single Democrat.
INDLANA.-In Indiana the Republicans and Ameri-
cans were united on an Anti-Nebraska ticket, in op-
position to the Democrats. The election was for
Governor, Members of Congress, State Legislature,
and State officials of all sorts. The returns are 50
meagre and scattering that it is impossible to figure
up, but the Democrats claim to have elected their
Governor (Willard) by 5000 majority, and also their
Lieutenant Governor, which appears to be the case
The indianapolis Journal gives a able, composed Of
the largest figures claimed by the Democrats in SO
counties, which gives them 1865 total majority in
these counties. Twelve counties are yet to hear from.
a WHALEMAN AMONG ARABs.-The whaling brig
Le'0ts Bruce, of Orleans, Capt. Ryder, arrived at
TINS port Wednesday from the coast of Africa, where
she mas been cruising several months in search OF
Whales. She brought home 80 barrels of oil and
2o,0OO lbs OF bone. The whalemen during their vow
age were often IN the vicinity of the wandering Arabs,
who frequently come down to the coast from the
Great Desert. Capt. Ryder was once captured Inv
them while on shore. and they attempted to get him
on a camel and carry him off alive but the captain
was too courageous to be thus made a slave of. and
ne manfully resisted, when the savages shot him in
te legs to cripple him, and he in turn shot one o.
Inc Arabs dead. Fortunately at this juncture he was
saSea by other whalemen coming to the rescue, WIZ
u!oSe the Arabs off and carried the wounded man t.
ms vessel. Capt. Ryder recovered from his wound:
~ came home IN command of his vessel. There