The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-12-23
Arrival of the Fortuna"
Atlantic Dates to November IL.

By the arrival, on Sunday morning, Of the clipper
ship Fortuna, Capt. Scudder, sixteen days from San
Francisco, we are in receipt of the New York mail of
Nov. 9th. besides dates from New Orleans to the 18th
and from Europe to October 30th. The news is quite
interesting. aud from Mexico, rather important, as I'M
d~icating a crisis in the affairs Of that country. We
compile a full summary from all parts of the world.
Pacinc Side.
The Fanny Major had been withdrawn from the
8. I. line of packets, and we hear would be offered for
sale. The ship John Marshall, was also laid up for
sale.
Joseph Brewer, formerly a performer here on the
I" horizontal BAR, had a quarrel with BENZ f. Moul-
ton, who in 1853 was a manager of the Hawaiian
Varieties Theater. Brewer shot Moulton with n
revolver, so that he lived but a few days. Said to
have been in selEdesense. In this connection we
notice that frequent arrests are made in San Fran
cisco by the police of parties exhibiting deadly wea-
pons. This would Indicate a change for the better
coming about.
The celebrated Limantour suit against the city of
San Francisco, is said to have virtually received its
quietus from Judge Hoffman.
The papers were discussing rs to whether the Fra
ser river mines had been profitable or not, and the
opinion appeared to he pretty general in the negative.
The Herald says that SSH 600 worth of dust have
been received from Fraser river. since the fever CON-
menced. The consideration, however, appears to be
entirely lost sight of that no doubt large quantities of
Inst are brought down BIZ returning miners, which
never appear on the freight or treasure lists.
From Utah, We learn that everything was quiet
and prosperous. A San Antonio paper states that
Col Kinney has concluded his negotiation with the
Normons for the sale of his interest in Central Ameri-
"a. Should this prove true. it will indicate hat the
Moruons are determined st some future time to leave
Utah.
Atlantic Side.
On the Sd Of November the Grand Jury of Oyer
and Tezminer, in New York, found true bills of indict-
ment against ex-MayOr Wood and ~si1ty-one Members
of the Common Council of 1857, for m~isdemeanor, in
granting a Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum a perpe-
tual lease in contravcntion 10 the charter. The nile
cation upon which the complaint is founded, asserts
that the object was to gain the foreign vote.
A horrible tragedy occurred in New York city on
the 18th October. A young man named Francis A..
Gouldy, came home to his fathers house about half
past ten o'clock, and after deliberately divesting him.
MI Of his outer clothing, proceeded to attempt the
". der of the whole family with a hatchet. The
fa'aer had just retired fer the night when a blow from
hi, dcmoniacal son split his skull open, rendering
h'SI senseless. His mother was the next victim, and
Ake vas cut and bruised in a most frightful manner.
~ no screams or noise was heard, they must have
been rendered insensible at once. The parricide then
proceeded 10 the room Of his two brothers, who are
both likely to die from their injuries. Two servant
girls were the next victims, and they were cut and
mangied like the others, one of them however, will
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