The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-07-21
TWO WEEKS
Later from America and Europe

The arrival of the ~favorite packet Yankee OF
Thursday last, with the New York mails of June 9Th
places us in receipt of New York papers to that date,
and telegraphic advices from London and the seat Of
war to June 1st.
On our last page we give the latest news from the
seat of war.
From California.
But few items of interest had transpired here
during the two weeks since our last advices. A re.
port of the markets will be found in our commercial
columns.
Three tickets had been nominated for the State
Gubernatorial election-Latham, Adm. Democrat /;
Curry, Anti-Lecompton Democrat and Stanford,
Republican.
SENTENCE OF CAPTAIN PENDLEToN. - Yesterday
afternoon, at 4 O'Clock, Captain Ephraim Pendleton,
of the bark Sarah Park, was called up in the U. 8.
Circuit Court for sentence. When asked if he had
anything to say why sentence should not be pro-
nounced, his counsel made some remarks in his favor,
referring to the long Imprisonment to which he had
already been subjected, to the good character the ac-
cused had sustained before, and the probabilities
that the whole story of the last voyage of the vessel
had not been told. Judge Hoffman then read an
opinion, giving his views of the evidence, and con-
GLIDING with the following remarks and sentence
"I have endeavored in passing sentence upon you,
to be governed entirely by the verdicts of the jurors
by whom your case has been passed upon, rather
than by my own convictions of what that evidence
showed you to have been guilty of. l have also en-
deavored to give its just influence to the good charac-
ter which you may have hitherto maintained, and to
the circumstance that you have already been i'm
prisoned some months, and that the expenses occa-
stoned by this prosecution must have been large.
But I also feel that it is among the most important
and most sacred duties of this Court to protect as
far as it may, seamen from injustice, tyranny and
oppression, and to restrain within the limits of
humanity and Justice the despotic and Except to the
law irresponsible authority of the master and that
m ornnuHc of pntIcu QlOno ~ II IF tho 1acf Irnporf-
ance that seanen should be encouraged to ship, and
that revolts aud mutinies should be averted by the
knowledge on their part that the law affords them a
real and practical protection, and that wrongs done
to them Will be punished by the justice of the country
as su rely as by the wild justice of revenge.
The sentence of the court is
That for beating and wounding and for imprison-
ing William johnson, from malice, hatred and re-
venge, and without ~justi6able cause. You be impris-
sonei in the County Jail for nine months from the
date of this sentence, and that you pay a fine of
500, and stand committed until it be paid.
For beating and wounding, from malice. hatred
and revenge, and without ~justi6able cause, Francis
Williams, that you be imprisoned in the Jail afore-
said two months, said Imprisonment to date from the
expiration of the first sentence, and that you pay .
fine Of $50.
For beating and wounding, from malice, hatred
and revenge, and without ~justifable cause. Lars
Thompson, that you be imprisoned in the Jail afore-
said one month, to date from the expiration of the
second sentence hereby imposed, and that you pay q
fine of $25, and stand mmit until the same be
paid.'
FROM THE SANDWICH IsLASDs-The shin Effxn
and Ella, Lunt, arrived on the 22d June from Hon
olulu in II days with a cargo of cattle and sheep, and
some assorted merchandise. The Eliza and Ella is
q Boston Clipper, of 800 tons, and entered our har-
Dor in fine style ictoria Gazette.
United States.
The SHORTEST TRIP Across THE ATLANTIC
The steamship Vanderbilt which arrived at New York
from Southampton. made the passage in nine days.
nine hours and twenty-six minutes-said to be the
quickest passage on record-beating both the Per-
and Bwlfic's best trips several hours.
The CASE OF CAPT. KBLING.-The case Of Can't.
Fisher Kibling, late master of the bark ". s. Perk-
ms of New London, for embezzling, has been settled. |
prosecution against Capt. Kibling is withdrawn,
he has paid over to the owners the funds in his
received from the sale Of the vessel and
B. Standard.
CALIFORNIA Clippers AND THE GuANo TRApE.-
juANo FOR SNUFF. = The ship Great Republic.
Limeburner, from your city, arrived at this
port, a few days ago, in ballast. These empty re-
urns Of our monster clippers fro,a voyages of ten
miles in length cause our ship-owners to
'ut on long faces, and to ask themselves seriously
whether they have not been increasing the quantity
their tonnage to a point beyond the legitimate re-
of commerce. But for the fortunate ex-
,ansion of the guano trade, giving employment as it
Ices to 80 many scores Of our splendid clippers, more
han one Of those vessels would ere this have rotted
t our wharves. But even that trade must soon fall
Il measurabiy, for our markets are already rlutted
nth the unsayory dust; and it is getting quite q
here.
1t Is said, however, that our snuff manufacturer
re beginning to use it to some extent for the pur- /
ose OF adulterating their titillatinR mixtures. But |
he dom and in this new direction will hardly serve I
; absorb the surplus stock.