The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-01
FOREIGN NEWS
of the Mail,
Two Weeks Later from the Il
States and Europe!

By the arrival of the clipper ship Wbfn,
schooner Far West, we are in receipt Of IN,
later dates from the East. From New Yaf.v
dates to Oct. 20, st. Louis (overland) Oct. a
don Oct. II, and San Francisco Nov. a. Nd
very special importance had t~ranspirei dung
two weeks.
The Pacific mail steamer Golden Gas snS
San Francisco on the 18th, but the oppOsitm 4
(Which now carries the rAaiD had not arnNd
midnight of the 18th, being two days behind u
]. W. Sullivan, with his usual ents1rzt
patched the latest Eastern papers by the eiEn
We6foot, and thus supplied the news to Hz
one week, at least, in advance Of the .. s pl
papers sent by him were received in So dsrl
New York, which is about as quick time sIx
been made.
The letter from our correspondent gives y
the State news. The following SUMMARY "
from papers that have com to hand
FROM CHINA.-The San Francisco papers
advices from China to September 9, about asn
later than our previous dates. The AmersrA
ter, Mr.. Ward, had visited Pekin, but had nd
able to obtain an interview with the Empru, 4
was unwilling to perform the Obeisane, Y
which no person is admitted into the imera
ence. He remained in Pekin fifteen days. nj
f~cations of the American treaty were eraa
The Chinese, it is said, expect war with Engzs
France next year.
SECOND TRIAL TRIP OF THE GREAT Eas11s-
Great Eastern left Portland at 4 o'clOck, "a
the 9Th Of October, and anchored at Holyheii 7
o'clockRp Monday afternoon, the 10Th. Inc
run in the 4S hours is computed at something
$50 miles. The average speed for the vhos y
little more than Is knots, but during the grah
of the trip the engines were not run over Dali
The paddles averaged 10 and the screw %
tons per minute, working at a pressure o. yE
of steam. The greatest speed attained was -
or nearly II miles per hour. This was as1f
without special exertions by the engines ~
was considerable canvas spread. She wa =
to sail for America about the 10th OF oe0N
reports express doubts Of her departure.
California.
1t is said that an attempt will be madep!-
Congress to break up the overland mail @''"
The Vanderbilt line was advertising ~ eI
sengers through, including railroad tcAe'
SIS and 500.
The Times confirms the statement tr 4
has sold out his interest in the CORES. 4
Sierra Nevada and Orizaba, 20 NanderDi, y :
600. A new company with seventeen ~.
formed to carry the mail weekly VI"
which will add S37, 800 to the pess" a
Garrison will re- commence banking 10 wv
BARE.-Our harbor is at present conps
Iace;<. ,f ,tr,,r There are not mUt =
a dozen ships laying at anchor IN
though a number are loading and unioaans
wharves. The forest of masts that usel -
bay from 40 to 's2 has vanished.
JUDGE TERRY INpIcrED-The Grand 'a'
county yesterday presented az inaI ~ IA
Judge Terry for fighting a duel WIN -
Fighting a duel with dangerous e.r. IA
with pistols charged yth gun pow sarar =
bullets, by previous agreement anu hiuss4
tagonist in said duel, by %inficting upon -An
wound. of which said antagonist died ~
year after the infection thereof
To have been committed.-It@o'
United States.
INsuRREcTIoN AMONG SLAVES y;rsrs1
rection broken out at Harper's fen!
Monday, Oct. IL. The facts of the csS ,bed
There was an insurrection ~
blacks, mingled in nobody could d'sg FL M
portions, how far supported by Oua; ;ns Il ~
prompted by what motives, ana sn 0s6.
suits it was wholly impossible 10 io - yse1
the clearer information rssssal1e
all needful light on these ushsrks
it appears, the leader OF ~s fr -
skirmishes in Kansas. and whose tn's. ne -
for the loss of q son and Of properly = sesdD
the Pro-Slavery Party. prompted nlm9s 4. NJ
seems to have transierlI hs2
The State Of Virginia. Having boas1 I'm, ,
time ago in the vicinity of Harper =, hid
,eeded to arrange the details OF . y virgins
sxtinguish Slavery in Maryland anu mid
revolutionize the Government OF inc becp
John C. Cook, = young man who ~, NO.
slated with him in Kansas, became : g
his new enterprise. A general up. ne Ssubz
vroes, free and enslaved, throughout sdissr4
o have been counted upon as the sstb43
he pronunciamento; and to arm ineI nsrus3
d in. the arms and munitions Of lne .nf-1
were provided. Such was tns t.sfss
! i not, 70 Be doubted, Of . crazed Il
e eaecrness or vengeance lost sii $3.50
hefveen means and snds. How IA
,ered " have abQndsntly zen mbrd.
'inSfern Whine I'd 4 considerable nu @r1p
3hsv preo 1 into tie service, P tx
.sss-eion 81 3Ho zunfeo1 Sfales Are!9s,
ii-3hS srnS Nnn41iflsn 7oelo.