The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-11-24
Correspondence Pac. Commercial Advertiser
Letter from San Franchise.

SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. /, 1859.
Mr.. EDITOR The past month has been unusually
quiet, and nothing of a very startling character has
occurred since the date of my last communication.
The newly elected County officers have quietly taken
possession of their respective offices, and the State
officers elect will assume their duties some time dur
ing the winter. General Williams, a State Senator
from San Francisco, has resigned, and it will be
necessary to hold a special election to fill the vacancy,
very soon. As the notorious '' Bulkhead Bill"
which was killed last year in the Senate. viii doubt
less be brought up again this year, the election of a
Senator will give the people of this city a good oppor-
tunity of expressing their wishes in regard to that
obnoxious measure. 1t is thought best that a cam
didate should be chosen, without reference to any
party, who shall stand OF fall according to the Bulk
head issue.
COUNTY FAIRS
Are becoming more and more popular every year,
and their beneficial influence upon the agricultural
interests of the country is very obvious. Following
the great State Fair at Sacramento came the Annual
Fair of the Horticultural Society of this County,
which was held in San Francisco. Next came the
exhibitions of our neighbors at Alameda, Contra
Costa. and Santa Clara Counties. in rapid succession.
The Agricultural Society of San Mateo County is to
come next on the list. The Fairs of the Alameda and
Santa Clara Agricultural Societies. the former held Mt
Oakland and the latter at San Jose-are spoken of as
especially worthy of notice In regard TO the Oak
land exhibition we can speak from observation; and
we might relate some marvellous instances of the
great size to which fruits and vegetables grow in CAL
ifornia, but we refrain.
ARRIVAL OF GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT.
The San Juan dispute was deemed so serious by
the Washington authorities as to make it necessary
to send out a man of marked ability. who would be
likely to heal the difficulty. and accordingly no less a
parsonage than General Scott, the Hero of Mexico,
was chosen for the mission. He, with characteristic
energy. determined to start Immediately; and news
having been received in this city to that effect by the
Overland Mail, preparations were made by the city
authorities and the different military companies to
give him a public reception on his arrival here. He
arrived on the steamer Golden .fge on Sunday, the
10th inst. As soon as the steamer was telegraphed,
the military companies assembled, and marched to
Folsom Street Wharf. to await her approach. As the
steamer passed up the bay to her wharf, salutes were
fired from the shore and vessels in the harbor. A
grand triumphal arch, decked with green laurels,
and inscribed with the names of the places in Mexico
at which the General gained his chief victories. was
across Montgomery street, near Sacramento
street. under which the procession passed. After
being paraded about the streets some time. the Gen.
was escorted to the Oriental Hotel, where accom-
'ou"tohS uou q pIOtiueQ lot MIN. NOT less than
forty thousand persons, old and young, turned out to
the Hero; and hal it not been Sunday,
a much larger number would have been
The General left on the next day for San Juan
Island on the steamer .Norfherner.
A NEW D. 8. SENATOR.
The vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. d. c..
Broderick has at length been filed. 1t becomes the
1uty of the Governor, whenever a Senatorial vacancy
occurs, to appoint a u. s. Senator, who shall act until |
the State Legislature shall elect some one to fill the
,fhce permanently. Governor Weller has appointed
Hon. Henry P. Haun, of Yuba County, who will
probably go to Washington by the steamer of the 9Th
take the vacant chair Of the lamented Broderick.
THE NAILS.
-FOUR readers will remember that in April last the
contract Tor carrying the mails from New York and
New Orleans to San Francisco for nine mouths, COM
nencing from October 9th, was awarded to one DAN
H. johnson Of New YNk. He engaged to trans
'ort the nails via Nicaragua, for 1852, 900, inside Of
days. johnson has failed to fulfil the
contract, and it has been awarded to Vanderbilt.
he mails are now carried by the opposition steamers
Ta Panama. The annual cost Of transporting the
nails to the Pacific. by the ocean and overland routes.
> As follows
san r $ y, aork and New Orleans, via Panama, to
4 From g Loais and Esnpiis 70 San Tsans,sos.
z s e n San Antonio. y 8 Psso and ios Ysns, %
n. = Ds 8 ss smi;nonsh,y .......~.:.... $4,000 1
"a sss q: s IS. s d sss s S. s'.s s''s s. + s ssssss&
7et... & Z. S. s1l.,o q
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