The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-08
Correspondents pae. Commercial Advertiser.
Letter from San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 1859.
Mr.. EDITOR The sswar of Words so long raging
between the various parties in the present political
campaign, continues with undated fury. Every
town and every hamlet throughout the State, echoes
with the stirring eloquence of rival party leaders,
each acting the part of public accuser toward the
other. Principles seem to be lost sight of altogether
in this contest, and each speaker portrays the private
character of the other in the blacklist possible colors.
It would be extremely difficult to judge which, of the
lot, is the best man; all seem to be equally deep in
the mire of political corruption. Senator Gwin has
been almost annihilated by his colleague and quon-
dam friend, Broderick. Latham's0 hance of being
OUT next Governor is small. His reputation has
suffered very much by the charges publicly made
against him by Broderick and others.
These ouarrels will not be without a good effect.
The people are already awakening to the realization
that a reformation is needed. Good men must be
selected for Office, or the fair prospects of this favored
State will be blighted. The vital elements of society
are now in a state of effervescence, and it is to be
hoped they will not settle down again into sluggish
inaction. We think the time is not far distant WHEN
the true interests of the country will be consulted in
the election of public officers, rather than the narrow
claims of party spirit; when pure patriotism will tp-
umph over petty jealousies and sectional strifes.
Late advices from Utah indicate that the scepter
of political power is passing out of the hands of the
Mormons into those of the Gentiles. A large
mass meeting had been held at Camp Lloyd
prior to the last election, and partial returns just re-
ceived show that Gentle candidates for Office had
been elected in several counties.
The people of Carson Valley have come out v it'll a
g declaration of Independence withdrawing from
Utah Territory, and forming a new territory, to be
called Nevada. They assign as a reason, Mormon
aggression, Sc, and appeal to the Federal authorities
for a Territorial Government.
The dispute between the English and American
authorities for the possession q the Island of San
Juan, near the mouth of Puget Sound, has assumed
a sa6ous aspect. Governor Douglass sent a British
ship of war to dispossess the United States forces
holding the island; but fortunately no collision en-
sued. and both parties now occupy the disputed ter
ritory jointly, until it shall be determined by diplom-
acy, to whom the island belongs.
The Dashaways'' are doing a good work in this
community. A great many drinking saloons have
been closed lately for want of patronage. This Soci-
ETY. has recently p~rovideda '.HomeH pr the Inebriate,''
where the unfortunate victims of strong drink are
properly cared for. The influence of this movement
is felt not only in this city. but throughout the State.
The amount of liquor formerly consumed by the bust
ness community of this city alone, was almost incred-
ible. Whenever a sale was made, or a bill settled, it
was customary in business circles, to pour an am
pie libation to Bacchus-i. e. to ISLAND the drinks,
A singular case of mysterious disappearance o-
Cured the other day. A young lady started from
her home near Marysvire for San Jose, where she
was engaged, to teach music. From Benicia, where
she stopped a short time on her way down, she wrote
to her friends that she was not very we'll, and a few
days after her friends were surprised to read in the
Union o notice of her death They in
quired of the Editor as to who sent the notice for
publication, and he not being able to inform them,
they telegraphed to the city sexton of San Francisco
to ascertain if such a person had been buried by him,
and he replied in the negative. Diligent search was
made by the father of the young ady,-Judge May,
of Yuba City.-and he at length found her at San
Lorenzo, Alameda Countryside having been seduced
by a man named Wilkins. The incensed father found
wilkins a few days since, as he was about to address a
political gathering near Sacramento, and shot him on
the spot. The villain was not mortally wounded.
Fruit of all kinds is very abun dant in our markets
now. Peaches are more plenty than ohias at the
islands. 1t is estimated that the farmers OF Alameda
County have realized about 5000, 900 for strawber-
ries alone during the past season.
The Mercantile Library Association of this city has
engaged Bayard Taylor to come to California to lee
ture on Northern Europe He is to receive $500
Horace Greeley ar&Sed in town this morning. and
3 expected 70 deliver tRo or three1eotures during his
sny hsss 1ze expresses hinseIf adSk pleased With
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