The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-01

times. The Pacific Railroad and the College van
make the Pacific States truly great
THr OpPosIrIos SrEAnERs.
Com. Vanderbilt, Of New York, seems to De very
earnest in his opposition to the P. M. SIS Co'ein
INV last. I mentioned the fact. that he had receiveu
the contract for carrying the o. 8. Mails, Tor nine
months. He has lately purchased Capt uarri-
80 ha,finterest in the steamers Orisa6a, Uncle
Som. CORES. and Sierra Nsrada SO that the
wbo,a onnosition line will now be under his control
T. "a stated that the beautiful steamers North STAR
cd cbou MON are now on their way to this port
from New York. to take their places in this line.
Whom thew arrive Com. Vanderbilt intends to run o
weekly lime.
General Walkers expedition from New Orleans mas
failed. But two hundred of his men succeeoeo ~
making their escape, in a small vessel, OWING 70 tue
watchfulness of the Collector of the port. Ihesteamer
PhfIadelphia, with the arms and supplies OF the
party. has been seized. Further details may NC ca
pected by the steamer now due.
The YACHT RACE
Retween the yachts Pride of the Bay and George
| Steers. which came off on the Sd inst, resuited III
favor of the former. The prize was $looo. Inc
distance run was about thirty miles. Steamers were
in attendance to convey spectators, and altogether
the race excited considerable attention. botn tnese
yacths are magnificent specimens Of naval art, the
former was built here, and the other at New YORK;
by the celebrated builder whose name she bears.
SCIENTIFIC.
An association has.been formed in San Francisco for
the purpose of establishing an astronomical OF serva-
tory, somewhere on this coast. 1t is thought the
observatory will be located on some lofty peak of the
Sierra Nevada range. 1t is desirable to attain an
elevation above the range of fogs.
The principles of science are of universal applica-
ton. Burglars are using them at the present time
with great success. One night last week the store Of MIR.
Ellcry on Washington street was robbed CT gold pens,
stationery aud money to the amount of about $500.
The thief entered by means of a very ingeniously
constructed rope ladder, which he left hanging At
Mr.. Ellery's window. By means of this clue. the
police (who are equal to any Partisan detectives)
traced the thief so far, that their suspicion rested on
one David Grammar, a well known thief They did
not arrest him Immediately, but watched him close
ly. A few nights later the same fellow tried his
tight rope skill upon a dry goods store on Sacramento
street, but this time he was caught, and will doubt
less have to return to his old quarters in the State
Prison. Burglaries have been very frequent for a
few weeks past.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Jerry Sullivan, the enterprising news-agent, has
recently had built at Mare Island Navy Yard a beau
tiful little propeller yacht of about 100 tons, for the
purpose Of carrying papers to Sacramento immedi-
ately upon the arrival of the mail steamer from
Panama. He has heretofore been in the habit of
chartering steamers for that purpose.
On the evening of the 9th, inst. Mr.. Levi E. Boren,
who was a clerk i'll the Office of the Supt. of Indian
Affairs, fell from the balcony of the California Hotel,
and was instantly killed. He had been drinking
rather freely, and lost his balance.
We have had rain, in perfect torrents, almost in
cessantly for a week past. To-day the rain has
ceased, and thick fogs have come down over the hills.
making the weather so thick that vessels outward
bound have to wait for a lighting up.
The steamer Golden Gate has just arrived, having
been detained outside some time in a dense fog. She
brings about 1900 passengers. NUpASu.