The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-08-02
Later Foreign News.

mail, and Only a few California papers and letters
We are indebted to Capt Johnson for the latest paper:
from S.H Francisco, which are TO the 18th ofJuly.
FROM III tna' "" con gather. t. nail arrange
meE's. Is which hen York mail atve come ,hrnu.a
with regularity twice s ,saur4 b. steamers 80 P4us-
ma, are TO II Ii-rou-5n..I ,f,-r Juiy /. and r.c
HsrEPsper Haf. are O. t- brought ~ cla.scs or-r-
LaHd. 10 os delivered Ia an average OF 80 days IRON.
s.. Louis, and perhaps 81 days from New York.
This Is going 20 prove a arrangement Of the present
regular system, which we judge will not NEE, pgpu-
lar favor, at least out Of san Francisco. At present
the semi-monrhly newspaper mails are delivered by
steamer in y days from New York. generally in god
condition Overland. they will come struggling along
dag by day, and be more or les damaged by the
usage and wear they are liable TO on the coaches.
The pony express had brought news from New
York 10 June l6, and from Europe 20 June 2 From
the papers We CLEAN the following news.
The Pacific Side.
The 4th Of July was celebrated with considerable
noise IN san francisco. and Rev Star King made one
Oi his characteristic Orl'iCns ~ the Pavilion.
NOETHERN LICHIs-The -4ia lays The pyro-
technics away alOft about the North Pole have been
keeping up quIte a display the past twO OF three
night- We presume to keeP up with the mundane
9th JulyJ efforts IN cur vicinity.
THE Pony EXPRESS. - The PONY Express will
hereafter run semi ekiy-Slturday ami WeIUes-
days Mr.. Finuey, the General Agent, assures he
public that every arrangement had been made 10 in
sure safety and dispatch. We hope It may not be
long before - shall send and receive q Pony TX
pres every day.
PE0LIFiC-Yes:erlay, says the Folsom Telegraph
Of the 9TH, Mr.. EJf brought 70 our Office "A bunch OF
corn, the most singularly formed of anything OF the
kind We ever saw. There are twelve distinct ears,
united at the butt, and all completely covered with
one busk. The centre ear is about ten inches in
length and straight, while the eleven enclrcling ears
are about eignt inches IN length and fully developed.
IL was grown at the Buckeye, near Folsom.
DAsHAwAY ELECTIOS.-Frank E. r. Whitney
(Chief Engineer) was reelected President Of the
Dashaway Association, at an election held on Thurs
day.
The OREGON STATE ELECTIoN.-The official re-
turns Of the election have not yet been received from
NIL the counties. Report gives Shiel n majority Of
from forty to sixty over Logan for Representative.
This, We presume, says the Portland -ffrocote, is
sufficiently definite 10 establish the fact OF Shells
election.
Eastern Summary.
Chicago has nearly ) 10000 inhabitants.
The celebrated letter, from Greeley TO Seward, was
handed over and published rerGatim in the Tribune.
on the 18th June, and telegraphed ali over the
country.
The Massachusette Legislature. on the 18th, adopt
ed a resolution, by a vote Of So to A, indorsing the
recent speech Of SumnCr.
The London Times. SATURDAY. Rerier, London
Field, and some other English papers now maintain
that Heenau was fairly entitled to the belt.
\ trot took place on the 18th June, between Flora
Temple anu PGtchen-twO miles heGts-wOn by
PGtcheH In two straight heats.p Iime-4:53I-l5I1.
First mile, first heat-2:22; second, 2:27I.
In Dubuque, Ia, a short time since. 4 dlnseuse
danced pirOueJtes and grand furnishes all the even
ing aud then went home and mad a pair of twins.
Snuih Carolina refuses tn 90 TO Baltimore, and she
says she lbaniOus the Democracy T. its fate.
The transfer clerk Of the Pacific Mail Company is
missing, AMI a deftulter To tie amount OF $4,000
A 1000 strangers gathered in Chicago in attendance
upon the Republican Convention.
In Providence. Z. l., they say Of "A man who &C.
ca,iOnaliy gets drunk, that he IS = n times guilty
Of voluntary III health
\ rumor has gtiuei some currency ia New York
that Mayor Wool will be removed from his office by
the Governor, for certain transactions, tut the origin
OF the rumor, or what these transactions are, no one
seems 10 know.
Letters received from Heenan by the .4ra5ir. states
that him-ef, Mr. Wilkes, eiitOr Of Dii,sS' Spirit Of
The Times, and Billy MuliiGin. will return in the
-ffrica.
\ Nj. Bailey OF y. H.. sank n barrel Of apples in
his mill pond last November and took them out the
1Ith OF May They were free from speck. rot oe
wrinkle, a. EIir aui fresh Is when taken from thr
tree.
The Pacific Telegraphic Bin, As amended by the
House. passed the Srnate, wnI;h allows the POST
master General TO advertise for proposals to build
the line. The bill i a law.
Among the gifts left At Washington by the japanese
IS said To be the most magnificent and costly tea
set ever made. IL i Of Japan ware and delicately
&c. ~V"
The japanese at Washington amused themselves by
throwing their coin out Of the windows to immense
crowds below. II they indulge much in this sport
they viii be sure 10 become popular.
At a prize-fght near New Orleans the aunt OF one
Of the cOmbatInts was ON the ground. cheering her
nephew on, AID after lie had Won the tight took him
home IA triumph {. What WDHf women do next:
Out ii about 5000 widows Of the Revolution, PEN
stoned by the first act Of Congress, only So survive.
Fourteen Of them are over one hundred years old.
The youngest Is ~ years Of age the Oldest l33 years.
The Great Western Z Railway Company are building
n state carriage for the use Of His R,yaI Highness the
Prince Of Wales IL will, we are informed, surpass
anything Of the kind which has ever been produced
on this continent.
The news from the Platte gold mines is more favor
able than heretofore. Large quantities OF gold arrive
at the city weekly. New aud rich gulch di.gings
are being i scOvered. The e~migrlnts who went there
this spring are ali doing well.
The iron for the railroad west of St. Josephs, the
first section of the great Pacific road has arrived,
and several miles will be completed during the sum-
mer.
CovGREssIoSAL-In the Senate, on the 10Th June,
the Tarif bill was postponed until next session. The
Senate recedel from its amendments To the Pacifc
Telegraph bill. The contract will be let TO the lowest
bidder.
PoLITrcAL-A bet Of 81. 900 was made by n Re-
publican in Buffalo that Abraham Lincoln will carry
the State OF New York by "a majority Of $4,000.
Among the incidents Of the Chicago Convention,
was the presentation of an immense bowie knife, to
Hon. John +. Potter OF Wisconsin by the Missouri
1t is Of Connecticut manufacture, three
feet long, and bears the following inscription to John
+. Potter, Y the Missouri delegation. He riN Herer
fail TO meet a Pryor engagement
Wit AND WIsDoM-(Not by Prentice )-Epitaph
over the political remains Of n Western Senator
Here lyeth We remenes Of Little Giant, who was
kilt in We irrepressible coufiicte for the Presidency. at
Charles Town, May the >, 1860. Ambitious yOuthe,
take warning 10y his fall, and never strive to file ye
place for which you are too small"
MnUNT VERNON NPRovENENTs-At Mount Vernon
the ladies' are already busy with their Improvements.
Of the out buildings has ueen converted into 4
workshop, and the huge piles Of Plumber show that
the work Of innovation 70 the house, under whose