The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-18
TIE PACIFIC
commercial Advertiser.
TWO WEEKS 7
rpau CALIFORNIA AND TIE EAST.


TIE eipper snip Sdcsr Sur, Wade, arrived on
s.,5.v morning last. bringing the New York mails
= larust u and September /. She made the pass
~.6.u in I3 days, and after taking on board water
"a oher supplies, viii sail for Bakers Island to load
raao-
anoiulu. She was ADVERTISED to sail again on the
IF. but probably did not get of before the 1O,h, and
.,barIIy be Iookel for before the 10Th to 25th inst.
From the papers received. We gather the following
.qumary Of news
Pacific side.
H,yEY rs. BEEs.-Our State l. being filed in every
81 .0fh her wide domain with swarms Of the industri-
y. b~ouey-bee. yet we have bat little honey a. their
,,.i1ct. Notwithstanding the many thousand hives
5ss imported into this State, honey Is no more
,,unfuI than il was prior 70 their importation. Pure
Irey 4. to-day worth enc dollar per pound in the
n,rEst. and i not plentiful az that.
Srstu FIRE ESG1yE-San Francisco has been pro-
1Iel With = Steam Fire Engine, but - far it had not
ausfeI public expectation. The BuIsfia says The
NnumeEtals took the steam FIRE engine To the corner
dupont and California streets this morning. to give
her public trial. At - minutes to IL, the fire was
F,hiei. Four and a half minutes after. the first
team vas evident. IT 10 min~tes TO IL, there were
.5D,Iufs Of steam on. Three minutes later there
.sre 100 pounds on. When the steam stood at 40
pnnls. through !! inch nozzle. she threw water 1TS
sst Before they got through the trial, the engine
5rse down.
P,c1FC TELEGRAPHIC PLsys-The New York Her
Hlearns that there : now a fair prospect Of having
entinu0us line Of telegraph completed, from the
western boundary Of the Pacific. within the time pre-
.ribei by the terms Of the bill passed ut the last ses-
,ga Of Congress. The work i TO be carried through
by the Western Union Telegraph Company, which
,ro7oses to build aud equip the line according to the
sutrlet, AMI within twenty mOnths.
a-r,r~r At TTr DRy DOCK Wills the = = Drv
Duck was taking up III. B. Ms steamer TeTmHg1Hf,
an The 22i Sept, the snoring Of one OF the sections j.
supposed to have slipped out and let the weight Of the
min fall upon the second section. which Immediately
ave way, and thus caused the ship to heel over on
her sble, carrying everything with her One entire
SIDE Of the dock Is lying n wreck, and the other IS
still 40 out Of the water. Many Of the workmen
umped into the bay. The crashing was tremendous,
sni was heard very plainly at Vallejo. The wreck
will likely have to be cut away before the ship can be
released
VASCOUvER'5 IsLASD.-By the arrival OF III. b
Ms ship Gaage,, from Victoria, V. l., we have pa
pers from that place to the 9Th Of September
SHIPPING OF VIcToEIA.-The Victoria Ga=sHe Of
the sth September. says that since the 7th Of August,
there had arrived aud cleared from Victoria the fol-
loving vessels, none If them less than ~ tons
Steamer, SO; ships, 4; barkS, .; bIrkentines, .;
hrigs, 2; and schOOne-s, 81; besides, over 100 small
slOops aud schOOners, carrying 10 tons and less
THE COLLEGE OF CAIIToRSIA.-The Pacific says
The value Of the property belonging to the College -
estimated At about $4,000. On this there has been
an incumbrance for some time, rs near as can be esti-
mattel, Of $4,000. Ii may be nOre. \ part of this
debt becoming due with the prospect Of an unpleasant
wv suit If il was not promptly paid. the Trustees re-
solved 70 raise not less than $4,000. Subscribing
literally themselves one Of their number the Kew.
Z Il. Walsworth of Mlrysville,a assisted chiefly by the
Rev. z :. Lacy, and ut times by other members Of
RE Board. undertook to raise the amount. In fifteen
working days Mr.. waisworth and his associate raised
the Slj, O0O, and mostly all Of il in this city. \ part
Of the money Is in the bank, the rest 20 be paid when
called for. In addition to this. lumber has been
giyen nearly enough to enclose the College site The
College HOtr as out Of debt not a dollar, 80 far a. we
can learn, will rest upon IL in any way, shape or
manner. after all the accounts are audited II IS
rec The Trustees occupy 4 vantage grou=d they
seyer have before.
United STATES.
Our American exchanges are almost entirely hled
with poIitica! news. The approaching State and
Presidential elections were engrossing public atteu-
t1n.
DOUGL,s AGAINST DIsUSIoS, Although LINCOLN Il
ELSCTED.-New York, August 2T--Judge Douglas
bal an enthusiastic reception at Norfolk, Va, and
spoke in presence of 5000 people. In the middle Of
rs address n slip OF paper was handed to him. IL
vas cr from the Norfolk Daily -frgus, and contained
these polite questions
The first wls-IsA Abraham Lincoln be elected Pres
dent Of the United States would the Southern states
be justified in seeding from the Union:
He slii to this emphaticllly answer no. (Great
applause The election of a man to the Presidency
Ofthe American people. IN conformity with the Con-
sti;ution Of the United States, would not Justify any
attempt TO dissolve this glorious Confederacy- Cap
pimseJ
The second was-If the Southern States sece1e from
the Union upon the Inauguration of Abraham Lin
coin, before he commences an overt act against their
Constitutional rights, will you advise or indicate re-
sstsnce BIZ force to their secession;
| answer emphaticaliy that IL Is the duty OF the
President Of the United States, and all others in au-
rn-s.- -. l.. L.. -. .Ia farrs If tho Irftp1
states passed by Congress, and a. the Courts eX-
pound them aud |, a in duty bound by my oath
aai Eielity to the Constitution would do all IN my
power to aid the good Of the United States. in main
aiming the supremacy Of the laws agains; all resIs-
tlnce to them, from Whatever quarters ii might come.
Ia other words, I think she President of ;he United
States should treat all attempts TO break up the Union
by resistance to its laws, as old Hickory treated the
H%lliders in 1883 CApplause)
- In Maine the Republican party has elected its
Government by a large majority. Complete returns
had not yet been received
Gen. Wheat, late Of the Liberal army in Mexico.
has sailed ia the TdHisTbiH, with the Intention OF
Itning Garibaldi at Naples Wheat is backed, imam
caily, by Sam BrInnan Of California. The example
o. the General will be followed by Col Charles =
HICKS, who, II - reported, Will leave IN the next
steamer.
HoxDuR.s-Gen. VIM. Walker. has raised the old
flag. and concentrates the union Of Honduras, Guat-
emlla, Nicaragua. Salvador and Costa Ricl, OF winch
ne, no doubt, desires TO become Dictator Ii Is DIS
graceful to cur Government that this inhuman and
dsuente1 pirate Should he permitted to distract ana
prey upon hapless States.
Sir George Simpson, Governor Of the Hudson-s
Bay Company tr many years, died At Lachine. &C
e. very recently. He was for a long time con-
Eec;si with affairs At Hudson's Bay and other places
N the vicinity. and for his daring and energetic spur
It received many rewards, even from the hand Of
uyality itself.
HARD LrCK-A whaler arrived ut New Bedford,
aday or two since, from a - months voyage. she
hal only 221 barrels Of oil not enough TO pay her
outfit. The - shares will be slim 10 the hardy and
brave sailor boTs,who have hal their jackets vet IN
the odd spray O. the Arctic Sea, in search Of the levia-
tanns-.E. LONDON paper -4ug %
MExTCO-FmrBUsTEE MOvEMESTs-According 10
tAe Norfolk Ua.) Day Book. the knights OF the
Uo.ien Circle who have been 30 long getting reaiy