The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-24
TEN DAYS LATER!
FROM EUROPE IND AMERICA .

By the arrival on Thursday last Jan 1T)Of the fine
packet Comet, Capt. Jas. Smith, in the remarkably
sbor, passage Of 9 days and 20 hours, We received the
New York mail OfDec. II, brought through in thiriy-
sr days, and san Francisco daily papers Of the 9Th,
only ten days I'D, containing II. Louis news. by Popv
Express, to Dec. 9th, aud Washington adsices 10
Dec. 2lst. We have thus received the proceedings
Of Congress up to Dec. u, in Twenty-Five days. This
Is ahead % any time yet made, and will probably not
be beaten till the telegraph is carried through.
The news IS of more than usual interest. From
cur exchanges, we gather the following summary:
Pacific Side.
Pacific RAMR0ND.-The overland telegram re-
ports the final passage by the lower house in Congress
on the 10Th Of Dec, Of the Pacific Railroad bill. Sc
we're gales had been experienced of the Pacific Coast,
and several vessels are reported lost, among them the
ship Jha -NITshaII, for particulars Of which see our
marine news.
NuRDER IN SAcRANESTo.-Yesterday morning
New Years Day coII-blooded murder was COM
nirel in Sacramento The murderer WIS III. Smith,
a lawyer, belonging in Auburn. in this State. His
victim wis Samuel +. Newell, late publisher Of the
DsHOcrIfie Signal, Of Auburn, and a brother Of VIM.
Newell, forfheriy of the ChTOHicle:-bOth came but a
few days since to Sacramento.
New CAPfrAL--The Legislature Of Washington
Territory have passed bills providing that Vancouver
shall be the Capital ofthe Territory, instead # OIym-
pa. \ land Office and u Peuitentiary are to be 10
Gated at Port Townsend. and a University at Seattle.
DEPRECATED COISs-The bankers of San Francis
co, take California $50 pieces at SO 70 so do, at
80 70, and old South American dOubloOns ut SI5 40.
COMMERCIAL STATISTICS OF VICToRIA-Accordinp
10 tables ia the COiOHisl, the imports of merchandise
into the port Of YictOria during the month of Novem-
her last amounted to Sl66 ,999, Of which SI39,GIS
was from san Francisco. The total tonnage of vessels
British and foreign) cleared from the same port dur
ing the same month, was 9.9g7, Of which 5,O5I
t~6reigu) was to Port Townsend, and 1856 (also
nreign) was to san Francisco.
Coin DISCOVERY AT SAN JUAN.-The gray sands
on the beach at San Juan harbor are said to be rich
in gold-some;hing like the beach of the famous Gold
Bluffs OF California.
THE BRITISH COLUNBIA MIyEs-The steamer Otter
reached Victoria on the 18th December from Fraser
river, with about so passengers and S45. 900 in gold
dust.
The Sacramento River Road, designed to open com
municatiOu between Yreka and the Sacramento
Valley. is now being pushed energe,ically toward
completion. All the heavier grading is completed,
and there now remains only about fifteen miles TO
finish, and this distance, for most part, Of very easy
grades
EXPORT OF CH.SANES-The ship Worcester. bound
10 HOngkong. hauled out into the stream yesterday.
with upwards Of FIVE hundred hOmewari returning
Celesills rs passengers. Babel was n fool to the jab-
herring and catawauling made by these mOOn-eyeI
emigrants as they bundled their traps on board at the
eleventh hour. Most of them are from the mining
districts, and nearly all. by economy and industry,
have managed 10 hoard up a sufficient amount Of the
yellow dust with which to gid their return to the
FOweFy kingiOm-TTHes-