The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-03
The steamer was released, the necessary bonds
having been given.

: The steamer WAS released, the necessary bonds
having been given.
Personal.
C. c. Harris and family, Judge Hartwell and Mrs.
VIM. Hooper were passengers by the Panama steam
er arriving Sept 9. The next steamer brought Mr..
J. I. Waterhouse, C. L. Richards, wife and sister,
z. c. Jones, and others, ca route TO Honolulu. Mr..
Richards will return TO Honolulu in the next steam
er, the Montana, which sails Oct =.
Rev. E. c. Bissell, pastor of the Green Street Con-
gregational Church of this city has resigned his pas
torate, and accepted q call from the Fort Street
Church of Honolulu. He leaves for your islands in
October.
Tilden * Breed, stock brokers. failed about Sep
tenber lst., liabilities are reported TO be about $40
600. Stock speculations presumed to be the cause.
Capt. II. W. Burditt is now first officer of the
steamer Chiaa and sailed recently for Japan. Capt
Callaghan, having retired from the DreadnOught, is
now first officer of the p. VI. 5. 5. CO.. steamer Sac
rameHfO, ON the Panama route.
\ young ex-IIOnoIuluian has been honored with
the position OF Paymasier on the staff Of Brig. Gen.
John Hewston Jr., commanding End Brigade, y. &.
c, and will be known in military circles as Major
Jas \. Thompson
We learn that the following distinguished Ameri-
cans are en- route for San Francisco. Prof. AgasSiz
OF Harvard, Frank P. Blair, Jr., Democratic nominee
for Vice President, and Roscoe Conkling, U. s. Sena-
tor from New York. The latter gentleman has the
reputation of being the handsomest man in Congress.
Items.
An impenetrable London fog has hung over the
city for a day or two.
The September Overland Monthly equals public
expectation.
Stocks have suddenly declined alarmingly in value.
The second Brigade, composed of companies located
in this city, was reviewed by Gov. Haight on the 9th
September.
The energetic ladies of San Francisco are making
preparations for a fair in aid of the mercantile Libra
ry Building Fund.
A grand carnival ball is proposed to take place
Sept. % at the Mechanics Pavilion. The fair closes
at that time. The building will doubtless be used
for political meetings until the election.
The Pioneers celebrated the 18th Anniversary ofthe
admission of California into the Union (Sept. 81 with
appropriate ceremonies. An eloquent address was
delivered by Hon. E. d. Wheeler.
The Opera Season has proved successful. AL
though Mad. Parepa Rosa does not possess an appro-
pirate physique for powerfully-improssive acting, her
exquisite notes more than fully atone. The support
is moderately good.
Barry and Patten having extensively introduced
their tonic called the Excellent two limitations
are advertised, the Splendid and the g Elegant"
A new daily, an otishoot of the little {" Dramatic
Chronicai,'' called the d" Daily morning Chroni-
cle,'' designed as an opposition to the Gail and pub
lished at one bit Q2il a week. has been in success
full circulation since Sept 1st. 1t favOrs Grant and
Colfax.
The anniversary of the establishment of the Mexi-
lean Republic was duly celebrated in this city on the
10th September with appropriate ceremonies, sc.
DIR. l.. J. Jordan files an answer in the Lock Jaw
Suit He Sfares that no WAS consulted nv Mr. Mid
dleton, who earnestly solicited him to take the case,
which he did, saving the son. He now claims the
$4,000 Here the matter rests for the present.
Yours ever, PELICAN.