Polynesian., 1854-01-14
Extraordinary Rapid Passage /!
Sixteen Days From New YorI
GENERAL WAR In EUROPE!!
THE FIRST BATTLE....DEFEAT OF
THE RUSSIANS.

THE RUSSIANS.
The steamer John L. Stevens, Capt Pear.
son, arrived at San Francisco on the 10Th
Dec, with mails TO the 2lst of Nov, from
New York.
The news thus received via the Ramsay
route is down to the lst Dec from N. York
and New Orleans. and to the 10Th of Nov
from Europe-sirteen days from New York,
and thirty from England-the most extraor-
binary time ever made between these ports
The mail BY the above was received here
in Honolulu, on the 9TH Dec, by the clipper
ship MISCHIEF, which arrived at l o'clock.
We hasten to give our readers such OF the
news as our time will permit.
The steamer PEYroNA, Nash, cleared from
San Francisco, on the Both Dec for Oregon.
So we must give her up, and not look for her
at these islands.
Our dates by the Mi 'chief are to the 23d
| December.
Rodman NJ. Price, formerly Purser in
the Navy, and at one time a resident of this
city, has been elected Governor of New Jer-
sey by the Democrats.
! The State elections in New York were
held on the Sth. The Wings have Major
ity of nearly two-thirds in the Senate and
Assembly. The HERALD gives the votes
Wings 100000, Democrats I06, 900, Free
soilers 100, 900. The Friends of the Maine
liquor law have also obtained majority, and
it is thought that it will become the law of
this State.
In Massachusetts the late election was a
complete triumph of the Wings The new
Constitution was rejected by decided ma
jority. The Legislature will be Wing on
joint ballot In the House the Wings have
a majority Of nearly sixty, and the Senate
will be nearly tied.
1t is said that the President has requested
Mr.. McLane, the newly appointed Minister
to China; Mr.. Mason, the newly appointed
Minister to France; and Mr.. Seymour, the
newly appointed Minister to Russia, not to
sail for their respective destinations until the
Senate shall have confirmed their nomina-
tions.
The latest by the Ramsay route.
By way of Vera Cruz and Acapulco, we
have New Orleans and New York accounts
to the lst ofDecember, and intelligence from
Europe to the 18th of November
New YORK, Nov. 3O-Martin Kostza has
arrived at Boston.
Arrival of John MitcheIl...-Great Excite.
ment.
New York, Nov. 81, 20 P. M-The
steamer Prometheus arrived to-day from San
Juan. Among her passengers was John
Mitchell, who was waited for by great
crowd on the wharves and in boats on the
river, and great excitement prevailed gener-
ally. Mitchell, however, quietly left the
steamer, and was conveyed to the residence
of his mother in Brooklyn.
Treaty with England.
A dispatch from Washington says that
new treaty has been formed with Secretary
Marcy and Mr.. Champion, providing for a
general interchange of products with the
British provinces, and freedom of the fisher
les. The treaty has been sent to England.
By recent defalcations in Wall street it is
calculated that the banks of New York have
lost as folows:-State of New York, $685.
900: Commerce, $4,000: Merchants, /,
$500, 900: Metropolitan, $3.50. 900: Ameri-
can Exchange, $50, 900: Hanover, S25. 900.
DR.. Van Camp has been appointed U. S.
Commercial Agent for the Navigator's ISL
and, vice V. Chaplin, superseded.
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