The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-27
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The PoLYSEslA's MAII.-The loss of the mail
which was put on board this ship on the LIST of
March, is very unfortunate. 1t contained the letters
and papers mailed at San Francisco from Feb. 18th
TO March LIST, and the Eastern Atlantic letters and
papers Of the dates of December and January.
Doubtless Eastern and European letters Of advice g,
covering accounts TO the close of the year were in
the lost mail, as were probably the first numbers of
the periodicals subscribed for clubs, commencing
with January 1862, including Harper's Monthly,
Harper's Weekly and the Scientific American. As
near as We can learn, there were consumed, IL bags
for the Honolulu Post-ofhce, = bags of Whitney's
Express, and one bag and other parcels of Wells,
Fargo s. Co.'S Expfess.-embracing an unusually
large quantity of mail matter. In the Bulletin We
notice the following item respecting the mails burnt.
Distraction OF MNIs-we have received a communication
from Postmaster Parker. stating that the entire mail from this
Office from February 18Th to March LIST for Honolulu and the
Hawaiian Islands, has been destroyed by the burning Of the
Polynesia. The English and Eastern mails for the Islands
* Merrill since February 18th, were burned.
To ARRIvE-Several We sells were on the berth at
San Francisco, and soon to sail for ports in China.
The following is a list of them: We give the dates at
which We suppose they may have sailed, allowing for
the usual detention fer seamen:
March 1o-i2-Am. ship s~xordh.h, CrandaII. 1854 tons, fog
12-Am. Ship kingleader, White. 1856 tons, for Homo
lulu aud Kanagawa, Japan. This vessel rings
the newly appointed American Commissioner
and Consuls to Japan
l2-Am, steamer Martin White, LOvett, for HOMO ulu
12-15-Am. ship Comet, Todd. 1886 tons, for Hongkong.
15-i6-Am. bark speedweI. Patty.
2S-So-Am. ship Dictator, Philips, 1895 tons, for Hong
April Am. steamship Cortes. for shanchae.
Am. ship Charger, Hatch, for HougGong.
The above is an unusually large feet of vessels for
China. They may not all touch here. though the
ship Ringleader, steamer .uqrfin White and bark
SPeedreH will, and there ought to arrive within the
next six days, if they have any winds.
RICE MLLs-we are happy to learn that the ex-
periments which have been in progress for some
weeks past, to construct rice mills, have at length
proved quite successful. That erected by Messrs.
Ford and others at the foundry. last week succeeded
in turning out well-hulled the rice run through it, at
the rate of about 500 pounds an hour. The capacity
of the mill for hulling will be increased and the
quality of its work improved, as further experience
is gained in this new branch Of industry. No time,
however, should be lost in perfecting this mill and
also the polishing mill, as the capacity of both
will be tested to prepare for consumption the crops
now ripening. -
ROADS IMPRovIxG.-We have from time to time
noticed the improvements made in the roads about
Honolulu under the Superintendence Of Capt. Luce.
Furser seal o u steamer, Ihiorns : mat MT cpen-
Ger last week drove in a carriage from his residence
in Makawao to Capt. Makee's plantation, a distance
of about % miles. He was accompanied by his wife,
and the journey was performed in five hours. This
indicates a great improvement in the road through
some Of the ravines or gulches on that route. There
Is a good carriage road now from Waikiki via Maka-
to Clupalakua, a distance of over 80 miles. In
direct line, the distance IS much less.
OPP FOR THE MISEs-Beside the large stock of
mules shipped by the Benz. Rush, she is reported to
have taken OF one or two passengers who perhaps had
passports, but not from their creditors. Can not
some mode be devised TO prevent these slippery gen.
frem going off in such crowds for the dig
yings, without settling;