The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-27
ARRIVAL OF THE CLIPPER SHIP
MARY WHITRIDGE."
Loss of Ship Polynesia" and the
Honolulu Mails.

The fine clipper ship Mary HHitridge. Greasy,
arrived ut this port about 3 P. ". on Sunday,
March 23d, bringing n small California mail with a
few Eastern letters
The ship Polynesia was burned in San Francisco
harbor on the night sf March 81. supposed to have
been set On Ere by some Of her crew. She had
cleared and bad on board the American mails and
Expresses for Honolulu Full particulars Of her
burning will be found on our fourth page.
The Whitrifgs brings US Eastern kilograms to
March 4. and one short item dated the 9th, when the
telegraph broke down. somewhere east of Salt Lake.
asd hsd not been repaired up to her sailing Gu the
s,h. The news brought is SIX days later than adj
vices by the BeAefaefor-
We select n summary Of such items as are Of in
terest to our readers
Dates OF Feb. ST.-2S.
CLEVELAND. Feb. Z7.-Gens. Buckner and TighI-
man passed through here this morning en- route for
Fort Warren
WssHISGTos, Feb. 2T-The military possession Of
the telegraph, taken by order Of the President, will
make no change whatever with social aud con mercial
business by telegraph. The lines and busire ss re-
main in the hands Of the telegraph officers.
The actual number Of prisoners taken at Roanoke
Islaad was 2.4SS-
The Navy Department has received a dispatch from
Commodore GoIdsborough, dated Feb 10Th He had
the Uaicial accounts o. the visits of our vessels to
Edentou and the Curriiuck Canal. The names Of the
men OF war destroyed by our vessels since the feet
reached Hat;eras Inlet are the Sea Bird, flag steamer;
the Curier, and the Funny. The steamer BIack
Warrior and schooner Elise were captured. A
new gunboat on the stocks at Elizabeth City was
destroyed. Each Of them we're remarkably well arm
ed as gunboafs- All OF them excepting the CuIIeI1
were Destroyed or captured IN the attack on Elizabeth
City.
As our forces took undis,urbed possession Of Eden
ton, part Of a Flying Artillery regiment, variously
estimated at from $50 TO 300, fed preeipitately, with
out firing n shot, and many Of the inhabitants also
left Among the results OF the expedition are the
destruction OF eight cannon. and one schooner on the
stocks ut ElentOn, and two schOouers captured in the
Sound
Commodore Goldsborough says he remained two
hours abreast OF the town and was visited b the
authorities and otherS, many of whom professed
sentiments - loyalty TO the old Union.
wAsHISoroS, Feb. H-The Republican intimates
that JED. Davis has made Overtures TOR "A compromise.
IL - said that ne asks Er n Convention Of all the
States o definitely adjust the question. Its issue re-
auires new guarantees for slavery.
Nr. Wilson of Massachusetts will tomorrow intro
duce n the Senate n resolution to extend ard TO Mary
land and Delaware. in order that they may abolish
slavery.
Minister Cameron has received his hnal instruc-
tions as Minister to Russia
Bo-roN. Feb. 2s.-The loss by the ere on CONNER
e:al street IS 81 ,OOO, 900. one-half being insured.
CHICAGO, Feb 2S-By way of Louisville We learn
thar the New Orleans Bee coufesses the magnitude Of
the calamity at Fort DOnelson, and condemns ti,s
neglect Of Inc Confederate Government in not send
Ing u sufficient number OF troops westward IL says
n general call to arms has become an inevitable ne
ces-ity.
The Governor of Georgia has called for IL regi-
menis from that State IL not forthcoming by the
fth OF March drafting will be ordered
FoarHEss MONROE, Feb. IA meeting Of the
cotton aud tobacco planters was held NJ Richmond,
on Wednesday evening, to take INFO consideration the
voluntary destruction Of the cotton and tobacco crops.
A number % speeches were made, but no conclusion
was arrived At. A Committee vas appointed to pre-
pare business for an adjourned meeting this evening.
In the rebel Congress, on Wednesday, resolutions
were offered declaring that the people Of the COnfede-
rate States will, TO the last extremity, maintain the
rights Of self government. and. to this end, pledge the
last dollar and the last maa in the prosecution of the
war, until Independence be acknowlei ged-
The Raleigh On CD Register Of the 10Th says
I" IL would be criminal. as well as idle. to deny that
the present. time j. the mos; gloomy the South has
Witnessed since the commencement of the war"
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Special dispatches from
Washington state that the Navy Department has
dispatches from Com. GOidsborough. conveying in-
formation that the Union forces are in possession Of
the seabolrd railroad. He had destroyed the bridges
across the Blackwater and Nottoway Rivers, thus
cutting OF communication between Norfolk, Rich
mOad. aud the SOuthern seaboard-
a number Of permits have been granted by the
Treasury Department to 9 ade between seeded and
loyal States on the Atlantic coast and the Mississippi
river.
The Richmond Whig of the 22I. speaking Of JEFF.
Davis inauguration. says I'm view Of the past,
present. aud probable future, the pageant presented
IL n bitter mockery. and n miserable compensation
for The ruin of n free people"
A letter from a resident Of the South, who has
excellent opportunities of judging, places the num-
Der Of the rebel army in the whole line on the Potomac,
Ut $1,000 He says the troops whose time expires
on the lst Of March, will not re enlist il they can
help IL.
Secretary Stewards order requiring all persons
leaving the country to obtain passports, has been
rescinded.
The Postmaster General is engaged sending out
Instructions and making arrangements to re-establish
DO-tOtlce3 aud post ma as last as our army al
yances.
WAsHISGTOS. February 2S-The report telegraph
ell, q day or two since, TO the effect that JEFF Davis
lad made overtures to this Government concerning
terms Of submission. has no foundation in fact. The
fIg Of truce, supposed TO refer TO that, related totally
TO the exchange OF prisoners
Dates OF March I To 3.
ST Lours. March 1-Gen Halleck, in a General
Order. states that official information had been re-
ceived that the rebels. in evacuating Midtown. Ark,
poisoned the provisions which they were obliged TO
abandon, and that AZ officers and men we're poisoned
by eating thes. He says that we cannot retaliafe by
Furnishing the innocent for the acts of the guilty; the
laws Of war forbid this. But the same code author
ixes the United States TO refaliate on the parties gull
~ Of such acts Of poisoning. When captured they
will not be treated as ordinary prisoners Of war. nor
will they be snoi; but they will suffer an ignominous
pGnishment-being hanged rs felous. Officers of the
troops Of Government. although not advisers or abet-