The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-04-09
Letter from San FranciscO.

SAN FRANCISCO, March Sth, 1863.
EDITOR COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER During the
past week Geographic communication with the East
has been considerably interrupted by heavy storms
in the mountains. The wires, which were down at
the date of the Comets departure, resumed work the
same evening and up to yesterday, when another
break occurred, news came freely over the lines. The
report Of the capture by the rebels of the Iniianola
and Queen Of the Hest. on the Mississippi, is con-
frmed.
On the 18th February the American ship JACOB
Bel was burned at sea by the pirate Florida, The
jacob Bell was from China for New York, with a
valuable cargo of teas, held by Barring Brothers &
Co, of London, as security for advances on a letter
of credit, and Insured in England. The old proverb
about courses coming home to roost'' seems very
applicable TO this case, as we'll as to several others in
which orr British friends have been the sufferers,
through the active neutrality of their nation. The
one hundred thousand dollars, g Judas money! for
which the British Government allowed the .4la6dmG
to go to sea, to prey upon American commerce,
would be but a poor compensation for the losses al
ready sustained by its own citizens.-I beg their
pardon, l should have said subjects. As the wants
of the rebels become more pressing. it is fair to pre-
sumo they will become less particular whose property
they interfere with.
Al a skirmish near Winchester. Va, a small body
u -Nit4OilaA tIOopS SAS OduIS thhcu IL IA uOuS IOT,
a few days since; this with the items above given
constitutes the sum total of our reverses contained in
the last batch of telegraphic intelligence. To offset
against these we have the capture of Fort McAlister.
near Savannah, the destruction of the notorious
Nashville, and a few victories on g small scale in
Tennessee.
Congress has ad journed, having voted everything
necessary to sustain the administration and for the
successful prosecution of the war. The men and
money wanted are granted, the action of the Presi-
dent in suspending the habeas corpus is legalized,
and authority given him to issue letters Of marque
and reprisal against any foe, foreign or domestic.
The hands OF our rulers and men in authority are
thus strengthened, and the nation will expect that
with the immense means now at their disposal there
shall be no delay. hesitation or indecision. 1t will
expect our President and his advisers to hereafter
pay more attention to the work they have in hand
and less to politics, that they shall spend their time
in devising the defeat of the enemy, instead of pull
ling down and setting up generals to suit the wishes
of partisan schemers.
The signs are that rebeldom will soon be kept busy
in repelling the hordes of " Lincoln abolitionists,'
who are preparing to kick up a dust on : sacred
soil" That iron-clad feet at Port Royal means
something; Banks and Grant, Farragut and Porter,
are bent ON mischief in and about Vicksburg and
Port Hudson. Rosecrans is in Tennessee with over
one hundred thousand men under his command, and
the Army of the Potomac is being " Hookerized" by
its new leader into a state of efficiency that promises
great results. From all this we may conclude that
g something or other" will shortly occur. Your
correspondent has faith to believe that when it does
occur, and the news reaches the Islands, it will ap-
pear in the P0iyHesiGn in small print.
From England we learn of meetings and demon
STATIONS in favor of Mr.. Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation. Is the world coming to an end In
the history of this nation has it ever before happened
that a President OF the United States did ANYTHING
that suited John Bull? Did we ever have a Presi-
dent who, in English eyes, was anything but a ra-
pacious monster or 4 cheating knaye? Just to think
of it, isn't it wonderful? "Zamplllaerostation" il
q farce compared with the agility with which some
people can turn moral summersaults. This matter