The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-04

TIE ATLANTIC CABLE-Letters from George Sc
ward, Secretary and General superintendent OF the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, 10 Cyrus w tIetd'
after abiding 10 absolute electrical perfection Of the
cable now being manufactured, states the amount
completed 70 December Both, at seven hundred and
fifty miles. The cable IS pow beisg manufactured a.
the rate Of eighty miles per week. II VIII be hnished
by the end Of the first week in June. Two tanks
are on board the Great Eastern for the storage Of the
cable. and q third IS rapidly progressing. There IS
no reason 10 doubt that the cable viii 81 he on board
the ship ready for sea with every appliance, and IN
the best order, during the mouth OF June. Seward
has 10 doubt that the cable viii be successfully laid
and worked.
The ExGLIsH BIsHoPs There is at present a good
deal Of excitement in England in regard to the
course pursuing by some OF the English bishops. 1t
seems from an article in the London Record that the
Bishop OF Exeter proposes to resign If he could be
permitted 10 nominate a sutfragan, and by this meas
ure make an onward move 20 take from the Queen the
right Of nomination. 1t is said there are many Of
the bishops in favor of the change, and among the
chief is the Bishop Of Oxford. 1t is understood that.
under his advice, it is proposed that Il DILL should be
introduced authorizing a bishop, under certain cir
cumstances, to nominate two 5utragans, leaving the
Queen the option Of selecting one OF the two. The
objection to this measure is that in process Of time
the sufragan would be regarded as the rightful ex-
pectaut OF the aged or invalid bishop, and in this
way the Crown would gradually lose the supremacy.
The MARYsvILLE SANITARY CnIcKES.-Dr. Ken
dali sent East the following incident Of Fair at Ma
rysYil.e
A poor little boy brought a white chicken to the
Fair, which was ali he had TO offer, saying il might
make broth for some poor sick soldier. He had
decked his little Offering with ribbons OF red, white
aud blue but, as he had no money 10 pay the ad-
mittance fee, when he clme 10 the door he was re
jected. As he went down the street, some gentle
men seeing his distress. listened to his story. gave
him a ticket and sent him in. The simplicity Of the
donor and the beauty of the offering attracted atten-
ton, and the chicken was put up at auction and sold
10 the highest bidder for $500 in gold, for the lene.
fit Of the Sanitary Commission. The chicken has not
put on any airs, has not even attempted 10 crow, Il
hope the example will not be lost, } but is exercising
the functions of chickenhood, and is just now setting
on a nest Of nine eggs, and. az ii is not best 10 count
chickens before they are hatched, there, for the
present, we leave her.
Two MoxrHs' WoBK.-An Eastern paper. Of Dec.
27th, Gays
In the last two months, the number Of cannon cap
tured from the rebels was two hundred and four.
The number of rebel soldiers taken prisoners was
twenty one thousand eight hundred, and the number
of negroes fit to be soldiers, seven thousand, by Sher-
man. Total, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred.
The killed and wounded Of the enemy, in the Shen-
anioah Valley, in Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi,
Central Virginia aud Georgia, were at least fifteen
thousand. Twenty-Five rebel Generals have been
placed hOrS du c0mbdt, of whom thirteen were killed.
xix wounded and six taken prisoners. About two
hundred ani eighty i've miles of railroads in rebel
liOus States have been destroyed by Union troops,
with fifteen locomotives aud fifteen trains of cars.
Cotton has been destroyed worth ten millions of dol
lars. Over twelve Thousand head of mules and
horses have been taken. and fifteen hundred head Of
cattle. Military stores and provisions worth a mil
lion dollars have been destroyed. besides wagon
trains, camp e~quipage, and other articles. The navy
has sunk the rebel ram .fibsmarle and captured six
or eight blockaie-ruuning steamers, besides small
craft.