The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-09-05

AGT OF GEyrRAIs-Cencral Scott l. -: Wool, -;
Hlrney, 90; Mansfield, 20; To'ten. thead II the Eu-
gineer corps,) -; Ihayer. Engineers so; Craig.
theai Of the Ordnance DEPARTMENT. 10: Ripley,
fOrluaucc,) 20; Sumner, 65: Llrnei. (Pavmas;er
GENERALLY 20; Gibson. -tCsumi~srrv General Clur-
chill, t~Ia-Vesf"r teuerll,J AMI Thomas. iAiiGtaut
HeneTAI.) aIe all old men, having entered the Army
in the b-siunir- ~ The present century-Gibson in
lS'-, AMI Churchill ia lol2.
But the officers who are expected 20 lead in the
field are Gen. -ctiellIn, who will iouht'e~ have the
most important command, Is lie ranks next t. Gen.
Scott, and l. not YET -. Gen. Fremont. who will
bend one o.! the llvauciug columns, j. under -.
zen. Lyon, Of the Missouri District, i about A.
Cen Butler. commanding the Eastern forces, = 50:
and Gen. Banks. who ~iil Cooperate with him i II.
Zen M'D.weii commanding the forces now in Yirgi-
MA, i about 20.
BALLOON RECONNOIssANcE-Th experiments at
Washington with the balloon have been emiuen-lv
successful. The capacity Of the balloon was twenty
thousand cubic feet \ circuit was established by
looping one Of the adjacent telegraph wires-the one
between Alexandra and the Var Dcplrtmeut-with
helix wires several hundred feet ia length wound
upon = reel At the spot from which the ascent was
male. The helix wires are very fine ami flexible.
They communicated with = delicate pocket Morse
apparatus carried Uy the operator III the balloon.
The helix were paid ont from the reel ~ rauiiitv a.
the ropes attached 10 the balloon. An ascent o: FIVE
vr SIX hundred feet wIS made, and the Geographic
arrangement worked charmiugly. When At the ut
Iacst elevation attained dispatches were sent to the
President o: the United States through the War
Department. with this telegraphic apparatus, AMI
the means Of making an aerial reconnaissance. a gen.
era! may be accurately informed Of everything that
may be going on within = long days march Of his
position in any direction.
SEVERE But TEUE.-The Atlantic Monthly for July
has an article entitled, 'The Ordeal by Battle" The
tO!lO~iug Is an extract from it:
" Take the seeded States upon their own showing,
aud It l. absurd to suppose that they can ever as
sumo their former standing in the nation. Are there
any stronger oaths than their generals have bro
ken. any closer ties TO honesty than their fuauciers
have spurued, any deeds more damning than their
Legislatures have voted thanks for; No one suppcses
that the individual traitors can be restored to conf
dence, that Twiggs can re-dye his reputation, or any
deep sea s~oundings fish up Maury's drowned honor.
But the influence o.: the States Is gone with that of
their Representatives,. They may worship the craven
image OF President Lincoln in Mobile; they may DO
homage TO the ample Of stuffed regimentals of Gen.
orget. Could their whole delegation resume its seat
II Congress tomorrow, with Tie three ftths repre-
intact, ii would not help them. Can we
trust them to build Il ship or construct Il rife
No time, no formal act can restore the past
citations, so long as Slavery lives. 1t is easy for the
to pardon some convict for the penitentia-
Y; but who can pardon him ont of that sterner pri-
on o! public distruSt, which closes its disemboiiel
around him, moves with his motions, and never
he dwells rs under the shadow OF swords, and
Odds intercourse with men only by courtesy, not con-
dence. And so will they"