The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-09-26

-. J0-EPH. Aug. 2l-l.20 \. M.-Tue Wax De
TlrtmeHt has information which leads 20 the belief
that the rebels have WithirIwu q mile beyond Fair
fax Court House, leaving only licsets AZ the village
This movement vas made with precipitation. and j.
J. reported shat tHe rebel strength ~ Leestury IS in
crossing, and consists e several thousand men up
ported b. artillery. Gen. Banks ! near enough 60
the point 90 present serious shot ami shell obstacle 70
crossing. even II the Tiyer were fOri-U.e, which il
viii not he for q day or tSo yet.
Io-mnrroS Gen. Mcclellan assumes command Of
ali the troops "a. the Potomac.
RrwonFD C,rTCFE oF The .rlrrrEE-There i
some reason % believe shat the notorious prIEIiyrT
S14Dtsr has az last ba-u caught by a var vessel Of
the Government. The schooner HlgtHgi, that
arrived ir5u GulilI5upe. ". l., Aug 81. reports
that - steamer arrived ~ - Thomas Ola Tie - inst,
from Curacao. Ringing intelligence that tue rebel
prIya.eer SGHD'Dr haI been captured al the latter
port by a United States uau-Otwar, and that she
was lying Do that hlTbar with the stars and stripes
flying at ner masthead. The u4ue II the United
States vessel was not a-certlIuei, owing, It Is sup
posed. Z" the fact that the report WAS communicated
from a vessel spoken 20 sea. Previous 20 her capture
ii she J. ctptur,d-,he Srwyf.r ran down tie bark
JD..pt -N1rtrsI, irlu Philadelphia for Ltguayrl,
loaded with h.ur, rice, tobacco and butter, put a
Prze crew on board aud sent her 10 CieuiuegOs.
Generals Johnston aud Beauregard have been rein
forced by some ten thousand OF twenty thousand men
since the battle OF Bull, Run, and 10 i reported to
day that yorktown, Norfolk and Richmond have
been almost denulci Of troops, whose ultimate de-ti-
nation J. presumed 20 be Maryland and Washington.
Ia the belief that they design 20 cross above and be-
low the city, tine Potomac f.tilla has been enlarged;
and the present force could be largely increased OF
short notice. The chain bridge, and furds above, for
the present useless. from high water, are well guard
81. The Potomac fleet now consists Of eleven well
armed vessels, and eleven launches, each carrying
fifteen men and q Dahlgreu twelve FOUNDER.
PHILADELPHIA, August. 2l.-Picrce Butler was
arrested this afternoon, hy order Of Secretary Came
ron He was taken 20 New York this evening Ell
route for Fort Hamilton. The arrest Of Butler was
IN consequence Of intercepted letters giving IntOrml-
ton % the enemy.
". Il. Reed, ez-NIiuis'er TO China; Geo. Wheaton,
late District Attorney Charles Brown, ex-CoIIector;
and David Salmon, were also arrested.
WAsHrNGToN, August 2I.-August Douglas. a mer-
chant Of Baltimore, was arrested here at twelve
O'Clock last night, charged with an attempt to induce
Lieut. Hayne 10 join the Rebels.
Mr.. Boteler. late member Of Congress from the
IiarPer's Ferry District, has been arrested. Ii is re
ported he will be sent 20 Fort Lafayette
Gen. Anderson, II Fort Sump'er fame, left Wash
ington on the 18th, to take charge Of his new COM
maud in Kentucky. The General Government has
furnished TO that State twenty thousand Minnie rifles,
with n fair proportion Of ammunition There i Il
great deal Of excitement there at present, and diff
culties are expected. Four thousand Union troops
are already in camp near Crab Orchard, ky. The
Louisville .Lurnai OF the 10Th, uses the following
language I've sag to the Uuion men Of Kentucky,
be ready. Lose nodelay in organizing IN the most
thorough manner in every neighborhOod. Perfect
yourselves in military discipline" There i a fear
full persecution Of Union men in the district rep
resented by Burnett. The Legislature Is largely
UniOn-eighty IN the House ont of one hundred; the
Senate thirty 10 eight. II Is thought Governor Ma
Coffin will be impeacked, and Breckinrigde aud Pow
ell TO resign
y conflict between Tennessee and Kentucky ap-
pears TO be certain.
by the conf>cation bill, slaves are to lie confscated
rs other rebel property-thus do the traitors eliec;
emancipation.