The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-12-12
Imn,en-e Quantity of Cotton open TO Cnp-
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The clipper ship Lotus, Captain Deckie, touched at
;hIs port on che 9th. and left a few San Francisco
papers. lie brought no Eastern mail, but reported
that the LEerefia would bring it. She is fully due.
QuIyCY. ILL.,, November 15.-Norfolk papers have
been received n Baltimore containing news from
Richmond % the 1Ith instant
Col COrcorIn and eighteen others, prisoners cap
,ure,I at Manassas, had been collected by lot to lie
hung by way Of retaliation for Capt. Baker and the
crew OF the priyaieer Saranaah. The Hon. Mr.. Ely
drew lots for Co-coran, who is now in prison ut
Charleston. In case the court ut New York con-
demne1 the crew Of the Savannah to death, the
Federal officers will be Immediately hangei.
The Charleston Mercury Of the 10Th has the fol-
lowing The Yankee prisoners are all safely in Jail,
where they will abide the issue of the trial Of our
brave ptivateers ut the North Should n drop of
Southern blood be shed by the NOrthern Courts for
defending the South on the seas, it will be paid with
interest In Charleston. Self protection, the enforce
men; Of the laws 81 nations and humanity alike re-
quire. in this instance. full and ample retaliation.
The Mercury says that the Fedcrals would capture
n large amount of cotton in the vicinity OF Port Royal.
That journal, Of the 9Th, publishes a letter, with the
following startling headlines ia capitals:
:. NAVAL ATTACK on PORT ROYAL-BATTEEIES ABAS-
DONED-THE ENEMY ~ FULL POSSESSION"
IL goes on to say
Nv are in the midst of n mass Of conflicting ru-
mOrs which reached US yesterday from Port Royal.
Early In the morning IL WAS generally believed that
the abandonment OF Fort Walker was owing to the
supply Of powder being exhausted Our latest dis
patches are not very definite, but very mystifying.'
The Mercury continues 80 There is no doubt the
fleet will succeed in the capture OF any quantity Of
cotton of the best quality We understand our forces
have placed Formidable distractions in the river be-
low Beaufort. Gen. Lee is at work near Beaufort,
and Gen. Ripley is at BOyd's Landing for the defense
Of the Charleston and Tennessee railroad"
dispatch dated POcatoligo, November 6. says:
General Dr.yton's forces arrived in two steamers,
and are now in B!uliOn- He reports the number of
casualties from 80 to 40. Gen. Donovan retreated
by way IF Laiy's Island and Beaufort TO Port Royal.
Beaufort had not been burned as was reported. Ii
confined an immense deal of cotton; but it is well
known BIuItOn would be destroyed in case it was at
tackled.
Qg1Scr, Ill, November If-Capt Stedman, who
brings the news, is son Of q former Mayor of Charles
ton, South Carolina
Upon the receipt ut Washington of the official dis
patches. n General Order was issued, of which the
substance il as follows:
The Department announces to the Navy and the
country its high qualification at the brilliant success
Of the combined forces OF the Navy and Army, re-
spec;iveIy commanded by Fiag-oficer F.. Dupont and
Brig Gen. w. IT.. Sherman, With the capture Of Fort
Walker and 2 TT Beaureg.rd, which command the
entrance to L Jrt Royal harbor, South Carolina. To
commemorate this signal victory II - ordered that n
national salute be fired from each navy yard, at
meridian Of the day following the receipt of this or
der.
The account of Inc recent victory, given by the
8 Associated Press dispatches, dated Washington,
November 18th, is substantially the same as that
furnished in the special dispatches to the New York
papers, but 1t contains the following particulars OF
the movements of the vessels of the fleet, and ad1i-
tiOnal facts as to the position Of affairs in the forts
The steamer WTafeid Scott reached the rendezvous
on the evening Of November 81, with her masts lost
and her boats stove in She had thrown overheard
20 keep her from sinking, her three riiied cannon, all
her freight, IT the muskets anil equipments of 400
men. and everything but their rations. But for the
labor Of her soldiers in bailing, her fires would have
been extinguished by the water in her hold. aud then
nothing couIl have saved her. The steamer Bien-
rifle went TO her relief. As soon as the two steamers
were side by side, the Chief Engineer of the Scott,
his assistants and thirteen seamen jumped aboard the
BieRriHe, deserving their own vessel Their behavior
was near breeding n panic among the soldiers Of the
Scott, who naturally concluded that all was lost.
But the captain Of the Scott put the fugitive Chief
Engineer In irons. and had him and the recreant crew
conveyed back to their own steamer. After that
things went on better. Col. Clark who was on board
the Scott, describes the night as one of horror; the
gale WAS terrible; the vessel a mere shell. The Scott
was taken in tow by the steamer PGHferbiH, which
had cut clear from the Great Republic during the
gale
The Seminole had FIVE holes in her hull.
The Ud6ash had her machinery disabled
Five Of the ID guns Of the fort on Hilton Head
were dismantlel. There were 900 rebels on Hilton
Peaks. and 800 on Bay Point. We have captured
30 cannon, 500 mu=kets, and sny quantity Of ammu-
milton. The road by which the rebels escaped Is
covered with riaci muskets, knapsacks. Sc. We
have taken $500 blankets, and tents for 5000 men.
The rebel guns were all 12-pOunders;I four of them
were riaed, and had been cast at Richmond this year
the others we're from Norfolk, and one of them of
English manufacture captured in the war Of 1872.
The mu=kets were English.
The Chief Engineer of the SusguehGnnGh was
killed The dead bodies OF 80 rebels have been
found, AMI more are continually being discovered Of
those that we're hastily buried m the sand.
The Georgia troops ran irst-the South Carolinians
next a German Artillery Company who served the
guns stayei till all the rest bad fed.
4 New York dispatch says that orders have Jeen
received from Washington, to ship large quantities u
ordnance stores and provisions Immediately for Port
Royal
\ Washington dispatch dated November 18Th,
says tina; Gems. HaIleck and Buell. had left Washing
ton for their commands that morning. Both we're
fully possessed Of the plans and policy Of the Admin
istration and Of Gen. Mcclellan. Henceforth it was
believed there would be n thorough unity of action
among the Generals commanding the several Depart
ments, and that all their acts will be in accordance
with The plans OF the campaign.
Reports have been received at the War Department
in Washington confirming the success of the Naval
Expedition, which was about to sail to the harbOrs OF
I'D vessels nov IN the port of New York, armed and
ready to sail for the Gulf of Mexico.
The y. \. HsTaIf's dispatch dated Washington,
November llth, says: \ gentleman of high posi-
ton in Mexico has just arrived with important in.
formation, which he has laid before the Government.
He came from the west coast Of Mexico The whole
coast - greatly excited at the contemplated interven-
ton of England, France and Spain. Mexico applies
to our Government for protection and cooperation.
Dispatches from Cairo state that the battle at Bel
mont, Mo, last week, was bloody and hard fought.
Although our army under Generals Grant and Nc
Clernand captured over 200 prisoners and drove the
enemy from their camp, burning their tents, etc., yet
by res son Of re;nforcements coming to the enemy from
Columbus, the Federals were obliged TO retire. Our
loss is not far from 500 killed, wounded and prison
ers. The rebel loss is about the same. Pillow was
IN command of the rebels.