The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-01-02
Telegraphic Summary.

QUINCY. III, 29rH Times dispatch from
Washington on the 18th says Letters from prisoners
of the California Regiment at Richmond, shows that
mos, Of those supposed to have been killed ut Balls
Bluff are prisoners. The officers are confident that
nlty includes the whole number OF deid-
PHILADEGPHIA. 29Tm-The EHguiTer's Fort Mon
roe letter $ Us the rebels report Pensacola evacuated,
and the Navy Yrrd entirely destroyed. Gen. Bragg
we're listing Col. Crown were riddled with shot.
A special disp tch to the Tribune, dated 18th says
that Adult mt General Thorn ; sent instructions to
General Sherman, at Be- ufort, to take possession Of
all the crops on the island and ship the cotton and
the osher crop. not wanted for the army to New York,
to be sold for the Government Of the United States;
the slaves 20 be employed to save the crops
Tue rebe > are ling b ok from the Potomac be-
fore the slow but cer.Iin advance Of the Union forces,
and hardly offered resistance to our We sells for the
last few days These, VIC presume, are the vessels
navigating the Potomac
EEw YORK, 29rH.-Letter from Port Royal report
that the expedition to g. Helena Inlet, without strik-
ing a blow. took the enemy 5 works. The guns have
been c rriei inI-nd 1000 rebels are reported at
Handey He, tea mile from Hilton, under Gen. Dray-
ton
wAsmIxsroS, November 2-P. M-Congress met
to-day at noon-
HousE-In the House, ia members answered roll
call Sargant and Phelps Of California, Hooper Of
Mass .chu eats. Wilson Of Iowa, Berrheisel Of Utah,
and CradeIb ugh Of Nevada, were sworn in. May
nard, of Tenne &c, after some discu, sion, was sworn
in A committee was appointed to inform the Presi-
ucuL tuAL DOtn ~ 81 utL 0Ofuh ~ " it~uJ
TO proceed to busins j. Hickman pre-ented a certi-
fed statement Of the organic -tion Of the Provisional
Government Of North G rolina, dated Hatteras.
He rsked thSt Fosters claim might be considered.
Fosters claims to be n member from North Carolina
were referred 10 committee Watts, Delegate from
New Mexico, and Blair Of Virginia, successor to Sem
ator Garlic, were sworn in. Sigur, Of Accomac
county. Va claimed q e T. Richard-on, of Illinois,
moved he be sworn in, as the people in Eastern Vir-
ginia, where Sigur was elected, had returned to their
alleyb nee. After ONE di.cnSson, Sigur's case was
referred to the Committee on Elections
SExATE.-The Vice President called the Senate to
order ut noon Forty members were present Twelve
O'Clock was fixed on for daily LESSONS. Me.srs.
Truu,buiI, Hale aud Latham. were appointed a COM
mittee to wait on the President. Mr.. Trumbull gave
notice that he would introduce a bill tomorrow to
confsclte the property of rebels and give freedom to
persons ir the Slave st ties. MIR. Wilkinson also gnve
notice of a bill TO abolish the distinction between reg
ular and volunteer forces. An informal recess was
then taken
The 81. Louis Democrat has news that the rebe $
(6ftcen thous nd strong) were moving under Price,
Rains and Mcbride, Price s:ys he shall make Kan
L 8 the future field of operations. Mccullough has
had q quarrel with Price and gone of to Arkansas
The New York Post has information that a Cam
adian steamer, with a large cargo of arms and cloth
ing for the rebels. had been captured on the coast OF
Maine.
General jim Lane Of Kansas delivered a greet An =
Slavery 81 cech in Boston, On Saturday,, to an i'm
mense crowd Of people
TIE Tri6uae's Washington special dispatch, of the
LIST, ssys no fe r need be entertained as to the position
the President will take concerning the eizure of Ma
son and Slidell. He will hold that C-ptain Wilkes
did right, bu, that he should have seized the steamer
also.
Mr.. Ely. VI. C., now prisoner ut Richmond, has
sent word that he will take his seat in Congress this
session.
Reports from Richmond say the rebels are terribly
excited concerning the Federal operations on the
Coast
The Southern troops declare they will go home and
leave Virginia to her fate
Upon the renewed application Of G.. ID. Prentice.
Secretary Seward, on Saturday. ordered the release
Of Calhoun Eeuham and Ex-senator Gwin from con-
6nement IN Fort Lafayette.
The Secretary of the Navy, in his report, after
mentioning the c-pture of Mason and Slideil, s-ys
that the prompt and decisive action Of Capt. Wilkes
merits and hal received the emphatic approval of the
Navy Dep -rtmeut, and IL a too generous forbearance
wa exhibited by him in not capturing the ve<-el
which had the rebel Ccmmi- sioners on board. IT may,
in view OF the special circumstances OF his patriotic
motives be excused; but il must, by no means, be
permitted to constitute n p ecedent he CATER for the
treatment of any similar ca-es-
Jese ID. Bright, Of Indiana. who is q secesSionist,
is at Washington, and inteads to take his seat Sen
ator Powell, Of Kentucky, also arrived, Saturday,
and II IS said will take his seat. A committee will be
ehocen to examine into the conduct OF such men, ana
If proof against them is plain, they will be expelled
A letter in the n. Y. Herald, from Curacora, Nov.
9Th, says the u s steamer Hoquios arrived on Fort
Saguiarics, with the intention to land, but wa IN,
formed by the Government authorities that the Ves-el
could not enter except in ease of distress The COM
manier would not enter on such conditions, but bore
away westward
Another rich prize was brought to the Brooklyn
Navy Yard on Saturday, which was captured By the
steamer Penguin on the 18th ultimo.