The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-03

General ss-,l. has been appointed to the command a; Har-
enthusiasm.
/. is currently reported THAI the rff- or Gen. L. eha la.
hen taken iu charge by MCCLELLAN, viii not he released until
ram ran rebels ave -'~''- '"s' 5'Ss-'S " 7"s 40 '"'S
The v5r.!ni, legislature h.. appropriated 100000 20 remove
women and children from Richmond - a place of safety.
Nearly $4,000 have been SUBSCRIBED ty merchants Of New
Yors, = '~s-mouI-. 10 Lieut. "gri~n ~ rs F~roDputude
and bravery AZ Hampton Roads. in the M0Ef0r-
telegraph from Ne~ Madrid says the st=an-r Platte yaUey
has p,s>ei Their IN roHts Tor Cairo, from Memphis direct
The city : in indspl'alie possession II cur forces
GOV. spraeue has been elected United states Senator Of
Rhode Island, by An almost unanimous y,te. It would NOT be
WISE Sg5gS. JIae -I . eN.memofr OF Congress
with much warmth - the members.
Tn, House bill. punhhiag Polygauy in the Territories q the
United states, and alnu.inE certain act, Of the territory q
McDoucAu voting nay.
Hon. F. ,. Low qualified and took hs seat as a representa-
The War Department has issued an order aboushins the sep
crate department al Fortress Monroe. aud Including il with
more. and Gen. Dix reports 90 Mcclellan
Gen. DIX assumed command at Fortress Monroe June :, ana
trade with Norfolk.
The Tribune says: d" We learn through a private caanne,
in which We conhie. that the Uniauj>; ia Texas will soon he
heard from. It : un' erst''d that their arrangements Tor res
t,rfuE ;hr state To the Union have been quietly maturei. and
lead OF sam Houston"
An official report rom he Secretary q the Treasury states
average rate of interest of i 55-lOO. IN
Ns~ YoEk, June The prize steamer PaHFs, from London,
arrived to-day. having been captured 10y the blrCkadluE squat
ron on III 26th, of Charleston. The vessel and cargo are
valued At $500 200.
Mrs. Greenhow, Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Bayley, three political
prisoners held here for some months, were sent South today.
Gov. Stauly having issued an order prohibiting the schools Of
North Carolina for the benefit Of the blacks. the master was
made the subject Of inquiry in both Houses to-day. such
schools are in contraventon Of the laws Of the State.
The Secretary Of War. in transmitting Gov. Suauly's instruc-
tipus, says thai whatever the Governor may do viii br fully
endorsed by the Department, trusting to his Judgment and dis
erection.
ST. LOUIS. june : A skirmish occurred a few days since in
the southwest of Missouri, between 400 Guerrillas and 100 state
militia, the latter being defeated. Colonel richardson, was
m1rtally wounded, and 90 FeieralS taken priso-ers.
Secretary Seward, in a circular to the Diplomats Of Europe,
inJmat-s that the United States viii not allow any European
nations - establish "A monarchy in Mexico, or interfere to
change the forms of Government on tins Continent.
The news from Tennessee OF a steady deveDpement Of Union
feeling in that State i cheering. GOV. Brown. a prominent
rebel. and a member OF the Military Board, addressed the MON
meeting at Columbia, a few days SINCE, and said the rebellion
was played out, and Tennessee was lost 10 the Coutederacy- and
all people ought 10 90 for the Union.
The Newbern Progress says: IAe Convention at Raleigh
voted down. 10y u vote Of 81 70 81, Il measure offered for pun
ishIng amy one counseling any proposition TO reinstate the old
free labor, and seriously agiatiug the sui ject Of urging the Fed
eraI Government to confscate the estate Of rebels.
MEXCu's TRUMPH-The new Spanish paper La GOz de
MejicO, Of san Francisco. publishes a letter from the Governor
received from the city Of Mexico that the French had capitulat-
ed. and 50 ends this European invasion Of Mexico in 1861
Two nations, the English and Spanish retire, and the third, the
French, suffer defeat and humiliation.
The REBELS GIVE Up HoPE-Special dispatches TO the New
York papers state that a released Union officer. who was for ten
days III the hands of the rebels at Winchester, where lac talked
freely with their officers, says that they seemed TO loo. forward
to the destruction Of their great armies as a thing sure te happen
sooner or later, and they lave made up their minds to take to
the bush in the way of guerrilla warfar-, in which they sad
they fceI themselves at home. All officers appeared to our IN
furmant a. men devoted body and soul to the cause Of the
rebellion, but he thought that most OF the soldiers seemed not to
have any heart III the business.