The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-10-02
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

The astounding news which poured in upon
us on Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, bring
ing the widest reports from the seat of war
down to September 9, first of victory, then of
retreats, struck every one dumb-the friends of
the Union with amazement at the reverses, and
the sympathisers with the rebels with equal
amazement at the incredible successes and DASH
ing boldness of Lee and johnson. Where Union
victories were looked for and even heralded
with flaming extras, repulses are announced.
The tide Of war has turned for the moment
against the government, and the rebels are
sweeping onward and ~northward almost I'M
checked in every quarter in n word and to
speak impartially, the Union forces have, dur
ing the past sixty days, been completely out
generalled.
But before We comment further on the pic
ture, it Will be well 10 endeavor to unravel the
numerous short, disconnected and almost unin-
~telligible kilograms, and see, if possible, what
has taken place and how matters rested at the
latest dates. Our previous advices were to the
Goth Of August, when the two armies were rest
Ing on the RappahannOck, as shown in the dia-
gram printed in our paper of the 18th. As we
then remarked, might be attempted, Jackson
suddenly moved his forces, on the 9th, up past
Warrenron, and got to the North IF the Union
army, between it and Washington. This was
done so suddenly and was so bold a n movement.
that it took Pope by surprise, who, in
order to retain his communication with M'Clel-
lan's army, and fearing perhaps lest he might
get caught between two heavy rebel armies, fell
back to Manassas and Centreville. This retreat
must have been sudden, and probably to some
IiS,rr,p51ol tho I-p;,r ,rr,r IT, eo,o,,l
days, from the 9th of August to September /,
n series of battles were fought, of which it is
difficult 10 tell what the result was; but from
all we can gather, the Union army suffered most,
by becoming disorganized and scattered. The
losses in killed and wounded during the four
or five days, we see stated at not over !, 1000 in
the Union army, but from the frequent mention
of "stragglers'-oficers rs well as men. we
infer that the divisions were much broken mp.
The rebels do not appear TO have suffered TO
the same extent. for We hear of jackson dashing
off from the battle field, with heavy forces and
and throwing them suddenly over the
ut various points from Edwards Ferry
10 Point of Rocks and Harper's Ferry into Mary
land. This must have occurred on the ID to 9TH
Of September, for on the latter day, we hear of
him at Frederick City, in Maryland, with $4,000
men and ~ batteries, moving northward to
Pennsylvania or eastward to Baltimore. The
track is more likely his destination, after
destroying at Hanover, Pa, the railroad which
Baltimore and Harrisburg.
This sudden incursion Of Stonewall Jackson
nto Maryland and Pennsylvania is certainly as
a strategy as has taken place during the
var, and whatever may be its result, for celebrity
# movement and boldness of conception it is
worthy of Napoleon the Great. jackson is evil
emily relying on 4 general uprising of the rebels
Maryland, and it is stated that he expected
D enroll $4,000 Marylanders with his forces. !