The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-04-10
GEN. BURNSIDE ADVANCING !
CAPTURE OF NEWBERN, NC.
YANCEY CAPTURED!
ENGLAND AND THE UNION

The bark Rathieea was to sail on the 18th of
March for Honolulu, with the mails and expresses,
and is now nearly due.
Capt BursIry states that as he was leaving a bark
was teIegraphei and entered on the Merchants Ex-
change -mariEs book as the Comet from Honolulu.
She s.iIed hence on the 9th OF March and must have
hal Is lays passage
The Honoluiu public and press are under many
oblisations to Captain Barsley, Of the SkyIark. for
touching NJ this port aud leaving n mail.
The overland telegraph had again been broken,
mi he receipt CT news Interrupted for several days
till the 18th - Of March, when dispatches again came
through, bringing aIvices from Washington and
New York to March 2Orh.
Tue capture OF Nesbern, ". 9. is the most impor
taDt news received.
From fhe -dta Of the 25th Of March. for which We
are iniebtei to the courtesy Of Capt. BursIey. we
extract the following items received by telegraph:
Capture Of Newborn, n. G..
sr Lours. March Is.-On Friday Q4th) Gen.
Burnside captured The Important city Vt Nerbern,
the capt 81 Of Craven County. ". C., situated at the
confluence Of the Nsu-e anil Trent rivers. and some
atty mics above PImlico Sound. As q base Of opera
tions upon that portion Of Virginia in the hands Of
the rebcIs. this punt is OF inctlcuIsble Importance.
Newtern Vas captured after n hard batrIe. in
which the Feiersl5 lost sixty in killed aud between
two ans. three hunlrei wounded. A large quantity
OF artillery ~as taken by our troops, together with
three hundred rebel prisoners The loss in killed
aud wosn,Ied on tho enemy's side has not been sele-
griphei, bat !, was undoubtedly large, as our loss
certainty indicstes.
A later dl-ptrch states: The enemy's works, six
miles below NeSbern. were attacked ON Friday last;
they were defended By a farce OF lD.0JJ strong. and
having II guns, postei behind formidable batteries
over Two miles long. The fight was very desperate.
Our troops behaved with great sreadIne~s and cOur-
age Aner neariy tour hours bard fighting. they
drove the rebels IRON all their POSITIONS, capturing
three light batteries OF heti artillery, forty-six
heavy Siege guns. large stores. fixed ammunition,
300 sands OF small arms. aud 1000 prisoners,
incluiing enc colonel. three captains, and fur lieu
tentnts Many male their escape by The cars TO
G. .GIsborouxh, burning the bridges Of Trent and
CIsreInonr, aud firing the city Of Newbern, doing ex-
ten-ive damage - that place
BALTIMORE, 18Th FROM Sergeant Major johnson
Of the Z3i Massachusetts,. who arrived on the Com
mo lore. we gather A. follows: The troops unier Gen.
Burnside ltn1ei on Thursday evening near the
mouth Of Swan Greek, twelve miles below Newburn.
OSiug to q dense fog. naval vessels did not partici-
PATE IN the tight. which commenced early on Friday
morning Our troop advanced along the country
roai running parallel with the Neuse river, divided
into three brissdes under Generals RinO, ri Forster
aui Pt-kz-
The enemy gradually fell brck. deserving their
gun until We re ,ched the line of the earth work ex-
tending across the roads from the river to the swamps
on the vest. fur the distance Of two miles Their
works were We > very strong. and were located two
miles south VI Ne sDern- In front of the works, the
rebels had felled large trees. forming almost an i'm
pen-trable abattis- Ar this point The retreating reb-
els ~ere railiei and mpie for a white a desperate
stand Our men fought bravely until ammunition
failed, when the orier to charge bsyonets was given.
Tue works were hually taken at the point ofIhe bay
Ouef. the enemy ses'tering like frightened sheep
leIving behinl Them the burnt Bird ,es which form
the commune, alton with the town. As they had
trans 81 c.rs in rhe rear, they Carried off the dead
aud woundel. Their loss must have been severe.
Our loss IL estimated nj 30 killed aud 400 wounded
AMI missing. We captured a numb r OF prisoners,
among them Col. Avery, who cursed his soldiers as
COW ards. The rebeis attempted 10 burn the town.
hut we're prevented by the citizens who extinguished
the 4 r,nes. Nine Of our generals or stat officers
have been killed. or wounie1. We captured thirty
Owe cannon The 6sht terminated At 3 p. NJ, Friday.
In tie iHll retreat of the rebels they threw away
everything. III
fhc 24;h Massachusetts, lost heavily. Major Ste
ven-yu aud Lieut.. c ;. Horton 1.-The latter well known
IN Honolulu wou"del; Lieut.. Col. Merritt. and %
others killed The Third Brigade. together with the
Second. executed the d Ink movement, and when the
orler to charge Iay"nst Was given. a hand to hand
hgnt ensueI Of the most desperate charac' er. in
which our troops drove the rebels out at the point Of
the OIyOnri.
Thc rebels took possession Of the railroad train and
feI from N-wpera, burning the bridges. sone build
iHz- and . nuDoer VI shisky aud turpentiue distille-
RES. The slaves had Commenced p~illaying, but were
stopped. \ number OF Uuioni,ts were found in the
city. l- ."T
Congressional.
The Post Office Appropriation bill was taken up.
Mr.. Latham "dsFed an Hmeudment. TO the elect that
the Post Master General he authorized to establish a
mail, not les than semi monthly, between San Fran
ci-cp and Crescent City, Ineluiing intermedi te points,
VIII ch MAS agreed to- Mr. Latham also oierei an
amendment "a q American steamers AMI sailing ves-
seis b1uni T., any foreign port, shall receive such
mails as the Post Office Department may cause TO be
placed on board. and promptly deliver the same;
also. that vessels coming from foreign ports. shall re-
ceive any us matter Coming frum American COusuls,
the compensation being the usual pusrase.
Nj. Sherman moved To adj Provided, the Gov
ernmerr shall ply no more than IL receives Motion
agreed TO. and the amendment was then adopted.
Affairs on the Mississippi.
ST. LorIs. March 18th. A Heet consisting Of eight
gunbrtis and three mortar steamers proceeded down
The river yesterday and drove the enemy out OF
Hickmtn. IA port village in Fulton county, Ky on
the Mississippi river. aud ~thirty-hve miles from the
mouth Of the Ohio
\ large rebel force has concentrated at Union City
ani in the sicinity-
The success Of General Pope's attack upon New
Nrlrii has turned out greater than ut nrst reported.
Our forces have captured twenty-five heavy guns,
several thousand stand OF small arms, and cents
ample to accommodate twelve thousand soldiers.
The whole is valued at over a million OF dollars
ST.. LoUIs, March 1.-The Federala feet sent down
the Mississippi river, attacked Rebel Island No. 10
on the lfth, and kept up a heavy IRE NIL day Us
lsni No. 10 IS n naturally strong position in the
Mississippi river. below Columbus, where the rebes
retrearei To when that city was h%urrielly evacuated
after the capture of Fort Donaldson The rebels had
TRANSPORTED a large amount Of heavy cannon. and
nride the ISLAND very formidable, and, as some said,
,fnpregnable
Last night the rebels evacuated Island No. 10,
leaving tneir Transports, ~gunbOats and = large num-
Der OF guns, Everything on the island was captured,
as the enemy had no time 10 carry away anything
line retreat must have been a very precipiiate enc,
or the rebels cert. inly would have escaped with their
gunboats1
CAIto. March 20.-Gentlemen from Memphis,
who arrived here last evening, report thar Gov. Har-
rs disappeared on the second day after the one TO
shich the Legislature adjourned. 1t is supposed
that he has gone to Corinth. The Legislature has
adjourned and gone no one knows where.