The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-17
Irh, Foreign News.

The news received by the three arrivals last
week was unusually interesting. The ~reiygraIh
resumed aprr,tiou~ tor ,X day.. June 23-2'. but
the day before -hc Cau..t left, il again stopped
q take breath. This overland talking q distance
Of 3. 900 miles in E. less than no time, 80 it must be
remembered, is an extraordinary a. well a. an
ezhaustiug feat, and requires u good pair Of
lung, which are proof against rainy weather,
thunder and lightning. y second line over an
other route would be Il great advantage, for while
one Is repairing, the other might be in active ser
vice, thus iusuring Il constant transmission oc
news.
Our telegrams from Washington and New York
are to June 2G, and from the various seats of
war, from June 90 to %. \ summary of the
latest items from each quarter will be found on
the next page. Richmond had not been taken
up To June p, but on that day Mcclellan sue
ceeded in driving back the rebels and taking pos
session Of some heights before the city which he
was anxious to occupy, and from which his siege
guns could bring the city within their range.
Those who know him, must know that that city
can no more withstand his steady advances than
Yorktown did. In and behind Richmond, there
are-one report says 1000, and another 200,-
0OO-rcbels. Take the latter rs an estimate of
the rrhohe crotrd, and the former rs the estimate
Of the tghtiHg men, and correct data will be
had. The rebels doubtless evacuated their capital
before July 4, lSG2, and reiterated to the : last
ditch. which they have long been looking for.
Affairs in the Shenandoah Valley do not look
very bright, although Generals Fremont, Sigel
and Pope are there to look after the rebels. We
should not be at all surprised to hear of another
nd, Of NT.-Ii,yr.p I- T,.L.,p and ,tbar
rebel troops detached from about Richmond. It's
Il last effort of the rebels to create Il sensation,
and the death struggle is often the s,verest.
The reports Of the fighting about Charleston, it
will be noticed, are all from reJcI sources, and as
Mey talk rather discouragingly on the prospect
ahead, there should be no fears entertained about
Hunters being able to enter Charleston, take and
hold it too.
The passage of the Pacific Railroad bill through
Congress is a great event, likely to have an i'm
uOrtant future influence on our Kingdom. The
effect will be to give a great impetus to
the growth of California, Oregon, and Washing
ton Territory, and improve the value of real estate
there. 1t probably will not be fire years before
it is completed, though the bill allows ten years
for its construction. The Government gives to
aid the road, $4,000 600 in bonds, and land
estimated at $40, 600 900 in value. The whole
capital or cost will be 800. 900 900.
The rumored resignation Of Mr.. Stanton, Secre-
Of War, and the appointment of General
Banks to that post, will be received with pleas
ure. Mr.. Stanton has Of late made himself con-
specious by his open opposition of Mcclellan
his attempts 10 checkmate his movements, by
to comply with his urgent requests sent
from the battle field. Mr.. 5. Is also said 20 be
solely responsible for the retreat and defeat of
Banks in the Shenandoah Valley, by or
iering away nearly all of his troops to Fredericks-
burg, thus rendering Banks too feeble to hold his
Stanton has become very unpopular
during the last month or two, and his withdrawal
will be a public benefit, and ensure more har-
mony in the movements 10 suppress the rebellion.
From Europe our dates are to June IA. 1t is
stated that the Emperor Napoleon has
proposed to England to offer his services as a
in the American civil war. This is very
likely the case. but the offer will undoubtedly be
if rendered t. the American Government.
There i nothing warlike in this-it is merely 4
offer to mediate between the Government
its rebel citizens {,