The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-09-17
ARRIVAL OF THE
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to the oath.
The mos, important news is that relating TO the
attack on Charleston. We give below a summary of
the news ut hand.
Union Movement In North Carolina.
NEwBERN. On Co. August 9th.-The UniOnists
of eastern North Carolina ne to hold a great Mass
Convention in a few days, for the purpose of invok-
ing our Government to send a sufficient force into
this Department to occupy Raleigh, Wilmington and
Weldon, in order TO force the rebel army to abandon
virginia, and thus restore these two great States TO
the Union at once.
General Lee Threatens TO Throw Up his
commission.
WAsHrNGTOy, August 1lth-A letter received here
from Richmond by the last flag of truce boat states
that JEFF Davis continues quite IL, and doubts are
entertained OF his recovery. II also states that Lee
has protested against Jea Davis hanging TWO eede-
raj officers in retaliation tor the hanging of two men
by Burnside, as il involves the life of his son. Gen.
William f Lee. Ii his wishes are not acceded to, he
declares his intention OF IN rowing up his commission.
The Army Of the PoronEnc-PInn of General
Rousseau 10 Raise Ten Regiments of Cavalry.
WASHINGTON, August 18th several correspond
enrs from the Army OF the Potomac came up TO night,
fully satisfied nothing is likely 10 occur in the way of
n SIGHT for some time 10 come.
General Ru-seau of kentucky, is now here for the
purpose OF urging upon the Government the pro-
prieiy of raising ten regiments OF cavalry, for ser
vice in driving the guerriiIas out If Tennessee aud
invading the heart Of the Gulf States. destroying
railroad communication and relieving East Tennessee.
His proposal Is said to meet with much favor froT
the President. and i warmly favored by Rnsecrnus
and the Executives of the Western States. ROsseau
will probably be authorized TO raise them, or that
number OF infantry will be incurred.
Che President Abide- by his Lntc Retaiin-
tory Order.
CHICAGO, August 13th.-The President Is deter
mined to carry into effect the recent retaliatory order.
He has ordered three rebel prisoners from South
Carolina into confinement, as hostages for the three
negrOe seamen captured on the gunbOat isaac Smith,
who are now in prison at Charleston.
NEW YORK. August l3th.-The .7rdeO, from Port
Royal 6. Co. via Charleston. on Monday. August
ION, has arrived. Correspondence of August Sh
says The rebels have built numerous additional
batteries on James Island. We have TO encounter
one hundred more guns than Dupont did. The
rebels are building inferior lines 10 face the CITY
About seven thousand troops from the North have
landed on Morris Island during the past week.
Rebels Recci,Ing Supplies.
NEW YORK. August l5th.-It is said the rebels are
receiving immense supplies by way of Wilmington
IN C.) in spite Of the blockade Machinery OF all
kipdD. locomotives railroad iron guns of the heayl-
est ca!iber, clothing, medicines, etc, are daily
brought in rs if no blockade existed. Officers and
crews are constantly leaving Wilmington tor England
to man the rebel privateers which are now being
built for the rebel army.
Succc.s,uI Expedition into AIabannn - The
Rebel COnscripiion
CHICAGO, August I5th.-A letter dated at Win
chester CTenn.,) August 18th, says: The One Hun
bred and-twenty-third Illinois Regiment has Just
returned from a trip into -1I0bGmd, where II went
for the purpose of suppressing a party OF bandits,
near the junction of Larkin's Fork and Paint Rock
river. About three hundred Texans were encounter
ed. driven back AMI followed for a considerable dis
lance down Paint Rock river. \ number of prisoners
were taken, and refugees. issuing from their hiding
places, poured in continually, until the command
Withdrew toward Winchester. The expedition travel
ed n distance of f~orty-sx miles south of Winchester
Fugitives from the CONSUMPTION say that every
male citizen capable of bearing arms Is forced into
the rebei service and carried TO Rome, Georgia. The
prevailing opinion, they say, Is that Bragg VIII hn
hack an Rome ~ soon As RDSeCrluS advances, anu
that n desperate effort will be made to save thai
The Situation i'm Virginia.
NV YORK, August l7th-The Heraid's specia
d;sr,,cb saws: Affairs remain quiet in front. Picke
firing has ceased entirely. Both armies seem TO have
settled down into 4 state OF inactivity. ihere Il ~
large force Of the enemy north OF the hippahann"ck
though "A sort OF picket line has been established
from United States Ford To Aqua. via HARDWOOD
Church and Stafford Court House This line Is yer!
weak, and offers little or no resistance TO our scout
4 ing parties. Most Of the prisoners captured from IN
!, enemy express a desire TO take the oath OF allegiance
expressing themselves tired Of the war and uttrrI
discouraged They also agree that destitution pre-
q walls I'm the rebel army, exceeding that OF any PREV
ons peri,d d. No information has been received ye
4 indicating thar Lee has been reinforced to any con
siderable extent. y few conscripts and convalesceni
are arriving occasionally, but it is not believed tina
= any troops from the Western army have joined IN
= forces in Virginia. The activity OF our cavalry SCI
in pursuit of Mosby has checked his operations. an
the country between Washington and the army
how CtNlltt u ely liNt liOh EuN h'ho
( Against the above statement in regard to IN
4 strength OF Lees army. the B,ltimore correspondent
a of the Herald says: My information, never at tau
hitherto, places the number OF reintOrcements
= thirty thousand, which makes Lees present strengt
one hundred and twenty-five thousand. These al
3 old troops. Lee Is, besides, receiving conscrlpt
which will soon swell his numbers To a hundred al
6ry Thousand. The main body of this vast army
e massei on the line Of the Ripidan, with Lees hea'
- quarters ~ Cor louisville. New cavalry squltrons III
q being drilled and exercised in the Shenandoah vale
II would also seem that Lee l. organizing new oa
teries Of artillery, for artillery drills with targ
p practice take place daily At the same place where q
e new cavalry s~quAdrous are being exercised. II
u guns are br - pieces, and II not ne" IRE - oI,s
e that they look new. There are Twelve oi 'hese Oi
20 teries at one point in the Shenandoah valley.
o,,I Meeting in North CnrOIina---Ti
81" Raleigh Standard.
NrvrrRs. IN. C.) August l3th.-A meeting
the CITIZENS of North Carolina, representing eve
- county in the First and Second Congresslona! ID
r. tricts. and A portion of the Third. was held at Was
a ington IN CO August 18th. Resolutions We
adopted sympathizing with the great conservhu
" party of the State; declaring that an energetic pr
IL secution of the war in this Department IS the on
n. means by which the Union sentiment OF the inter-
can be made useful in restoring North Carolina
" the Tn ion. and also asking the Government
OF reinforcements Tor this purpose; accusing the u
We federate Government OF cruelty and pernuy iowa
n. N,rtb Carolina, and declaring her people aosolv
from any further obligations TO sustain NJ pIac'
the responsibility of the destruction OF slavery
e. left Davis & Co., the cOuspirators, and expresSi
at the belief that North Carolina will find ample CO
ch nsnss,ior in free labor for the present Inconvenier
rs, OF emancipation; rejoicing over the Union victory
all the Kentucky election; denouncIng the Copperne
cd Democracy of the North; and commenting the ADJ
cd ~ Of the Administration in the conduct OF the VI