The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-07-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
THURSDAY Y, JULY l6.
q FOreiUn News.

After waiting ten days quite impatiently for
a mail to arrive, we have it at length and
the months news, such as it is, we place before
our readers on the next page.
As we anticipated might be the case, the bat
tie ground has been removed from Fredericks-
burg to the vicinage of Washington, and the
annual summer diversion of the rebel army Of
making incursions into Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, has been repeated with a boldness that
has struck terror into the heart of the old Key
stone State, and made the executive officers of
Harrisburg feel as unsettled and unsafe as any
of those of the rebel States have ever done.
The second invasion of Maryland appears to
have taken place about June 18th, but before
we notice it further it NAV be well to state what
transpired during the interim before it.
Our last previous dates from Hooker's army
were to June /, when the rebels under Lee,
were reported as moving up the Rappahannock
towards Washington. They took the route up
the river, through Culpepper, thence to the
Shenandoah valley; while Hooker moved in
parallel lines through Aqua Creek to Fairfax
Station and %encamped on the old battle field of
Bull Run. On the 9th of June, the advance
corps of the two armies, consisting of cavalry,
met at WarrentOn, and a terrific fight followed
in which the National troops lost 900 and the
rebels 400. Other small engagements appear
to have taken place in this neighborhood, but
with no great losses.
At the latest advices. Gen. Lees army was
encamped in the Shenandoah valley, between
Strasburg and Winchester. about 81 200 strong,
which is much a larger force than he was sup
posed to have. An attempt had been made by
than m faEa Harpar's Esrry IN ,yI;cb tba-
were unsuccessful.
The bulk of Gen. Rockers army rested on
the battlefield of Bull Run, and from that point
stretched to Leesburg and across the Potomac
to PoOlsvIlle, a distance of some thirty miles.
Tho rebel force which entered Maryland and
Pennsylvania was Il division under Gen. EwelI,
numbering % 900. This force appears to be in
communication with the main rebel army in
the Shenandoah, but by what route is not clear,
if Harper's Ferry is in the possession of the
Federals. The fact that Gen. Ewell has so large
n force in Pennsylvania, and that during the
- days he had been over the Potomac, he had
not only not been driven back, but appears to
have moved northward and strengthened his posi-
ton in the heart of Pennsylvania, would indi-
cate that ne is confident of success, especially
if supported by Lees army in reserve near the
Potomac. From all the data we can gather,
this is Il far more formidable invasion than that
of September, 1862, and threatens to be accom-
panied with more disastrous results.
We may be ungenerous, but we have never
had full confidence in Gen. Hooker's ability
for the position he holds, and our doubts have
been strengthened since his repulse at Frede-
ricksburg. Nor do we think that there is any
general in the Federal employ at or around
Washington. who is an equal TO Gen. Lee, !