The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-06-18
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


entire months dates. and embraces some of
the most stirring events that have transpired
since the opening of the rebellion. The two
most prominent items are:
The battle Of Fredericksburg, including the
loss of the rebel Gen. Stonewall jackson and
The siege of Vicksburg. which commenced
May IS, and was still in progress, AT the latest
advices from there. May 20.
1t is next To impossible to obtain from the
best arranged papers that have been received,
a correct statcr.ent Of these two important
/ events, and after wading through the volumin-
Gus and contradictory Geographic reports, one
is still At I loss to know what is the exact
truth Many Of the kilograms sent over the
wires from the East have announced the broad
est and latest falsehoods-suc as the capture
of Richmond and the fall of Vicksburg-reports
current At the East at the date of their an
nounccment. it is true, but none the less false
for that. From the mass Of news received. we
viii endeavor 10 give an outline of the events
of the month Of May, Is announced by the
arrival Of the COMET.
The battle of Fredericksburg occurred on the
lst, 2d. 30 and 4th days of May. 1t will be
member that our last previous advices from
Rockers army were 70 April 80, when Stone
mans cavalry were reported as having destroyed
the bridge at Charlottesville ami cut off COM
munication by rail between Lees army and
Richmond. Gen. Hooker's object was to draw
out the rebels from their trongly-entrenched
position in rear of fredericksburg. They had
no alternative but TO do this or to retreat
westerly towards Culpepper or Gordonsville.
They chose to give battle TO Hooker At Cham
ceIlorsyille, the place winch he had selected.
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but II Is probably d small station four or five
miles south Of fredericksburg on the line Of
the railroad 10 Richmond. Sroneman's cavalry.
after destroying the bridge at this place. hur-
on South, and continued its work Of de-
s~,ruction to the railroad, burning bridges, ears,
and army stores.
The rebels under Generals Lee and jackson,
about $4,000 strong, left their entrenched posi-
ton. and assaulted the LEFT flank Of the Union
Jrcss, which were NJ Charlottesville The
1attie continued for several days with varied
uccess, the Union troops during the time having
formed and taken possession OF the rebel en-
renchments above fredericksburg with u loss
# I,CO9 men. and on the 18th Of May, when
he rebels attacked TO regain possession. We're
to withdraw. On the 9th, Gen.
hooker withdrew his army 10 the north side of
he RaPpahanuock, leaving the field and the
Entertainments in possession Of the rebels, whose
Us is reported 10 have been Is. 600 to 20. 600.
including prisoners as well as killed and wound
d while the Union army lost about Is. 600,
including prisoners also. II was a bloody strug-
lie, in which the rebels held their ground,
hough with q heavy loss. and compelled the
MON army to retire TO the position it occu- !
led before the battle.
The latest advices from fredericksburg indi- I
ate that the rebels. flushed with the result of I
be late battle, We're assuming the offensive, :
nd preparing to cross the Rappahannock river 1
few miles above that city. with the view I
f getting between thu Union army and Wash '
lgron. The rebels, having received about as :
AMY reinfOrcements as they had lost in the t
lttlt. probably thought they were better pre- I
AIRED t. advance against Washington than the ?
Mon army was TO move. In this they exhibit II
ie anne characteristic they have always shown, Il
Ieritv oc movement. 1t IS stated. however, a
at Gen. lleintzleman was advancing from y
-ashinston with O.0OO troops to join Hooker, a
hich would again place the cOntending armies Il
about the same relative strength as before "
c first of May. And it is quite probable that II
= two armies will again clash together on
{ line Of the Rappahannock, somewhere be- c,
cen Fredericksburg and Culpepper, early in II
Inc. This seems the more probable, if the $
ports prove true that Il part Of Gen. Bragg's II
Del army in Tennessee and also troops from Il
i~arIeston were being sent to Virginia to rein 81
rec Lees army. y
During the engagement At Fredericksburg, >
n. Reyes who holds . strong position at West Is
int and White House. (places made famous Vi
the Mcclellan campaign) advanced his forces IN
conjunction with S~toneman's cavalry. to oh
i few miles Of Richmond. causing great ca
lsternatiou in the city. Portions Of the rail- ex
and also 500, 600 bushels of corn stored dc
the rebel army. were destroyed 10y them. az
House, - miles from Richmond. was -
/ occupied by the Union army under Gen. is
YES, at the latest adyices. OF S~toneman's He
airy raid the Sacramento Union says: We
CONSERVATION IN RICHMOND The raid Of Gen cor
! S,oneman with = portion Of his cavalry command 9th
within a couple @: miles Of Richmond. for bold arr
:, dssh and success. leaves al other exploits Of 10,
character during tin war far in the rear 1t Inc
n boldly conceived plan, aud most darinEly ex- the
II caused a CONSERVATION IN richmond inn
than created in that city since the war. The
hmoud papers admit, too, that he caused sad
&C with the railroad gul bridges, and " III loco IL.
ives and trains loaded with army stores. Some me
Iis men we're within a mile and = quarter Of the
-. and had he been aware that there were but = -"
hundred soldiers in the city. no could have cap us
u IL. and destroyed the Confederate property, be-,
uG;ng the foundries for casting guns. He could
have destroyed the bridge over James river. As "
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