The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-09-03
Threatened Retaliation for Rebel
Outrages.
Draft to be Completed in New York.
Trouble for Jeff Davis i'm N. Carolina
HUNTSVILLE CALA-) X AND BRA
SHEAR CITY IA.) RETAKEN.
Gold and US. Stock Markets
Earthquake at Manila :

By the arrival of the bark Comet, Captain James
Smith. we have received San Francisco papers to the
18th Of August, from the East to July Is, and Euro
pean papers to June 81, all inclusive. The tele-
graphic dates from the East come down to the 18th
Of August. The news, which We present below, will
be found interesting.
FORTRESS MONROE, July 4th.-The Richmond
Wing says Jackson Miss } was left in the hands of
the federals with the rolling stuck.of the New Orleans
and Jackson and the Great Northern Mississippi
and Tennessee Railroads.. ard a motive power CON
sisting of forty engines. The loss is incalculable.
a Federal cavalry raid from Newbern IN. CO
reached Rocky Mount, on the Wilmington and Wei
don Railroad, July 10Th, destroyed two miles of the
track and burned the bridge over the Tar river, thus
cutting of communication for some weeks.
New YORK. July 27th.-From the Herald's &C.
count of the operations near Charleston we take the
following The rebels attempted TO drive our forces
from James Island. The attack was sudden and
unexpected, but General Terry met and repulsed
them with great slaughter. The gunboat Pdcnee,
which supported the left flank, grounded, and a
rebel battery opened on her, firing fifty shots, thirty
nine of which struck her. Subsequently, she aoated
off, and opening upon the rebels put them to flight.
Gen. GiImore's terrific BOmbardment of
Fort Wagner-The Assault and RepuIse.
CHICAGO, July 29th "A correspondent of the New
York Herald, writing from Morris Island, July 18th,
says Since the engagement on July 1lth, General
Gilmore had strained every nerve TO strengthen his
position on this island. Another attack on the enc
my's works was determined on for Yesterday. The
design was. to commence the bOmbardment at day
light, but on account of a terrific thunder storm the
action did not commence until noon. At that hour
the .MoRtGuh, IOnsideS, CGtSkiH, Nantucket,
Ueehdrken and PdtdpscO moved into line within q
mile of Fort Wagner aud commenced hurting their
heaviest shot and shell into the Fort. With intervals
of but a few minutes they continued this lombard
meut until an hour after shutdown. just after the
close of the engagement and II few minutes before the
assault, the .jIOntduE ran directly under the guns of
Wagner, and within three hundred yards, and fired
several rDun1s MAKING onp hnua Sau6naan of that
portion Of the fort facing the sea, and dismounting
two of the heaviest guns. During all this time,
6fty-four guns from our land batteries kept up a
continuous 6e on the rebel works. Although the
fort mounted thirteen rified guns OF heavy caliber, it
condescended to reply with only two, one upon the
whole feet of iron clads, and one upon the entire line
Of batteries. They fired about one shot to our hum
dred, though that is rather over than under the
estimate. For the assault General Strong was
assigned TO the command OF the First Brigade, Colo
mel Putnam TO the Second, and General Stevenson to
the Third, constituting the reserve. Just AS dark
ness began TO fall, General Strong's brigade advanced
TO the assault. AT the instant the line was seen
slowly advancing toward the fort, and before the
dOub e quick was ordered, a tremendous fire from
the guns OF Sumter, from the batteries on Cummings
Point, and from all Wagner's guns, opened upon
il. The guns from Wagner swept the beach; those
from Sumter and Cummings Point enfiladed us. In
the midst OF this terrible fire the brigade reached the
fort. dashed through the bitches, gained the parapet,
and engaged in a hand to hand fight. For nearly a
half hour they held their ground and did not fall
Dack tIl nearly every CONN lSSiOucu Otncer was SDOt
down. The First Brigade having failed, the Second
made an attempt, advancing through the same terri
lie fire. Colonel Putnam led his men over into the
fort. and for an hour held half of it, fighting every
moment and with the utmost desperation, like the
Firs: Brigade. 1t was not until Putnam himself
fell, killed, and nearly all his officers wounded, and
no reinforcements arriving. that his men fell back.
The rebel shout OF victory was heard above the roar
of the guns of Sumter and cummings Point.
The correspondents assign no reason for the failure
Of General Stevenson TO come TO the assistance of the
assaulting column.
a Beaufort correspondent. under date of July ODD,
states that prisoners taken say the rebel loss during
the fight on Saturday, July 18th, was 500.
The Second Assault.
NEW YORK, July 27th.-The details Of the charge
made on July I'D on Fort Wagner show most des-
perate fighting by General Strong's brigade. Scarce
" A field or a line officer escaped a wound, and many
we're killed. Meantime nearly the whole rebel force
was concentrated upon the Fifty-fourth Massachu-
sets, the colOred regiment. The latter fought
heroically, and only retired when the others did
Colonel Putnam in comm nd of the storming par
ty, after ne had gained "A part of the fort, planted
the flag on the paraper and sent to Generals Strong
and Seymour for achievements; but both of these
Generals were wounded. Meantime the storming par
ty were being decimated by rebel grape. When
Stevenson brigade arrived an order to advance was
given, but il was too late-our gallant boys had been
forced 10 retire.
FRANKFORT (Ky.,) July 26th-John J. Crittenden
died at half past three this morning. of general
debility, at the age of seventy years.
Capture of Huntsville, Alabama.
NEW YORK. July 26th.-A letter dated Winches-
ter, Tennessee. July 18th, announces the capture Of
Huntsville. Alabama, with three hundred prisoners
and twelve hundred horses and mules, by General
Stanley.
The Rebel John Morgan and his Command
Captured.
CISCISSATI. July 26tb-A telegram from General
Shackleford. dated near New Lisbon. Ohio. says
81 have succeeded in capturing General John II.
Morgan, Colonel Cluke and the balance of their
command. amounting TO about four hundred men,"
New YORK, July 27th.-A letter to the Herald.
dated Jackson (AIiss ) July 18th. says The library
of JEFF. Davis was captured, comprising several bum
dies of private political papers Of the arch traitor,
and several letters upon secession, of dates back to
1852. The whole collection brings to light the secret
history Of secession. There are letters from both
Northern and Southern traitors
NEW YORK, July 2sth-We have hut few particu-
lars Of the battle on Thursday. July 23d, at Harper's