The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-03-05
The Alabama" and Her P~ursuers.

1--WE
Captain Moorehouse, OF the brig -7da ID. Rogers,
from KaDagawa, informs US that the news Of Semmes
being e~n:rapped at Annoy reached Kanagawa shortly
before the brig sailed for San francisco The u ;.
sloop.of war jamestown was then in port and at once
got under way and put to sea in a gale. with double
reefed topsails and q fair wind. lie did not state
whittier he was bound, but the American shipnasters
in port had every reason TO believe and to know that
he went to join Captain McDougall Of the u. 8.
steamer Wyoming, at Annoy. Captain Moorehouse
was on board the jamestown just before she sailed.
She was in splendid fighting trim. and had one OF the
best crews he had ever seen. She is one of the old
class Of sloops- war, but she carries guns OF large
calibre-
broadsides of e-inch guns, two 1linch pivot guns. twas sup
posed that the Jamestown would reach Annoy in about a week
dred or a thousand miles. She saiied on the Goth Of December.
SITUATION OF THE ALABAMA CHANCES FOR A FIGHT.
The harbor Of Annoy is small, but deep; and well shel tered:
alabama was undergoing repairs, is Of stone, and is the proper
ty Of certain Chinese merchants. 1t is situated on the western
is built, and opposite the small island of Ku Lang SUI.
by which the dock can he approximations between Annoy and
the mainland is shallow aud impracticable save for Chinese
one passes to the southward Of Ku Lang su, and the other be-
tween that aaa,s and ~ A%o ys0. The iSs@ Gsptaan to thinks = ms that b Ias ,%e S st
proceed at once to attack the pirate in his helpless condition;
the jamestown, while the wyoming could only keep guard
over one entrance.
THE NEXT NEWS FROM Annoy.
The ship Henry Brigham, and the brig Glencoe were to leave
Kanagawa in about two weeks after the Ida ID. Rogers left,
s se6cs sh 1l0 be xngv h * eSD .a Ss1ps b sG%e r stseF1es b by the as steamers sarsa
which touch regularly at the Chinese and japanese ports:
generally supposed, however, that the sympathies Of the Chi
nese were against the pirate and his steamer.
SEMMEs' LETTER OF DEFIANCE.
Just before the I. u. r. LEFT Kanagawa, the captain Of the
which the writer states that when he captured and burned the
ship Contest he had found in the cabin Of that vessel snndTy
packages containing presents, etc, from that officer to friend;
in New York that he had carefully preserved them and w0pid
before long deliver them himself at New York, where he and his
ship Tor ships) would be before long.
The rebels had one hundred and fifty torpedoes to
float down the Savannah river. and eight thousand
troops were quartered around the city. The Georges
regiments had already mutinied In consequence Of
short supplies. Two blockade runners ut Savannah
are watching an opportunity to pass our gun6oats.
/ The Illness dispatch says it has been ascertaineo
that the main body of Lees army is between Gordons
Vile aud Orange Court. house. Citizens residing
within the enemy's lines say that Lee expects to have
As, 900 conscripts added to his army by the new levy
raising it to so, 900 or 10000.
A special to the New York Herald, from Washing
ton, says it is reported to the military authorities
here that troops from Lees and Beauregard's armies
are being sent to other points in the Confederacy
probably to Mobile. Atlanta and Knoxville. 1t il
stated positively that Lee has only 10000 infantr,
on the Rapid Ann, though his cavalry are beiDt
reinforced.
The British war steamer Petrel. with dispatche
for the rebel Secretary of State, arrived of Charles
:n bar on the 9th. and requested permission to CON
muuicate with the British Consul at Savannah, which
Admiral Dupont refused. The Savannah Hepuot1cd'
gives a gloomy account Of rebel Affairs.
Accounts from the South state that the rebel armle
embrace, to-day. more than at any moment since tn
commencement of the war, the CONSUMPTION having
been ruthlessly enforced. Before spring the militar.
authorities here believe much of the advantage game
che last twelve months must inevitably be lost b
Evacuation of territories which we have not sufhcien
troops to garrison.
HALIFAX, February 6-In the case Of the Chesa
peake, the Judge Of the Admiralty Court has decide
to restore the vessel and cargo To the owners subject to cond
,;~-s avarHfnp aUu1eu of IN OF court.
Marshal Kane and IL number OF Confederate oflcei
left on the steamer alpha for Dixie to-day.
The HerGld's Washington special says 1t IS under
stood that the government is preparing a protest against Il
French occupation OF Mexico
There are reports that il is intended by our Gov
eminent to protest against the French occupation in McSic
which are certainly not well founded. The policy OF the Go
erument on this point has been fully explained in the late
Published diplomatic correspondence.
The Herafd's special Washington dispatch says ii
noIirv Of extending the Presidents amnesty to Colonies is muC
talkei Of Rebel prisoners and refugees state this would eau
whole regiments TO. desert
The Montgomery (Als.) Mail says that rumors
the evacuation Of Richmond are gaining credit. The arrang
ments on foot will create more CONSERVATION at Richmond thu
ANYTHING that has occurred during the war.
In the Senate, Sumner presented q petition FRO
II 100 ladies OF New York; l., 800 Of Illinois, IL 600 from Mass
chusstts, and a duplicate number OF males, praying lr me c
tire abolition OF slavery
AR sherman introduced a bill, which was referrt
to the Finance Committee, prohibiting speculation IN gold, sV
and foreign exchange, and for other purposes.
NEv YORK. February IA special Waehingtt
sunatcb 70 the Post. says there are over twenty-five millions
ere long, sell part ef it for Treasury Notes