The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-12-03
The Foreign News.

The war news received by the Ontrard was
very interesting. Although Gen. Grant has
made no decisive advance movement, it will be
observed that he il quietly creeping around on
the westward of Petersburg. 80 that now he Is
within hailing distance of the Southside Rail-
road. As this is AN important position, and
threatens the capture of that railroad, the rebels
have stationed large forces in front Of the Union
armies, which have had two or three collisions
about the 18th and 9TH of November, in which.
aS The report says, the rebels were sent whirling
back 10 their lines, with q loss Of about = 900
on each side. Lee is losing ground slowly, and
Grant is as evidently gaining ground on the very
side where the rebels will suffer most severely.
The capture Of the Southside Railroad. whenever
it occurs. will he followed by the evacuation of
Petersburg as a military necessity.
The heroic and brave Sherman was, ut the
latest dates, the object of public attention. With
an army of 10, 900, he had left Atlanta in a
south or s~outhwesterly direction, supposed to be
for Charleston. Savannah, Macon, or perhaps 10
liberate the 2O. 900 Union prisoners confined at
Andersonville, South Carolina. Wherever he
has gone, he has counted the cost. and is doubt
less prepared for any emergency. We shall pro-
badly hear from him by the Comet. If he has
gone on the expedition supposed, he undoubtedly
destroyed Atlanta before leaving. 1t was necess-
ary that it should be rendered unserviceable to
the rebels, if left, for it was their arsenal and
machine-shop.
The remnant of Hoods army, numbering 90
600, more or less, appears to have become little
else than a band of guerrillas, remarkable only
for their speed when chased. The armies which
Sherman left il charge Of Gems. Thomas and
Slocum will be sufficient to keep Hood and his
followers busy, while Sherman is playing a deeper
game.
Gen. Price, who, with 90, 900 rebels, invaded
Missouri, appears to have come to grief, while
Ewell and Longstreet are not mentioned as in
the Shenandoah Valley.
Admiral Farragut has been transferred to com
mand the fleets in Virginia waters, which indi-
Gates some movements ahead; while Admiral
Lee has been sent to command Farragut's fleet
in the gulf. Admiral Porter is reported as hay-
ing sailed with a large fleet for Wilmington,
which is soon to become the scene of naval en-
gagements. and its forts will soon share the fate
of those before Mobile Bay. This will put an
end to the English blockade-running, which has
thus far supplied the rebels with arms and lnuni-
tons of war.
The pirate Florida has been captured by the
steamer Wachuset (not Massachusetts, but
but whether at Bahia, Brazil, or at the Bahia
mas, does not appear clear. One tatement says
the former place, another says the latter. If the
capture took place in Brazilian waters, probably
nothing will ever be heard of it, as that nation
would be as glad to see the Florida captured or
sunk as the American. If it occurred in British
waters, there may be some notice taken of it.
Gold has gone up again like a rocket, having
commenced soaring Nov. /, when it was 245.
1t was $50 at the latest, and may 60 still higher.