The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-03-05

had also destroyed an important bridge on the
railroad between that place and Mobile, which
prevents the rebel forces retreating to Mobile.
/ Altogether, it looks as if warm work was going
on around Mobile, and no wonder "great con-
sternation exists in the city" as the latest tele-
gram reports.
On the 18th of February Gen. Grants army,
numbering so, 900, received orders for advancing
South, their destination being Atlanta, Georgia,
which is the head quarters of the rebel army I'M
der johnson. One corps of Grants army, under
Gen. Logan, numbering about Is 900, were NOV
ing South through the middle of Alabama, to
flank Atlanta, or assist in the attack on Mobile,
as might be required.
In evident cooperation with these several
movements, we find q land and naval expedition
had sailed from Hilton Head, S. c., to attack
Savannah. These various moves appear to be
part of one great plan to attack the rebels on all
points at once, SO that their forces can not be re-
moved from one quarter to another to assist In
defending the weaker points, or gaining a victory
by rapid concentration of troops. If the news by
this arrival is reliable, the Spring campaign may
be considered as fairly opened, and subsequent
mails will bring us the results.
The news concerning the privateer Alabama,
of which re publish the full particulars, confirms
the report before received of her being in the
China seas. She was undergoing repairs at Annoy
on the I'd of January. The United States steamer
Wyoming was also in the anne port, and we
question very much whether the two vessels will
leave it without a trial of strength. The sloop-
of-war jamestown had sailed from Kanagawa for
Annoy, and would arrive there early in January,
ond rrolobl,, haEora tIo AI,booo xvon15 bo raoI,,
to sail again.
The latest telegraph from Europe reports that
the alabama was at Rangoon January 9th. This
must be Incorrect, as Rangoon is q port of Bur-
nah. 1900 miles from Annoy. She may have
been there - December 5th. " which mistake in
date may easily have occurred in sending the
news around the world. Annoy is a port of
China, opposite the Island of Formosa, some 200
miles north of Hongkong, and 800 miles south
west Of Kanagawa, Japan.
The gallant conduct Of the captain of the
jamestown in weighing anchor and proceeding to
sea from Kanagawa Immediately on hearing the
news of Semmes being at Annoy, although blow
ing a gale at the time, is worthy of all praise, and
we only hope that he was able to join the Wyo-
ming in time to try and see what could be done
with the rebel pirate. For once we hope Semmes
will be brought into a fair fight, even though the
of a neutral port be violated by the
act, as was done in the harbor of Valparaiso in
the war of 1872.
The news from Europe is also highly import
ant, as the first report of open war is received.
An engagement Of six hours duration had occur
on January Cd, between the Danes and the
German-Prussian army at Missundi, in which
the latter were repulsed. The Danish loss
about 200, that of the Prussians about
500, though some accounts make it greater. Now
that the war has opened, it is not unlikely that
England and France will be drawn into the fracas. /