The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-11-05

The arrival OF the clipper ship DreadHought. on
Monday. Il days from San Francisco, placed US in
receipt Of papers from that port to October Is, and
teegraphic war news from Washington 10 Oct. 18th.
The Eastern political, war and financial news is
becoming more and more exciting by each arrival.
From cur exchanges we CLEAN the latest intelligence
From Grant.
NEW YORK, Oct 1.-THE HsTGid's correspondent
with Butler writing on the 18th says: 1.-THE losses
in the reconnaissance up the Darbytown road On the
18th, are IN the aggregate eighteen officers 0nd three
hundred and fity.two nan. The enemy's firing on
the Dutch Gap Canal has ceased since Butler placed
i number Of rebel prisoners on it. The trees on the
river hank in front Of the Eighteenth Corps are being
cut by the rebels. in order To- give them a better view
OF operations on our side. Kautz's cavalry, on the
extreme right, are still holding the advanced posi-
ton, gained on Thursdays reconnaissance, and II is
not designed % abandon IL.
We have General Lees official report OF this
affair. and the Richmond EHgEiTsT'S account Of IL
both claim a rebel victory"
No new movements in either the Army o. the POto-
mac or the Army OF the james are reported at the
date Of latest accounts. The rebels were observed
massing their cavalry on our left, with the supposed
intention o. making n dash Oh our forces on the Wei
don Railroad.
Gen. Butler, becoming convinced that our negro
soldiers are put TO work in the rebel e~ntrenchmsnts,
has notified the rebel authorities that he has also pnt
rebel officers and soldiers at work on the Dutch Gap
canal lie has also proposed an exchange Of naval
prisoners, md transmitted statements of our officers
that the coIored troops had been murdered after cap
,ure by rebel regiments in front OF the army OF the
James.
The P0sfs Washington special says that Lee has
proposed an exchange of all prisoners taken IN front
Of Petersburg, negroes included
NEW YoRK, Oct. 1.-The V'oTlf's Army Of the
james special correspondent says OF the capture Of
Fort Harrison on the 18th Of September Their next
salient point il a strong line near to and directly be-
yOnd Fort Harrison These forte are directly in front
of our works. commencing 500 yards from the front
OF Harrison, and command each other. The position
OF all these rebel works is ten miles northwest Of
Bermuda and they rue at an angle OF about 90 de-
grees.
The Tenth Corps special correspondent Gays The
rebel iron-c!ais still continue their visits down the
river to the neighbOrhood of Dutch Gap, but they
have entirely ceased attempts TO annoy US since their
two days futile Smelling.
NEw YORK, Oct. It'll UorlG's correspondence
from the armies before Richmond says: An import
ant reconnaissance last Thursday by two divisions Of
tue Tenth Corps, under Terry, went TO the right Of
our right wing. After advancing some distance they
drove IL the rebel prckets AMI continued on to the
Central or Dar6ytown read, running up TO Rich
moud- They bad not gone far when they were met
by opposing skiEnishers. and, pressing on, our men
found themselves in front Of u new and formidable
line. The rebels works are strongly garIisoned by
Hokes' and Fields divisions. This was an import
ant discovery. These works have been built since
the battle OF September 10Th, and were designed to
supply the places Of those taken from the rebels then.
The enemy opened on our men and q severe fight
80 S~-- @~''g
tons, but deeming it imprscticable to take them with
the force at his disposal, and having satisfactorily
accomplished his design, he returned TO camp So
soon as the troops commenced TO withdraw, the rebels
sailed out and attacked them, but were severely re-
pulsed. their dead and wounded thickly strewing the
ground After that cur force was allowed TO return
uumolested. Our loss IN killed, wounded and miss
ing IS about iCJ. The enemy suffered to an equal
extent
\ PORTION OF The Army OF the Potomac are so near
the Southside Railroad that they can hear the trains
pass this morning
FORTRESS Monroe, Oct I6.-Geu. Butler sent out
n Reconnaissance 70 the north side OF james River
yesterday which advanced u miles towards Rich
Inoad- 1t returned without loss- II met several
squads Of rebels, but only some slight skirmishing
took place.
From Sherman.
. The rebel Generals Hood and Forces, have been
endeav0ring t. cut Of Sherman's communications
oe'Wee. Atlanta and Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct I5-Our forces to-day re-oc-
eaptei R.nggoh and the block house three miles in
ai'an'r- and 'ound the railroad and bridges safe