The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-18
Three Weeks Later
From the Seat of War.

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The hvori'e pacEst .S~yrni5te, Burdett. arrived
At this port early Tuesday morning. March "A, six
teen days from San Francisco. bringing very large
American and European mails, which had accumu-
lated At points on the route hither.
The telegraph resumed operations on the Doth OF
February, but gave out again on the oath. During
the interval tne principal war news was reported,
chroniciiug the advance Of Gen. Sherman through
South Carolina, and the capture OF several important
cities.
We extract from the Bulletin the principal news
received
The FAN of Charleston.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22-II a. M-CharIeston and all
its detences, with two hundred cannon, supplies and
ammunition, came into our possession on the morn
ing of the 18th. All the cotton was destroyed by the
rebels. RANKIN.
CRY PoryT, Feb. 2O-To Secretary Stanton p: The
following dispatch has just been received.
(Signed) GRANT.
1.-The Richmond ETGmiger TO day says Charles
ton vas evacuated Oh tuesday last.
tsigned) WEIrzEL, Maj Gen"
SaIutes in san Francisco in Honor of
the Occupation of Charleston and Fort
sumter.
It will be seen from the following dispatch. in
cluded in an order from Gen. McDowell's h~eaiquar-
tiers. that the flag Of the Union now floats over Fort
Sumter, where ii was FIRST fired upon by treason
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PACIFIC,
SAN FRANCIsCo, Feb. u, 1865.
General Orders No IL.
The following has just been received by telegraph
WAsHISGToN, Feb. u. 1865.
To ifaJOr General .Nc - that q
National salute be fired tomorrow noon, Feb 22d,
at West Point, and nj every fort. arsenal aud army
headquarters of the United States, in honor Of the
restoration If the flag of the Union upon Fort sum
ter. Acknowledge receipt.
BY order Of the Secretary of War:
i. ID. townsend, i. \. G..
As the delay in the receipt Of the foregoing does
not permit the execution of the order on the date
named-the anniversary of NashingtOn's birthday
the salute will be fired to- morrow At noon from every
fort AMI battery IN this harbor and Benicia; but ar
all other posts in the Department on the day succeed
ing the receipt hereof.
When the salute is fired the entire command will
be paraded under arms, and give three times three
cheers for that noble, glorious, sacred old Flag Of the
Union-the Stars and the Stripes-now so soon, I'M
der Gods favor, to be restored throughout the length
aud breadth Of cur llLd.
By command Mai Gen. Mcdowell,
X 6. DRUM, Assistant Aijutant General.
Capt. Bluxome will be invited to fire a salute from
his battery in front Of shc headquarters in this city,
and the Uaterce will probably add the noise Of her
guns 10 those Of the harbOr defences. The salutes
are to be fired simultaneously.
Capture of Columbia, =. 4.
WAsHIYGroy, Feb. 1S.-The Richmond Examiner
Of the 10th states that a dispatch has been received
from an official Of the Treasury Department at CoIum-
bia 20 the effect that Sherman's advance was so near
Columbia that the Home Guard and citizens turned
out to aid IN resisting the Union forces. SkIrmishing
had commenced near the city.
CRY PorNT. Feb. I8.-The following is taken from
the Richmond DisDntch Of to-day Sherman took
possession Of Columbia yesterday. The intelligence
was communicated yesterday by Beauregard in an
official dispatch. Columbia Is situated on the north
bank Of the Cougaree river, below the confluence OF
the Saluda and Broad rivers. From Beauregard's
dispatches, 1t appears that on Thursday evening the
enemy approached the south bank Of the Congaree
and threw a number Of shells into the city. During
the night they moved up the river. Yesterday MORN
ing they iOrded the SIiuda and Broad rivers.
Whilst they were crossing the rivers our troops, I'M
der Bcauregurd, evacuated Columbia. The enemy
soon after took full possession. The fall OF Columbia
necessitates the evacuation of Charleston, which We
think likely already in process OF evacuation.
](SigHed) GRANT.
The Evacuation of Mobile Going on.
New YORK, Feb. 1G-The He5alg's New Orleans
correspondent says that an order to evacuaie Mobile
was received from Richmond on the Nth January,
aud that Mowry commenced at once removing the
stores. etc, 10 Selma. Ii Is also said that nearly all
the rebel troops have left for Gar? Kansas.
CAIRO, Feb lG-The New Orleans Delta says the
evacuation Of Mobile has begun. The fact was
known to- General Granger rs early as January IA.
The Is, 600 bales Of cotton at that city, which Mowry
has ordered destroyed as soon as our forces take pos
session Of the place, it Is believed will be saved by
the citizens
NV YORK, Feb. 13-The Commercials Wash
iugton special dispatch says officers from the fleet off
Mobile report great activity in the removal Of OBJ
structions in the harbor, aud it was confidently ex-
pected that the rebels would evacuate the city. The
feet wa working its way up the harbor.
The Hsrald has an account Of the situation of af-
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was then surrounded by n strong chain Of earthworks,
besides those defending the harbcr--water batteries,
sunken DISTINCTIONS, t~orpedOes and gunboats. In
and around the city were about nine thousand troops,
OF whom three thousand were white militia under
General D. II. Maury.
The Attitude of France.
New YORK, Feb. 2O-The foreign mails have the
following
The .N0rd SAYS: There was q meeting of the
Privy Council on the 4th, in Paris. We are Informed
that the affairs Of America and the connection they
may have with the Mexican Empire were the princi-
pal object Of the meeting. France Is not without IN
easiness as to the attitude the United States may
assume towards the new Empire. when the conclu-
sion Of the war has placed at the disposal of the Re
public n large and tried army, with numerous and
skilled officers. Four years Of struggle has changed
a State hitherto exclusively devoted TO commercial
and maritime interests into r military State possess
ing an immense force. The recent resolutions Of the
{ Washington Senate must have assisted IN Increasing
this uueasiuess: nevertheless, according TO our cor
respondent. the discussion IL which the Privy Couu-
Gil was engaged ended IN this resolution. that for the
present II would be wrong to give way 10 exaggerated
fears; and that in the face Of the pacific and concill-
atory assurances which American diplomacy con
. Times 20 give the hest course 70 a1Our IL 10 abstain