The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-01-21

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Of Nashville, have opened all southern Georgia and
Alabama 10 the army of Sherman. Fort McAllister
has fa!leh. Savannah Is about 10 fall. The fall Of?
the cijy of Charleston seems only to be deferred a
few days. Hoods army has already met with a
great disaster at Franklin, and III my Judgment Is
fatally compromised. Presidential interference is
the cause of all this dire mischief, as, should Hoods
army be destroyed--an event which | fear is but too
probable, and Sherman should cume round to this
vicinity in ships-which l do not doubt he intends
what will be the fate Of Richmond -
New YORK. Dec, 22 The HerGid's correspondent
from the front of Richmond says Lee was wounded
in front Of Petersburg last Saturday, and will be
unable TO report foI dury for some time. The Rich
mond Examiner Of the 18th notices the fact that
large numbers Of negroes have recently stampeded
towards the Yankee lines The Examiner also says
the Yankees have been in Wyrhyille aud other parts
Of Southwestern Virginia, aud destroyed three loco
motives and done other damage.
The Richmond Dispatch says The situation in
Tennessee is melancholy enough. 1t was q black
day fer the Army OF Tennessee when Johnston lost
his command. Hood was so fauked that be was
compelled to abandon Atlanta He then stepped out
Of The wsy, hat in hand, and asked Sherman to
walk through Georgia He himself moved up into
Tennessee. where he has now again got himself beaten,
and this time, We fear, badly enough
The Examiner also says that the campaign in
Northern Tennessee has concluded disastrUusiy for
us, (Tehels.) We have no doubt.
The TTi6uHe'S army Correspondent, giving eX-
tracts from recent rebel papers, says " The rebel
Senate last Saturday went into secret session. a
stormy time Was had. The question of at once arm
Ik the negroes vas brought up, and IT IS believed
was passed by an almost unanimous vote. For sew
eral days past every able bodied negro has been
quietly seized and hurried of to the camp Of in
strucriDn- This may account tor their STAN pediag.
noted III another PaTagraph"
WAsHISGroS, Dec 27.-The Richmond papers
say that Price II reOrRanizing his army In Arkansas,
aud has 50 600 men, all MissOuriaus. The Rich
mOnd Enquirer Of Saturday acknowledges the
affairs Of the Coniederacy are under ii cloud.
GHu Raauray,r6 uuleP date rf CbarIas,cp tho
22i, announces that our (FederaD forces occupied
Pollard. Alabama, burned the Government raj road
buildings and retired, pursued thirty miles by Gen.
Lildell
The Attack on Wilmington.
New YORK, Dec 24-The UOrid thinks that
Porter's attack on Wilmington and its defences took
place yesterday. IL gives the names Of the heavy
vessels that are to lie outside and she'll Fort Fisher.
They are the POUhGHaH, Uabash, minnesota, SUs-
quehanG and the -NsU LOHstdes, all mounting 2Ol
guns, of large caiibre and long range, capable OF being
fired very rapidly 1t is thought that IA few hours
bombariment would reduce the forts sufficiently TO
allow the light draft vessels to enter. 4 naval fight is
expected after the forts are passed, rs the ChtcaIaau-
ga snd Tallahassee are reported inside and several
blockade runners have been armed. The rebels have
GONE ironclads on the Cape Fear River that will take
part i'll the action. The banks of the river, from
the mouth Of the river TO Wilmington, are supposed
to be partially fortified. The rebel force is estimated
AT fifteen thousand, and Il is ruIn0Tei they nave
been reinforced from Charleston and Augusta.
Many military and naval men think the capture Of
the forts, aud the closing Of the river, are the objects
of The expedition.
WA-uINGToS, Dec. 23-The Republican say the
Government mas received a dispatch from Gen Grant,
at City Point. announcing that a Richmond raper of
yesterday, The I'D contains an ofhcIal dispatch from
Gen. Bragg 70 JED. Davis, dated Fort Fisher, New
Inlet, n. c., Dec. 2lst. rs follows: - The entire fleet
of the enemy (were y is in sight out cannot operate,
as the weather continues bad. We are able 10 hold
Wilmington"
WAsHINGTON, December 27-The Richmond pa
pers OF to day contain a despatch from Wilmington,
n. G., the 10Th, which says: 8. The enemy's fleet,
over ffty vessels, including two monitors, several
ironclad vessels, and many heavily armed irigates
and ~sloOps-oi war. made L furious attack on Fort
Fisher about 10 o'clock yesterday, and kept up an
average Of five shots per minute until night Our
loss was twenty-three wounded. The attack was re-
newed at 10 o'clock This morning, and has been very
furious and continuous. No report OF casualties
10 day has been received. Col. Lamb, commander
OF the fort, replied TO the enemy slowly and deliher.
ately. The enemy (Federals), under cover of the
heavy fire, landed three brigadcs two and a half
miles above Fort Fisher. They were Immediately
engaged by a smaller force, but the enemy held the
ground on the night OF the 10Th"
A despatch from Wilmington on the 18th says
THE enemy attacked Fort Fisher las, night. and
were repuised, with considerable loss. There was a
heavy lain aud wind through The night. Prisoners
report the 24rh Corps of the Yankee army present,
under Gen. Butle Fort Fisher IS situated on a
sand spit. on the right bank If the Cape Fear river,
at its mouth, twenty miles below Wilmington. The
tucIs tEtSttECI u fttcn IucT pJ>lt4Ju iDJFt tNc
fort. not by passing up the river, where they "auid
have been obliged 10 run the gauntlet Of the ghps Of
Forts Fisher and Cas~ell, OF the left bank. but by
landing Oh the beach east of the mouth Of Cape Fear
river The enemy having effected a Judgment above
the fort, is = serious matter, and it will cost double
the effort TO disloJge them that would have prevented
their landing"
From Virginia.
New YORK, Dec. - b - The Richmond Enquirer
Of the 18th says Our cavalry we're attacked 10y
the Union cavIry on Thursday. The latter gradually
fell back on Gurdonsville. Virginia. Ii was rumoTed
that = portion Of the Union forces had gone in the
direction OF Charlottesville. 1t Gord"nsVilie was not
uenaced till yesterday. tie 23d, the pace vas safe,
owing 10 the disposition of our troops
The ~ hig of the 2Ith says " The probabilities
are that Gordousvil,e has been occupied by the
enemy
Gen. Lee, in an Official despatch Of the 23d. lays
g RasscT attacked and drove back Custar's division
nine miles from tIarrisouburg."
This was the reconnaissance made by Gustav,
slready noticed He fell back when his object was
attained
Richmond papers, in view of the danger Of losing
G'rdons7I.!e, 81. it contains no supplies, and is worth
nothing.
The sSituation.'
The following despatch was received ~ this Office
Latin last night Ii sets forth in a few words the des-
perate condition 10 which the rebels have been reduced.
Utterly routed n Tennessee. unable TO strengthen
Savannah without weakening Richmond, and entirely
exhausted in men and material, it is hard to see how
the rebellion can hold cut much longer
NEw YORK, Dec. 2lst.-I have visited the army
before Richmond. had a long talk with General Grant.
and | am pleased with him He is a quiet. modest
man. in my opinion. Thomas routs Hoods army,
gets his artillery, and destroys his CAPACITY for harm
Sherman has nothing 10 fear in his rear be gets
railroads and stores behind him. Lee cannot send
reinforcements against him if he does, Grant takes