The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-01-28

the Roanoke River expedition. The gunboats Ofsego
and BIrsiy were sunk by ~tcrpedoes. The river was
found full of them, and seven;y-fve were picked
up in a distance Of twenty Eve miles. Sometimes
eight or nine were found stretched across the river
in a single line. The feet proceeded 10 Poplar
Point. where they found the batteries too strong TO
be taken without a cooperating land force. On the
return the boats were somewn nat annoyed by sharp
shooters
FoRTREss Monroe. Jan. Admiral Porter's
feet is reported at Beaufort, safely anchored. having
successfully ~weathered the storm of Wilmington.
The storm, through which Porter's fee, rode in
safety. IS said to be the most terrible that has occurr-
cd on the coast in years. The rebels regard it as
a special act Of Providence in their favor, as il gave
them time for preparation
The movement to make Lee Generalissimo, con-
tinues.
The Augusta Coastituttonalist says Atlanta was
sacked by Georgians, after Sherman left it.
Deserters from the rebel army have taken posses
sion of the North CAROLYN Mountains, and expelled
rebel citizens. They defy rebel authority.
The Richmond Sentinel, JED. Davis organ, says:
II we are overcome give US political alliance and
association with England. France. Spain. or any
other nation, rather than snhiugation by the
Yankees"
The Sentinel also says, the peace resolutions
offered in the North Carolina Legislature were de-
feated in the Senate by ~ to p. on a motion to take
them from the table.
The Wilmington correspondent Of the Richmond
Dispatch says Z" our (the FederaD forces, at one
time. were between Fort Fisher and Wilmington,
cutting ot communication both By land and water.
and if they had not been disloi ged soon, Fort Fisher
would have fallen as Fort Morgan did, and with its
fail the fate OF Wilmington would have been sealed"
The Raleigh Progress says Of the Roanoke affair,
in which the rebels at first claimed SO great a vlctory.
that /: didn't amount 10 much, no one being killed
or seriously wounded on either side.
NEw YORK, Jan 9-The Wilmington Journal
says Bragg has written o letter breathing n spirit Of
Christian hope. He says there is no cause for alarm.
There is no enemy between Wilmington aud Fort
Fisher. With the present force he will be able to
resist any further attempt on Wilmington, snd closes
asking the prayers OF Christians for himself and
army.
The Fort Fisher Fiasco.
Nsw YORK. Jan. 7th-The 7riJ"ne's Norfolk
correspondent says OF the Wilmington expedition
The transports we're Of Fort Fisher three days before
the war ships arrived, in good weather, and the
enemy were known TO be in full force. Their coal
was exhausted and they had 10 return 10 Beaufort,
leaving again as soon as possible, and that, without
watt. z Tor their return, as agreed, Porter exploded
the powder boat and opened fire; that the troops were
10 land when the powder boat exploded. ard take
advantage OF the shock produced, and when the
troops did land, Weitrel found the fort uniDjured,
and an assaulting party would meet a more bloody
repulse than ut Fort Wagner. He then advised u
withdrawal, TO which Butler asseDted.
From Tennessee.
New YORK, Jan. 6-The Times has q special.
dated Huntsville, Ala which says the Tennessee
campaign is ended. The last Of Hood army crossed
the Tennessee river on the 10Th. with eight pieces Of
artillery and about eight thousand men. tie left
Macon with thirty-fve thousand was reinforced by
five thousand and had a hundred and ten pieces Of
artillery. Alter the battle of Nashville, both armies
f~oundered in the mud fer ten days. Hood and the
remnant OF his infantry crawled OF at night. his
cavalry siubbornly resisting the pursuit during the
day. 1t is believed Hood has buried, or thrown into
the river. at least thirty guns. He abandoned large
numbers of wagons aud ambulaEces. Our official
list of prisoners numbers nine thousand seven hun
dred. not including five hundred captured from
Roddy on the 9th. Over nine hundred deserters have
also reported. 1t is said Hood is going TO Meridian,
Miss, TO atten.rt reorganization. The chase in force
has been abandoned, although Steadman is across
the river, with orders to harass him and capture as
much as possible. a new campaign is already pro
jected, and the corps of Wood, Smith, and Schofeld
are already moving.
From RebeIdOm.
New YORK, Jan. 4.-The following is the conclud-
ing paragraph Of a long editorial in the Richmond
Sentinel, jeff Davis organ : If France and Eng
lanG will enter into O treaty With these Confederate
States, recognizing our nationality, and guarantee
ing our Independence on the abolition of slavery in
all these States, rather than continue the war, we
should be prepared to urge the measure on our read
ers. We think such q proposition would be ~favorably
received and acted upon by those nations, and 1t
ought to be made TO Them
New YORK, Jan. "A special dispatch from
Washin gton says advices from Richmond are of such
0 tenor AS to induce belief among certain officials
that the rebel Congress has already, in secret session,
passed a bill giving JED. Davis or General Lee au-
tbority TO call or order for detail not less than fifty
thousand slaves for service in the army as soldiers.
The Richmond Sentinel says the North is becom-
ing bankrupt. by which to South is sure to gain its
independence.
Late rebel pa pers show that a fight Of the JEFF.
Davis and anti JEFF. Davis factions is constantly
growing more sansuinary. Those opposed to Davis
accuse him, in the most open and vehement manner,
of being the cause of all their recent disasters. They,
in turn, are charged by Jetf's organs with destroy
ing confidence in the ability Of the Confederacy to
achieve its independence, and preventing the full en-
forcement of the CONSUMPTION Act and encouraging
deserters.
From Sheridan.
New YORK, Jan News from Sheridan's head.
quarters confirm the report that Early has withdraw
many portions of his forces far up the Shenandoah
Valley, and fallen back with his infantry TO Wsynes
boro His cavalry, however, are operating further
down. on both sides of the Blue Ridge.
Miscellaneous.
New YORK, Jan. 9-Tbe Commercials Washing
ton special dispatch says that Horace Greeley is
here, urgent and persistent in his demand for peace,
predicating a speedy termination of the war.
The Richmond Wing of the 9th Jan. says that
large numbers of rebel deserrers and la~less men are
roaming over the upper counties of Georgia, com.
hitting depredations on the inhabitants. The
Richmond Dispatch says that since Sherman left