Show the pirate alabama coming gen wright superseded CHICAGO jan ath A washington special s says tys tile the fact fac t that the alabama is A believed to boan aking her way towards the pacific coast has bas at last roused the attention of both the war and navy departments to our defenseless situation there it is said by californians that a single thirty gun un an fn fi gate ipac t could take tile harbor of san F francisco lanci se 0 or any other harbor along the coast the navy dopart department part ment has determined to solid two or three men of war to that place at the earliest possible moment senator oon con liess has also secured from the war ar department dopart part ment the assignment 0 of a prominent and able major general to command the pacific P acarl c coast with several batteries of artillery and a small addition to the infantry force this relieves gen wright californians forn forni ians alis have for some time been making urgent arg chit representations of need for these c changes 1 banges and reinforcements |