The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-21 00:00:00

Cash. Account.
Orleans .... 873 75 875
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 900 .. 900
New ditto
Southern
Western
Eastern .........
Sardinian
Austrian
Lorrbard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

610 .. 641 25
511 25 .. 5:0 -
477 50 .. 477 50
352 50 .. 351 25
402 50 403 75
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527 50 .. 528 75

LATEST FROM RICHMOND,

An English gentleman who left Richmond on the
Ist instant, having a few days previously visited
Petersburg, and who, passing uninterrupted into
the Federal territory, accomplished the journey
between Richmond and Queenstown in the remark-
ably short time of 16 days, gives the following par.
ticulars of the military situation in and around the
Confederate eanit-

ine troops detached by way of the Shenandoah Valley
towards Maryland consisted of the whole of Ewell's corps
(late Stonewall Jackson's), under the personal command cf
that General, and numbered 26,000 men.

It was believed that another smaller detachment with
heavy artillery would be, or had already been, directed
towards Acquia Creek, with a view of erecting powerful
batteries on the Potomac, blockading that river, and thus
interrupting the water communication with Washington at
the same tinge that Ewell's corps would destroy the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, and thus cut the main line of
communication with the capital.
Ewell's corps was considered amply strong enough to
cope with any troops which the North in its present de-
nuded condition could oppose to it, and it was believed that
as soon as the offensive movement of the Confederates be-
came developed in its true proportions, the Federal Govern-
ment would recall Grant's whole army. No corps of obser-
vation which Grant might leave behind on embarking could
hold its ground against a combined laud and naval attack
from Richmond.

Nearly 3,000 prisoners had been brought in from Wilson's
corps, so that his entire loss could not be less than between
4,000 and 5,000. He had lost all his artillery, trains, and
just escaped total destruction. About
20 miles
of the Danville Railroad was destroyed
b stores—iny him fact,but
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a areno
imp
ortant bridges on that por-
tion cf the track, the Corps of Construction, a corps of
railway engineers and labourers specially formed for such
purpsses, would be able to repair the damage in less than
two weeks.

The balance of prisoners in favour of the Confederates
during the Virginia campaign alone was estimated at no
loss than 10,000. A. great portion of the prisoners are
stragglers who voluntarily came into the Confederate lines
army 80 frequent had becoMe the practice of self-mutilation,
g
generally by shooting or cutting
off a finger, that an order
and surrendered themselves. They report that in Grant's
has been issued severely putas,aing the men so soon as their
self-made wounds are healed, and then sending them as
labourers under guard into the trenches. Besides malarious
fevers, very malignant bowel complaints, caused by the bad
water and the pulverized sand with which the atmosphere
is surcharged, had appeared, and threatened to become
Grant was leisurely shelling Petersburg at a distance of
epidemic in the Federal army,
about two miles, but doing little damage. Communications
between that city and Richmond were perfect and not in
the least disturbed. No scarcity
was apprehended of pro-
visions. The army was healthy and in excellent spirits.
At no time had the Confederates been more sanguine. I;
was generally considered that General Lee was indisputably
master of the situation, and that the war could not be pro-
longed much beyond the present campaign. Previous to its adjournment on the 14th ultimo, the
Confederate Congress had, in view of the contemplated
offensive movements, issued a manifesto, chiefly, though not
in express terms, addressed to the people of the North. In
this the earnest desire of the Confederate States for peace
is set forth in eloquent language, the war is declared to be
one only of self-prezervation, and all intentions of conquest
or Of impeding
night with solydieOrps
the happiness and development of the
were. constantly Northern States is most distinctly disclaimed.
wealthier citizens Were so many open
There was no distress, but, also, no excitement in Rich-
mond.
A solemn earnestness' and calm confidence pervaded
all classes. The theatrs had been closed. The churches
private hospitals, and
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enanfclorci
the ladies were unremitting in their care of the sick and
wounded. Xs Davis's health was good. Foreign exchange
had fallen to 1,500, but was little in demand. The prices
of most of commodities had declined, owing to the gradual
absorption
of the redundant currency by taxes and the
funding systsin,