The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

ANERIC A.
(Per the Arabia via Roche Point.)

NEW YORK, FY.B. 16 (Evening).
After a slight skirmishing, General Sherman
occupied Jackson, Mississippi, on the sth.

The Confederates were retreating across. Peare
River. General Shern.lan has since advanced to
Brandon. Another po,-tion of Sherman's forces
permanently occupied -Y?zoo City for foraging

purposes.
Ia conjunction with General Sherman's move-
ment a large cavalry force moved southward from
Corinth.

On the 15th an army corps advanced from Hunts-
ville, Alabama, crossing the Tennessee river at
Larkin's Ferry.

It is reported that General Grant's army is in
motion from Chattanooga towards Tunnell Hill
and Dalton.

Bishop Polk, commanding in Mississippi, is be-
lieved to have received reinforcements from Dalton.
General Longstreet holds the Tennessee Rail-
road to Strawberry Plains.
General Peck has arrived at Newbern, and has
made preparations for his defence.

President Davis has issued an address to the
army, thanking the troops for their alacrity.

He said that the spring campaign opens under
auspices well calculated to sustain their hopes.
Assured Success awaits their struggle for liberty
and independence.
President Dlvis has signed a bill prohibiting the
export of tobacco, rice, sugar, and molasses, except
by special permit ; also a bill prohibiting the im-
portation of luxuries after March next, and fixing
the maximum price at which articles of silk, wool,
flax, and cotton may be imported.
One hundred and ten Federal officers who had
escaped from Richmond prison have arrived at
Fort Monroe.

The House of Representatives has passed a re-
solution favouring an amendment to the constitu-
tion abolishing slavery by a majority of twenty-one.
The Supreme Court has decided against Mr.
Vallandigham's application to annul the sentence
passed upon him by the military court.
A committee of ways and means will report on

the bill authorising the Secretary of the Treasury
to sell gold, providing he retains a sufficient amount
to pay the interest on the public debt.
The steamers Hatfield, Spunkie, Dee, Jenny,
Emily, and Fanny have been destroyed, and the
City of Petersburg captured, off Wilmington.
A brig, with 700 slaves on board, was captured
on the oth, off North Side, Cuba.
The North American has arrived out.
(By Telegraph to Halifax.)

NEW YORK, FEB. 18 (Evening).
General Grant's forward movement has not been

confirmed.

The commander of Mobile has telegraphed that
he anticipates an early attack on the city.
Admiral Farragut's fleet has left New Orleans,
destination unknown.
It is anticipated that the Confederates will open
the spring campaign by a formidable raid into
Pennsylvania.
The New York herald asserts that President
Lincoln will issue a proclamation of universal
emancipation, including the Border States, on the
22d inst.

General Banks has issued an order at New
Orleans, stating that it is the people's duty to assist
in rebtoring the civil government. Indifference
will be treated as a crime. Men refusing to
defend their country with the ballot box or cartridge
box have no claim to the benefits of liberty.
The New York journals consider this equivalent

to compulsory voting.
Several republican members of Congress have
denounced President Lincoln's policy of establishing
State Governments under the amnesty proclamation
as illegal.
The steamer Cumberland has been captured whilst
entering Mobile harbour.
The steamer Denbigh has been destroyed whilst
leaving Mobile.

NEW YORK, FEB. 19 (Noon).

The expectation that Congress will pass the bill
authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to sell
gold has caused a great decline.
It is reported that the Federal Government has
received information that Confederate vessels have
left Asia for the Pacific.
An attack on San Francisco is feared.
President Lincoln has declared Brownsville,
Texas, open to trade. The entry of spirits and
articles contraband of war are forbidden. American
Consuls will grant !icenses to foreign vessels for
Brownsville.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Money easy—gold, 58 per cent. prem. Stocks
advancing—New York Centrals, 135; Erie, 1244.

NEW YORK, FEB. 19 (Afternoon).
It is reported that General Johnston is preparing
.o attack Chattanooga.
The City of Manchester has just arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold 588 per cent. prem.; Ex-
change on London, 174; Stocks very firm; New
York Centrals, 1351--; Illinois, 133 i; Six per Cents.
United States Bonds, 112.

FEB. 16 (Evening).

Money easy. Gold has fluctuated since Monday
between 594 and 611, closing to-day at 604 per
cent. prem. Exchange on London : bankers' bills,
:on Paris, 3.171. The ease in the money mar-
ket has caused renewed speculation, and a consi-
derable advance in stocks. The market is firm and
advancing. New York Centrals, 1331 ; Illinois
shares, 1323 ; Erie, 115 i; Six per Cent. United
States Bonds, 111.. Cotton dull. Middling Up.
land, 81c. Petroleum: crude, 29 to 31c.; refined,
46e. to 48c.

FEB. 18 (Evening).
(By Telegraph to Halifax.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, FFB. 28.

Money easy. Gold, 59 per cent. premium. Ex-
change on London, 175 ; ditto on Paris, 3.18.
Stocks firm and advancing. New York Centrals,
135 ; Illinois, 1331 ; Erie, 201; 6 per Cent. United
States Bonds, 112. Cotton dull. Middling Up-
land, 80c. Flour and wheat dull. Corn quiet.
Provisions good inquiry. Coffee steady. Sugar
inactive. Molasses dull. Petroleum inactive,
Crude, 291 to 31; refined, 48 to 49.
The Arabia brings 130 sacks of mails, 101 passen-
gers, and 35,000 dols. in specie.
She left Queenstown for Liverpool at 3 50 a.m.

DANISH GUNBOATS AT FEHMERN,
HAMBURG, FEB. 29.
Dinish troops have been brought by a Danish
steamer from Seeland to Ft..hmcrn.
A Danish gunboat is stationed in Fahmern Sound,
which enables the Danes to take up a similar flank
position towards Holstein as they occupy upon
Alson towards Schleswig.

The votes by sections, of the Congress on the lasl
Miniqed.4l bills le not, faTourahle to the Ministry,