The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
(Per the City of New York.)

NEW YORK, AUG. 8.

The Richmond Enquirer says the Federal pri-
soners now in Richmond number 4,300, including
523 commissioned officers.
The Richmond Examiner thinks it is the deter-
mination of the British Government and people to
do no act that shall tend to abridge war, or help the
South, or involve itself in a quarrel with the United
States. The South, it continues, has no worse
enemies than the British Government ; not that the
British Government is a friend of the North, but it
hates the whole American people, and all their
diplomacy will be to prolong the war by preventing
the interence of any other nation.

The Examiner, however, thinks that Napoleon's
possession of Mexico will render his interference
compulsory whenever it shall become evident that
the Southern Confederacy shall cease to exist with-
out it, for the Crown of Mexico will be untenable
on the day when the subjugation of the South shall
be comp'eted, and the United States power re-
stored.

Considerable excitement exists in Columbus,
Ohio, caused by invalid soldiers tearing down flags
inscribed with the names of Vallandigham and
Pugh. One soldier was nearly killed, and all the
soldiers in the city were confined to their barracks.
Copperheads afterwards paraded th 9 streets and
replaced the flag.
The Federal Government is about to increase its
naval force in the Pacific.

General Grant's official despatch states that dur-
ing his operations in Mississippi he captured 39,000
prisoners, 31,000 of whom were paroled, and 8,000
sent North.

The New York, Herald concludes that Lee is
preparing another bloody campaign against Wash-
ington, relying upon superior numbers to defeat
Meade in the next battle, and, as a consequence, to
capture Washington. "It is rumoured that a por-
tion of Bragg's army reinforced Lee, and that he is
pushing troops for an important movement, and it
can hardly be doubted that this movement will be
northward."

The herald further thinks that the fears of the
Cabinet for the safety of Washington will prevent
Meade attacking Lee, and that the policy of the
rebel Government will ;,bo to attempt to wipe out
their late reverses by striking a blow at the army
of the Potomac.

The St. Louis Democrat says:—" Letters were
captured near Jackson confirming the treason of
James Buchanan, and his letters to Jefferson Davis
confirmed General Scott's accusation."
The Atalanta Appeal states that the Governor of
Georgia is making extensive preparations to stop
the raids into Georgia. A large force of raiders
from Rosenerans' army were at White Side.
The Appeal also says that the Confederate War
Department has resolved to stop the navigation of
the Mississippi by a well organised system of gue-
rilla warfare. The editor thinks that Rosencrans
is moving on Selina, Alabama. Every place of im-
portance in Georgia is fortified.

The New York World denounces the presence of
a military force at polls during the elections in
Kentucky.

There are at present 18,000 paroled Union pri-
soners yet ufiexehanged.

The Richmond _Examiner says the iron track of
the street railroads has been torn up for the purpose
of ironplating a gunboat.
Numerous rioters have been tried and convicted
in New York to terms of imprisonment varying
from three to 15 years.
The draft in Washington has b3en completed. It
gives an aggregate of 3,700 white and 1,250 coloured
conscripts.
Guards have been placed on all the roads and
rivers leading from Washington in order to prevent
conscripts from escaping.

The New York Democratic State Convention has
been called to assemble at Albany on the 9th of
September.

Captain Meffit, of the steamer Florida, writes that
up to May 11, ha had destroyed 97,006,000 dollars
worth of Northern commerce, and had eluded 13
Federal cruisers sent to destroy him.
The steamer Ruth was burnt on the Mississippi
during a voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Thirty lives were lost, together with a large amount
of Government funds in the hands of the paymaster
on board.

A proposal is to be brought before the New York
Chamber of Commerce for the construction of a ship
canal to the West, by way of the Chanub and
Champlan canals, for the purpose of throwing the
commerce of the North West and Canada through
the State of New York. The Governor of New
York supported the scheme. _ _

The steamer Eagle arrived at New York from
Havana reports having seen a steamer with two
white smoke pipes and a hull painted lead colour,
steering S.E., with another steamer in chase. The
Eagle fired a blank shot at her, stopping her, when
the Federal steamer Sackawanna came up and took
possession of her. She was an English built iron-
side wheel steamer, of about 600 tons, laden with
cotton, of which she threw a quantity overboard.

ARRIVAL OF THE OLYMPUS.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.

The Canard screw steamer Olympus, Capt. Muir,
from New York on the sth inst., arrived in the
Mersey shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. By
her we get New York journals of the sth, but
their contents have been fully anticipated.
The Recorder of New York, in charging the grand
jury, in reference to the late riots, made the follow-
ing remarks
One of the worst signs of the times has been the pre.•
valent disregard and want of respect for the laws and the
lawfully constituted authorities. Dangerous men have, by
example and precept, taught the people to disregard and
disobey constitutional and legal obligations; and sometimes
on one pretext. and sometimes upon another, have counte-
nanced, if they have not counselled, disobedience and resist.
ante. The evil teachings of misguided and wicked men
have not been without their effect. They have taken deep
root in the popular mind. Infidelity to constitutional and
legal obligations has produced its brood of evils. This in.
fidelity and the false teachings and examples of partisans of
various sects and parties, aided as they have been by causes
and elements which are always actively at work in times
of war and civil convulsions, urged on by the spirit of law-
lessness which they have created, have recently produced
in this city an outbreak which resulted in violence and
enormities without a parallel in the history of he country.
The immediate cause of this was opposition to the enforce-
ment of the conscription law; but this cause would have
been wholly inadequate to the result if the poison of consti-
tutional and loyal infidelity, and of false teaching and per-
ziicious example had not been infused into the popular mind.
The outbreak was fearful, its results dreadful. Whatever
may have been the cause, and whoever may have been re-
sponsible for the terrible consequences, ono thing is cer-
tain, the plea of resistance to the draft affords no justi-
fication or excuse, and it is the duty of every public
officer and private cit;ze,n to labour with all his strength
to bring to justice and to judgment the men who have
violated all law, outraued all decency, and trampled upon
all rights."

The New York Herald says:—
" It is thought there will be another drawing in Massa-
chusetts for conscripts, as not one in five comes up to the
soldier's standard. Only 800 men have thus far been taken
to camp, and a number of these have already managed to
get away,"

" THE DREAMER," a new penny weekly periodi•
cal, devoted to a record of not,ble dreams, and a discussion
of the philosophy of dreaming, somnambulism, &c, has
just been commenced by a Lpiadon. publisher. Another
oddity recently issued is the history of the haunted wan-
d= of England,