The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-13 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

The royal mail steamship Scotia, Captain Jud-
kins, front New York on the Ist inst., srrived iu the
ALrsey yesterday morning, bringing 200 passengers
and 160,000 de.is. in specie.
The following, from the correspondent of the
Yew 3 ork, inzes, :s the " very latest " from the
army of the Potomac, previous to the departure of
the Scotia :

" Head•quarters, Array of the Potomac,
June 30 (Evening), S p.m•
. .

" I am just in from the front, and send by a mes-
senger to Frederick a brief despatch of the occur-
rences of yesterday and today. The rebel force
which made the raid on the Baltimore end Ohio
railroad consisted of Stuart's whole force, with eight
pieces of artillery. On Monday night they arrived
at Westminster, and interrupted the Western Mary-
land railroad, and threw cut strong picket?, and
shot two citizens who attempted to escape and give
us information. Early this morning General Gregg
attacked Stuart, and drove him ali the way from
Westminster to Hanover, Pennsylvania, a distance
of eighteen miles. During the forenoon Generals
Kilpatrick and Castar drove Stuart out of Hanover
after a splendid fight, and they are still pursuirg
him ; part of his force acting toward Gettysburg
and part toward York. During the day General
Burford drove a regiment of rebel infantry out of
Gettysburg, who also retired in a north-easterly
direction. You may expect to hear of brilliant
news. The whole army is in splendid spirits. The
rebels are reported to have burned Cashtown, Penn.,
yesterday. It is between Gettysburg and Cham-
bersburg."
On the 28th of June Colonel Hardie arrived at
the head-quarters of the army of the Potomac by
special train from Washington, bearing despatches
relieving General Hooker from the command of the
army of the Potomac, and appointing Major-Gene-
ral Meade, commanding the sth corps, his successor.
Soon after the reception of the orders at head-quar-
ters, General Hooker issued the following farewell
address:
" Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Frede-
ricksburg, Maryland, June 28.

" In conformity with the orders of the War De-
partment, dated June 27, I relinquished the com-
mand of the army of the Potomac. It is transferred
to Major-General Gcorge G, Meade, a bravo and
accomplished officer, who has nobly earned the con-
fidence and esteem of the army on many a well-
fought field. Impressed with the belief that my
usefulness as the commander of the army of the
Potomac is impaired, I part from it, yet not without
the deepest emotion. The sorrow of parting with
the army of so many battles is relieved by the con-
viction that the courage and devotion of this army
will not cease nor fail ; that it will yield to my suc-
cessor, as it has to me, a willing and hearty support.
With the earnest prayer that the triumph of its
arms may bring successes worthy of it and the
nation, I bid it farewell.
" JOSEPH HOOKER, Major• General.
" F. F. Barstow, Acting Adjutant-General."
The following is the address of General Meade on
taking command of the army of the Potomac:--
" Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,
June 28.

" By direction of the President of the United
States, I hereby assume the command of the army
of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order
—an order totally unexpected and unsolicited—l
have no promises or pledges to make. The country
looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation
and disgraee of a hostile invasion. Whatever
fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to
undergo, let us have in view constantly the magni-
tude of the interests involved, and let each man
determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-con-
trolling Providence the decision of the contest. It
is with just diffidence that I relieve in the command
of this army an eminent and accomplished soldier,
whose name must ever appear conspicuous in the
history of his achievements, but I rely upon the
hearty support of my companions in arms to assist
me in the discharge of the duties of the important
trust which has been confided to me.

" GEORGE G. MEADE, Major- General
Commanding.
"S. F. Barstow, Assistant Adjutant-General."
The New York Herald, of the Ist of July, ex-
plains the cause of General Hooker's removal:—
" Maryland Heights, June 28.

"We were visited here yesterday by Major-
Generat Hooker, accompanied by Brigadier-General
Warren. The object of the Commanding-General's
ride from Poolesville, Monocacy, Frederick, or
somewhere thereabouts, was to inquire into the
propriety of evacuating the heights. He sent for
Colonel Reynolds, our able engineer, and asked him
what the object was in holding the heights ? The
colonel replied that he had often asked the same
question, and never got a satisfactory answer.
General Hooker then issued an order that the place
should be evacuated by seven o'clock next morning.
That such guns as could not be taken away should
be destroyed, and the stores removed. Immediately
after he informed General Halleck of what ho had
done, whereupon he received a despatch in reply,
countermanding the order, and saying that the for-
tifications had cost too much be given up, unless
under the most urgent necessity. He considered
Harper's Ferry to be the key to the present and
future operations of the army of the Potomac.
General Hooker's comment upon this was natural
enough, " What is the use of holding on to the key
after the door is smashed ?" Another order of
General Hooker's was treated with the same want
of respect by General Halleck. General Hooker
felt terribly mortified. While on his way back from
here, after a visit of a couple of hours, he received
an order from Washington removing him from the
command, and placing Major-General Meade in his
stead."

The New York Times of the Ist inst. says :

" The rebels no longer menace Harrisburg. The
army of the Potomac, under its new commander,
General Meade, was in rapid motion on Monday
and yesterday. Its progress on Monday was such
as to relieve the line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road from rebel cavalry, and to restore telegraphic
communication with Frederick. What its progress
yesterday was will be best indicated by the charac-
ter of the advices to be received to-day, which will
probably be of the most important character. A
despatch from Harrisburg expresses the belief
entertained by the authorities there that Lee
was yesterday engaged in concentrating his forces
on the line of the Cumberland Valley Rail-
road, between Shippensburg and Chambersburg,
in anticipation of an attack by the army
of the Potomac. Ewell's corps, however, was
still in front of Harrisburg until last evening, when
it retreated, and is known to have gone beyond
Carlisle, A rebel infantry force was seen yesterday
morning about 11 miles from Harrisburg moving
towards the city, but nothing was subsequently
heard from it.

The following proclamation has been issued by
the Mayor of Philadelphia :

" Citizens of Philadelphia—One more appeal is
made to you in the name of duty and of manhood.
You can close your eyes no longer to the startling
danger and disgrace which hangs over your State
and city. The foot of the rebel is already at your
capital, and unless you arouse to instant action it
may in a few days hence cross your own thres-
holds. There is yet time to prepare for defence.
You number more than fifty thousand able-bodied
men ; the means to arm and equip yourselves are at
hand. Close your many factories, workshops, and
stores 'before the stern necessity of common safety
makes it obligatory. Assemble yourselves forthwith
for organisation and drill. Come ready co devote
yourselves to the protection of your homes until
your services shall be no longer needed. Spurn
from you those who would delude you to inactivity
or disaffection. Their tongues and hearts are more
false and hateful than even the invaders of your
soil. Let no one refuse to arm who will not bo able
to justify himself before man and God, in sight of a
desolated hearth, or a dishonoured family.
" ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor of Philadelphia."
Gen. E well has issued an order to his troops at
Chambersburg, prohibiting all irregularities, any:
stating that all the supplies which may be Deco-