The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-01 00:00:00

THE ATTACK UPON GENERAL MILROY,

(From the Baltimore American.)
Major-General Milroy reached Baltimore at one
o'clock this morning from Harper's Ferry, and
returned again at 11 o'clock on a special train with
his staff. He came down to have a personal inter-
view with Major Gen. Schenck, and to waive all
claims of rank in interfering with the command at
that point, which wilt remain under Brigadier-Gen.
Tyler. He, however, desired to return to his men,
and volunteered to act in any po,ition that he
might be deemed most serviceable in.

We had the pleasure of a brief conversation with
him, and were pleased to learn that his forces have
not suffered to so great an extent as was supposed.
At the time he left the Ferry, forty-two members
of Alexander's Maryland Battery had arrived,
and it was believed a considerable number had
made their escape in the direction of Romney and
Cumberland. They mostly secured their horses,
and have probably accompanied the cavalry. The
only Maryland regiment that suffered severely was
the sth Regiment, knowh a 6 Col. Boh4offs who wry

attempts to storm and capture their batteries, bu

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was driven back. Daylight was now rapidly
approaching, and it was deemed prudent to
endeavour again to cut their way through the
enemy's lines, which was successfully accomplished,
and being without artillery, they Suffered conside-
rably, especially in prisoners captured, before the
enemy gave up the pursuit. About 12 o'clock on
Monday they reached HaMown, and tie enemy.
having abandoned the pursuit, they, after a short

rest, marched into Harper's Ferry during the after•

noon, The gallant fellows were in a sad condition,

after so severe a march and fight, but were full o

spirit and gratification that they had escaped the
clutches of the enemy. All the stores, ammunition,
and waggons at Winchester, fell into the hands of

the enemy, together with all the artillery, not a gun
having been saved.

THE WRECK OF THE STEAM-SHIP
NORWEGIAN.

ASPY BAY, CAPE BRETON, June 14, 1863,

The steam-ship Norwegian, of the Canadian steam-
ship line, which left Liverpool at half-past twelve
o'clock noon, of the 4th, and Londonderry on the
sth instant, for Quebec, was wrecked on St. Paul's
Island this (Sunday) morning, 14th instant, during
a thick fog.

All her passengers and crew, together with mails
and baggage, were saved.

-The newspaper despatches were saved by Purser
Wallace.

(Despatch to the Agents in Montreal.)
MONTREAL, June, 17, 1863.
The following despatch has been received by the
agents of the steamed Norwegian :

‘e ASPY BAY, C. 8., June 14, 1863
"Allan Rae end Co., Quebec.

" The Norwegian was wrecked this morning,
seven o'clock, in a thick fog, on Sr. Paul's Island, a
mile and a quarter east of the North-east Light.
Sne had on board fifty-eight cabin and two hundred
and seventy-one steerage pass,-ngers—all, together
with the crew and mails, saved. A large portion
of the baggage has also been landed.
"The steamer, when I left at one o'clock, was all
but on her beam ends, well on the rocks. Her fore
peak and forward compartment have several feet of
water in them. The main and after ones are quite
dry.

Captain M'Master was not certain whether she
could be got off. He rt quests that a steamer be sent
down immediately to the wreck.

" The passengers have been conveyed to the
Government Humsne Society's House.
" Mr. Campbell, Governor of the Island, is lend-

ng all his assistance.

"JOHN WALLACE, Parser."

NEW YORK, JUNE 20, Morning.
General Sherman's corps have pushed their ap-
proaches to within 20 yards of the bastions at
Vicksburg.
The Richmond Inquirer says that the Federal
gunboats have ascended the Chickahonainy to
within 60 miles of Richmond, a land force of 15,00 C
co-operating. Preparations were being made to
repel any attack.

General Bragg has been reinforced, and there are
indications of his uniting with General Buckner to

invade Kentucky.

The British Consul has arrived from Riehmdnd

at Fortress Monroe.

The Confederate Secretary of State has written
to Mr. Mason officially that the President's deci-
sion to revoke the British Consul's exequatur was
mainly influenced by the Consul denouncing unoffi
cially the Confederate Government as indifferent to
cases of great and atrocious cruelty. These re-
marks referred to the enlistment by conscription of
two British subjects who, by their acts, had ac-
quired de facto citizenship. Protection and respect
will be continued towards foreign consuls who pos-
sessed the Federal exequatur prior to the secession,
as long as they do not seek to evade the legitimate
authority of the Confederate Government. 80,
Lord Lyons assumes the power to iesue instructions
end exercise authority over British consuls residing
in the Confederate States, thus ignoring the exis-
tence of the Confederate Government, and implying
the continuance or relations between that Ministry
and British Consuls residing in Confederate States
which existed prior to secession. This is also the
assertion of a right by Lord Lyons to exercise the
authority of a Minister accredited to and officially
received at Richmond. The President therefore
forbids further direct communication between neu-
tral consuls in the Confederate States and function-
aries of neutral nations residing in the enemy's
country. In future all couanunications hotweeu the .

absent in Baltimore. The enemy turned the guns
of the Maryland Battery on this regiment, and for
a time they were in a very hot position. The
❑umber killed and wounded is not known,
hough but few of them escaped either
casualties or capture. They fought bravely,
and it is hoped that a good number of them are
prisoners of war. The Sixth Maryland Regiment,
which was report( d to have been cut up and almos.
destroyed, to the astonishment of every one, came
marching into Harper's Ferry yesterday afternoon,
with their flags flying, arms at rest, and singing
" Hail Columbia," with the gallant Colonel Howe
at their head. It seemed as if they had risen from
the dead, and their return caused great astonish-
ment. It appears that at the commencement of the
assault on Winchester they were entirely cut off
and being surrounded by an immense force surren-
dered, and were taken to the back of the works. In
the confusion of the assault made by the rebels they
were neither disarmed nor placed under guard, and
Colonel Howe, knowing the country sell, and see-
ing an opportunity to escape by side road, formed
his men in line, and in the darkness of the evening
moved quietly off. They were compelled to take
a circuitous road to reach the Ferry, but went on
their way rejoicing, with neither an enemy in front
nor pursuers in the rear. The cavalry force of
Gen. Milroy, consisted of the First New York, Thir
tieth Pennsylvannia, and two companies of the
Third Virginia. Gen. Milroy ordered them to re-
treat to Romney and Cumberland, and he yester-
day received a despatch announcing their safe
arrival at that place;

The outer works at Winchester were carried by
the rebels by storm at six o'clock on Sunday evening,
and the whole fortifications strongly invested by a
force of not lesr' ttian 15,000 men under General
Ewell. It became at once a question of ultimate
surrender or to make a bold dash to force their way
through the enemy's lines; and a council of war,
held on Sunday night, unanimously advised an
evacuation. The large guns and his artillery were
all spiked at (Ace, and at one o'clock on Monday
morning he abandoned everything except his horses,
and struck boldly through the enemy's lines. The
movement was so rapid that the enemy was taken
by surprise, and, the night being dark, the
movement, so far as the troops immediately
investing the works were concerned, was accom-
plished with but little loss. They were followed
by cavalry, and a great many stragglers taken pri
soners ; but when four miles this side of Winches-
ter, at the junction of the road leading from Berry.
ville to Bunker Hill and Martinsburg, they were
intercepted by a strong rebel force with artillery,
and strongly posted in the woods on the roadsides.
General Milroy rallied his men and made several

British Consul and foreign countries, neutral
hostile, must be restricted to vessels arriving from
or despatches to neutral ports.

Serous resi:Aance has been offered to the enrol-
ment in Ohio. A collision has occurred between
the military and 500 armed insurgents.
Another enrolment officer has been shot in

Indiana.
It is considered certain that General Lee is ad-
vancing upon Hookers army in three columns, his
right under Hill, by way of Oecoquan and Wolf
Run shoals; his centre under Ewell, by way of
Thoroughfare Gap; and his left under Longstreet,
5y way of LE•esburg.
This information was obtained by a reconnaissance
of Colonel D,ffi•-, who, after the engagement at
Aldie on Wednesday, proceeded to Middleshurg, but
was driven out by the Confederates, and retreated
across the mountains at Hope Gap, reaching the
Federal outposts by tortuous routes. Several of his
officers are missing.
General Hooker's forced march from Falmouth to
Fairfax was attended with great hardsilip, all the
streams being dried up. The woods were full of
stragglers, who could not be kept in the ranks, and
numbers fell upon the road through exhaustion.
An attack was apprehended in Baltimore on
Wednesday, the 17th inst., and north and north-
western roads leading to the city were barricaded
with tobacco hogsheads.
Upon Wednesday night the Confederates crossed
the Potomac at two points, and drove the Federals
from Point of Rocks and Catoclin station, after-
wards capturing a military train running between
Harper's Ferry and Baltimore.

The Confederates have not entirely abandoned
Pennsylvania. Upon Friday morning, the 19th
inst., they entered Maconnelsburg end carried off
larie quantities of boots, shoes, cattle, and horses.
They still occupy Greencastle, and troops have been
sent from Harrisburg to Chambersburg by rail, and
will march from Chambersburg against the Con-
federates at Greencastle.

Yesterday (19th inst.) 12 Confederate regiments
were encamped about Hagerstown and Williams-
port, Maryland, and more were cr ssing at Wil-
liamsport. They have visited Hancock, Maryland,
but were driven off.

The Federal General Milroy is said to be advanc-
ing towards Rast, with 4,000 mounted infantry
and 5,000 mounted riflemen. The militia arriving
at Harrisburg are to be sworn in for 30 days.
Tne Governor of Pennsylvania assures the troops
they would be discharg(d immediately upon the
present emergency being over.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 1.

The North German Lloyd's steamship America,
from New York on the 20th, has arrived here with
170 passengers, 8 200 dols. in specie for E,,gland,
101,400 dols. for France, and 500 do:R. for Bremen.
On the 24th ult., in long. 47 58 W., lat. 46 32
N., during a dense fog, the America came in con-
tact with the English bark Eliza Ann, of Ply-
mouth, with timber, from Quebec. Toe Eliza Ann
was cut down to her waterline, water-logged, and
abandoned at 9 p.m. All hands were saved.