The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-15 00:00:00

own men.

" C. C. AUGUR.
" Cairo, June 2.

' A despatch boat from Vicksburg, 27th, confirms
the sinking of the gunboat Cincinnati by shot from
the rebel batteries. She was ordered to move down
the river, and when turning the point was opened
on by several batteries from above which were sup-
posed to have been silenced. She managed to
return to a point just above the upper battery,
where she sank in 15ft. water. From 15 to 40 are
reported killed, drowned, and wounded."
A despatch from Mobile of the 28th says,—
"General Grant sent in a flag of truce yesterday
about the sick and wounded. The slaughter of the
Federals was far greater in the gssatilt upon Vicks-
burg than in any battle during the war. General
Pemberton is burning tar and using other disin-
fecting agents to save our troops from the effects of
the Union dead rotting in front of our works. Pem-
berton's quartermaster has succeeded in running

700 mules out of Vicksburg, thereby reducing the
consumption of corn. The garrison has full rations
for 90 days."

On the Ist a mass meeting was held at Philadel•
phia to protest against the arrest of Mr. Vallandig•
ham. The following resolutions were adopted :

‘, Whereas the people of the United States have been in
suited, and the laws of the land and the principles of human
liberty trampled on by the military arrest, trial, and exile
of Clement L. Vallandigham, a citizen of Ohio, for words
spoken at a public meeting, the seizure of whose person and
the whole subsequent proceedings against whom, ending in
his banishment, were not only in violation of the commonest
rights of the humblest inhabitant of any free ccuntry, but
in audacious and flagrant defiance of the Federal Constitu-
tion, which declares that the trial of all crimes, except in
cases of impeachment, shall be tried by jury,' and which
expressly forbids the making of any law abridging the
freedom of speech,' which declares that 'the right of the
people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not
be violated,' and that no warrants shall issue but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and parti-
cularly describing the place to be searched and the persons
or things to be seized,' which declares that ' no person shall
be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime, un-
less on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except
in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia,
when in actual service, in time of war or public danger,'
which declares that no citizen shall ' be deprived of life,
liberty, or property without due process of law,' and, finally,
which declares that ' in all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an im-
partial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall
have been committed, which district shall have been previ-
ously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature
and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the wit-
nesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtain-
ing witnesses in his favour, and to have the assistance of
counsel for his defence.' And whereas if the words
uttered by Mr. Vallandighara had been the most
offensive to which expression could be given they
would form not the slightest pretext nor afford
the least palliation for the monstrous crime which in his
person has been committed against the liberties of us all.
And whereas in fact and according to the well-established,
long descended, and commendable habit in these United
States of free discussion of political questions, what he
uttered was neither in itself unbecoming, nor was it an abuse
of the freedom of speech, nor would the speaker in any
manner have been liable to punishment for it according to
the severest code administered in the courts of justice. And
whereas the measures of authority must be subject to the
freest discussion, for discussion is nothing if not free ; and
if men's mouths may be opened only to praise and flatter
power, and are to be closed when power is offended, discus-
sion is but a name and liberty is a shadow. And, whereas
this abuse of authority is justified under the plea of military
necessity, which is no justification, for the plea would
equally justify and indignify what could be offered us; and
as it served to exile Mr. Vallandigham would serve to turn
both houses of Congress out of doors, to imprison the judges,
to suspend the legitimate performance of every regular
function of the State, and resole e all authority into the
keeping of one man. And whereas if military necessity
can invade the borders of Ohio, and there uproot the laws
of a state whose soil is pressed by the foot of no public
enemy, whose people are true and faithful to the constitu-
tion, and whose justice was quietly and unobstructedly ad-
ministered till military power expelled it, this same neces-
sity may march on, and, coming into Pennsylvania and
other States of the Union, reduced us to a vassalage in-
finatelymoreintolerable than that against which we revolted
when we declared our independence the 4th of July, 1776;
therefore resolved,
" I.That the arrest and banishment of Mr.Vallandigham
is a violence to which the people of the United States will
t not and ought not to submit.
66 2. That the remedy for it is in the ballot-box at the

this equipment has been lost or destroyed during the pro-
gress of the war. On the other hand, it has been consider-
ably increased. At Macon and Atlanta in Georgia, at
Fayetteville in North Carolina, at Knoxville, and at one
other point, there are extensive shops where both locomo-
tives and cars are built, and where they are taken for re-
pairs. The railroad from Memphis to Chattanooga, run-
ning along the north of Mississippi and Alabama, is very
much broken up and damaged, except the. 51 miles between
Chattanooga and Bellefonte, which are in a perfect state.
But the railroad from Tullahoma to Vicksburg, by the way
of Stevenson, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Montgomery, Meri-
dian, and Jackson, a distance of 673 miles, is in perfect
order and has abundance of rolling stock. The same may
be said of the great Southern railroad from Gordonsville to
Chattanooga, by the way of Lynchburg and,Knoxsville, a
distance of 526 miles ; and of the two railroads from
Charleston to Vicksburg, one by the way of Atlanta and
Opelika, and the other by the way of Savannah and Mont-
gomery. The distance by the latter route is 737 miles ;
by the former 763 miles. These facts show that, although
troops in large numbers have been sent from Charleston
and from Bragg's army at Tullahoma to reinforce Gene•
ral Johnstone before Vicksburg, yet it must require some
time for them to reach him. They show also that while it
would probably be impracticable for any of General Lee's
troops to be sent to take part in the operations before
Vicksburg (the distance being 1,100 miles), it would be
quite practicable for 20,000 of General Lee's troops to be
sent to Tullahoma, only 600 miles, to aid General Bragg in
holding Rosecrans in check while Bragg sends 50,000 of his
troops to aid General Johnstone. They will show, also, with
the aid of a good map of the United States, that all the
lines of railroad I have mentioned constitute interior lines
of military operations, over which troops can be transported
a great deal more rapidly than our troops can be sent either
from Charleston to reinforce Banks, or from Washington
to reinforce either Grant or Rosecrans. Besides which,
the two railroads leading north from Nashville are pretty
much broken up and destroyed. The Louisville and Nash-
ville railroad particularly, 185 miles long, built on trestle-
work almost entirely, has heen demolished to an extent that
renders it utterly useless."
During a skit mish near Greenwich Virginia, on
the 30th, Captain Haskins, formerly of the British
army, was mortally wounded by a ball in the back,
and, being in a dying condition, was paroled and
taken off the field.
Advisee from Venezuela of 30th nit. report that
the civil war had ended.