The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

UNITED STATES AND CANADA

(REtYTEP.'S EXPRESS.)

LIVERPOOL, TtESDAY MORNING.

The Canadian mail steamer Hibernian, Captain
Ballantine, which left Quebec on the 29th ult.,
arrived in the Mersey about 11 o'clock last night,
after one of the most 'lTic passages ever made from
the St. Lawrence.

The papers from New York are only one day
later than those already to hand, and the Cana-
dian ones contain little detail of interest concerning
affairs in the States. We extract the following

items.

The .New York Herald of the 27th gives the
following as the " situation":.--
"We publish to-day still later news from
Charleston, by the way of Richmond, giving an
account of proceedings up to and including the 21th
inst. Gen. Gilmore has been able to throw shells
from his batteries into Charleston, a distance of five
miles. Gen. Beauregard has protested against
such proceedings on the ground of humanity.' The
Richmond papers wisely reply, ' his protests will
be of little use, indeed, if he cannot disable those
batteries which fired the shells."
Our news from the Potomac army is confined to
the doings of Mosby's cavalry and our forces in
pursuit of them. General Mosby is reported to
have been fatally wounded near Annandale, on
Monday. It is certain that an officer of his party
was very seriously hurt, and was conveyed in a
dying condition to Leesburg. The guerillas under
both Mosby and White have been very troublesome
of late, and the forces of the latter still threaten a
succession of harassing attacks on our lines.
The death of General Pemberton, who com-
manded at Vicksburg, at Selma, Alabama, is re-
ported by despatch from Cairo.
Over one hundred thousand bales of Confederate
States cotton have been captured near Natchez. It
is said there are 8,000 rebel troops at Monroe, sixty-
fire miles west of Vicksburg. Generals Walker
and Heber are in command.
Affairs in Kaneas and on the Missouri border
are assuming a serious aspect. It is reported that
General Lane has returned to Lawrence, where he
is organising
a force to make a raid into Missouri.
General Ewing has given notice to the inhabitants
of the border counties that they must depart
within 15 days, and at last accounts several build-
ings in Cass County were in flames, and upwards of
100 persons were reported killed. Martial law had
been proclaimed in Leavenworth. The burial of
the dead in Lawrence showed that 183 had fallen
victims to the rebel massacre. The merchants and
others of neighbouring towns were contributing
sums Of money to rebuild Lawrence, and the work
is now progressing."
The following is the official despatch of General
Gilmore :

Headquarters,
Department of the South, Norris
Island, South Carolina, Aug, 24.
To Major-General Halleck.

of
Sir,-1 have the honour to report the practical de-
molition Sumter,
bombardment of that work, including two days of
as the result of our seven days'
which a powerful north-east storm most seriously
diminished the accuracy of our fire. Fort Sum-
ter is to day a shapeless, harmless mass of ruins.
My chief of artillery, Col. M. Turner, reports its
destruction complete—that it is no longer of any
avail for the defence of Charleston. He also says
that by a longer fire it could be made more Com-
plete;y a ruin, and a mass of broken masonry,
but it could scarcely be made more powerless for
the.defence of the harbour. Breaching batteries were
located at distances varying between 6,330
and 4,245 yards from the work, and now nmain
as efficient as ever. I deem it unnecessary at pre-
sent to continue the fire on the ruins of Sumter.

I have also, at great labour, and under a heavy
fire from James Island, established batteries on my
left, within range of the heart of Charleston, and have
opened with them, after giving Gen. Beauregard due
notice of my intention to do so. My notification to
Gen. Beauregard, and his reply thereto, with the
threat of retaliation and my rejoinder, have been
transmitted to the army headquarters. The pro-
jectiles from my batteries entered the city, and Gen,
Beauregard himself designates them as the most
destructive ever used in war. The report of my
chief of artillery, and an accurate sketch of the
ruin of Sumter, taken at 12 o'clock yesterday, gjg
hours before we ceased firing, are herewith trans-
mitted.

(Signed) Q. A. GILMORE."

The 13alli»2ore American publishes a despatch,
dated off. Morris Island, Aug. 24 noon. It says

" Gen. Gilmore on Thursday notified to Gen. Beau-
regard that if he did not surrender the forts, he
would shell the city in twenty-four hours ; at the
same time requesting him to remove the women
and children. No attention was paid to this notice,
and on Friday night General Gilmore threw
fifteen inch shell into the city of Charleston,
charged with Greek fire. On Saturday
afternoon General Beauregard sent down
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time to remove the women and children from the
city. The English, French, and Spanish Consuls
also denounced the short time given by General
Gilmore, and claimed more time to remove the sub-
jects of their respective countries. General Gilmore
yesterday replied by a renewal of the demand to
surrender the forts and public property. General
Beauregard answered by asking a truce of four
hours. General Gilmore refused to give any more

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12 o'closk lasther terms than an
night the shelling of the city with Greek
fire was resumed. it is generally thought the stars
and stripes will wave over Sumter to-night. The
monitors and ironaides are preparing to go up at
the hour the steamer sails. There is evidently great
trouble in Charleston. It is not believed there are
over 20 men in the ruins of Fort Sumter. The
whole of the rear wall is down, and shells pass en-
tirely through the structure. The sea wall is ter-
ribly disfigured. All the guns of Fort Sumter are
now mounted on Sullivan's Island. The ruins of
Sumter are now held by the guns of Moultrie.
There are now only sufficient men in the ruins to
keep the Confederate flag up, which is shot away
every tew hours. This morning the south sea wall
of Sumter was battered down to the frontier case-
ments.

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night after she attempted to run out off the buoy,
and was soon cverhauled and sank near Tybee
Island; 22 of her passengers were captured.
A Washington despatch of the 27th ult. says :
"Advices from the army of the Potomac state
that while no g
c—ensive operations of a general
character have taken Place during the recent warm

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weather, the cavalry under General Pleasanton has
been constantly on the alert, scouting, reconoitring,
and picketing, and not a day has passed which has
not added to the list of rebel prisoners, and some of
these captures are of an important character. Oar
own and the rebel pickets on the Rappahannock
below hold friendly intercourse daily, but no intel-
ligence of importance is obtained by these means.
The rebels generally assert that the heavy fighting
is over for the season in Virginia."

The Canadian papers state that Lord Lyons, ac-
companied by the other foreign ministers, at the
American capital, and by his suite, were about to
pay Quebec a visit.

Telegraphic advices by a previous arrival an-
nounced the discovery of a plot to overthrow the
British authority in Canada. The following is
the article from the Toronto Leader :—" Intel-
ligence of the most startling character has come
to us, through a channel which leaves no doubt
of its correctness. Certain persons in Canada
have been detected in a treasonable correspondence,
the object of which was to invite and, if possible, to
induce the Federal Government to invade the pro-
vince, overthrow British supremacy, and bring us
under subjection to the Lincoln dynasty. This
correspondence has been perused by Mr. Archibald,
the British Consul at New York, who has commu-
nicated the facts to the Imperial Government. The
persons concerned in this traitorous correspondence
will, we presume, be brought to trial. If our Go-
vernment should feel that it would not be compro-
mising itself or its friends, it wil), doubtless, be
able to obtain the necessary information from the
British Consul in New York."

The Canadian Parliament had passed the address
by a small majority, after several amendments
charging the present Ministry with illegal and
unconstitutional conduct. The Quebec Daily News
says the Ministers had irritable debates.
The City of Washington left New York on
the 29th of August, with 48,000 cbls, in specie.

THE DANUBE COMMISSION.
CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 7.
The Danube Commission has decided upon the
St. George's Mouth as the definitive ship channel.
The Porte approves the negotiation of a special
loan for the necessary Works.