The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)
SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS
ACT BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
QUEEN STOWN, Sept. 25.

150,000 dole.
Africa
passengersa rrived
ahnedr e
alla
81 sacks, and proceeded at
9
p.m.The to
o-yday,
mwaiitlhsteamship
NE111,2137p0 passengers :nger
Sept.sg lde
::ne
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aint
gp). u g
in specie. She landed three
an unsuccessful assault upon
mails, consisting of
9.15 p.m. All well.
General Beauregard reports that 113 Federals
have been captured in
Fort Sumter.
Gap, The
Tennessee,
oFnendeesrsaeles, havefo
New Lafayette,
where Bragg's main The Federals
retired to Look-out Mountain. The amount of
and England that the Federals
casualties was small. ura
rhma
yd milesisa n
from e n
Mr. Seward has issuocl a circular to the American
dUtnhie"interests of peace and
Legations, stating that as prejudged opinion still
prudent concern for
existed in France
fcoarnetaigont preserverelations thean
humanity at home demand that a new effort should
be made to correct this prejudice. The insurgents
are able to protract their resistance by means of
foreign sympathy and aid. The expectation of
more eactivo foreign assistance is now their chief

resource.
tthhe military situation, and
e renewal of commercial
peace In America will find that
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the quickest and shortest
.y
Iva
to gain that end is to
withdraw their support and power from the insur-
gents, and leave the adjustment of the controversy
to the American people.'

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Noon).
asaanndt"p'sassed through Culpepper,
Rap Generalpahan
noPckle cavalry has crossed the
driving the Confederate cavalry before him, and
capturing three guns and 100 prisoners at Cul-
pepper. He afterwards advanced to the Rapidan,
where he found Lee s forces in a position to prevent
his crossing.

An impression, however, prevails that Lee has
sent a large force
to reinforce Beauregard, and
is falling
back towards Richmond .

ddo roe
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Evening).
It
is reported from Fort Monroe that Fort Moul-
trieFedorals had. captured half of James Island.
Generalurre n
Gilmore e
tho 11th inst., and that the
nhas received instructions to shell
Charleston until it surrenders.
s

Southern accounts state that the Massachusetts
Stategar-
risoned by
flag floats over Fort Wagner, which is
Massachusetts negroes.
General Gillmer, the chief of the Richmond engi-
neer bureau, has been sent to Charleston as second
in command to Beanregard.
It is reported that 17 Federal regiments left Now
Orleans on the 3d inst. for Brownsville, Texas.
General Hardee is Organising the Confederate pri-
soners parolled at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, to
be ready for service when exchanged.
The capture of Little Rock, Arkansas, by the
Federals is not confirmed. 17,000 Confederates are
reported to be on this side of Little Rock, awaiting
SteelL'a advance.

Negroes man the upper batteries of Vicksburg.
Peace propositions in the Virginia Legislature
have been voted do ?in by 38 to 1.
Georgian soldiers have destroyed the office in
Raleigh of the North Carolina Standard, a peace
journal. The opposition party have destroyed the
State Journal office, the war advocate.
The President has refused to accept General
Burnside's resignation.

Indiana soldiers Law unsuccessfully attempted to