The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV aNING, SEPTEMBE U, 7, .I 5(33,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REFTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, AUG. 28, Evening.
(Per the Hibernian.)

Gen. Gilmore officially reports on the 24th inst.
the practical demolition of Fort Sumter after seven
da3 s' bombardment. It is a shapeless and harmless
mass of ruins. " A longer fire," he says, " would
make it a greater mass of ruins but scarcely more
powerless for the defence of Charleston harbour.
It is unnecessary to continue to fire on the ruins.
I have established batteries on my left within effec-
tive range of the heart of Charleston, and opened
with them after giving Gen. Beauregard due notice.
My projectiles entered Charleston, and Gen. Beau-
regard designates them the most destructive missiles
ever used in war."

Unofficial accounts to the evening of the 24th
state that Fort Sumter was entirely destroyed, but
had not surrendered. The fleet was preparing to
move up the harbour.
Great dissatisfaction prevailed at the slowness of
the operations of the fleet.

Fort Moultrie.—Greig and Johnston and the
batteries on Sullivan's Island kept up a steady fire
upon the Federals on Morris Island, doing little
damage.
It is reported the Confederates will not regard
Colonel Streight as a prisoner of war, The Federals
will place Morgan on the same footing.
The New York Board of Supervision has passed
an ordinance appropriating 200,000 dols. to exempt
from the draft uniformed militia, firemen, police,
and heads of families. The Mayor has signed this
ordinance, which it is supposed will settle the diffi-
culty between the Municipality and the Mayor.
NEW YORK, AUG. 29, Morning.

The batteries which destroyed Fort Sumter were
located at distances varying between 3,330 and
and 4,200 yards,
The New York Herald says—" It is rumoured in
and remain as efficient as ever.
Washington that General Butler will command the
South Carolina department after the capture of
Charleston."

There is a considerable Confederate infantry force
at Port Conway, between the Potomac and the Rap-
pahannock, who are enforcing the conscription.
Colonel Kilpatrick had a skirmish with them,
but was compelled to fall back from his recon-
naisance.

Quantrell's
guerillas are being hunted through
the woods and mountains of the border counties
of Missouri. Large numbers of them have been
killed, and their horses destroyed.
Despatches from Stevenson, Alabama, state it is
probable that the Confederates are evacuating Chat-
tanooga, and all East Tennessee. Deserters report
they
are moving guns and important machinery
from Chattanooga to Atalanta.
Confederate cavalry are concentrating at Rome,
Georgia. The Mobile Tribune says there are ten
vessels and six transports in Pensacola harbour.
The New York Herald asserts that the troops
now in New York will be seat to Vera Cruz.
The New York Times urges the Government to
prepare for a war with France. Such a war, it
says, is not certain, but it would be dangerous
and foolish to act as if it were impossible.
The New York Times has little doubt that
Napoleon has made El: secret treaty with President
Davis for the cession of Texas as the equivalent for
recognition and substantial aid.
The draught has been concluded in New York,
and commences in Brooklyn on Monday. General
Dix has published correspondence to prove that he
called on the Federal Government for troops to
enforce the draught in consequence of the delay of
Governor S.imour in replying to his application
for the services of State troops.
The steamer Cronstadt has been captured off
Wilmington.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28, Evening.
Money easy. Gold, 24 premium. Exchange too
unsettled for quotation.
Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 1351; Illinois,
133 a ;Erie, 118; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds,
106.

Cotton declining ; middling upland, 65c.
Flour, wheat, and corn declining. Provisions
dull.

RUSSIA.
WARSAW, SEPT. 7.
The Grand Duke Constantine, accompanied by
his family, is about to proceed to the Crimea.
INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 7.

The 3lessageries Imperiales' steamer Peluse
arrived here at 7 a.m. to-day with the above mails,
and 780 bales of silk.