The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

Course of the Exchange—This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16f 11 17
Antwerp — 25 371 25 42
Brussels — 25 37i 25 421
Hamburgh — 13 6 13 7
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119
Vienna
Trieste
Pctersburgh — 35 351

Berlin -
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn .. 25 52} 25 60
Milan ... 25 52} 25 57}
Genoa 25 52} 25 57}
Naples
Palermo . 25 60 25 65
Messina — 25 60 25 65
Lisbon — 521 52A
Oporto — 521 53
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons 0 0 0

AMERICA.

(Per Norwegian.)

NEW YORK, DEC. 26 (EVENING.)

The witnesses before the Congressional Commit-
tee concur in attributing the disaster at Fredericks-
burg to delay in sending the pontoons from Wash-
ington. General Halleck states that his responsi-
bility ceased when he gave the order to forward
the pontoons. The responsibility of delay is not
clearly fixed upon anyone.
The military situation in the South-West is at-
tracting much attention. President Davis is in
Tennessee, supposed to be maturing a plan for the
oapture of Nashville.
The Confederates have recaptured Holly Springs,
Mississippi, with half a million dollars of Federal
supplies. They have also mace a rain in the
suburbs of Memphis, where a meeting was called
to consider the best means of defence.
The Confederates have burned the bridge over
the Obion River, cutting off Jackson in Tennes-
see from Columbus and Cairo. They also burned
Union City, in the rear of Federal General Rosen-
cranz, and were advancing on Columbus, as a
strong position on the Mississippi. The Federal
Commander at Columbus is confident he can hold
the city. The Confederate cavalry has seized the
railroad north of Jackson, thus cutting off the
Federal General Grant from his base of supplies.
The further progress of the South-West campaign
is anxiously looked for.
It is reported that President Lincoln will veto
the bill for the admission of Western Virginia as a
new state.
The, New York Herald urges Governor Sey:,
mour to call a convention of loyal states,
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the convention, and establish peace upon
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have evacuated Winchester,
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moved towards
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Federals have occupied Winchestet.
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The Confederates have destroyed the Winchester
railroad, and carried away the iron.
The Federals lmve destroyed the Confederate
works at Yellville, Arkansas.
During an attempt to carry out the Federal con-
gressional election in Smithfield, Eastern Virginia,
considerable skirmishing occurred between the
Federals and the Confederates in the vicinity.

It is supposed there would be a difficulty in get-
ting returns from Smithfield.
A bill brought in by Secretary Chase gives autho-
rity to raise 300,000,000 dols. for the service of the
current year, and 600,000,000 dols. for the service
of the next year, in any mode sanctioned by Con-
gress.
This bill includes the issue of Six per Cent. Bonds,
7.30 per Cent. Bond, and Seven per Cent. Bonds;
also, the issue of small notes, bearing 3.66 per cent.