The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 11, 1863.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per the City of London.)

NEW YORK, AUG. 1 (Morning).
General Burnside has issued a proclamation.

which says :

"Kentucky has been invaded by the rebels
with the intention of overawing the judges, in-
timidating the voters, and forcing the election
of disloyal candidates at the election of Septem-
ber 3.

" Martial iaw is therefore proclaimed in Ken

tucky.

" Military commanders will aid the State
authorities to support the laws and the purity of
suffrage. The judges present at the polls will be
held strictly responsible that no disloyal person
be allowed to vote, and to this end military
power will give them its utmost support."
An engagement is expected upon the Rappahan-
nock.
The siege of Charleston continues.

The Confederates have been defeated in Kentucky
and Tennessee.

Brashear City has been captured by the Federals,
The Federa:s are moving against Mobile.

(Per extra steamer, the City of Limerick.)
NEW YORK, JULY 30 (Morning).
The New York limes says that the army of the
Potomac is again on the Rappahannock, at or in the
vicinity of Falmouth. General Lee's forces are
encamped between Culpepper and Gordonsville.
He has assumed a defensive attitude. Ewell's corps
is moving through the Shenandoah Valley in the
direction of Fredericksburg. The recent active
movements of General Meade's army will, it is said,
be followed by its former inactivity.
The Mayor of Savannah has issued a proclama-
tion, ordering the citizens to organise for its
defence.

It is rumoured that Chattanooga was captured
on the 16th ult.
The Florida was at Bermuda, coaling and. re-
pairing machinery, and had transferred half a mil-
lion of silver bars on board the blockade runner R.
E. Lee, for Wilmington. Since June 18th the
Florida is reported to have destroyed 12 vessels,
including the brig W. B. Nash.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JULY 29 (Evening).
Money easy at 6 per cent. Gold dull, 1271.
Exchange firm, 140. Stocks active. New York
Centrals, 127.1 ; Erie, 1023; Illinois, 1143, Cotton
in good demand—rniddling Upland, 62. Flour de-
clined 10c. Wheat also lower. Provisions un-
changed. Freights dull, with. moderate engage-
ments.

(Per the City of London.)

NEW YORK, JULY 31 (Evening).
Ad vices have been received from Charleston
to the 26th inst. The bombardment of Fort Wag-
ner continues. General Gilmore has erected a bat-
tery of heavy guns within 1,000 yards of Fort Wag-
ner.

Fort Sumter and Fort Johnston upon James's
Island aro keeping up a continued fire upon the
Federals on Morris Island.
The Federal casualties average about six daily.
The Confederates refuse to exchange captured
negro troops.
Federal General Strong is dead.
General Meade's army is on the line of the
Rappahannock.

It is rumoured General Meade will endeavour to
prevent General Lee from re•occupying the Frede-
ricksburg Heights.

The eleventh corps of General Meade's army has
been broken up.

2,500 Confederates under Generals Pegram and
Scott have crossed the Kentucky river, and attacked
the Jederals at Paris, but were repulsed after two
hours' fighting.
The Confederates have retreated to Winchester,
followed by the Federal cavalry.
Morgan and his officers have been coi:fined in
cells in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus.
The Evening Post says the Government has de-
termined to force the draft in New York. The
amount of force employed will depend solely upon
the exigencies of the case.
The Southern journals recommend that if the
decision in the case of the Alexandra be affirmed in
England, the Confederates should promptly avail
themselves of it to give a death-blow to the North-
ern Commerce, and strike some Northern cities.
The steamers James Battle and William Bagley
have been captured,

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