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

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(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 Federals are moving against Mobile.

(Per extra steamer, the City of Limerick,)
NEW YORK, JULY 30 (Morning).

The New York Times 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 fcllowed 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, 127.4 ; Erie, 102 i ; Illinois, 1141. Cotton
in good demand—middling 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).

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Advices 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 are 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 Meado's army has
been broken up.
2,500 Confederates under Generals Pegram and
Scott have crossed the Kentucky river, and attacked
the Federals at Paris, but were repulsed after two
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hours' fighting.

The Confederates have retreated to Winchester,
followed by the Federal cavalry.
Morgan and his officers have been coifined 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.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW Yoll.s, JULY 31, Evening.
Money easy. Gold 28i per cent. premium. Ex-
change on London Bankers' Bills, 141.
Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 1281 ;
Illinois, 1121; Erie, 1037 i. Six per Cent. United
States Bonds, 104.
Cotton, good enquiry. Middling Upland 62-1 to
63.
Flour heavy ; wheat in good command for ex-
port ; corn tending downwards.
Provisions dull.
Coffee quiet: Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet.
Crude Petroleum 311.

NEW YORK, AUG. 1 (Noon).

General Lee massed his forces at Culpepper on
Wednesday, and prepared to give the Federals
battle on the Rappahannock. One Confederate
regiment guards the Rappahannock from Frede-
ricksburg to Eley's Ford, on the Rapidan, which
is fortified south of Culpepper.
The New Fork World says the Federals got
possession of the heights in the rear of Fredericks-
burg-
Mosby's guerillas have made a raid into Fair-
fax Court House.
_ _

The Federal General Herron's division has left
Vicksburg for Mobile. Grant's army has fallen
back to Big Black River. Johnston is said to be
reinforced by Bragg, and will make the Mobile and
Ohio railroad from Okolonaon the North to Mobile
on the South, his line of defence.

General Gilmore reports his total loss in three
dfip,' fighting at 985.

The Confederates in Kentucky have:been driven
from Winchester towards Irvine. They also occu-
pied Stanford but were driven out with loss, and
retreated towards the Cumberland River. The
Confederates who were forcing the conscription in
West Tennessee has been routed by the Federate
at Lexington, with the loss of several officers and
two cannon.

Mounted patrols have been organised along the
river from Vicksburg to New Orleans. Several
more vessels have arrived at New Orleans from St.