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

AMERICA•

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
SUSPENSION or THE lIABEAS CORPUS
ACT BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 25.

The royal mail
steamship Africa arrived here at
9 p.m. to-day, With 123 passengers and 150,000 dols.
in speci©. She landed three Passengers and all
mails, consisting of proceeded at
9.15 p.m. All Well.
E'ENEw YORK, Sept. 14 (Evening).
General Beauregard reports that 113 Federals
81 sacks, and
have been captured in an unsuccessful assault upon
Fort Sumter.
The Federals have had an engagement at Dug
four miles from New Lafayette,
.out Mountain. The amount of
army is posted. The Federals
where
ha
ep
r, e Tennessee,
B ragg ,e
main
has issued a circular to the American
all.that as prejudged opinion still
e aretiredeoo 1t i
etso
wLooe °skill
the Union,
L eMg
art.i
oSoesw, ard
stating
existed in France and England that the Federals
cannot preserve
prudent concern for
foreign re_ations and the interests of peace and
humanity at
home demand that a new effort should
a
be made to correct this prejudice. The insurgents
able to protract their resistance by means of
foreignsympathy and aid. The expectation of
m
Live foreign
ore effective
s
assistance is now their chief

resource.

Mr. the military situation, and
says — S
the renewal of commercial
prosperity through peace in America will find that
the quickest and shortest way to gain that end is to
Seward
Those se r
seekingeiewfi
withdraw their support and power from the insur-
gents,leave the adjustment of the controversy
American people.'
to
the

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Noon).
General Pleasanton's cavalry has crossed the
Rappahannock
and passed through Culpepper,
driving
the Confederate cavalry before 'him, and
capturing three guns and 100 prisoners at Cul-
pepper. He afterwards advanced to the Rapidan,
wihse r e
he found
Lee's forces in a position to prevent
h
crossing.
on

An impression, however, prevails that Lee has
n a large:force to reinforce Beauregard, and
S falling
is back towards Richmond.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Evening).
l isnreported from Fort Monroe that Fort Moul-
triesie lsurrendered on the 11th inst., and that the
Federals had captured half of James Island.

•
General Gilmore has received instructions to shell
•
Charleston until it surrenders.
Southern accounts state that the Massachusetts
floats over Fort Wagner, which is gar-
risoned Massachusetts negroes.
General State
eflag
by
Gilliner, the chief of the Richmond engi-
neer bureau, has been sent to Charleston as second
in command to Beauregard.
It is reported that 17 Federal regiments left New
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
Steeled advance.

Negroes man the upper batteries of Vicksburg.
Peace propositions in the Virginia Legislature
have been voted do wn 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
Burnsidt's resignation.
Indiana soldiers have unsuccessfully attempted to