The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-11 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, dated June 9, says—lt ap-
pears that the district Government, the local Regie-
rung as it is called, which has its seat at Potsdam,
has taken the Berlin municipal executive body
(111agistrat) to task for taking part in the project of
sending a deputation with an address to the King.
As soon as the .Regierung became acquainted with
the resolution come to by the city delegates on the
4th instant it warned the Overburgomaster of Ber-
lin against associating with it the body of which he
is the chief. Before the warning was received that
association had taken place. Thereupon the .Regie
rung, on the ground that this was in contravention
of the civic regulations, forbade the carrying
out of the resolution, and threatened further pro-
ceedings, but I hear that Overburgomaster Seydel
sent a spirited answer, and that he and his col-
leagues are not likely to allow themselves to be
intimidated. The Government pretends to restrict
them from discussions and demonstrations having
reference to political aff,irs, on the ground that
they are competent only for those of a strictly
communal nature ; but the magistrates reply that
the late acts of the Government are •of a nature
very seriously to affect the interests of the city of
Berlin; and this is undoubtedly the case, for I
need hardly say that the trade of Berlin and of
Prussia is most seriously affected by the want of
confidence that exists, and by the apprehension
that the present rulers of the country will run it
into a war.

From Carlsruhe we learn that M. von Rozzen-
bach is ill of inflammation of the lungs, but it is
hoped that there is no danger. Germany could ill
spare one of her few able and patriotic statesmen.
A Swabian paper states that the intercourse be-
tween the Berlin and Carlsruhe Governments has
become very cool, which can hardly be thought
surprising.

Several more provincial papers have adhered to
the protest of their Berlin contemporaries. The
Berlin Evening Journal, which I yesterday men-
tioned as having done the same has received its
warning in due course. A small humorous paper
published here has also been warned, on account of
some verses it contained.

A letter from Coburg, in the South German
Journal (friendly to Prussia, but excluded from it
by the Bismark Ministry) says that the Duke of
Saxe Coburg, who, with the Duchess, has gone to
visit some estates he possesses in Austria, contem-
plates a visit to the Imperial Court at Vienna. This
statement, should it prove well founded, is one of
the very strongest proofs that could be given how
completely the King of Prussia is alienating all his
friends. The Duke's attachment to Prussia is well
known ; he has proved it in many ways, amongst
others, recently, by the military convention in virtue
of which his little contingent of troops became de
facto part of the Prussian army. His views with
regard to the German question have kept him aloof
from the Austrian Court and from all the Sovereigns
belonging to the Wurzburg coalition. At Coburg,
says the letter referred to, it is perfectly well known
that it is the present policy of the Prussian Govern.
ment which has decided him to place himself on a
more friendly footing with those Princes. In February
he visited the Court of Dresden—a visit he for many
years had avoided, and that was the first step on
the new path into which M. von Bismark may claim
a considerable share of the credit of having driven
him.

A letter from Brussels mentions the return of the
Duke of Brabant from his travels abroad ; also that
the duel between Counts Branicki and Wielopolaki
took place near Spa on the 4th inst. After one shot
had been fired on each side without effect, further
hostilities were put an end to by the appearance of
gendarmes, who arrested principal and seconds.
The distinguished Belgian painter, Gallait, who
resides in Paris, but whom King Leopold has long
desired to see established in 'Belgium, has under-
taken the decoration of the Senate-house at Brus-
sels. It is to consist of a series of portraits of
illustrious Belgians, such as Charlemagne, Godfrey
de Bouillion, &c., and is to be executed, under his
superintendence, entirely by Belgian artists.
To•night's papers announce the departure of the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe•Coburg for their estates
in Austria as having taken place. They were
accompanied by the Prince end Princess William
of Baden.

TOBACCO SMOKING,—AS a habit it is most injuri-
ous both to the physical and mental Organism in
the early periods of life. Whatever may be said far or
against tobacco, this is ignite certain, that it should never
be indulged in until the body is fully developed. During
the early periods of life, when the youth is approaching to
his manhood, all the physical and mental energies are at
their full stretch to attain a certain maximum of growth
and power. To throw obstacles, therefore, in the
way of this development is necessarily to inflict
on it a penalty which is life-enduring, and is
never made up; and I do not think the anti-
tobacconists are saying a word too much when they urge
that the increasing indulgence by our children and youths
in the use of tobacco is stunting the national growth, de-
forming the national life, degrading the national intellect,
and establishing a race which must necessarily possess a
limited force, and transmit its own degradation to the next
and the next general iGn. If, indeed, there is one point upon
which parental authority should be exercised, it is, I think,
in forbidding the use of tobacco until the child has become
a full-grown man and is capable of exercising
his own hide.
pendent and manly judgment,—Social Sow, BMW,

AMERICA.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

(By Telegraph to Cape Race.)

NEW YORK, June L

Advices from Vicksburg ere to May 27. The
Federals had been repulsed in three assaults. The
last assault was made by Gen. Sherman, with 20,000
men, and he lost 600 killed and a large number
wounded. The Federal outer lines were within 100
yards of the Confederate works. The Confederate
fortifications consist of a chain of forts 800 yards
apart, connected by deep entrenchments and ex-
tending several miles. It is supposed that regular
siege operations will be necessary to capture the city.
Apprehensions are entertained of an attack in
Gen. Grant's rear.

Gen. Johnstone was reported to be in the neigh•
bourhood of Jackson, with 15,000 men, short of pro.

visions.

Southern journals assert that two gunboats had
been sunk at Vicksburg, and that Gen. Banks had
crossed the Mississippi at Bayou Sara, seven miles
above Port Hudson.

Commodore Porter officially reports that he has
destroyed the navy yards at Yazoo city, together
with three powerful steamers, a formidable ram, all
kinds of machinery, and property valued at two
millions of dols.

Despatches from Murfreesboro state that the Con-
federate Gen. Marmaduke was reported to have cap-
tured Helena, Arkansas, and many negro soldiers,
all of whom, together with their officers, he had
hung. The public await further advices before
crediting this report.
Gen. Burnside has informed Gen. Bragg that he
should hang ten Confederate officers if the Confede-
rates retaliated for the two whom Gen. Burnside
asserts were spies, tried and condemned in accord-
ance with the usages of war.

The movement in Gen. Lee's army on the Rappa-
hannock continues, but it is still matter of conjecture
against what point it is directed.

(Per the North American.)
NEW YORK, MAY 30 (Evening).
(By Telegraph to Father Point.)
Nothing decisive has been yet received from
Vicksburg.
The New York Democratic Committee has passed
resolutions protesting against any negotiations for
peace by the Administration, except upon the basis
of the preservation of the union and of thb con-
stitution.

The Jura has been intercepted off Cape Race.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, MAY 30, EVENING.

Money easy. Gold, 45 per cent. premium; Ex-
change on London Bankers' Bills, 1584; Stocks
improving—New York Centrals, 1234 ; Illinois,
1092 ; Erie, 952 ; 6 per cent. United
States Bonds, 108. Cotton quiet. Middling Up.
thud, 51c. Flour very firm. Wheat in good de-
mand for export, and lc. higher. Corn improving.
Provisions, eLftee, sugar, and petroleum dull. Mo-
lasses quiet.
The North American takes out 59,000 dollars in
specie.

(REITTER'S EXPRESS.)
(Per the City of Baltimore.)
NEW YORK, May 30.
The following is the " Situation," from the New
York Herald of May 30 :
Dtspatches from Gen. Grant were received at the
War Department yesterday, which are more satis-
factory because of an official and reliable character
relative to the condition of affairs at Vicksburg.
Gen. Grant's despatches are dated Monday, the 25th
inst., three days later than the previous despatches
received by the Government, and they represent the
siege as progressing satisfactorily up to that time,
and that Gen. Grant was quite able to maintain the
investment of the city and repel any attack in his
rear. This is the latest news we have from that
quarter. The intelligence to Friday last, the 22d
inst., telegraphed from the field on Saturday, Was
that Grant's army had been repulsed in all parts of
its lines—that the repulse was complete, but the
troops were then intrenching themselves and build-

ing rifle pits. The final success of the Union army
was, however, fully assured. Gen. Grant is reported
by despatches from Memphis as having captured all
the redoubts, taking some of them by means of
scaling ladders. Frightful havoc was done by the
enemy's shells during the storming. A telegram
from Murfreesboro yesterday says that General
Grant had made something like a general attack
upon the rebel works at Vicksburg since Sunday
and failed to carry them ; that he had thereupon con-
.

eluded that the place was too strong to be taken by

assault, and had opened a terrible and sustained fire
upon it with his artillery. General Johnston had
not then attacked General Grant, but was still col-
lecting forces in his rear. He had managed to send

word to the garrison that if they should hold out
for 15 days he would raise the siege with an army
of 100,000 men. He also said he would do this if
he abandoned every other point in his department.
The most interesting news from Gen. Hooker's

army is that a balloon reconnoissance yesterday
failed to discover any indication of a move un the
part of the enemy, although their camps and the
whole country were clearly visible. It was believed,
however, that a portion of the rebel forces had
passed up the Rappahannock.
Our marine brigade in the West has been distin-
guishing itself. An official despatch to the War
Department yesterday from General Etlet, com-
manding the ram fleet, dated Helena, Arkansas,
May 25, says that as his command was descending
the river from Memphis, May 23, the Commissary and
Quartermaster's boat was fired into from the Missis-
sippi side by the enemy, with two pieces of artillery,
about six miles above Austria. He returned next
day and landed his troops, when the cavalry under
Major Hubbard, 200 strong, came up with the
enemy, 1,000 strong, all mounted, and eight miles
out. The fight lasted nearly two hours. The Major
was compelled to take shelter in a favourable po-i-
-tion, where he succeeded in repulsing the enemy,
and finally drove them off before the infantry could
come to his relief.

General Ellet burned the town of Austria, having
first searched every building, As the fire progressed
the discharge of loaded firearms was like volleys of
musketry as the fire reached their hiding places,
and two heavy el-plosions of powder also occurred.
The loss of our troops was only two killed and 19
wounded. The enemy lost five killed and three
prisoners.

Our army correspondence from different sources,
which we give to-day, presents an excellent history,
in detail, of all the minor incidents and movements,
which combine to make up the picture of camp life
in all its curious vicissitudes, from Virginia to the
Far West—the courtesies between corps and corps,
the interesting ceremonies of flag presentations,
the distribution of medals and crosses to the brave,
and the dangerous irregular conflicts with guerillas
and hostile pickets.

Mr. Vallandigham appears by the latest reports to
be in a very uncomfortable position. He is at pre-
sent reported to be at General Bragg's headquar-
ters at Shelbyville, Tenn., awaiting the fiat of Mr.
Davis. It is said that the latter gentleman, in
reply to a question of General Bragg as to the dis-
position of Mr. V., stated that if he took the oath
of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy he might
remain within its jurisdiction, but if he refused he
must be sent back within the Federal lines. As Mr.
Vallandigham has always professed to be an uncom-
promising Union man, and as he is not regarded
with a very friendly feeling at the Smith, it is not
likely that ho will conform to Mr. Jefferson Davis's
demand, so that we may see him back again before
long, to be once more adjudicated upon and disposed
of by the United States Government.
The recent raids of the privateer Alabama on the
coast of Brazil have provoked the authorities of that
country to remove the commander at Fernando de
Noronha, for permitting her to commit depreda-
tions in Brazilian waters, and her presence in that
region was forbidden by his successor, The Navy
ELparnierit t,Olll the Vanderbilt down there to look
after the Alabama, with a view especially to Fer-
nando de Noronha; but as soon as she got to the
West Indies Admiral Wilkes took possession of hex

as his flagship, and she was cruising under his
direction at last accounts.

SOUTHERN ACCOUNTS FROM VICKSBURG.
The following despatches from General Pember-
ton, the commander at Vicksburg, were sant to
Jackson, Mississippi, and from thence telegraphed
to President Davis :

VICKSBURG, May 20, 1863.
The enemy assaulted our entrenchments yester-
day on our centre and left. They were repulsed
with heavy loss, Our loss is small. The enemy's
force is at least 60,000.

VICKSBURG, May 21, 1863.
The enemy kept up a heavy artillery fire yester•
day. Two of our guns were dismounted in the
centre. Our works, however, were uninjured.
Their sharpshooters picked off officers and men all
day. Our works were repaired and our guns re-
placed last night. Our men are encouraged by a
report that General Johnstone is near with a large
army, and are in good spirits.

May 21, 2 pan.

We have had brisk artillery and musketry firing
today; also heavy mortar firing from gunboats.
Eight o'clock, p.m.

During the past two days transports with troops
have gone up the river. Their destination is
unknown.

(Telegrams to the _Richmond Examiner.)
MOBILE, May 23, 1863.

A special despatch to the Advertiser and .Register,
dated to-day, says :—The latest from Vicksburg is
to Thursday night. The enemy had been foiled in
all his efforts. His dead strew the ground in front
of our works. According to one estimate his loss
is 10,000.

The following are the latest despatches from
Vicksburg in full :

MOBILE, May 25.
The Jackson Mississipian, of Saturday, says :
The enemy have attacked the works at Vlcks-
burg six times—three times yesterday, and each
time were repulsed with immense loss. General
Stevenson says he can hold Vicksburg indefinitely.

(From the Richmond Examiner, May 27.)
The only news we have of affairs about Vicksburg
is contained in the telegraphic despatches pub-
lished in another column. Up to the time of the
closing of the War-office last night nothing addi-
tional had been received.

It was reported yesterday morning that at a late
hour on the previous night the President had re-
ceived official intelligence that General Johnstone
had attacked and routed Grant, ond captured 17,000
prisoners. The report was without foundation in
fact.

HALIFAX, N.S,, May 29.

The election yesterday resulted in the serious de-
feat of the Government party. " John Jones"
Howe is defeated. [This means " the Hon. Joseph
Howe."]
The Opposition will have at least 40 members in
the next Legislature.
In the last Legislature the Opposition had 24
members and the Government 28.
BOSTON, May 29.

Major• General Butler dined at Young's Hotel
to-day. He left for L melt in the afternoon train,
and will deliver an address in that city to-night in
furtherance of aid to the suffering poor of Ireland.

ATLANTA, May 23.

Gen. Grant entered the State of Mississippi by
crossing the river five miles below Grand Gulf with
from 60,000 to 100,000 men, including a heavy
force of cavalry. He has received no reinforcements
from Louisana, but receives accessions constantly
from the west bank of the river. His transporta-
tion is all on the river, and must cling to the river
banks.