The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-21 00:00:00

and others will soon follow. A certain
togeneral".day who was looked for to-day has rot yet ar-
rived, but we have hope of seeing him I efore going
down of the sun. '['his great point if interest is
becoming more and more important. A few days
longer and Richmond will be ours
An army letter to the Herald states that the
rebel prisoners say—
" Long before the evacuation of Corinth the
troops from Beaaregard's army began to arrive at
Richmond) and continued to arrive steadily until
that event took place, by which time 50,000 ar-
rived, and subsequent to the evacution 25,000 mere
arrived from Corinth ; and these 75,000 men are
the flower of Beauregard's army ; they are the
best troops of the old army of Manassas, and have
not, as a general thing, been engaged in the late
battle, but are held in reserve ; that the whole
number of troops at Richmond amounts to fully
200,000, and that General Lee has chief command,
and that Generals Beauregard, Johnston (he was
wounded), and Jackson were commanders of corps
d'armee under him. In regard to the report of
Jackson's death, they speak of it in such a manner
as leads me to think it a mere ruse."

A telegram of the 17th from Fortress Monroe,

says:--

" An officer in charge at Savage's Station during
the last battle states that all the silk and wounded
were removed before the rebels reached there.

" Another small rebel gunboat beside the Teaser,
ventured down James River on the 3d, and was
sunk by our gunboats. General M'Clellan has ad-
vanced about seven miles up the river, but no fight-
ing has been heard of for the last two days. Ten
transport steamers are here to-day. The Elm City
and the Knickerbocker have each over 500 sick and
wounded on board. The Knickerbocker goes to
Washington and the Elm City to New York. No
person is allowed on board the Elm City to obtain
information. Five deaths have occurred on board
since leaving Harrison Landing.
"Three regiments of cavalry left for up river this
morning. A flag of truce has returned from White
House. All was quiet there and no rebels seen.
She brought some 50 contrabands and a few strag-

glers.
" Gen. Burnside's flag boat arrived here this after-
noon.

" A flag of truce returned to-day from a cruise up
York River. At Cumberland they found 90 of our
wounded, whom they brought a mile away, but the
rebels compelled them to the hospital. All was quiet
to-day on James River."
A Cairo despatch of the Bth says :
" The Steamer Sunshine, from Vicksburg on the
3d, has arrived. The bombardment was continued.
The town deserted, except by the military.
" The news from White River is not encouraging
Col. Fitch still held St. Charles. No relief had yet
reached General Curtis. The whole country bor-
dering on White River is reported in arms, except
those flying from the conscription, which is en-
forced in the most vigorous manner. Boats are fre-
quently fired on from the shore."
The Grenada Appeal of the 3d says that large
numbers of Confederate troops have gone from
Jupels to Water Valley, forty miles south of Holly
Springs. Breckenridge's division has gone to Vicks-
burg. A large number of Mississippi troops have
gone to Richmond. Nearly all the Government
stores have been taken to a place occupied by 2000
or 3000 rebels. They have burned all the tressle
works of the bridges between Memphis and Cold
Water.

General Hindman has issued an appeal to the
people of Arkansas, and says that he intends to
annoy the enemy in every possible way, and asks
the people to do their part.
The Little Rock Gazette of the 28th says that the
Federals have evacuated Indian Bay, and St.
Charles, and the whole lower White River, and
have gone in the direction of Memphis. General
Curtis left Batesville and crossed Black River, and
is supposed to be marching towards Cachebridge,
with a view to reach the Mississippi River via
Crowley's Ridge.
The Philadelphia Press has a despatch from
Newbern, dated July 2, stating that General Burn-
side's entire army is in motion against Richmond.
Richmond papers of July 4 have been received.
They contain full details of the late battles. They
claim a victory as the general result, but admit a
severe defeat on Tuesday. The Examiner says
15,000 will not cover their losses in killed and
wounded during the week; The impression of
military men on the peninsula is that 30,000 is
more likely the number.
Complaint is made of the inhuman treatment of
Confederate soldiers by the Federals on the penin-
sula. Several Georgians, it is said, were hung,
and many bodies mutilated, but this is affirmed at
Washington to be untrue.
Captain Wilkes, who played so prominent a part
in the Trent affair, is appointed to the command
of the James River flotilla, and Acting Master
Fred. D. Stuart was expected to be his chief execu-
tive officer.
The Washington Star says:-
4, on Friday last a division of General M'Dowell's
corps took up their line of march for Warrenton,
Virginia, which point they now hold. We pre-
sume this movement is preparatory to a prompt and
proper concentration of General Pope's army"
The return of Mr. Seward to Washington is
thus referred to by the correspondent of the New
York Post :
" Mr. Seward has returned and reports that the
people will sustain the Government heartily in this
great crisis. He discovered on his trip that the
Government committed one blunder, that of trying
to conceal the disaster from the people. It is now
perceived that this policy has had a bad effect upon
enlistments. The people, especially in New Eng-
land, resent this attempt to conceal the disaster frcm
them, and have really supposed the army of the
Potomac to be in a worse condition than the facts
would warrant. Mr. Seward comes back prepared
for a fresh onset of the European interventionists.
It is fully expected that the sympathisers with the
rebellion will make a great deal of noise, but the
best judges of our foreign affairs do not believe that
France or England will actually interfere in the
present condition of our affairs. Actual interven-
tion, it is believed even by foreign ministers here,
will not come for six months yet. By that time
all the peninsula disasters can be fully retrieved
and Richmond taken."
It was rumoured that Commodore Foote would
soon be placed at the head of a new naval expe-
dition, which was being got ready.
Great efforts were being made by public meet-
ings, patriotic addresses, &c., to promote volun-
teering. The common council of Buffalo had ap-
propriated 80,000 dols. to raise a new regiment
there, giving 75 dols. bounty to each recruit, in ad-
dition to the Government bounty.
Nassau advices of June 28 say the steamer
Ovieto etas
under seizure by the British war
steamer Greyhound,
with a prize crew aboard.
In the Senate, en the 7th, the Tariff Bill was re-
ported back from
amendments.Athe finance committee, with
Wesmottion to take up the bill for
the admission of Piresentatives, on the same
Virginia was thrown out.
In the House of Re
day, several members were excused from further
eadance,that they
a.tt on the plea
wished to return
to their homes to aid in raisingtroops. The
Senate bill to carry into effect the new slave trade
treaty was passed.
n the Bth, the
In the Senate, o Tariff gill was
taken up
and debated,
and a variety of
amend-
including one raja;
meats were agreed to, g the
per
duty on spirits to 50— gallon, and that on sheet.
iron about 33 per cent. A bill to amend the act of
1795, callingon the militia to suppress invasion,
was introduced. A bill was also introduced emen-
datory of the act prohibiting the slave trade.
la the II ouse of Representatives the report of
i
the committee of conference on the Treasuey-note
Bill was agreed ta,
Under this bill, as finally passed, 35,000,000 dell.
are to be issed in small notes ; 50,000,000 dols. are
reserved to secure the payment of temporary de-
posits, leaving the issue for circulation at
100,000,000 dols.
The bill providing for the discharge of state pri-
soners was debated and passed.
It was expected that Congress would adjourn
sine die on Monday, the 14th inst.
The commercial intelligence has been generally