The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-10 00:00:00

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We hear that General Pope despatched a pur-
suing force after Lee before daybreak on Saturday,
and that a portion of that force—the Ist Pennsyl-
vania and 2d New York Cavalry—carne up with
Lee in time to retake most of our men he had as
prisoners, and two pieces of artillery of ours that
he had appropriated a little below Cutletts. They
also captured a number of deserters from our side,
and 140 rebA troopers.

Guerilla parties seem to be springing up in every
direction in Virginia.

The Philadelphia Bulletin states that the rebels
made a raid on Bristow and Manassas Station, and
captured the 11th New York battery, destroyed
four empty trains, tore up the rails, and demolished
the telegraph.

The New York Express says that the value of the
quartermaster's stores captured by the rebels at
Manassas Junction was half a million dollars. This
is officially stated. The rebels were still in posses-
sion of Manassas Junction on Wednesday morning.
It is said that the rebels had with them flying artli.
lery, and that they used it against rail.;:oad train
arriving from Alexaudri4l There can be no doubt

that the rebels have destroyed all buildings, public.
and private, the station-houses and store-houses,
and it is said they have burnt the railroad bridges
over Bull-run, but this is denied. In the meantime
the capital is without communication with the army
by rail or telegraph.
The Alexandria correspondent of the New fork
Tribune published in that journal of the 29th that
on Tuesday night, about eight o'clock, the pickets
at Manassas Junction were driven in, and two com-
panies of the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry, one of
cavalry,' and some artillery stationed there, were
surprised and attacked by General Ewell's entire
division, numbering from 7,000 to 10,000 infantry,
andcavalry, with artillery. After a short skirmish
the handful of men at the Junction fled, the rebels
turning upon them nine of our own guns, and
keeping up a brisk fire until the Union troops were
taken prisoners, a few escaping across Bull-run.
Here, at Union Mills, two regiments of General
Cox's division, under Colonel Scammon, were
stationed, and they immediately advanced to meet
the approaching body of rebels. A conflict ensued
in the early morning between the Junction and
Bull-run, lasting for three hours, when the Union
troops, being largely outnumbered, and flanked on
the right, retired across Bull-run-bridge. Here a
vigorous attempt was made by Colonel Scammon
to hold the bridge. At 11 o'clock, two rebel regi-
ments forded the river above the bridge, when the
12th Ohio charged, and drove them across the river
with heavy loss. The regiment lost in killed,
wounded and missing, 35 to 40 men. At 12 o'clock
Colonel Scammon was obliged to retire, moving
along the railroad, in the direction of Alexandria.
The rebels advanced across Bull-run, and yester-
day afternoon their advanced cavalry were at Hali-
fax and Burtis Station,

On taking possession of Manassas Junction the
rebels captured seven trains loaded with provisions,
ammunition, &c., and ten locomotives, all of which
they destroyed. Of the 84 men of the 105th Penn-
sylvania on the ground, nearly all were killed,
wounded, or taken prisoners, as only three are
known to have escaped. Oar loss has been im-
mense in Government stores, and large in killed,
wounded, and missing,
Telegraphic communication was had with General
Pope yesterday, via Fredericksburg ; none what-
ever direct.

Later news from Centreville Bays that firing was
heard early this morning beyond Manassas, and it
is believed that General Pope had attacked General
Ewell in the rear.

A Washington correspondent states that the
Ist brigade of Gen. Kerney are reported to have
engaged the enemy near Bull-run-bridge, where a
desperate struggle was maintained. The bridge is
still said to be in our possession. Fighting also
was carried on with portions of the division of
General Sturges, and nine pieces of artillery are
said to have been captured by the rebels. As this
goes to mail, I learn that telegraphic communica-
tion is again opened with General Pope. Manassas,
therefore, must be clear of the rebels, and General
Stuart, if not taken, is probably wending his way
through the Blue Ridge to join the main body of
his army.

A mass meeting, which was described by the New
York Times as a tremendous affair, and at which
the enthusiasm exhibited equalled that at any other
meeting of the season, and at which Corcoran, with
the 69th, had received an ovation, had been held in
the Park at New York.

The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
" 1, Resolved,—That, in this struggle for our nation's
existence, we here solemnly pledge our faith, our fortunes,
our lives, and our honour, that this rebellion shall be
crushed, and the national soil redeemed from every taint of
treason.

"2. Resolved,—That, inasmuch as property in the loyal
States is valueless should the rebellion succeed, we call on
the moneyed and other corporations to contribute largely to
the recruiting funds, and to every effort for suppressing the
rebellion.

"3. Resolved,—That, up to the 13th day of September
next, we request that all places of business, so far as prac.
ticable, be closed on each day at 3 o'clock p.m., to enable
loyal citizens to carry forward volunteering and perfect
themselves in military drill.

"4. Resolved,—That any interference on the part of
foreign Powers in the great contest for the existence of our
free institutions will be regarded by our people and treated
by our Government as a declaration of war.

" 5. Resolved,—That we most earnestly urge the Presi-
dent of the United States to authorise General Michael
Corcoran to recruit a legion of 20,000 men, to be under his
command, and to fight with him for the land of our
adoption or our birth, and for the flag which symbolizes
everything we cherish in national pride, and everything
we love in national freedom.

"6. Resolved,—That as we cherish that national pride
and love that national flag, so will we do our utmost to
plant that flag on every foot of United States soil, and
make this home of the brave the land of the free."

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 10.

The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from
New York on the 30th August, has arrived off
Cowes.

She bringa 22 passengers for England, and 118
for Bremen, and 133,965 dols. in specie for Eng-
land, 64,000 dols. for France, and 3,000 dole. for
Bremen. Her news has been anticipated.

MADRID, SEPT. 9.

The Correspondencia Autografa of to-day states
that it is authorised to deny the assertions of La
France and the Pays that " the Spanish Govern-
ment was about to assume a more conciliatory
policy towards France for the purpose of consti-
tuting a real and durable Government in Mexico."

TURIN, SEPT. 9.

The Italia of to-day says :

"At Aspromonte the Royal troops had five dead
aid 25 wounded ; among the latter were three
officers. The rebels had 20 wounded. The num-
ber of their dead is unknown."

Nothing has yet been decided respecting the
trial of Garibaldi.

PARIS, SEPT. 9 (Evening).

The Paris papers of this evening announce that
fresh conflicts have occurred at Palermo, but that
the attempts to create disorder were promptly
suppressed, owing to the attitude of the National
Guard, who united with the troops, shouting
" Viva Emmanuele !"

All letters received here state that Garibaldi's
wound is very serious.

RAGUSA, SEPT. 9.
The Prince of Montenegro has accepted all the
conditions offered by Omar Pasha.

The document conveying the decision of the
Prince was remitted to Omar Pasha by No Rake.

DISTURBANCES IN SERVIA.
BELGRADE, SEPT. 8.
A serious conflict has taken place at Uchiza be-
tween the Turks and Servians.
Both sides have suffered loss in killed and
wounded.

POLAND.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
WARSAW, SEPT. 4.

For want of anything better to do the Govern-
ment are unusually busy in discovering a plot
among the Polee, but which to all appearance has

its root in the Russian army. Since the trial and
execution of Tareszynski, Ryll, and Rzonca, legal
summonses have been issued to their accomplices,
Chrnielenski and Rodoniz, to present themselves at
the first police station in the kingdom within six
weeks from the day of notice, and enjoining all
those who may either hide them, or know of their
place of abode, to report them at once to the nearest
authorities. Hitherto this injunction has remained,
and doubtless will remain, without effect. No
sensible man here is prepared to sanction or tole-
rate an assassination, still there are gradations even
in crime, and the attempt made by these misguided
young boys cannot be classed among the premedi-
tated acts of this kind. Oppressed more and more
every day, mocked by the Government in their
belief that reforms will be introduced, but
which have never been given, and thus
driven to despair, they were, in an excess
of frenzy, led to suppose that the death of the
Grand Duke Constantine and the Marquis Wielo-
polaki would bring an amelioration in the present
state of things—a fatal delusion which those boys
have had to expiate on the scaffold. It is, there-
fore, not surprising that the people should look upon
them as martyrs, since they were provoked by the
tyranny of the Government to perpetrate these san-
guinary deeds, however much they are disapproved.
Let us hope that the Government will take a les-
son also from this dramatic performance, and treat
the Poles with candour and honesty, which they
have expected for a long time.

As to the plot mentioned above, it is asserted by
the official journal, Dziennk. Powszechny, that a do-
cument embodying a plan, with the minutest de-
tails of a first-rate organisation, had been discovered
in the possession of Col. Dombrowski, a Pole, who,
by circumstances over his control, was compelled to
serve in the Russian army. The organisation is
pronounced by the Russians, who are no small
authority in these matters, to be a perfection, and
had it been carried out prudently, would have
proved a most serious embarrassment to
the Government. The details are so numerous that
it would hardly be within the limits of a short let-
ter to give them, and as Col. Dombrowski has been
arrested, and it is even said already executed, the
interest of this occurrence has sensibly diminished.
Meantime this is a godsend to the police and the
military, who are worse than ever in ill-treating
and provoking the most innocent persons in the
streets, visiting the houses in the night, removing
by violence people from their beds and carrying
them to the citadel; in fact, any species of tyranny
is practised by this force in spite of the presence of
the Grand Duke Constantine. His Imperial High-
ness, to hear others speak, appears well disposed,
and is willing to concede more than his Minister,
the Marquis Wielopolski, would permit. The old
Marquis, who is not without some merit, possesses
all the vices of the old Polish aristocracy—pride,
violence of temper, and a le% e for adulation, three
cardinal virtues which the Poles of the present
generation do not appreciate, and which
are a stumbling-stone to all reconcilia-
tion. The ridiculous order of the Mar-
quis to the employes of the Government
to wear no other but cylindrical hats, has been
severely commented upon by the Grand Duke, and
I believe is not now so much insisted upon. The
schools are to be open on the Ist proximo, but
nothing is heard of the University of Warsaw—
another great disappointment to the country—for
what is to become of those young men who have
waited so long to complete their education. As 1
said before, promises there are plenty, and that is,
all that we get.

A domiciliary visit was made in the house of the
brother of Mr. Selenker, recently liberated, whose
son was despatched to the Citadel. Others were
likewise arrested, among whom are M. Gizyski, two
public functionaries, MM. Chadzyuski and Stami-
rowaki, and the students Zakrzewski and Kono.
The same visits were also made in the quarters
of several Russian officers, and a watch is kept
over their movements during the evening.
As if to show a disposition to leniency, a few
who, many years ago, were sent to Siberia, re-
ceived permission to return home, and the estates
confiscated to the father of the present Count
Stanislas Octrowski have been partly returned to
his son.
The old castle, once the residence of the Polish
Kings, is undergoing a thorough change for the
reception of the Grand Duke Constantine. A
Russian architect sent from St. Peterdburgh to
direct and superintend these alterations has taken
to heart to destroy all the reliefs representing the
reminiscences of Polish Kings and national glory,
and to replace them by embellishments partaking
of the Pompadour style. The Grand Duke Con-
stantine showed, in this instance, his personal
feeling for the Poles, by ordering Polish workmen
alone to be employed in the renovation of the
castle.

The Russian soldiers who, at last, were taught
reading, have now been forbidden to learn it any
more, it having been discovered too dangerous a
course to put them in a position to read the revolu-
tionary proclamations and papers which have
penetrated among the lowest ranks of the Musco-
vite army.