The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-14 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

(Arrival of the Australasian, via Crookhaven.)
NEW YORK, OCT. 4, 1 P.m.

It is officially announced that the public debt on
the 30th September amounted to $2,745,000,000.

The Secretary of the Treasury has announced
that he is prepared to issue $50,000,000 of 6 per
Cent. 5-20 Bonds, at 103, in exchange for com-
pound interest notes, one and two year Treasury
notes, and certificates of indebtedness maturing be-
fore January 1.
Since the August statement, the public debt has
been reduced nearly $12,000,000, the interest,
$500,000 ; and the legal tender notes afloat,
$6,000,000. The coin in the Treasury has de-
creased $12,000,000, and the currency has increased
$13,000,000.
The Alabama Convention has adjourned after
adopting the new constitution, passing an ordinance
excluding negro testimony in all civil cases, until
the next Legislature makes the organic law of
Alabama, and memorialising the Government for a
general amnesty and the withdrawal of the troops
from the State. The Convention refuse to submit
the State Constitution for amendment to the people
for ratification.

The Governor of Mississippi, acceding to the
proposal of Colonel Thomas, has decided that cases
of freedom shall be adjudicated by the Civil Courts
according to the State laws, except in so far as
they would make a distinction on account of colour.
Negroes will be protected in person and property,
and have the right to sue and be sued, and to give
evidence.

The North Carolina reconstruction Convention
assembled on the 2d inst.

The Constitutional amendment extending the
suffrage to negroes has been defeated in Connec-
ticut by a large majority.
Governor Brownlow of Tennessee, in his mes-
sage to the Legislature, recommends the amend-
ment of the franchise law, but deprecates any
sweeping legislative changes.
He urges the disfranchisement of rebels for 10
years, and that neither mercy nor forbearance should
be shown to the leaders. He thinks that whites
and negroes cannot live together as political or social
equals. He favours the setting apart a portion of
the national territory for the residence of freedmen.
In conclusion, he supports President Johnson's policy.

Mr. Davis has been removed from the casemates
to other quarters in Fort Monroe.

Rumours are current that the Erin and City of
Boston carried to Europe $1,000,000 in Fenian
bonds, and also a printed Fenian proclamation.
An official correspondence between Secretary
Seward and Mr. Dalton has been published. Mr.
Seward wrote to Mr. Dayton, in February, 1864,
that he would not recognise the Archduke Maxi-
milian in any manner as the Emperor of Mexico.

The United States Government received infor-
mation lately from its Consul at Alexandria that the
Emperor of the French was organising a force of
Egyptian troops for service in Mexico. A Cabinet
discussion was immediately held upon the subject,
and the result is announced in a despatch just sent
to France by Mr. Seward. In this despatch the
United States Government states, in very decided
language, that it will not permit additional troops
to be sent to Mexico by France, and that the
further intervention in the affairs of that country
by the Emperor of the French may lead to a
serious misunderstanding between the two Govern-

ments.
The steamers Allemania, Edinburgh, Belgian,
and Persia have arrived out.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold, 1451. Exchange on London,
159 ; do. Paris, 3.57 k. Stocks advancing. New
York Centrals, 97 ; Illinois, 132 f ; Erie, 894. Five-
Twenty Bonds, 103*, ex November Coupon. Cotton
advancing ; middling Upland, 48c. Flour and
wheat advancing. Corn firmer. Provisions steady.
Coffee quiet. Sugar—good inquiry. Molasses
steady. Petroleum steady ; Crude, 39 to 39f ;
refined, 63 to 65.