The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-26 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The Montreal Ocean Mail Steamship Company's
screw steamer Bohemian, Captain Borland, which
left Quebec on the 14th inst., arrived in the Mersey
this morning.
A telegraphic summary of the news has been
already publi4hed. As no new military movements
of importance are recorded, the news is mainly con-
fined to details of events already known. The latest
intelligence from the newly captured city, Memphis,
reports all quiet. The Memphis papers in general
confirm the Federal accounts of the proceedings
which led to the surrender of that city, including
the destruction of the Confederate fleet. They re-
commend the citizens to submit to their fate with
calmness, but to keep aloof from the invader, and
to fearlessly maintain their loyalty to their own
Government and State.
Colonel Filch, as acting commander of the Fede-
rals at Memphis, had issued the following general
notice :

Headquarters, Indiana Brigade, Memphis,
June 7.
The undersigned, with the troops under his com-
mand, has taken military possession of the city in
the name of the Government of the United States,
for the purpose of asserting the supremacy of the
constitution and laws of the Union, and restoring
the peace and protection of public and private pro-
perty, and the lives of its citizens. Hundreds who
may have fled from their homes are expected to re-
turn. Merchants and others, who have abandoned
their business, are requested to re open their stores
and shops, excepting those dealing in intoxicating
liquors, who are forbidden to resume their traffic
under penalty of having their stock immediately
destroyed.
The Mayor and Common Council will continue
to exercise their municipal functions, the military
authorities simply co-operating in enforcing all
proper ordinances, unless some exigency should
arise rendering it imperative to place the city under
martial law. it is hoped and believed that nothing
will occur to render this step necessary. No act of
this command will afford any pretext for citizens
placing themselves in that position.
Captain J. H. Gould, of the 46th Indiana Volun-
teers, will act as provost marshal until further
orders. Major J. C. Magor, of the 43d Regiment
of Indiana Volunteers, will have command of the
pickets and patrols.
(Signed)
A Memphis despatch of the 10th says :
Quiet prevails throughout the entire city. The
ready submission of the inhabitants to Federal rule
is surprising and gratifying. The civil authorities
continue to discharge their functions as heretofore.
The provost marshal's office is thronged with appli-
cants for permits to proceed north. All persons
are required to take the oath of allegiance before
permission is granted.
Jackson's rebel cavalry which has been hovering
around the city since tha Federal occupation, is
said to have gone to Holly Springs. As most of
them are largely interested in that city, it is im-
probable that they will make an attempt to burn it.
The City Recorder was yesterday arrested by the
provost marshal for causing the arrest of a citizen
for conversing in the street with a Union soldier.
The rebel cavalry are scouring the country around
Grand Junction, destroying all the eotton that can
be found. Application to ship 6,000 bales of cotton
is already made.
The Nemphis Argus is still outspoken in seces-
sion sympathy ; the Avalanche is more guarded,
and inclined to submit quietly; both advise peacable
submission to Federal rule.
Many stores have opened and resumed business ;
some dealers refuse Confederate money, but receive
Tennessee bank notes. Two rebel steamers were
captured yesterday above the city.
A special despatch from Memphis to the New
york Tribune says that many of the Memphis banks
are at Columbus, Mississippi. General Hindman
took a forced loan of a million dollars from them a
week ago in the name of the Southern Confederacy.
Commodore Davis is sending despatches overland
to General Halleck.
It is stated that as soon as the news of the defeat
of the Confederates at Memphis and the surrender
of the city reached St. Francis River, Arkansas, a
steamer, acting under General Hindman's orders,
went up and down the stream, and destroyed seve-
ral thousand bales of cotton.
It is reported that 30,000 bales of cotton had been
destroyed at Memphis.
A Memphis telegram of the 12th says :
The reports that the Confederates have burned
Vicksburg are not credited. Several gunboats and
rams were sunk in a reconnaissance np White River.
Many families are starting north, who have been
waiting months for the Union forces.
Lord Lyon's had an audience with the President
at Washington on.the 13th, being on the eve of his
departure for Europe, where he will remain for se-
veral weeks.
General Burnside, who had arrived in New York,
was tendered a serenade by his friends. He replied
that he was exceedingly obliged to them for their
kindness, but declined the compliment.
A Washington despatch says that a telegram had
beet: received from General Johnson, to the effect
that the Confederats were reported retreating from
Gap toward Challinogo if so, East
Cumberland
Tennessee is at last freed, and General Morgan im-
mediately takes possession.
Affairs at New Orleans were unchanged. The
New Orleans Delta, of the 29th, says :
Ex Senator and late Provost Marshal Poule had
been arrested on a high political charge, and would
be sent North in a few days.
General Butler had had an interview with the
officers of the Southern Bank, and the bank was
ordered to pay all their depositors upon demand, in
such money and according to the provisions of Gen.
Butler's general order
The bells taken from the churches by order of
Beauregard were shipped to New York by order of
General Butler.
General Butler gives notice that the Chief of
Substance will sell to families for consumption, in
small quantities, beef,
pork, beans, and bacon, at
7c., and 10e. for flour.
Letters from General NUClellan's army state that
it is proved beyond a doubt that the Confederates
made the attack on the memorable Saturday with
60,000 men, and that they Were obliged to confess
a complete defeat with a loss of 10,000 men.
It is also stated that it
is now well known that
open
in North Carolina unionism had broken out
revolt, and that six North Carolina regiments were
surrounded with Mississippi and Alabama troop, in
superior numbers, who disarmed and placed them in
confinement.
Advices from General M'Clellan's headquarters
to the evening of the 12th state that a reconnais-
sance made that morning as far as Meadow Bridge
found the enemy quiet but in force. Some skirmish.
ing had taken place during the day, but with little
result on either side. The weather was good, and
the roads and ground drying rapidly.
Nothing additional had reached the War Depart-
ment as to the engagement between the Federal Gen.
Shields and the Confederate General Jackson. The
Confederates claim to have gained the victory, and
to have taken 600 prisoners. They state that their
own loss was small.
Gen. Fremont, in his official despatches, claims a
very decided victory over the Confederates at Crosj
Keys. Writing on the 10th from Port Republic,
he says :
Everywhere was evidence of the completeness of
yesterday's victory. The battle was fought at Cross
Keys, and takes that name. The rebel loss was
greatly superior to ours. They left their dead and
many of their -wounded on the field. Not less than
500 dead Were found, and many wounded. Two
of their guns were left behind and were captured
this morning. The rebelwounded were found in every
house along the road. Ambulances, waggons, arms,
and clothing strewed the field. The Louisiana re-
giment lost all but 30 men. The enemy retreated
until midnight, and this morning their rear guard
Shenandoah at this place, and burnt the
crossed the
bridge.
Fremont estimates his own loss at 125 killed and
600 wounded, including many valuable officer..
Telegraph news from Augusta, dated hue 7,

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