The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-03 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Canada, from Boston
and Halifax, arrived at Que.( .nstown at 11 a.m. to-
day (Jan. 2.) She bringt =53 passengers and
$56,622. She landed all the mails and seven pas.
sengers, and proceeded at 11.'30 a.m. All well.

She was detained one day at Boston by a snow

storm.

NEW YORK, DEC. 20, Evening.
President Lincoln has ordered a draft of 300,000

men.

Sherman reports on the v3th inst. from Ossiban
Sound that he had captured Fort 'Al'Allistcr, opened
communication with the fleet, destroyed the railroad
leading to Savannah, and invested the city. His
left rested on the Savannah river, three miles above
the city, and his right on the Ogeechee river at
King's Bridge. •
He had had an agreeable and unmolested march.
His army was in splendid order, and amply supplied
with provisions. He estimates the garrison of Sa-
vannah at 15,000 men, under Hardee. He de-
stroyed 200 miles of railroad. He regards Savannah
as already gained.

Hardee's army is reported to be cut off from

escape.

Secure communication has been opened between
Sherman's and Foster's armies.

Richmond papers, of the 16th inst., state that
_Hardee had refused a demand to surrender the

city.

Contradictory acounts of fighting having taken
place have been received.

Trains have ceased running between Charleston
and Savannah.

Thomas continued vigorously to pursue Hood on
the 17th and 18th inst. beyond Franklin. Hood's
army is said to be demoralised, having lost many
prisoners, and nearly all his artillery. Thomas has
reached the Duck River, and is keeping up the
pursuit. In Friday's battle Johnston's entire Con-
federate division, with all the brigade commanders,
was captured. It is reported that Stoneman has
defeated Breckenridge in East Tennessee, with the
loss of most of his artillery.
A resolution has been introduced in Congress,
and referred to the Committee for Foreign Affairs
authorising an expenditure of $10,000,000 for
fortifications and floating batteries for the protec-
tion of the lakes and frontier against expeditions
organised in British provinces by the enemies of the
United States.

DEC. 20, EVENING.

Admiral Porter's fleet of 100 vessels, including
65 war vessels, amongst which are the most power-
ful in the Federal navy, was spoken 40 miles south-
ward of Hatteras, bound south, it is supposed for
Wilmington or Charleston.
Thirty companies of Canadian volunteers have
been ordered to the frontier. It is reported that
the money taken by the St. Alban's raiders is now
in the hands of the Confederate agent in Montreal,
and will be returned to the proper authorities.
The HoUse of Representatives has passed a reso-
lution that Congress has the right to declare a
foreign policy, and the recognition of new Powers.
The executive department is bound to respect this
policy in diplomatic relations.
. .

Mr. Seward has ordered that persons coming to
the United States, except emigrants, must have
passports. This regulation applies specially to
persons coming from the British provinces.
The Cuba has arrived out.

Hood is reported to have raised the siege of
Nashville and commenced to retire southward on
the 13th. Thomas reports that he had pursued him
to Spring-hill, south of the Franklin, on the 18th,
making daily captures of men and artillery. The
Confederate losses are, however, believed to be
greatly exaggerated, and it is asserted that, with the
exception of the battle of the 16th, in which Thomas
admits a loss to himself of 3,000, the engagements
have been confined to skirmishing with Forrest's
cavalry, acting as rear guard to Hood's main army.
Southern papers contain the following despatch
from General Bragg :

" Augusta, Monday, Dec. 6.
"About midnight on the 3d Wheeler's cavalry attacked
enemy on the Savannah Railroad, a few miles below
Waynesborough. Follawing up their defeated cavalry, he
came-upon a heavy force of infantry tearing up the rail-
road—at daylight a very heavy force of cavalry, infantry,
and artillery, before which he retired, fighting, to Brier
Creek, inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy. This morning
it is ascertained they have moved rapidly towards Savannah,
our cavalry pressing their rear. All our available means
should be concentrated at Savannah and Grahamville, and
the people of the country should tear up and blockade all
roads leading across the Savannah River below the mouth
of the Brier Brook

" BRAXTON BRAGG.

" To Governor M. L. Bonham."

The Richmond Examiner of the 14th ult. says :

" The only definite information from Georgia is the ap-
pearance of Sherman's army in the vicinity of Savannah.
The Yankee papers informed us that he had accomplished
this march alulost a week ago, but of course their statement
was based upon what they deemed the probability of the
situation. Up to yesterday forenoon no fighting had taken
place between Sherman's army and the Confederate troops
in the defence of Savannah. Gen. Hardee commands the
latter. A contemporary paper speaks of Savannah as in-
vested. This is not the case. Savannah is no more invested
than Richmond, and we have no evidence that it stands in
the least danger either from assault or siege. An official
despatch of yesterday mentions that Sherman had developed
his army near the town, but that does not signify that he
will go into trenches. Savannah has a triple line of de-