The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-22 00:00:00

AMERICA

LIVERPOOL, SEpr. 21.

By the arrival of the mail steamship Niagara we
have received advices from Boston to the 10th inst.
and New York by telegraph, via Halifax, to the
11th inst.

She has brought $497,923 specie on freight.
On the.l3th inst. the Niagara passed the Royal
Mail steamer Cambria, hence from Boston, and the
screw steamer Khersonese, hence. for Portland,
United States. The United States' mail steamship
Ericsson, hence, arrived at New York on the 4th
inst., and the screw steamship Canadian, hence, at
Quebec on the 9th.
The election in Maine on the Bth of September
had resulted in the triumph of the Republicans by
a largo majority ' • the returns were not all in, but
it was supposed that the majority would reach
10,000 or 15,000. •

The friends of Colonel Fremont were greatly
elated by their success. "
The news from Kansas is important : the Pro-
"slavery forces have succeeded in turning the tables
on their Free-State opponents, and much blood has
been spilt and property destroyed, if the reports
that have reached us are rel iable it At Ossawatornie
on the 30th ult, the belligerents, to the number of
800 on each Bide), fought for au hours wbuu thu
free-State men were routed, with, ,a loss of 20
killed and wounded. Mr. Brown, the leader of
the defeated party, and his son are reported among
the killed.

01.1 the 2d inst. the Pro-slavery men attacked the
Free-soilers in Leavenworfh, drove every one of
them out of the town at the ptiint of the bayonet,
and destroyed or confiscated their property ; it is
also stated that parties of Missourians had posset
sion of the lota road, thus cutting off the retreat
of the Free State men.. Col. Geary, the newly-
appointed governor, was at St. Louis on the 4th
inst. en route for the scene of the disturbance.
The force of regular troops being inadequate to
the exigencies of the cage, the governor ordered to
enrol and organise the militia of the territory. One
division under General Richardson is already in the
field. Requisitions had also been made upon the
governors of Kentucky and Illinois for two regi-
ments of infantry, to be placed under the enrol-
ment of General Smith, to aid in suppressing in-
surrectionay combinations against the constituted
governor of Kansas.

The following instructions have been issued by
the General Government for the purpose of sup-
pressing the Free-State forces and reestablishing
the territorial Government :

" Department of State, Washington,- Sept. 2.
" information having reached the Pre-
sident that armed and organised bodies of men, avow.
edly in rebellion against the territorial Government, have
concentrated in such numbers as to require additional
military force for their dispersion, you will have the
militia of the territory completely enrolled and forge..
nised, to the end that they may on short notice be
. brought into-the service of the
.United States -upon re-
quisition of the commander of the military department
in which Kansas is embraced. You will furnish by
companies, or regiments, or brigades, or divisions, such
number and composition of troops as from time to time
you may find, on his report to you, to be necessary for
the suppression of all combinations to resist the laws of
the United States too powerful to be suppressed by e
civil authority, and for the maintenance of public order
and civil government in the territory.—l am, sir, &c.,
"W. L. MAIM'.
" To his Excellency John W. Geary, Governor
of the Territory of Kansas, Lecomptelf." •
" War Department, Washington, Sept. 3, 1856.
"Sir,—Your despatch of the 223 Aug. and its enclo-
sures Sufficiently exhibit the inadequacy of the force un-
der your to perform the duties which have been
devolved.upon Jon in -the present' unhappy condition of
Kluges by the orders' and instructions heretofore cem-
naupicated. To me-et this.exigeney the President has
directed. the Governor of the territory to complete the
'enrolment and or_raniSation of the militia' as you will
find fully set forth the enclosed copy of a letter ad-
dressed to him-by the Secretary of State; and the Presi-
derit has directed me to say to you that you are authc-
rised from time to time to make requisitions upon the Go
.verner for such militia force as you may require to enable
you promptly and successfully to execute your orders
and suppress inslrrection ag'tinst the Mverninent of the
.territory of-Kansas and, tinder the circumstances hereto-
fore set forth in your instructions to give the requisite aid
to he officers pf the, civil Government who 'may be ob-
s in Vie due executionpf the la v.. *odd you t
be able to derive frsin thUniilitia of Kansas the adequate
force for these purposes, such additional number of mili-
tia as may he necessary will be drawn from the Stites of
Illinois and Kentucky, as shown in the requisition, copy
of which is here'enclesed.

"The views c.intaTtjed in your instructions to the
officers commanding the troops;.uncier date of Aug. 1911;,
are fully approved, and accord so'entirely with the exe-
entire as to leave but little to add, in
relation to the
course which it is desired you ShOtild pursue.
" The position of the insurgents as shown by your
letter and its enclosuresis that of open rebellion against
the laws and constitutional authorities, with 'sueli ma-
nifestations of a purpose to spread devastation over the
land as no longer
gence. For you as t every soldier whose habitual
justifies further .hesitation or, indul-
feelibg is to pr itectthe'6tiz ins of hig own country, and
'only to use his arms against a pUblic enemy, it cannot
.be otherwise than steeply painful • to be brought into
confl;ct with any portion of Lis fellow-countrymeni but
patriotism and humanity alike require that rebelli
should be' promptly crushed; the perpetration of the
crimes which now disturb the peace and security of the
good people of the territory of Kansas should be Watt'.
ally checked. Yon. will therefore energetically employ
all tho means within your reach to restore the supremacy
of the law, always endeavouring to carry out your pre-
sent purpose to prevent the unnecessary effusion of blood.
"In making your reinisition for militia force you will
be governed by the exercising organisation of the army
and the laws made and provided in such cases. When
companies, regiments' brig:ales, cr 'divisions are pre-
septed to be mustered into„ the, service of the 'United
States,iin uteyolny
iri:illpice4atuesde thembofur:theoyf
your
arreccoemivmedantdo
be
appointed for the purpose.
" Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" JEFFERSON DAVIS, Secretory of War.
"Major-General Persifer F. Smith, Commanding
Departinet,t of the West."
" War Department, Washington, Sept. 3.
"-sir, --- To suppress insurrectionary combinations
against the constituted Government of the territory of
Kansas, and to enfoice the due execution of the law
against armed resistance, I am instructed by the Presi. I