The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1861.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, Moic D AY.
The Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan-
non, arrived late last night, with adviccs from Now
York to the 25th ult., and 5,80 G dcls. in specie.

The North Star had arrived at New York from
Aspinwall, with 953,340 dole. in spcele.
A petition for the expulsion of Mr. Russell from
the United States having been presented to Mr
Seward, he replied as follows :
"Department of State, Washington, Sept. 21.

" Many intelligent and patriotic citizens have ap.
plied to me by memorial, asking the attention of the
Government to what they represent as treasonable

matter, contained in a letter bearing the date of
Washington, August 10, published in the London
Times, and they express their conviction that the
statements made in that communication are untrue,
and that it is the design of the writer to bring the
credit and fame of this Government into disrepute
in foreign countries. It has been a habit of the Go-
vernment of the United States to take no notice of
representations, however obnoxious, made by the
press of foreign nations, or even injurious utterances
made by Ministers or other agents for foreign Powers,
in the ordinary transaction of their own affairs. The
Government, on the contrary, has hitherto recognised
as worthy of its observation only the language and
the action of the executive organs of foreign States.
For myself, I confess I have not read the publica-
tion complained of, and I am quite sure that it has
not arrested the attention of any other member of
the Administration, engrossed, as we all necessarily
are with urgent public duties and cares. However
erroneous the facts or the inferences of the writer
may be, they nevertheless stand on his individual
authority, while the whole patriotic press of our
country is free, and is interested to refute them.
The Government of the United States depends, not
upon the favour or goodwill of foreign nations, but
upon the just support of the American people. Its
credit and its fame seem to me now, more than ever
heretofore, safe in their keeping. If it be assumed
that the obnoxious paper may do any harm here, is
it not a sufficient reply that probably not 50 copies
of the London Times ever End their way to our
shores ? If it be said again, that the obnoxious
communication has been widely published in the
United States, it seems to me a sufficient rejoinder
that the censure of a magnanimous Government in
that case ought to fall on those of its'own citizens
who reproduce the libel, rather than on the foreigner
who wrote it exclusively for remote publication.
Finally, interference with the press, even in the case
of an existing insurrection, can be justified only on
the ground of public danger. I do not see any such
danger in the present case, even if one foreigner
does pervert our hospitality to shelter himself in
writing injurious publications against us for a foreign
press. A hundred other foreigners as intelligent,
as virtuous, and as respectable as he is are daily en-
rolling themselves in the army of the United States,
to detend and maintain the Union as the chief hope
of humanity in all countries and for all ages. Could
there be a better illustration of that great funda-
mental truth of our system, that error of opinion
may safely be tolerated when reason is left free to
combat it? " WILLIAM 11. SEWARD."
The following important documents respecting
the seizure of property belonging to Southerners
had been published

"Washington, Sept. 21.
" Sir,—ln order to prevent seizures of property
belonging to citizens of insurrectionary States, not
warranted by the Acts of Congress relating to that
subject, it is thought advisable to direct the special
attention of the Marshals and District Attorneys of
the United States to the provisions of these Acts :
" The sth section of the Act of July 13 provides
that all goods and chattels, wares and merchandise,
coming from or proceeding to a State or place de-
clared to be in insurrection, together with the ves-
sel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying
persons to or from such State or place, shall be for-
feited to the United States_ This section obviously
applies to all property in transit, or purchased, or
provided with a view to transit between loyal and
disloyal States, and especially to property forming
the subject of commercial intercourse. Such pro-
perty, wherever found, is liable to seizure, and the
only redress of parties wiio think themselves
aggrieved is by appeal to the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, who is invested by law with full power of
mitigation and remission.

" The first section of an Act, approved on the
6th of August, declares that if any person or per-
sons, his, her, or their agent, attorney, or employe,
shall purchase or acquire, sell or give any property,
of whatever kind or description, with intent to use
or employ the same, or suffer the same to be used
or employed in aiding or abetting or promoting
such insurrection, or any person or persons engaged
therein, or if any person or persons being the
owners of any such property shall knowingly use
or employ, or suffer the use or employment of the
same as aforesaid, all such property is hereby de-
clared to be lawful subject of prize and capture
wherever found.

" No doubt can be entertained that this section
was well considered, and that its operation Was in-
tended to be limited to property used in further-
ance of the insurrection only. Seizures under the
Act of July 13 should be made by the officers or
under the direction of the officers of the Treasury,
Department, and all District Attorneys and Mar-
shals of the United States should afford all practi-
cable counsel and aid in the execution of the law,
" Seizures under the Act of August 6 should be
made by the Marshal of the District in which such
property may be found, under the general or par-
ticular direction of the District Attorney, or other
superior authority.
" For such seizures there is such non-power of
mitigation or remission in the Secretary of the Trea-
sury; but the District Attorney or other superior
authority may direct the discontinuance of any pro-
ceeding in relation thereto, and the restoration of
the property seized.

" it will be s!en, from an inspection of these pro-
visions of the Acts of Congress, that no property is
confiscated or subjected to forfeiture except such as
is in transit or provided for transit to or from in-
surrectionary States, or used for the promotion of
the insurrection. Real estate, bonds, promissory
notes, moneys on deposit, and the like are therefore
not subject to seizure or confiscation in the absence
of evidence of such unlawful use.

"All officers, while vigilant in the presentation
of the conveyance of property to or from insurrec-
tionary States, or the use of it for insurrectionary
purpcses, are expected to be careful in avoiding un-
necessary vexation and cost by seizures not war-
ranted by law.

War. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State."
The Government having accepted the military
services of the Count de Paris and the Duke de
Chartres, they had joined Gen. M'Clelland's staff.
The young Count de Penthievre, son of the Prince
de Joinville, would enter the United States' Naval
Academy. MGjor Bausenwein, late Aide-de. Camp
to Garibaldi, had been commissioned in the military
service. Prince Salm Salm of Prussia had been
appointed Colonel of the Kentucky Cavalry.
Beyond a few reconnaisances, some slight skir-
mishes, and a couple of reviews, nothing of interest
had occurred on the Potomac.

Messrs. J. W. Wall, of Burlington, New Jersey;
G. L. Browne, of Cooperstown, New York; Pierce
Butler, of Philadelphia ; and Ross Winans, of Bal-
timore, had been released from Fort Lafayette,
through the influence of friends. Their places in
the fort had been taken by ex-Governor More-
head, of Kentucky; H. E. Johnston, of Baltimore;
and John Bateman, a person who had arrived at
Portland from Liverpool and Quebec.
The Federal military authorities continued to re-
turn escaping slaves of loyal Marylanders, though
not a few made their way into the free States. On
the Virginian side the negroes had all long since.
disappeared, but very few were within the Federal
lines.

and Comnzercial List
The New York Shipping
takes rather a dismal view of the position of affairs
in Kent
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remain unchanged, and the public expectation
naturally centres upon the Western division, where
a crisis is undoubtedly approaching. The Confede-
rate troops appear to be gradually advancing upon
the Federal lines in Kentucky, the neutrality pro-
clamation notwithstanding, and the long-threatened
attack on Cairo, may actually occur at an early
period. That Kentucky, as well as Missouri, will
be the scene of a bitter civil war would seem to be
beyond chance. The reverses which the Federal
forces have sustained in Missouri have produced a
very unfavourable impression in trade circles here,
though a comparatively large amount of business
has transpired during the three days which have

intervened since our last, and prices are generally
well supported."
The surrender of Lexington to the Confederate
forces took place on the 20th. The following is the
telegram announcing it:—
" Hudson, Monday, Sept. 23.
"The following account of the siege of Lexing-
ton is furnished to the Si. T.oufs lepublican by 11.
Braelhurn, one of Col. Mulligan's soldiers, who left
Lexington on Saturday morning :
" The fort was surrendered on Friday afternoon.
The men fought for 59 hours without water, and
had only three barrels of vinegar to quench their
thirst.
"'Daring all that time there were no springs or
wells of water in the camp ground, as has been
stated. The supply of water was entirely from the
river. There were breastworks all round the camp,
with the exception of the portion next the river. It
was here that the hardest fighting took place.
"'The rebels procured a large number of hemp
bales and rolled them in advance, and under their
cover gradually succeeded in securing a position in
the rear.
" They then cut off the- supply of water, and
had the fort completely surrounded.
" They made but few charges upon the breast-
' works during the entire siege. Their object seemed
to be to surround the fort and cut off the supply of
water, and, having succeeded in this, they awaited
until Colonel Mulligan was Compelled to yield to a
foe more terrible than 27,000 Confederates who
surrounded him.
" Previous to his surrender he offered to take a
position on a level spot of found and give General
Price the odds of four to One in a fair and open
fight, but no attention was paid to it.
" After the surrender the rebels mounted the
breastworks, and seemed mad with joy and delight.
" ' As soon as the surrender took place they took
down the national flag and trailed it in the dust.

" 'An immense amount of gold, ;;PpOsed To—be
about a quarter of a million of dollars, fell into the
possession of the rebels. /t was taken from the
banks and buried by Colonel Mulligan in the camp
ground some time ago, but the rebels speedily dis-
covered and unearthed t.

" Colonel Mulligan wept like a child when he
found himself compelled to surrender.
" The morning after the surrender the men were
all released on parole, and ferried across the river.
The officers were retained.

The loss of the rebels is not known, but it is
thought to be not less than 1,000 killed and wounded.
' The first attack of the rebels proved more disas-
siege which followed.
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Commenting upon this event, the New York,
Times says :

" This disaster to the national arms in Missouri
seems likely to be followed by others unless the
most energetic measures have been taken to pre-
vent them, which we at present hear nothing of.
General Prentiss, who has assumed command in
Northern Missouri, started from Quincy, proceed-
ing west, on Sunday last. lie is now reported to
be west of Brookfield, and cut off by a body of
rebels, supposed to be a part Price's command. The
number of men with him is not stated, but we
judge from the tenour of our despatches that it is
totally inadequate to the emergency. Another re-
port states that a body of 3,000 or 4,000 rebels is
rapidly marching on St. Joseph, and will probably
make an attack on that place to-day.".
Governor Gamble, of Missouri, had called a meet-
ing of the State Convention. During an attempt
of the Federalists to reconquer Lexington two de-
tachments, who were out reconnoitering, encoun-
tered and fired into each other. Five men were ,
killed and a number wounded.

The New York press assails General Fremont for
not relieving Mulligan.
Kentucky was approaching a state of anarchy.
Under date Louisville, the 21st of September, we
learn that the Confederate General (Buckner) had
advanced on Elizabethtown, and issued the follow-
ing proclamation :

tioc, but on that very account it may be the better
sign of things unseen, and the better serve to en-
lighten the Administration respecting the temper of
the public mind :

" ' " Albemarle, Aug. 29.
Dear Mosley,--I am utterly disgusted with
your men, Jeff. Davis and his man Walker, and I
want to know if you will publish my spleen if I
utter it. I have a letter just from Manassas. Our
troops there, one day last week, had nothing for
breakfast but salt and potatoes, were sent eight
mik s,,at. double quick, to meet a false alarm, and
got neither dinner nor supper when they came
back to Now, Mosley, it is evident to me
that your Government is rotten in the head. Davis
ought to bo spiked up where men can see him.
You have won a great victory, and got no fruits
from it. You have had charge 0f34116 Government
for six months, and have done nothing. No meat,
no bread, no powder, no waggons, no anything but
salt and potatoes, and yet you sing out "The Go-
vernment has the entire confidence of the eiithole
people." Now, it has not mine, and' want to knowl
whether I can get a fair hearing. The only smart
thing I have seen is your proposition to post-
pone the Presidential election. That is excellent,
most excellent. I trust that it may save us. If I
were in Congress I would refuse one cent of appro-
priations for the war, holy though it is, until
Walker was turned out and somebody put in his
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seen enough to raise suspicions in my mind that
neither is the right man in the right place. Why,
then talk about the confidence of the people in the
Administration ? I don't feel any such confidence
myself. I believe lam not singular in my distrust.
If you editors would only speak out full-toned about
the abuses which stink under your nostrils things
would act right. It is a shame which cries to
heaven for vengeance when you men of the pen are
talking about confidence, &e., and our soldiers are
made to trot 16 miles on one meal of potatoes and
salt. There is rottenness enough in the medical
staff alone to damn any Administration. Why
hoodwink the people ? Your Government is rotten
and stinks l You must smell it at last, and the
sooner the better. You will not smell any stronger
to Yankee nostrils after you turn Walker out and
make Davis the mark. They know you cannot
advance upon them for want of victuals and vehicles,
and your weakness remains patent to them, until
you reform the abuses of your Administration.
The smartest thing that England did in the Crimean
war was the reformation of abuses in full view
of the enemy, and her rival, too. Your
enemies know you are rotten. You will not
tell them anything new by turning out Davis
and his whole crew, which I am decidedly in favour
of, if they do not show themselves more efficient.
But all you editors sing hallelujahs to Davis and
Co. It frets me. Your soldiers are starving, but
so long as the President and generals can wear fine
linen, &c., you sing lo weans, &c. It will not do
my friend. Somebody must tell the people the
plain truth, or we are ruined. Freezing and star-
vation are staring us in the face for the next winter,
and you call on the women and children to give up
their blankets and bread for the soldiers. The
women have supported the war so far_ You could
not be in the field to-day but for their needles.llYou
have had the Government for seven months, and
you confess yourlinability to do anything by your
daily ways, and still you speak of confidence. It
waning hourly, I assure you, and unless the press
speaks out plainly, and that soon, all is lost. I
do not know any politicians, and I do not care for
any; but I do care for my country, and the brave
men who are fighting for us, and it stirs my gall to
see them treated worse than I treat my dogs and
hogs. Do not be afraid of showing your weakness
to :the Yankees, for they know it. Show your
strength by putting things to rights at home, and
you will then be feared abroad.—Very truly yours,
" F. M.'"

The steamer Talisman arrived at Aspinwall on
the 10th ult. with advices from Carthagena. The
report of Arboleda having taken Popayan is con-
firmed, and Anticquia had declined to enter into
any treaty with Mosquera. General Gutierrez had
reached Tunda, but was prevented from making
any farther advance, from the fact of Canal having
a large force on the way to meet him. Lozano was
located at Nieva with 1,500 men, and Espinosa
was at Alapel. A most shameful outrage was
committed by the people at Mompos on the
persons of Senores Ospina and Cairo, who were
sent from Bogota to Carthagena as prisoners.
On passing through Mompos they were stoned
by the mob in a most brutal manner, and Senor
Cairo, was seriously injured in the head. Senor
Ospina also, received severe contusions.
A Convention between the Governor of Panama
and Senor Murillo, the agent of General Mosquera,
had terminated in the adoption of a project for the
recognition of the Government instituted by the
latter.

The following contains the latest items respecting
the blockade :

ELIZABETH PORT, Sept. 12.—The British brig Hannah
Easter had been seized by the United States' Marshal.

BOSTON, Sept. 24.—The bark Florence, from Malta, has
been seized by the port surveyor, she being partly owned in
Charleston.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.---The ship Marathon, from
Cagliari, was seized by order of the collector of that port,
under the act of confiscation, she being owned in New
Orleans.

CHARLESTON, Sept. 7.—Four persons telonging to the
crow of the privateer Jeff. Davis have been arrested,
charged with conspiring to kill the captain and officers of
the privateer, and take the vessel to New York.
BOSTON, Sept. 22.—The British schooner Revere, of and
from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of salt and fish,
arrived at this port last evening, in charge of a prize crew
from the United States' steamer Cambridge. The Revere
was captured while attempting to run the blockade at Beau-
fort, North Carolina.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24.—The Inquirer publishes a
letter dated at Port of Spain, August 24, which states that
the privateer Sumter was lying at a place about 40 miles
distant from there, known as the Bocasses, which is the
entrance to the Gulf of Paria. There are two other channels
be •ides the Bocasses lending to the Port of Spain, but they
a re obstructed by rocks, and vessels generally take that in
which the Sumter lies. She generally remains under the
shawdow of the reeks, and the writer thinks that she was
in this hiding-place when the Keystone State arrived at
Port of Spain in pursuit some days ago.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—A telegram from Boston, received
yesterday, says—" The bark Florence, from Malta, was
seized this morning by the port surveyor, in consequence of
being partly owned in Charleston." In the United States
District Court, on the 21st, Judge Betts delivered the fol-
lowing judgment respecting seized vessels—The bark Hio-
wate and cargo of tobacco ; vessel and cargo condemned.
The bark Pioneer and cargo ; vessel and cargo condemned.
The snip North Carolina; condemned. The Hallie Jack-
son and cargo ; vessel and cargo condemned. The schooner
Crenshaw and cargo ; the vessel and five-eighths of cargo
.c2ndemed ; three-eighths restored. The bark Winifred and
cargo ; vessel and portion of cargo ecndcruned ; portion of
cargo restored. The schooner Lynchburg and cargo; vessel
and cargo condemned, except 1,541 bags of coffee restored as
the property of Brown Brothers. The schooner Hannah M.
,Johnson and cargo; vessel restored and cargo condemned.
The brig General Green and cargo ; vessel and portion of
cargo condemned ; small portion of cargo restored.
The schooner Forest King and cargo ; one-eighth of
vessel condemned ; balance of vessel and cargo restored.
The brig Solferino and cargo ; restored on payment of costs.
The schooner Shark and cargo; vessel and:cargo condemned.
The schooner Falcon and cargo : vessel and cargo con-
demned. All the vessels and cargoes condemned will be
sold at public auction by the United States' Marshall, who
will report the gross proceeds of the sales to the prize com-
missioners. The proctor for the captors then reports the
name of the vessel which seized the prize and the name of
each individual composing the crew. After deducting the
costs in each case the prize commissioners make a final re-
port of the proce ads of each case in their hands. The Court
then enters a final 'decree, distributing the money among
the captors according to the statute.

BEVERLLY, Sept. 18.—Bark Revolution, of New Orleans,
which arrived here from Trapani, with a cargo of salt, Las
been seized by the Government. She is partly owned in
Boston.

PROTINCETOWN, Sept. 24,—A fisherman arrived here
reports that he was spoken on the 21st inst., 25 miles south-
east from Grand Menial, by the R. B. Sumner, of New
Orleans. She inquired what ports she could enter without
being seized, and stated that she had keen down the
Southern coast, but was afraid to run in. The E. E. Sum-
ner, Dyer, sailed from Liverpool, Aug. 13, for St. Stephen,
New Brunswick.
• The Sea Lark, the Alice Hick, and the Charley L. were
seized in Tangier Sound by the Revenue steamtug Tiger.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 27.
(PElt ANGLO-SAXON, VIA LONDONDERRY.)
Telegraphic communication with Quebec and
Father Point is interrupted.
A national fast 'was observed yesterday.
On the 21st inst. General Lane surprised and

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routed a bcdy of Confederates at Papensville, cap-
turing their tents, waggons, a;id. supplies.
General M'Culloch, with ,15,k00 men, is within
15 miles of Fort Scott.

Sherman's expedition to the Southern coast is
expected to sail within three weeta.
The Jura has arrived out.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wheat and flour a shade better, and in good de-
mand for export. Corn heavy, and drooping. Oats
unchanged. Pork steady, but quiet.