The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-17 00:00:00

who had to remain on board in the efforts made to
get into the offing, against the treache'rons gales of
Hatteras, in order to make themselves safe for the
morrow's contest. In the morning the fleet came
into action, and at the moment of the landing of
the remainder of the troops a white flag appeared
on the ramparts of the largest fort, and it was my
fortune to go forward and receive the first prelimi-
naries of the surrender of one who was once looked
upon as an ornament of the navy which he had
attempted to disgrace and to which he was obliged
to surrender. And I think Ido no more than right
when I here publicly speak his name, so that it may
be for ever remembered, not as a disgrace to the
navy, but as a monument of its triumph—Commo-
dore Barron (cheers) late of the United States' navy.
He surrendered his sword drawn against the Union
to Commodore Stringham, now flag officer of the
Atlantic blockading squadron. With him surren-
dered 715 men, his associates, and they are now on
the flagship Minnesota on their way to Fort Lafay-
ette, in New York, having surrendered uncon-
ditionally as prisoners of war. With them were
taken 30 pieces of cannon and 1,000 stand of arms,
camp equipage, such as the rebels had, and it was
was scanty enough at that (laughter) ; provisions
reasonably sufficient, munitions of war enough to
have made a stouter defence if the position had been
to them at all tenable. We retook a brig laden with
that which they wished should reign over us—
cotton (cheers and laughter) ; another prize brig
which had been taken from our merchants, two light
boats stolen from the shoals where they had been
placed by the Government to warn the mariner of his
danger, and a schooner loaded with the only pro-
duct of North Carolina besides rebellion, pitch pine
wood. (Laughter.) Such were tae results of the
gallant navy, assisted as well as might be by the
army of the United States. Such, I trust, is but
the beginning of a series of triumphs for that navy
which has rendered the names of Decatur, Bain-
bridge, Perry, and Macdonough among the brightest
lights of our country's history. (Cheers.) It will
not be unbecoming in me, I trust, now and here, as
an humble volunteer officer in the United States'
army, to say that the aspersions upon the navy
have been, to my knowledge, in a great degree
unjust. Remembering in what condition the Seces-
sionists are, without a navy, and how long it takes
to organise one, and that our navy was substan-
tially disorganised at the time this rebellion broke
out—when you ask why have we not organised the
navy sooner, I answer by saying why have not the
Southern States organised some portion of a navy
other than by stealing steamers from those who
know how to build them ? (Laughter.) They have
nothing of the sort. Why, then, expect impossi-
bilities from the Government in any of its depart-
ments? I only wonder that such a progress has
been made in organising a navy. It is a progress
that has no equal in the history of the world. Here
we make our beginning. We have had our reverses.
Upon one occasion a panic overtook our troops, but
I do not hesitate to say that until that some man
shall show me troops who have never been over-
taken by a panic I shall not believe that the fact is
evident of a want of courage ; and hereafter with
our troops, backed by the navy and our faithful ally
of the North, Jack Frost—(laughter)—who shall
come and clear away the malaria of the South, we
shall march southward, as I said here not many weeks
ago, from this place, and there shall be no footsteps
backward until this rebellion is crushed out of this
Union, and every man at the South shall have
that which the Declaration of Independence says,
and which the Secessionists quote, the right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
(Cheers.) And now, my friends, I do not know how
I may more properly take leave of you than by
calling for three cheers for the gallant navy of the
United States. (Loud cheers.)"
On the 31st ult. the Provost• Marshal of St. Louis
issued orders peremptorily forbidding any person
passing beyond the limits of the county without a
special permit from his office, and railroad, steam-
boat, and other agents were prohibited from selling
tickets to any one not holding a pass from the Pro-
vost Marshal. _ _

From Springfield our advices are to the 30th ult.,
and report that 5,000 Texas, Louisiana, and Ar-
kansas troops were moving towards Arkansas, under
command of M'Culloeh. The last heard from him
was at Chalybeate Springs, near Mount Vernon.
His wounded were being moved southward from
Springfield Hospital. General Price, with 10,000
or 12,000 men, was moving on the 29th towards
Bolivia, and when last heard from was between
Bolivia and Warsaw, moving towards Jefferson city.
Only a part of General M'Bride's division remained
in Springfield. General Prentiss's little army ar-
rived at Jackson. 10 miles west of Rolla, on the 2d
inst.

A Washington letter of the 2d states that Mr.
Adam had written to his Government that—
" He did not think the British Government con-
templated any change of position so long as the
blockade continued. The remains of General Lyon,
who was killed in Missouri, had arrived in Connec-
ticut. They were received oh the route with great
respect. It was believed that another naval expe-
dition was on foot. No difficulty was found in ob-
taining men for the Federal navy, but the recruit-
ing for the army was very unsuccessful. At
Boston the authorities, on the 31st, seized
50,0001 b. of tobacco, the alleged property of James
Thomas, jun., of Richmond, which had arrived via
Nashville and Louisville. It is stated in the
New York papers that Kit Carson, of Indian fame,
was in the neighbourhood of Salt Lake, raising
a force of mounted rangers for the Federal
service. A very unreliable report was cur-
rent at New York that President Davis was dead.
papers captured at Cape Hatteras
of a letter from R. G. Scott, late
Awamsoangproestsheoropy
United States' Consul at Rio, giving a list of all the
vessels leaving or about to leave that port. The
Federal cruiser Powhattan, having captured a ves-
sel with the Sumter mail bag on hoard, had gone
where it was supposed the privateer
Michigan was expected to have
wtootuhlde pplraocceeed.
15,000 men ready for the Federal service in a few
days. The War Department was filling vacancies
in the Volunteer forces by selecting for commission
privates who had distinguished themselves by good
conduct and fitness for command." •
From the Potomac camps we learn that on the 3d
the Confederates had completed their intrench-
ments at Munson's-hill, and it was apprehended
that they would open fire on the Federal force at
the Cross-roads. There had been some brisk
skirmishing. The Confederates were erecting a
f rtification about a mile below Murray Mason's on
the land of Levi Deming's College Farm, five miles
out on Little River turnpike, Virginia. The Con-
federate pickets had possession of the upper part of
the farm, and the Federal pickets of the lower
part. It is also stated that the Confederates were
concentrating large numbers south of Alexandria,
and erecting batteries near the mouth of the Occo-
quan river.. An engagement is reported to have
taken place at Boone Court-house, Western Vir-
ginia, on the Ist, which resulted in the defeat of the
Confederates with a loss of 30 killed, a large num-
ber wounded, and 40 prisoners ; Federal loss nil.
The Federalists burnt the town.

The Vermont State election, which took place on
the 3d, resulted as follows :—Holbrook, 6,597 ;
Smalley, 1,050 ; and Tracey, 841. Holbrook re-
ceived the votes of the Republicans and Liberal
democrats, Smalley those of the orthodoxdemocrats,
and Tracey those of the Union party.
Judge Robinson Scott had been appointed Presi-
dent pro tent. of the Kentucky Legislature.

The Richmond Enquirer of the 28th ult. publishes
a letter from Fernandina, Florida, received at
Savannah, saying that the crew of the pirate Jeffer-
son Davis had arrived there, that vessel having
been wrecked on the bar while trying to get into
St. Augustine.

The Southern papers complain of the defective
organisation of their commissariat department, and
state that the health of the Southern army was far
from good.
The barque Scio, on her arrival at New York, re-
ported that on the 28th ult. she was fired into by
the Federal gunboat R. B. Forbes, which cut away
some of the rigging and passed through the foresail,
because the captain refused to go on board when re-
quested. The captain of the gunboat apologised on
the plea that he took the Seio for a auspicious pail.