The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-13 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

... LONDON, June 13.—Wind this day at noon, South-
Zasterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather.
PILL, June 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Michell, for
New York.

DEAL, June 12,—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Agnes C.
James, from Demerara; Susanna, from Portland; Clara,
Om New York.

LERWICK, June IL—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maxime,
Worn

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursdy Mog.
Arrived—Thule, from Lisbon • Wonder, asteamer,rni of
rom
Guernsey ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Adele; for Newport; Dispatch, steamer, for
Jersey.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, June 12--Countess of Leicester, from Guern-
seY; David Malcolm, from Trinidad ; Mary, and Wave,
from Guernsey.
Arrived, June 13—Neptune, from Havre; Percy, from
Flobart Town ; Crescent, from Demerara ; Spray, from
Caen ; Irene, from Bermuda; Phoebus, from Jamaica ;
Louisa Ann, from Portland ; Rover and Ellen, from
Guernsey; Scio, from Trinidad.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—John, for Havre; Biefleld Heuer, for Adelaide;
Cid, screw steomer, for Bilboa ; David, for Cardiff—all
from London.

.LETTERS FOR 7HE SOUTIIERN STATES OF

AMERICA.

A notice of which the following is a copy has been re-
ceived from the Postmaster-General of the 'United States :
" Post-office Department, Washington,
May 25, 1861.
" All Postal Service in the States of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas will be sus-
pended from and after the 31st instant.

" Letters for offices temporarily closed by this order will
be forwarded to the Dead Letter-office, except those.for
Western Virginia, which will be sent to Wheeling.
(Signed) "M. BLAIR, Postmaster. General."
In due course -all letters from the United K ingdom for-
warded to the Dead Letter-office at Washington will be
returned to the Dead Letter-office in London, and in such
case they will be opened and sent back to the writers.
Nevertheless, as this suspension of the postal service is
stated to be only temporary, the Postmaster-General will
continue to forward in the general mails for the United
States any letters addressed to the States referred to which
may be posted in the United Kingdom, assuming that such
a course is desired by the writers.—By command of the
Postmaster- General,
June 12

ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.

THE NORTH AMERICAN ARMY.—It is not the
ambitious, the restless, and the insatiable who enter the
American army ; but men who wish for adventure, and who
like command—for in America there is no influential class,
as with us, to invariably throw their influence into the scale
of war. War is too expensive a luxury for the American
nation, and the great and admirable method of instituting
an expensive profession, the expenses of which are paid by
the masses, to support rich men's son, has not yet been
dreamt of by the American philosopher. . . The only
quality that renders an American unfitted for military ser-
vice is his proud incapacity for obedience. He hates uni-
fm"rn as he hates livery, and he does not acknowledge the
divine right of generals. His mind is not receptive of pipe-
clay; he detests those small punctilious exactions which in
the English army seem almost intended merely to ruffle the
limper and break the spirit of the men. He will march,
lit, and bear fatigue with any one, but he does not like
to have to perform cceniel services that should only be re-
quired from " helps." The result is, that of all the volun-
teer corps in America the most popular is the Zouave regi-
silent of Chicago.---Zickenes "41l thf Tear Bound,"