The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-26 00:00:00

States Minister to France, has been arrested at
Washington by the Provost Marshal on a
charge of treason. The charge is based on
acts committed at Paris, in purchasing arms
for the seceded states while representing the United
States Government, and endeavouring to procure
the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by the
Government of France. Mr. Faulkner was sent
to gaol by order of the Secretary of War, and a
formal examination would take place immediately .

The appropriations made by the late Congress
for the support of the war amounted to 259,675,990
dols.

Major General Wood had been ordered to Fort
Munroe to supersede Gen. Butler, in command of

that post.
The New York Herald makes the following
strange statement—" The offer made by Garibaldi
to our Government of his services has been accepted,
and he is to receive the rank of Major General in
our army. His name and presence will be of im-
mense value to the Union cause. They will prove
to the English and French Governments that it
has the sympathy of the friends of human freedom
throughout the world, and that any interference
in favour of the South will expose them to a severe
retribution at their hands."

The following European consular appointments
had been made :—To Glasgow, John S. Prettiman,
of Deleware ; to Londonderry, Thomas M'Cunn, of
New York ; to Revel, Henry B. Stacy, of Vermont ;

to Paris, Sohn Bigelow, of New York ; to Leg-
horn, Andrew J. Stevens; to Amsterdam, F. S.

Klanzes.

Information received from St. Thomas's state

that the notorious privateers Sumter and Jeff. Davis
were located, the former at Curacoa , and the latter
at St. John's, Porto Rico.

It is stated that there are 271,000 Secession

troops in the state of Virginia.
The Minister of the Interior was about to pay a
visit to New York, in order to attend a meeting of
the United States Marshals, to confer with them
as to the best means of more effectually suppress-
ing the slave trade.

DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
(From the New York Times, Aug. 14.)
WASHINGTON, TUESDAY. AUG. 13.
The War Department to-day received a despatch
7rom Major-Gen. Fremont, saying, among other

;kings, that Gen. Lyon's Aide reports an engage

ment, with a severe loss on both sides, and that
Gen. Lyon was killed. _

Gen. Siegel was in command, and retiring in good
order from Springfield towards Rolla.

The following is the official report received to
night by Gen. Scott :

Head-quarters Western Department, St.
Louis, Aug. 13, 1861.
Colonel E. D. Townsend.
General Lyon, in three columns under himself,
Generals Siegel and Sturges, attacked the enemy at

half-past 0 o'clock on the morning of the 10th, nine
miles south-east of Springfield. The engagement
was severe. Our loss was about 800 killed and
wounded. General Lyon was killed it a charge at
the head of his column. Our force was 8,000,
including 2,000 Home Guards. The muster-roll re-
ported taken from the enemy gives their forces at
23,000, including regiments from Louisiana, Ten-
nessee, and Missisippi, with the Texan Rangers
and Cherokee half-breeds. This statement is cor-

roborated by prisoners. Their loss is reported as
heavy, including Generals McCulloch and Price.

Their tents and waggons were destroyed in the
action. General Siegel left one gun on the field,
and retreated to Springfield, whence, at three
o'clock on the Wvriiius tpf thc 11114, ho
continue l
his retreat on Rolla, bringing off his baggage
trains and 250,000 dol. in specie from the Spring-
field Bank.

J. C. FREMONT, Major General Commanding,

ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, Auo. 13

The following is the official report of the fight
near Springfield, on Saturday last, forwarded by
one of General Lyon's aids :
To Major General Fremont.
General Lyon, in three columns, under himself
and General Siegel, and Major Sturges, of the
cavalry, attacked the enemy at half-past 6 o'clock
on the morning of the 10th, nine miles south-east of
Springfield. The engagement was severe. Our
loss is about 800 killed and wounded. General
Lyon was killed in a charge at the head of his
column. Our force was 8,000, including 2,000
home guards. The muster-rolls taken from the
enemy give his strength at 23,000, including regi-
ments from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
with Texan Rangers and Cherokee half-breeds.
Their loss is reported heavy, including Generals
M'Culloch and Price. This statement is corrobo-
rated by prisoners. Their tents and waggons were
destroyed in the action.
General Siegel left only one gun on the field, and
retreated to Springfield with a large number of pri-
soners, at three o'clock in the morning of the 11th.
He continued his retreat upon Rolla, bringing off
his baggage trains and 250,000 dols. in specie from
the Springfield Bank.
The following is a verbal report taken from a
special messenger, who brought despatches for Ge-
neral Fremont :
Early on Saturday morning General Lyon
marched out of Springfield to give battle to the ene-
my. He came up to him at Davis Creek, on Green's
Prairie, a few miles south-west of Springfield,
where he had taken a strong position on rolling
I ground.

At twenty minutes past six o'clock in the morn-
ing, General Lyon fired the first gun, when the
battle immediately began. Severe cannonading
was kept for two or three hours, when the fire of
Captain Tatten's artillery proving too severe for
the enemy, they gradually fell back towards their
encampment on Wilson's Creek. General Lyon's
cavalry, posted on the enemy's left flank, and
General Siegel's artillery on the right, there began
a terrific attack, and spread slaughter and dismay
in the ranks of the enemy, pursuing them to their'
camp, shells from Tatten's artillery setting fire to
their tents and baggage waggons, which were all
destroyed.
A Louisiana regiment and a Mississippi regiment
seemed to have suffered most in the fight, and were
almost annihilated.
Some time in the afternoon, as General Lyon was
leading on his column, his horse was shot from
under him. He immediately mounted another, and
as he turned around to his men, waving his hat in
his hand and cheering them on to victory, he was
struck in the small of the back by a ball, and fell
dead to the ground.
The command then devolved on General Siegel.
Pursuit continued till nightfall, when our little army
rested for the night in the encampment of the

enemy.
Sunday morning General Siegel, fearing the
enemy might recover and attempt to cut his
command off from Springfield, fell back upon
that city, where the Home Guards were
stationed. On reaching Springfield, fearing
the great numbers of the enemy might induce them
to get between him and Rolla, General Siegel con-
eluded to fall back upon Roll% with his provision
trains, and meet the reinforcements which were on