The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-23 00:00:00

Sept. 7, 1861.

" The Secretary is authorised by the President to express
to Mr. de Stoeckl, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, his
profound sense of the liberal, friendly, and magnanimous
sentiments of His Majesty on the subject of the internal
differences which, for a time, have seemed to threaten the
American Union, as they are communicated in the instruc-
tions from Prince Gortschakoff to Mr. de Stoeckl, and by
him read, by His Majesty's direction, to the Pres:dent
of the United States and the Secretary of State. Mr.
de Stoeckl will express to his Government the satisfaction
with which the Government regards this new guarantee of
a friendship between the two countries, which had its be-
ginning with the national existence of the United States.
" The Secretary of State offers to Mr. de Stoeckl re-
newed assurances of his high consideration.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

" Mr. Ed. De Sioeckl."
The Washington Corresspondent of the New York
Tribune, writes as follows :

"Prince Gortschakoff, to give impressive earnestness to
the meaning of the Emperor's letter, directed Baron
Stoeckl to read it in person to the President. The Baron
came on expressly for this purpose from New York yester-
day, and the despatch was read by him to Mr. Lincoln
and the Secretary of State in the blue room. Prince Gort-
schakoff further directed the Russian Minister to make the
Emperor's friendly letter public to the people of the United
States through the newspaper press."
It is reported that ten Confederate regiments
have been withdrawn from Virginia for the pro-
tection of the North Carblina coast.

It is also rumoured that an additional expedition
to the Southern coast will be inaugurated imme-
diately.
The Federal Government has forbidden the
transfer agents of the New York Central Railway
to transfer or pay dividends on stock to owners in
the South.

The Hammonia has arrived out.
The Africa was intercepted off Cape Race on the
9th inst.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Provisions slightly firmer. Wheat firm and ad-
vancing. Flour improving. Corn and sugar, good
inquiry. Coffee unchanged. Molasses steady.
Cotton quiet; midling upland, 22c. to 224 c. Money
tighter. Exchange steady, 1071. Stocks steady.
New York Central, 73fi; Erie, 251; Illinois Cen-
tral, 67,1.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 11, Morning.
The Baltimore American states that a Mississippi
regiment at Leesburgh had revolted, broken their
muskets, and started home.

One company of the New York Rifle Regimen
has attempted to desert,

They were fired upon, and two men were killed;
the remainder were arrested.

General Polk has proposed to the Government of
Kentucky that both Confederates and Federals
should withdraw from that State and respect its
neutrality.

The greatest activity prevails in the Federal navy
departments.

The report of the death of President Davis is now
,otally discredited.

The New York World states that an impression
is gaining ground at Washington that the Con-
federates will await an attack from the Federals.
The North Briton has arrived out.

QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 22,

The Royal Mail steamer Niagara arrived here to-
day at 1 p.m., embarked the mails, passengers, and
latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax and
Boston at 4 p.m. ; all well.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 7.
The steamship Arabia arrived at Boston early on
he morning of September 6, and the steamship
Glasgow at New York on the night of the 4th.
The New York _Herald of September 7 gives the
following summary of news :
" A reconnaissance was made yesterday along the
whole line of the Union army, from Alexandria to
the Chain Bridge, and the condition of the troops
proved to be most satisfactory. There are no longer
complaints of demoralisation or want of discipline;
the spirit of the men is described as most excel-
lent. The War Department is receiving fresh
troops as fast as it can assign them positions.
Some heavy firing in the direction of Chain
Bridge yesterday created an impression that a con-
flict was in progress, but it proved to be only some
artillery practice from one of the batteries. The re-
bel pickets, however, in the vicinity of Bailey's
Cross-roads and Manassas Hill are within some 700
or 800 yards of four companies of the 37th New
York Volunteers, company E, commanded by Capt.
Kavanagh, being in the advance, and completely
under the fire of the rebel batteries on the hill.
The most important news we have to chronicle to-
day is concerning the condition of affairs in North
Carolina, resulting from the late naval victory at
Hatteras Inlet. The rebels, alarmed at the expedi-
tion under Stringham and Butler, have abandoned
Ocracoke Inlet, spiking the guns before retiring,
and leaving the white flag flying. The Government
is thus in possession of Albemarle and Pamlico
Sounds, and, with the exception of Beaufort, virtu-
ally commands with its navy the whole coast of
North Carolina. The War Department sent orders
to General Wool yesterday to hold Fort Hatteras
permanently, and the fate of Beaufort cannot long
remain doubtful. The moral effect of the capture
of Hatteras Forts upon the Union men of North
Carolina has been most striking. They are pour-
ing in by hundreds to Hatteras Inlet to take the
oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, and
otherwise demonstrating their fidelity to the only
authority that can preserve their State from the
horrors of a despotism which is endeavouring to
overrun the whole south. The loyal citizens of
North Carolina have, perhaps, been made the vic-
tims of this despotism as much as any of the Border
States. On Feb. 28 last the people of North Caro-
lina voted on the proposition of the Legislature to
call a State Convention, and the following was the
result :—Against convention, 47,269 ; for conven-
tion, 46,627—majority against convention, 648. Of
those who voted for a convention it was said that
more than one-half were Union men, who took the
affirmative side under the impression that our dif-
ficulties might be healed by a body of repro-
sentatives fresh from the people. Notwithstanding
that there was a clear majority of voters opposed
to a convention as it was exhibited through the
ballot box, Governor Ellis convened the Legisla-
ture in its extra session on the Ist of May for the
express purpose of having a bill calling a regular
Secession Convention, which was done in confor-
mity with the governor's wishes. On the 20th
May the Convention so authorised met at Raleigh,
and on the following day they tumbled the old
North State out of the Union. Is there any wonder
then, that after this proceeding large numbers o,
men flock to the standard of the country where.

ever an opportunity offers ? Governor Ellis, after
thus endeavouring to deal death and destruction
to the State, soon succumbed to the fell de-
stroyer himself, for he died immediately after
the consummation of this nefarious scheme.
Accounts from Leesburg, report 7,000 rebel
troops there, and considerable activity in throwing
up entrenchments at the junction of the Little Falls
Road with the Alexandria and Leesburg turnpike.
The pickets of the enemy line the shores of the
Potomac above Leesburg, though there were no

large bodies of troops there.
" We have very important news from Kentucky,
via Cairo. General Grant, with two regiments of
infantry,oa
of light artillery, and two gun_
bon of Paducah at 11 o'clock ts,
took a company
possession
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yes-
terday morning. He found the rebel flags flying,
took
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citizens on the approach of the troops. He pos..
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proach of 3,800 rebel troops which were in close
proximity to Paducah. 'We have to reeoid to.dr,y
one of the most horrible
episodes that •
ever disgraced
modern warfare on the part
of the rebels of Missouri,