The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-30 00:00:00

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO

GENERAL FREMONT.

The following letter from President Lincoln to
Major-Gen. Fremont was transmitted to the latter
on the 12th inst. :

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 11, 1861.

Major-General Jelin C. Fremont.—Sir,—Yours
of the Bth, in answer to mine of the 2d inst., was
just received. Assured that you, upon the ground,
could better judge of the necessities of your
pu-curuu imuu Z cuursa at this distance, on seeing
your proclamation of August 30, I perceived
no general objection to it. The particular
clause, however, in relation to the confiscation of
property and the liberation of slaves appeared to
me to be objectionable, in its non-conformity to tine
act of Congress passed the 6th of last August, upon
the same subjects; and hence I wrote you, express-
ing my wish that that clause should be modified
accordingly. Your answer, just received, expresses
the preference on your part that I should make an
open order for the modification, which I very cheer-
fully do. It is, therefore, ordered that the said
clause of said proclamation be so modified, held,
and construed as to conform with, and not to trans-
cend, the provisions on the same subject contained
in the act of Congress entitled "An act to confis-

cate property used for insurrectionary purposes,"
approved August 6, 1861 ; and that said act be
published at length with this order.--Your obedient
A. LINCOLN.

servant,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.)

NEW YORK, SEFT. 19.

A battle at Lexington, Missouri, has been fought.
General Price was defeated by Colonel Mulligan,
who was entrenched. The rebel loss is represented
to be 4,000 men, and the Federal loss 800 men.

A fight has taken place at Bonneville, the Federal
loss being 650 men.

An accident has occurred on the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad. A bridge broke, and large num-
bers of soldiers were killed and wounded.

A battle on the Potomac is unlikely to be im-
mediate.

The Maryland Secession Legislature has been
suppressed by the government.

Cotton easier, 211 c. Breadstuffs excited, and
higher. Provisions dull. Pork advanced. Stocks
active. Illinois, 608 ; Erie, 26k.

THE ST_RENGTH Os THE- SOUTH.

The New York Herald has the following in
reference to the strength of the Confederate forces :
__.,, The number of troops which the rebel Con-
federacy has in the field, according to our idea, has
been over-estimated from the starting of the first
rumours of a contemplated attack on Washington.
It is true that since the battle of Manassas large
additions have been made to their respective forces,
and it is also true that many regiments have
been withdrawn to strengthen the coast defence,
and that some 10,000 or 12,000, are lying:in the hos-
pitals, prostrated by disease. We have prepared
and given below a table of their estimated strength,
18 and 45,e think'
which, w
is calculated upon:a liberal basis.
The estimate puts on the field one in every four of
the men in each seceded State between the ages of
except the States of Georgia and North
Carolina, from which we have official statements
of their exact numbers, which show that those two
States have less than one six of their respective
male populations, between 18 and 45 years of age,
at present in service:—
Male population
between 18 and 45 Troops.
Alabama - .. 24,000
Arkansas
Florida 16,000 .... 4,000
Georgia 119,000 .. 19,100
Louisiana
71,000 .. 18,000
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia ..
South Carolina

Total seceded States ..1,116,000 .. 251,000

Amongst the passengers by the steamer amine,
which brought home the Bombay mail on Saturday, were
some Moorish acrobats who are going to exhibit in this
country. One of them is a tight rope dancer, and will, it is
said, be a formidable rival to Blondin. Several of the party
had spots painted on theirforcheads to indicate thelcastes tO
which they belong.

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