The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-25

bhtfF Iui0ptun news.
The British steamer E,ra, Capt. Kennedy,
arrived ycs,cfdsy nom Liverpool WAC I.tnsiowu,
easiusu c f'rinor port on tac evening of,ds lin
mt. anl QiociDt 'wn :, ,.rht O'Clock on tie
evening OF TIC i-ih. So lr.i.H I've hundred AMI
ulit "a iA-4''4'eiq.
TIE Gton E.s',rn passed Queenstown sbou,
10 % Oh The morning Of I've 10Th, bat iai NJ com.
municatiou v.tL tie shorc. 60 sniyed in tie
Mersoy about ten o'clock OF IN. morning Of t.e
ltth.
Great britain.
The screw steamer Columbia, reported q have
wsrlikc stores on board designed FOR tie Cou'ci-
crates, len Piymlut sound on tho 9th, bound for
Nassau. Two other steamers hni also arrived a,
Plymouth, believed 10 lie intended for the same
destination. Their names arc the MeIrimao and
the sylph.
The u. Fleming, with Q cargo o. turpcntiue, 70.
sin and hleen bales Of cotton, from Charleston
had arrived at Liverpool. She ieN Charleston ON
the 9th OF May. In company with tho Louisa for
Barcelona, and six schoonors for Nassau. She len
vessels In port
Tns rnrss ON rnR wAs.
The TINES Of the 18th says;
Such was The battle Of Winchester, one Of Tho
most important, successes that the Confe.ieratea
able them 10 carry the into the eneny's terri.
tory, and though may lie that the Fod.rals will
once more endeavor 10 advance into the valley Of
the Shenandoah, yet the South has given proof Of
It's courage and resources In thus ecctin the invi.
ders fropi its soil, and convinced the most confident
Northorn,r that efforts and sacrinccs greater than
any that have gone before must be made, " even
border State il ~ be won back g. the Northern
Union. The struggle In, indeed. OF the strangest
that modern history has 20 record.
All the calculations Of ordinary warfare have
lkagp hVa Ex, tlia
rates the men who, at the beginning Of the war
said ~ be incapable Of perssting In any great
enterprise, who could not even fight cxcept under
the stimulus Of whiskey, have, for more than q
twelvemonth carried ON an obstinate war with an
enemy outnumberng themselves thrcefold, and,
though shut o,it from the sea and ndierently sup
Piled : ith munitions OF every kind, they have not
only held their own but can create 4
panic 10y threatening the capital Of the invaders.
Al the present time the Confederate outpnst5 ex-
tni H. the Potomac, the long valley of the She
rnnioah IA again IN their power, Federal authority
i once more endangered In Western Nir. mia, and
the conquest 81 the State can no longer he looked
| upon as certainty by the most sansuhle North
ern,r.
Tho DAILY Srwa treats the defeat Of Gen Banks
NJ un'mp''tent, and shows that it can have no Sc.
rous of, q upon the ultimate result Of the cam.
paln IN. attack II tie CouicdcrG,cs ii regards
raid and nothing more, and not Ia tie slightc5
degree calculated to discomfort the plans Of Gvu
Mcclellan.
The JaplmeHe hulsss,dors were to embark al
Woo.Nich f. Holland on the day that the Etna ler
Liverpool.
The number of visitors NJ the Great Exhibition OF
Monday, the 9th, was hhy-eight thousand sis hun
irei and csAiy-two. the largest attendance yet.
France.
The Paris Journals announce that II hal been dc.
c.iei TO send r. lnforc, ncuts 70 Mexico, but thI,
they will not set out ill October.
1t s believed that thc Prince Napoleon is about t.
visit In, and.
Tho Emperor and Empress quilted Paris on III,
10th for foAtain. eau.
The MoSlr,rR Publishes decree proroguing IL,
Corps Lesslltif until 2,ih June.
fkKSCu MEDIATION IN AMERICA.
Tho coSsrruIloSsrL of tho lOth publishes the
following significant article AZ its FIRST leader IL
| headed Mediation"
Battles, great battles, are about 60 be fought IL
America, and perhaps have been fought already a
the very moment We are writing. II IL impossible
in fact Tor the armies of the North and the ARMED
OF the South, IN presence OF each other at CJrntf
and Mt Richmond, not T. come a. blows. DcltI;,s Of
blood will bo shed, and, what Is more sad 10 con-
template, whatever the issue may p, those terrible
enc1ui.t IN d. not promise solution Of the actual
crisis e.lher tor America or for Europe. The VIC
tory no matt, on which side, will not be ..ttended
with any final result
Violence hatred, passions of every description, o
which the hrtt war ol Independence La, given ui
tie recital are nothing compared with tue hatred
| which now animses the south against tho North
but they may give an idea of the resistance and Of
the obstacles which the federal armies will have Il
meet nom the Cuui~leratea Let history, whose les
soma are rarely listened T., serve ut least in some
measure u give material eloquence under such
| circumstances. We are willing to grant TO thos,
| WHO do NJ share our opinion anything they wish
wewA grant g. the fedorals superiority by land
| ~ ttA, " viii accept pruSinate triumphs for thu
| NoTlh' lHe question which the positive spirit oi
modern civi.iinti.uiss s. f,tl of puttlny Sill NJ
mhinH-"And wat Nenf" VIII the triumph O
"a, i'de Al arms reduce mlraclesi VIII chang
the so,Sonsf Wihn dsaipste the hos weather III,
tAc s.ckuess which must silsuef Can IL mana,
that tie extent Of territory conquered, and cons,
| qututly 10 be occupied, shsA not DO e1usl To III
whole extent of France, England and Austria IN
| ls,tArTt Where ars the armies 70 occupv enc
III extent, aud whore Is the moral strength whic
could dJp,nte wiaI occupying them and bold T.
llAce Of soldiers,
We simply wish to touch upon facts-nothiry y,
facts. What do we see on the side 4 tho Cone
stos, They burn their produce they burn the
provisions they destroy their railways they bio
up their dockyards their srsenals, and their ship
they leave their wives and children " fight in bait
When, IN proclamation Of savage energy, de
Bcauregard recommends the planters TO destr
= their crops which within the reach of the en-
: NY, Aud 10 apply the torch to them without deli
or hesitation, II Ii not sinpy acaptain excited
;, the drunkenness Of war who speaks--it 10 the gs
eral sentiment loudly expressed. Had not NUNS
Gus meetings already expressed their op.nioi
Q Once again let us observe, we do not wish TO Q
l. press our own ideus un such acts We simply WI
V " give facts.
>. On the other hand, what are the fcd,ra ais doin,
What at once strikes ir that the country OF FRI
:. dom par excellence has commenced by suppressi
"a freedom. Military directors have seized upon
10 the teegraphic lines which traverse America
every direction. The tame censorship compes
70 newspapers w publish only what y tAv0rabsa ~