The intelligence of the week from America is of but
minor interest, consisting chiefly of details of the capture of Vicks- burg. In the East Meade and Lee are again opposite each other upon the Rappahannock, and the attack upon Charleston still continues. The first attempt to storm was repulsed with a loss of 700 men ; but General Gilmore has received promises of reinforcements. He is assisted by Captain Dahlgren, and the two were at the latest advices bombarding Forts Wagner and Sumter. The defence is gallant; but the sea road is open, and if reinforcements are constantly de- spatched the victory must remain to him who perseveres the longest. From the West nothing of importance is recorded, except that Kentucky has been placed under martial law, and none but the loyal allowed to vote at the polls. The Con- scription is unresisted in New England, though the con- scripts sometimes escape and it is to be carried out in New York. The city is fully garrisoned by soldiers, who are anxious for conflict with the mob, and it is more than doubtful whether any resistance whatever will be so much as attempted.
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