The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-29 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1883.

AMERICA.

(11110 TIM'S TELIGRAIIII.)
QUEENf3TOWN, Sart. 28.

The Inman steamer City of New York, from New
York on the 19th moat., arrrved here at 4.20 p.m.
to-day. She brings 118 passengers and 248,580
dollars in specie. She proceeded for Liverpool at
4.40 p.m.

(Per th. City of Now York.)
ADVANCE OF MEADE'S ARMY.

NEW YOBX, Sart 18, Evanga.

The Confederates hold a strong position on the
Rapidan, but ►re not in large force. Considerable
skirmishing has occurred, and 150 Federal cavalry
are said to have been capturedby the Confederates.
_ .

It is reported that Federal General Thomas's
corps has met with a reverse at Lafayette, Tea-
MINIM

The Southern journals state that the Confederate
General Wheeler had a skirmish on the 11th inst.
with the Federale, near Lafayette, and retired
before a superior force.

Rnaksaarhas captured 300 Federal priaoners.
The capture of Little Rook by the Federals is
officially reported. The Confederates retreated
southward, pursued by the Federal cavalry.
XZW YORK, Barr. 19, Namara.
General Bfeade's army has advanced. A battle
on the Rapidan is expected.

General; Rosecrans and Bragg are confronting
each other in Tennessee. An engagement is immi-
nent.

The whole of General Meade's army is moving
forward, and a general engagement is expected on
the Rapidan. No positive information has been
received as to the strength of General Lee's army,
but it is supposed to have been depleted by the
despatch of troops to Tennessee and other parts.
It is stated at Fort Monroe that Lee is evacuating
Virginia, but this amounts to little more than
surmise.

The Mobile Register says :—" General Joe John-
stone has assumed the command of the army of
Virginia, and • Philadelphia telegram asserts that
General Lee has proceeded southward for some
purpose."
Unreliable rumours received from Memphis state
that Generals Bragg and Johnstone have driven
Rosecrans back, and that their cavalry have de-
stroyed his communications.
Sixteen thousand Confederates attacked General
Nagley's division, 5,000 strong, at Bird's Gap, and
drove him back three miles and a half. On the
following day, however, General Negley recovered
his ground with the loss of 35 men.
General Bragg has massed bigamy at Lafayette,
and holds the gape of Pigeon Mountain directly in
front of the Federal General Thomas's column.
The lines of the opposing armies are represented to
be a crescent shaped by Pigeon Mountain, which
extends like the arc of a circle around Lafayette.
The Confederates hold the interior and the Federals
the exterior lines. Both armies are within a few
miles of each other, but separated by a range of
mountains.

The latest reports state that the Confederates
were moving through Pigeon Mountain Gap, and
forming iu line, uif for an attack. General Rose-
aus has assumed a strong defensive position on
Checkamanga Creek, covering Chattanooga. Ge-
neral Bragg is reported to have a larger force than
he had at Murfreesboro'.

General lemptreet is reported to have passed
through Roma with 20,000 men. His advance is
positively dated to have reached Lafayette. The
Confederate troops were hurrying to Atlanta from
all directions.

According to advioea from Charleston of the 16th
instant, General Gilmore was shelling Fort Moul-
trie from Fort Gregg. The Confederates bad
strengthened Fort Moultrie.
A Federal reconnoitring party has been captured
on the Savannah railroad.
The Confederates have increased their force in
front of the Federal lines in North Carolina.

The Confederates in Western Virginia, 8,000
strong, are preparing for a raid.
Martial law is to be rigidly enforced throughout
Missouri.

The Federal, from New Orleans are moving in
Texas in three columns ; one by way of the Gulf
to Sabine Pass, another by way of Red River to
Opelousas, and another along the 'Thew Two
gunboats of the expedition arrived at Sabine Peas,
which was found to be well fortified. One of the
gunboats was destroyed by the Confederate batte-
ries, and the other was captured by two Confederate
gunboats which came out for that purpose. The
remainder of the expedition retired.
The judge of the New York Distriet Court has
decided that President Lincoln's proclamation
prevented writs of h►beas corpus being granted in
all cases occurring before or after its issue.
A fearful state of affairs is reported to exist on
the Kansas-Missouri borders.