The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-15 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1862.

AMERICA.

The Canadian mail screw steamer Ncrth American,
which left Quebec on the 2nd inst., arrived in the
Mersey at 12 o'clock on Wednesday night. A
telegraphic summary of her news has already ap-
peared.
The New York Herald of the 31st ult. says :

No military movements are reported in General
lan's army since our last. The wounded and sick continue
to be sent down the river, and the personal attention of the
general is unremitting.
A report was prevalent in Washington yesterday, which
originated with some contrabands, that the rebels were
evacuating Richmond. Large bodies of troops, it is stated,
are crossing the James River and moving southward. It is
I pretty evident, however, that the movement of obese troops
means something very different from the abandonment of
Richmond.

General Pope reached his headquarters at Warrenton,
Virginia, on Tuesday at noon, and was received with en-
thusiasm. The secessionist. appeared to be considerably
excited upon his arrival, but it is said are not disposed to
take the oath of *Declaims. A portion of General 'Seers
advance drove out the rebel cavalry of Robertson from
Madison Court-house on Saturday without loss. The rebels
are making no demonstration along the railroad neer Gor-
donsville, though from information received there appears
to be little doubt that General Ewell has quite as large a
force in that vicinity as we have before reported.
It was rundiured in Norfolk that the rebel gunboat New
Merriam" nod a ram just finished in Richmond intend to
run thrush our Beet in the James River, sod attack the
Minnesota and other vessels at Norfolk, and make an
attempt to take the city.
A special despatch nun Vicksburg on the 23rd recounts
a gallant, hat unsuccessful, attempt to capture the rebel
run Arkansas. It appears that, according to agnsemest be-
tween Commodores Davie and Fermat. the fleet from
below was to engage the lower batteries and the Beet above
would mote the upper ones, while the gunboats Emu
and Quasi were in the meantime to attack the Arkansas
and tow her out. In consequence of a misunderstanding,
only a few shells were fired from the mortars below, as
hells
no other effect than to divert the fire from the Essex,
which attempted to run into the Arkansas, and jam her
Wit the level, but the latter swung round, and the
her side. As she paned she gave the rebel
craft three 1,11-incli shot frow her bow guns. Upon finding
herself unsupported she dropped down the river. The
Queen, coming to her aid, ran into the Arkin's; making
her tremble from stem to stern. Recovering herself, the
Queen ran on her again, but so forcibly sa to strain her own
works badly . Both beats then returned up the river.
The guerillas in the West ere becoming bold and trouble-
some. Svb learn from Louisville that the Ks=
wandering bends under Morgan took possession of
vile on Thursday, after a collision with the Home Guard,
wounding • captain of Kentucky volunteers, and killing
two lieutenants To counteract this dilatator, it appears
that on the following day • large party of turas from
Boone County, attacked Monet Sterling, and were repulsed
by the Home Guard defending that place. During the re-
treat the gurillea were met by a party of the Bth Kee-
tuoky Volunteers, who drove them back towards the town,
where they were again attacked by the Home Gaud.
The remit was a complete stampede of the guerilla; who
lost all their horses, eight killed, and 48 taken prisoners.
The number of wounded is not known. The loge on our
side was three wounded. This clam of marauders, which
seems now to comprise the remaining portion of the rebel
armies in the south-west, have also shown themselves in
large gangs, and are now encamped beyond the Aft line
in the counties of Howell and Texas. Our troops stationed
at Houston, Texas county, however, are said to be nume-
rous enough to repress any advance of the guerillas.
We learn from • despatch from Nashvi.lle that a rebel
mail has been captured by lour army. The letters contain
valuable information. Beaureurd has resigned and gone
to the springs in Alabama. Bragg is at Vicksburg with
20,000 men, but is scarce of horses. An artillery company
from Georgia could not be sunned with either guns or
horses. the rebel letters seized were from Tupejlo,
Mississippi, 50 miles south of Corinth. The writers are
anticipating the early re-occupation of Tennessee by rebel
troops, and every rebel warlike indication favours the sup-
position. The rebels are reported to have evacuated
Lebanon, with the intuition to mass their troops at • given
point for a sudden dash on Nashville.
The guerillas aloe; the Miasimippi tanks are equally
active. Despatches from Rolla, Mimouri, state that at
Stillville on Sunday night at lent 1,500 mounted and armed
men had crowd the State Road from Potosi to Jefferson,
within ten miles of that place. About fifteen hundred have
organised and put out from Salem and vicinity within the
last three days. Within that time they have passed across
the rallroad in great numbers between RoLla and Minium
They take horses, clothing, and ammunition, and supplies of
every kind they require, wherever they find them.
The steamer Platte Valley, to Cairo, brings the news of
the capture of the despatch boat Sallie Wood by the rebels,
150 miles above Vicksburg. The rebels had a masked bat-
tery, and succeeded in hitting her steam pipe, disabling her.
They took quite • number of prisoners, and destroyed the
boat. The Queen of the West was also fired into on her
way op. Two or three were killed, and several wounded.
Thus at all points in the West wandering bands of rebels
are annoying our troops and obstructing the river navi-
gation.