The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-27 00:00:00

LATESTELLIUENUE.

(acorn's Tzszawds.)
AMERICA.

ENVASION OF THE NORTH BY
THE CONFEDERATES.

QUEENSTOWN, Jusz 27.
The Royal Mail steamship Persia arrived here
at 2 a.m. to-day, with 200 passengers. She landed
the mails, telegrams, and 10 passengers, and pro-
, ceeded at 2.15 a.m. All well.

(Per the Persia.)
NEW YORK, JUNI 17, Yearns°.
General Lee, with an army estimated at 100,000
men, including 30,000 cavalry, has commenced an
offensive campaign against the Northern States,
the plans of which are not yet fully developed.
The following are the operations up to the pre-

sent time :
General Jackson's old corps, commanded by
Ewell, supposed to number 18,000 strong, passed
through Culpepper last week, en route for the
Shenandoah Valley. On Saturday last Ewell
attacked Milroy at Winchester, and on Sunday
night carried the outer works of Winchester by
storm. Milroy then spiked his guns and retreated
towards Harper's Ferry, but was intercepted on the
Martinsburg road and compelled to cut his way
through, reaching Harper's Ferry with the loss of
2,000 men. On Saturday night the Confederates
captured Perryville and the small Federal forts at
that point, and on Sunday night they attacked
Martinsburg, compelling the Federals there to re-

treat to Harper's Ferry.
Oa Monday morning the Confederates occupied
Hagerstown, Maryland, advancing northward from
there in three columns, each column said to consist
of 5,000 cavalry, with infantry and artillery.
1. On Monday night the Confederates occupied
Greencastle and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
They were reported to be still at Chambersburg at
midnight yesterday, and it is not known whether
they propose to march from Chambersburg to
Harrisburg, Pittsburg, or Baltimore. In conse-
quence of General Lee's movements, General
Hooker's whole army, including the forces on the
south side of the Rappahannock, left Falmouth on
Sunday morning, marching to Fairfax station, vilt
Dumfries, and arriving at Fairfax on Monday
night. Belle Plaine and Acquia Creek were
abandoned, and Hooker's base of supplies trans-
' lerred to Alexandria.
General Hooker's army at present occupies the
old Bull Run battle ground and the line of the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
General Lee's main army is said to have crossed
the river at Rappahannock station, and to have
moved off towards Warrington, and General Lee is
now supposed to be on the westerly aide of Bull
Run Mountains, somewhere about Whiteplains or
Front Royal.
A battle on the old Bull Run battle ground is
expected.
It was rumoured yesterday that General Lee, by
a flank movement, bad cut off and captured the
entire sixth corps of General Hooker's army.
General Lee's invasion has created an immense
sensation throughout the Northern States. Presi-
dent Lincoln has called out 120,000 militia from
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Western Virginia, Ohio,
and New York, for six months' service. The go-
vernors of the different States responded promptly,
and the New York 7th Regiment and several others
leave for Harrisburg to-day. The Governor of Penn-
sylvania has called upon the Governor of New I
Jersey for the services of the nine months' soldiers
just returned. Several regiments volunteered.
The Governor of New Jersey also issued a stirring
appeal to the people of Pennsylvania not to stand
quibbling about six months' service, but to close
their business and go to Harrisburg.
The Mayor of Philadelphia yesterday ordered all
business places to be closed and the men to join the
military organisation.
Troops are hurrying to Harrisburg, and prepa-
rations are making for defence.
The governors of all the Northern States are
organising to send all the militia they can.
General M'Clellan went to Albany to assist the
governor in organising and forwarding troops. A
cry for his reappointment is again raised.
It is reported that the Confederates are burning
and destroying along their route, but this is not
confirmed.

NEW YORK, JUNK 17, 1
.P.N.

The Indiana enrolment excitement continues.
A general disinclination to submit to the draft is
apparent all over the country.
A military board has been appointed to settle
the claims of Generals Butler, Fremont, M`Clellan,
Hanka, and Dix for military precedence of rank.
Mr. Vallandigham bas arrived at Wilmington,
en route for Nassau.
Senator Cameron has made a speech at Harris-
burg, declaring that the neglect of Pennsylvania by
the administration was reckless and disgraceful, and
urging the appointment of General M`Clellan or
Franklin to command the militia for the protec-
tion of the State.
The latest advicos from General Lee state that
he has pushed a very large force up the Shenandoah
Valley, and there is no doubt that he is
throwing his whole army towards Maryland
and the interior of Pennsylvania, and not
moving to give battle on Bull Run.
General Hill's corps has been gem in the neighbour-
hood of Point of Rocks, and the Confederates have
invested Harper's Ferry on the Virginia side.
The Baltimore correspondent of the New York
Mratd says :—" General Ewell, with eighteen
thousand men, has the advance of General Lee's
army, and Lee, with Hill and Longstreet, is
moving northward, and keeping between Ewell
and Hooker.
" General Hooker is moving to follow General
Lee wherever he goes."
General Fitzhugh Lee is reported to have been
severely wounded.
The Confederates under General Jenkins, 3,500
strong, are encamped around Chsmibereburg. ews
is awaited of their further movements.
The steamer Norwegian was wrecked on the 14th
on Saint Paul's Island, in a dense fog. All the
passengers, crew, mails, and baggage were saved.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JUNI 17, 1 P.M.
Money easy. Gold, 45} prem. Stocks quiet.
New York Centrals, 1181 ; Illinois, 1041 ; Erie,
94.

NEW YORK, Jinn 16, Evonso.
Official advices from Vicksburg to the 12th inst.
report that the siege was progressing favourably.
The Confederates occupy Canton and Yazoo
City in force. Richmond papers of the 13th inst.
assert that General Johnstone has cut his way
through Grant's Hues with his whole army, by
which it was expected he could raise the siege.
This news is not generally credited, but there is
no doubt that Johnstone, largely reinforced, is
advancing against Grant.
President Lincoln has sent a reply to the com-
mittee who forwarded him the resolutions passed
at the Albany Vallandigham meeting. The rival-