The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1863.

AMERICA.

QtrEFI4BTOWN, Sar.ls.

The royal mail steamship Africa arrived here at
9 p.m. to-day, with 123 passengers and 150,000
dollars in specie. She landed three parwmgers and
all acne, consisting of 81 sacks, and proceeded at
9.15 p.m. All well.

(Per the Attics.)
NEW YORK, sm. 14, Emma.

General Beauregard reports that 113 Federals
were captured in the recent unsuccessful assault
upon Fort Sumter.

The Federala have had an engagement at Dug
Gap, Tennessee, four miles from New Lafayette,
where Bragg's main army is posted. The Federals
retired to Look-out Mountain. The amount of
casualties was small.
Mr. Seward has issued a circular to the American
legations, stating that as prejudged opinion still
(Misted in Prance and England that the Federals
cannot preserve the Union, prudent concern for
foreign relations, and the interests of peace and
humanity at home, demand that a new effort
should be made to domed this prejudice. The in-
surgents are able to protract their resistance by
means of foreign sympathy and aid. The expects-
tion of more effective foreign assistance is now their
chief resource.

Mr. fieward reviews the military situation and
says :—" Those seeking the renewal of commercial
prosperity through peace in America will find the
quickest and shortest way to gain that end is to
withdraw their support and favour from the in-
surgents, and leave the adjustment of the oontro-
versy to the American people."
NSW YORK, Szrr. 15, Nom,.

General Pleasanton's cavalry has crossed the
Rappahannock and peeped through Culpepper,
driving the Confederate cavalry before him and
capturing three guns and 100 prisoners at Cul-
pepper. He afterwards advanced to the Rapidan,
where he found Lee's forces in a position to prevent
his crossing.
An impression, however, prevails that Lee has
sent a large force to reinforce Beauregard and
Bragg, =Lis falling back towards Richmond.

NEW YORE, Ear, IS, Emma.
General Gilmore, it is said, has received install°.
tiona to shell Charleston until It surrenders.

Southern accounts state that the ilassaahusette
State flag flaw over Fort Wegner, which is gar-
risoned by Massaehusetts negroes.
General Gilmer, the chief of the Richmond
engineer bureau, has been sent to Charleston as
second in oonsmaad to Beenregard.
It is reported that estreateee Federal regiments
ldt New Orleans as the 3rd inst. for Brownsville,
Texas.

General Hardie is organising the Confederate
prisoners walled at Viokaburg and Poet Hodson
to be ready for menial when exchanged.
The capture of Little Rook, Arkansas, by the
Federal* is not confirmed. 17,000 Confederates are
reported to be on this tide of Iltkio Rook awaiting
Steele's advance.

Negroes man the upper batteries of Vicksburg.
Peace propositions in the Virginia Legislature
have been voted down by 38 to 1.
Georgian soldiers have destroyed the office in
Raleigh of the North Caroltea Skuidard, a pesos
joarnaL The opposition party have destroyed the
&ate Juurnal office, the war advocate.
Indiana soldiers have unsuccessfully attempted to
hang D. W. Voorhees, an Indiana democratic Om-
en/ MIA.

The President has refused to accept General
Burnside's resignation.
Mr. Lincoln will shortly issue a proclamation sus-
pending the writ of habeas corpus in all military
and naval cases.

The republicans have carried the Maine election
by a large msjority.
The government has commenoed to construct a
national railroad between Danville, Kentucky, and
Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Canadian parliament has voted a sum of
400,000 dela. fur the organisation of 10,000 fresh
militia.
COMMERCIAL INTELISOKNCE.
NEW YORK Oat. 15, Emmet.

. .
Money essy. Gold Si per cant, premium. Ex-
change on London : Bankers' bills, 144. Stocks
steady : New York Centrals, 1321 ; Illinois, 124 ;
Erie, 106} ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 106.

(Per the Africa, by telegraph to Hadar.)
NEW YORK, Sart 17, Rotuma.
President Lincoln has suspended the Habeas
Corpus Act throughout the United States in all
cases where the military, naval, or civil govern.
went officers bold persons under their command or
custody as prisoners of war, vise, akar% or abet-
tors of the enemy, enrolled, drafted, enlisted, or
mustered officers, soldiers, or seamen in the Federal
service, or deserters. This suspension will be con-
tinued in focus during the duration of the rebel-
lion, or until President Lincoln sees 6t to revoke it.
The reported capture of Moultrie and the occu-
pation of James Island by the Federal' is untrue.
NEW YORK, Barr. 17, Evans°.
General Lee's forces still defend the line of the
Rapidan.

A Federal attempt to cross yesterday was re-
pulsed at three points.
Nothing positive is known of the position of
Lee's main army, or the object of his retrograde
movement. One theory is that the bulk at his
forces be. been sent down the East Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad to attack Burnside and Rose-
man'.

An early ad ranee by Meade towards Richmond is
considered probable.

It is reported that Burnside has joined Rosen.
crane at Chattanooga.
Roam:ranee advance has occupied Dalton,
Georgia. A general engagement with Bragg is ex-
pected sear Lafayette.
News from Charleston to the 15th states that the
Federal' were erecting batteries on the upper end
of Morrie Island, under a heavy fire from Ports
Johnson and Moultrie, where the Confederates hare
two 15-inch guns.
Oa* of the magazine' on James Island has ex-
ploded. The monitor Patapego has been towed to
Port Royal for repairs.
General Gillmore hu tendered his resignation, on
account of a dimgrerment with Admiral Dahlgren.
It is supposed the latter will be superseded.
Onerillas are swarming all along the banks dam
Ifisdesippb
The democratic press is incensed at the enema