The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1864.

AMERICA.

(utrria's rasawcs.)
QUEENSTOWN, Amon 28.
The Royal Mail steamship Africa, from Boston
on the 17th and Halifax on the 19th inst., arrived
here at 3.45 p.m. She brings 100 passengers and
31,270 dole. in specie ; landed 13 sacks of mails
and 15 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool
immediately, all well. The Africa experienced
severe easterly weather.

NEW YORK, Ammer 15 Rviartso.

The Confederate cruiser Tallahassee has burnt
the ship Adriatic, from London, and is continuing
her depredations.
General Grant is said to be withdrawing a large
portion of his troops from Petersburg.

NEW YORK. Ammar 16, Emma.

General Grant moved a second corps up the
James River on Saturday, routing a large Con-
federate force at Dutch Gap, and capturing 500
prisoners and 7 guns. The Federal troops are
bolding Dutch Gap.

General Burnside ban been relieved of his corn-
mend, and is superseded by General Wilcox.
General Butler is cutting a canal across the pe-
ninsula on the James River to enable the Federal
gunboat. to overcome the obstructions in the river.
General Early continues to retreat rapidly up the
Shenandoah Valley, pursued by Sheridan.
General Lee is reported to be preparing for a
Northern invasion in force.

Admiral Farragut's report confirms the pre-
vious Mobile accounts. Fort Gaines was surren-
dered unconditionally. The garrison, consisting of
SO officers and 800 men, were provisioned for
twelve months.

The garrison of Fort Powell escaped, leaving the
armament of 18 guns in condition for immediate

General Grainger intends to invest Fort Morgan,
leaving a garrison in Forts Gaines and Powell.
Sherman is more closely investigating Atlanta,
being within one mile of the the Macon railroad.
1,500 Confederates have crossed the Ohio River
at Saline Bend, and captured eight river steamers.
The Confederates are threatening Henderson,
Kentucky.
The Confederate cruiser Tallabassee is continuing
her depredations off Long Island. She has, up to
the present, destroyed 23 vessels, including the
ship Adriatic, from London.
The New York Herald recommends the sending
of commissioners to Richmond to arrange an armis-
tice for six months, and to call a convention of
all States to consult upon the best means of obtain-
big peace.

The City of Baltimore, Hann, and North Ame-
rican have arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Ammer 15, Emma.

Gold 2561. Stocks steady. New York Centrals,
1301. Illinois Shares, 130. Erie, 113. Six per
Cent. U.S. 5.20 Bonds, 1091. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 175 c. Petroleum steady ; crude 53 c. ; refined
85c.

KEW YORK, Aroma 16, EVINING.

Money easy. Gold 255 g. Exchange on London :
Bankers' bills, 276. New York Centrals, 131.
Illinois Shares, 131 g. Erie, U 3. Six per Cent.
U.S. 5.20 bonds, 1000.

NEW YORK, AUGUST 18, Evvrem.

Hood is reported to have been heavily reinforced
by Wheeler's cavalry, and to have demanded the
surrender of Dalton, Georgia. The Federal.,
having also received reinforcements, refused, and
drove Wheeler off.

The Federal forces were moving from Pensacola
to flank Mobile.

Admiral Farragut is shelling Fort Morgan from
two vessels stationed off Dug River Bay.
Great agitation prevails in the press, and among
the people, and the desire for peace is increasing.
The Tallahassee has burned the ship James Lit-
tlefield, and over W vessels off Main, Nova Scotia,
and Cape Sable.

The Aida ha■ arrived out
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold, 2571. Exchange on London,
Bankers' bills, 280. Stocks steady. New York
Centrals, 130} ; Illinois Shares, 132} ; Erie, 112} ;
Six per Cent. United States 5.20 Bonds, 109 i.
Cotton : Middling Upland, 176 to 177. Bread-
stuff, advancing. Provisions dull. Coffee good
inquiry. Sugar very firm. Molasses steady.
Petroleum, crude, 53c. ; refined, 85}c.

(Vii Cape Clear.)
NEW YORK, AUGUST la. ECCIENCI.

Two corps of General Grant's army have crossed
to the north bank of the James River and obtained
a position within six miles of Richmond. The
Confederate works in front of that place are consi-
dered very strong.
General Sherman (?) has retreated to Winchester.
General Early has received reinforcements, and
is now advancing northward.

The Confederate cruiser Tallahassee has arrived
at Halifax. Shehas destroyed an enormous num_
ber of vessels,
Money easy. Gold, 257 f. Exchange on London,
bankers' bills, 280.

endeavour to reach a point where the valley is nar-
rower before offering battle.
Advice. from General Bherman's army state that
important changes were being made in the Federal
lines; the troops were being manoeuvred with the
aim of more closely investing the city. The
Macon road, however, bad been abandoned. An
official report of General Logan estimates the total
Federal losses in the battle on the 22nd tilt. at
3,521 men and 10 cannon, while the Oonfederate
dead alone are asserted to have exceeded 3,000, and
their total loss to have been at least 10000.
An official despatch from General Hood states
that on the 6th inst. the Federals made two as-
saults on 8. D. Lee's corps, being " handsomely
repulsed" on each occasion. Hood is said to have
bees very heavily reinforced by the Georgia State
militia.

.10edispateh, dated Mobile, 7th, announces that
Col Williams bad evacuated and blown up Fort
Powell, and that the gunboat Morgan, the only
one °Me Confederate fleet at Mobile not captured
or destroyed, had succeeded in running up to the
city. • It was supposed that Farragut would at
once Move against the inner fortifications of the
harbour.

• Mew Orleans despatch states that Federal forces
had
of n landed at Dauphin Leland on the 6th; the
M recameeh woe &okayed by a torpedo, did
not y the guns of Fort Kagan.
Itryramenpected that if Farragut should fail to
re:lo6 the remaining forts, or should be unable to
....

get It ironclad. over the inner bar a regular siege
wou be commenced, using Dauphin Island as a

(literal Banks issued as order at New Orleans
on 2nd inst., enlisting into Federal service all

a all led aegroes is *Lai department between the
18 and 45, the same to be into the field at
on the existing coloired regiment.
the 30th of July General Canby issued an
o , enroWng all citizens in the militia, expelling
the 4%, ilia of all those in Confederate service ; all,
ho r, who Wire liable to do military duty being
ke within the Federal lines. All foreigners
claiming to be neutrals were ordered to be enhtted
asr!icemen.
was announced that the Confederates in strong
fora were within seven miles of New Orleans, hav-
ing' entrenched themselves outside of Algiers with
a view of making that place • bass foe ollbasive
operations. i . '. .
An important expelition left Memphis recently
under General A. J. Smith. Its destination Was
unknown.

Florida adricte Mate that the Ire,lonia, under
Geheral Birney, had destroyed the bridge over the
Bt. Mary's River, six miles above Baldwin, which
place they held. General J. K. Jackson has taken
coawmand of the Confederate forces in the state.