The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-01 00:00:00

LATEI3T INTELLIGENOZ.

({LOTS•' MICIDAKIL)
AMERICA.

1 THE CONFEDERATE INVASION.

WASHINGTON THREATENED.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY I.
The North German Lloyd's steamship America,
from New York on the 20th, has arrived here with
170 passengers 8,200 dole. in specie for England,
and 101,400 dole. for France, and 500 dole. for
Bremen. .

On the 24th ult., in long. 47.58 west, lat. 46.32
north, during a dense fog, the America came in
contact with the English barque Eliza Ann of
Plymouth, with timber from Quebec. The Eliza
Ann was cut down to her water line, waterlogged,
and abandoned at 9 p.m. All hands were saved.
NEW YORK, Jim 19, Anzazioos.
(Per the America.)
The excitement throughout Pennsylvania has
materially abated. The report of the invasion was
exaggerated, the only Confederate force in Penn-
sylvania being 3,600 men, under Generals Jenkins
and Rhodes, at Harrisburg and Greencaatle, and
they retreated upon the afternoon of the 17th inst.,
it is supposed, to Hagerstown. The Confederates
have respected all private property, and paid for all
goods in Confederate scrip.
Harrisburg and Pittsburg are being strongly for-
tified, as it is still believed that it may enter into
General Lee's plans to attack these places, although
it is now generally thought that the capture of
Washington is the object of General Lee's cam-
Upon Tuesday, the 16th inst., the Federals at
Harper's Ferry were attacked by the Confederates,
and compelled to retreat to Maryland Heights,
from whence they shelled the Confederates, who,
after damaging the railroad and the canal, retreated
towards William's Port, the Federals re-occupying
Harper's Ferry.
At Winchester General Milroy abandoned his
guns and everything during his retreat, and his
forces became scattered ; 1,600 of them arrived at
Hancock, Maryland, but hearing that the Confede-
rates were approaching in force, and being demo-
ralised and without officers, they dispersed over the
country. . . . .

General Hooker's army is supposed to be in the
neighbourhood of Bull Run, his head-quarters
being at Fairfax, but General Hooker's movements
being dependent upon the development of General
Lee's plans, it is impossible to tell Hooker's exact
position. _ _

The Baltimore correspondent of the New York
Herald asserts that General Lee's object is the
capture of Washington.
The Confederates who attacked Martinsburg
and Winchester, and who invested Harper's Ferry
and invaded Pennsylvania, numbered 12,000 men,
and consisted of three squ►drons of Ashby's
cavalry, and the rest of mounted guerillas under
Jenkins, Jones, and Imboden, with two regiments of
infantry. General Ewell did (not command them,
and they were not drawn from his corps.
General Lee's plan is to move his whole army
towards Centreville, and launch there either
directly on the works at Arlington Heights by way
of Fairfax, or else move to Matildasville by way of
Vienna, and cross the Potomac at Coon's Ford,
twelve miles above Washington ; then move directly
east to Bladensburg, tear up the railroad there, so
as to cut off communication with the north and
east, and then attack Washington from that
direction.

General Lee's main army was on Tuesday (the
16th) at Thoroughf►re Gap, 40 miles west of
Washington.
On Wednesday an engagement occurred at Aldie,
is the Bull Run Mountains, between a detachment
of Federal cavalry and Fitzhugh Lee's brigade, in
which the Federals drove the Confederates from
several positions for five miles, and captured 70
prisoners.

The governors of New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania are very active in raising and forward-
ing militia to the points threatened.
Numerous regiments have left Now York and
Philadelphia, and others are organising. The New
York 7th Regiment is stationed at Baltimore.
The popular clamour for the appointment of
General MClellan continues. The Philadelphia
and New York municipalities have also proposed
resolutions urging the President to reinstate

The New York German Committee has requested
Mr. Lincoln to permit Generals Fremont sud Sigel
to issue a call for volunteers for the defence of
Pennsylvania. The President replied that the
governor of New York was sending troops, and is
would cause confusion for the administration to set
to work independently of him.

NEW YORK, JUNK 19, Erl3l/4.3.
There is no material change in the state of things
at Vicksburg. The Federals still hold the Black
River Bridge, and there are no Confederates within
thirty miles of General Grant's rear.
Reinforcements and supplies for General Pem-
berton in Vicksburg are said to be sent across the
Mississippi from De Soto during the night.
The reported capture of Pocataligo bridge, be-
tween Savannah and Charleston, by negro troops
was untrue.

Several Federal expeditions have been made
from Port Royal into defenceless portions of the
country, and private residences and property have
been destroyed and plundered.
General Hunter, who is replaced by General
Gilmore in South Carolina, has arrived in Wash-
ington.
The Ohio Republican Convention has nominated
John Smug'', a war democrat, for governor.
A democratic meeting held at Springfield, Illi-
nois, has passed resolutions opposing the war, fa-
vouring peace upon the basis of the restoration of
the Union, and proposing a national convention to
secure the constitutional state rights.
A public meeting held at Montgomery, county
Indiana, has appointed a committee to inform the
enrolment commissioners that they would enrol at
their peril. Measures have been taken to arrest
the parties implicated in the meeting.
The Florida has burnt the ship Crown Point.
THE BRITISH CONSUL SENT FROM