The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-06 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(Per the City of Bsßioters.)
NEW YORK, Aram 24, Ifoisnro.

Seven Federal gunboats, one ram and three
transports, have attempted to pass the Vicksburg
batteries. One transport was obliged to return,
another was buret, and it is supposed that all on
board were lost. The remainder of the vessels
passed safely.
Eleven Federal gunboats, including three under
Admiral Farragut, are now below Vicksburg. They
have destroyed the Confederate batteries at War-
renton, and are anchored off New Carthage, where
General Grant's headquarters are established, and
to which place a portion of General Grant's army
had proceeded overland.
The Southern journals think that the Federal
gunboats will attack Vicksburg from below and
from the opposite shore. But it is generally sup-
posed that the gunboats will operate up the Red
River, and, in conjunction with General Banks, will
endeavour to force the evacuation of Vicksburg and
Port Hudson, by cutting off the supplies for those
strongholds.
The Southern 10ffetials have news of operations
in General Banks's department, stating that the
Confederate steamer Queen of the West has
grounded in the Grand Lake, and was blown up by
the Federal gnn-boate, her crew being captured.
The Confederate steamer Diana has also been
burnt in the Archafalays River.
A portion of the forces under Genital Banks was
beyond Franklin, Louisiana, on the river Teishe.
The object of General Backs's expedition was to
capture Franklin, where all the Confederates below
the Red River are supposed to be posted, and a
victory at this place would open the way for an
advance of the Federals to the Red River.

There was another movement making up the
Yazoo River. Five Federal transports are reported
to have reached a point above Haine's Bluff
The Confederates have burnt immense quantities
of cotton along the Sunflower River.
Federal gunboats have been operating success-
fully against the Confederate cavalry along the
banks of the Tennessee River.

General Rosencraux is reported to have been
reinforced b 7 a portion of General Grant's army,
and a battle in Tennessee is impending.
A Federal expedition has destroyed Celina,
Kentucky, with immeme quantities of Confederate
stores.

The Confederates are moving in Missouri, and
threatening Pilot Knob.
The Federala are advancing from two directions
to meet them.

The Confederates have abandoned the siege of
Washington, North Carolina.
General HaDeck has visited Suffolk, Virginia,
where the military situation remains unchanged.
The Confederate* are reported to be removing
the obstructions in the James River at Fort
Darling.
The Charleston Mercury asserts that the guns
from the steamer Keokuk have been recovered.

The mail bag of the Peterhoff has been delivered
unopened to the British consul, by order of the
district court. The trial of thecaee has been post-
poned. The action of the British government in
the case of the steamer Alexandra has created a
generally favourable impression here, and has
allayed much irritation.
The British prize steamer Gertrude, captured off
Harbour island by the Vanderbilt, has arrived at
New York. She was returning to Nassau, after an
ineffectual attempt to enter Charleston harbour,
The Alabama is reported to have chased two
vessels ashore in Turk's Island Passage on the 26th
March.

• NEW YORK, arm 24.
The Noe York Times correspondent sal• that a
Federal division has made an expedition front
Greenville, Mississippi, up Deer Creek, and during
six days destroyed property on various plantations

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estimated at three million dollars, consisting of
cotton-mills, cotta-gins, and 700,000 bushels corn.
They likewise brought away immense quantities of
stores.

The Florida captured the barque Lapwing, from
Boston for Batavia, on the 27th March, in let. 31,
long. 32. The Florida put two guns and 18 'men
on board the Lapwing. The Florida has also cap-
tured the barque Concord, of New York.

NEW YORK, Aran, 25 Mournto.
General Foster has returned to Newborn.
The pursuit of the Confederates who retired
from Washington, North Carolina, is abandoned.
The Federals operating in Tennessee against
Morgan's guerillas have occupied Mao-Minnville,
where they destroyed a cotton mill and large
quantities of Confederate stores.
In Missouri four militia regiments have been
called into servioe for 30 days.
The reported occupation of Cape Girardeau by the
Confederates was untrue.

Southern reports from Mississippi assert that
the Federale numbering 4,000 have been repulsed
upon Coldwater river, and that the Confederates
were pursuing them.
Mr. Chase is in New York, and is being urged to
take advantage of the present favourable condition
of the money market to effect a loan.
Tin aim York legislature has passed • bill per-
mitting loans on gold at not over far ; a bill pre-
venting the banks from organising tinder the Bank
Act passed by Congress ; and • bili appropriating
one million dollars for the defence of New York
harbour.
The Governor of New York vetoed the bill
allowing soldiers and sailors to vote by proxy. The
Senate passed the bill over the Governor's veto, but
it failed in the house.

The steamer Sonora sailed from San Francisco
on the 23rd for Panama with 800,000 dole. for
England.
The City of Baltimore takes out 11 bags of mails,
51 cabin and 63 steerage passengers, and 481,839
dollars in specie.
The Confederates under General Marmaduke are
invading the south-east of Missouri, and are re-
ported to be 20,000 strong.
Confederate General Price is said to have 12,000
conscripts at Pocahantas.
Federal General Blunt has issued an order of
the day, that guerillas in Missouri, found with
arms in their bands, are not to be considered as
belligerents, but, having organised within the
Federal lines, are to be treated as insurgents, and
to suffer death.

The order further states that such persons when
taken prisoners, which General Blunt recommends
should be avoided as much as possible, axe to be
summarily tried and executed by hanging or shoot-
ing without delay.