The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-12 00:00:00

IRE BOMBAY AND
_MAIIRMI7B MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Zemke, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has
arrived. She bring 50 passengers, 4,1901. is specie, and
2,044 packages of general cargo, including 1859 balsa of raw
silk.
At Gibraltar, on the 6th inst., the British echormer
Zdwardswas driven ashore, baring been totally,wrecked off
Images. Bad weather in the central provinces of Spain
bed canoed as interruption of the postal oonamemication in
the neighbourhood of Valenti•. Heavy rates sad same
storms had fallen, and the Aver wae mask swollen.
Lettere from the Canary Islands report that the Infante
Don Henry had been making • tour. The towns he had
visited received him with much enthusiasm, and with the
eosaideratiee due to the ant member of the royal family

of SPals•
Th. British saboorav Express pot into harbour with tb.
Woof her bowsprit. The Britisb brigantine Norfolk Hero
pot in with the Imes of bar figursobeed end other damage,
laving bows ran into by the ATherleill war steamer Sacra-
mento. The latter arrived at (bdiz on the 3rd inst.
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inoltoogo Go Loodoo, 49,1; on Konenlac 5.15 ; on
Yaw, din Premium Os Ove-trano pioook per mat.

=tate were received yesterday at the Cola
it from the Cletirsare of the fiettieeseets as the
West Octet of Africa. Nosebags ewe .at es the
Geeessers of Giteelter sad Malta.

Advises from Sanenah to Use 26th an state that efforts
were nig made to intercept the retreat of the rebel army
under Hardee before it could nen Broad River. Clan.
Doesdieg wu hoard in that direetan but the result of it
had not hese learned. One d our warrapoadents fernialiffl
addtliseal details of affairs °Demisted with the cestipatin of
Baran soh by General Shaman's army. The rebel works in
boat of the city were found to have ban very strong, and
had Hardee nose. to wait for en emelt a ocesidemible
sacrifice a We would have been necessary for their septum.
Rotor* eneestiag, the rebels destroyed four ci their gun.
boats, but lift behind two others in good wiedltioe. Generel
Gary's division being the first of the Union army to enter
the an, that officer bee beta appointed military governor.
Wheaten main of Hardee's army plundered a mermar of
skin end committed unmans outages while eationed
In the city, end between the mashing out of the
enemy and the remain in of General Sberman's
Imps mobs el the lower easels In the tows broke kite •
timber of shop and warshowin and °Donned the work
which the rebel soldiery had commenced. The Treks
army watered &MEIN& on the morning of t►e 21st, and as
the monies of the 241 k the first number of a now Unlos
mosepeper, eta Lepel fkonns, was need is that say.
Vein prima who ban amps& from Fiance, AU-
hams, report that the advance of Hood's retreatai array
reached that point on the 21st ; and the inferno. las
bees dram that the esti* ramast of his defeated force
min have succeeded it wain the Tonnages river. Ad.
mini Lee, on she coetrary, is a dean& dead the 27th
inst.. at Chkkesaw, Alabama, on the Tennessee, says that
Hood's army fa broken up into varies' detachments, which
wield sot get to the south side el the stream unless the
water fell sonsidwably. He adds, however, that It
wee this falling, and that then was a report that some of
the nisi were erasing six Win above Florence, at • por-
tion of the strain so shallow that the innate could sot
meek then. All their cable mean d ercesing,balow that
tows had bin duirond. &mend tninsports with supplies
for Garai Tainea's men had arrived at Chickasaw.

Goma Barbridge, is a dwipatob desoriptim of the late
aid through North Rooters Teenage* sad South Wemten
Virginia by the foram made, himself, General fitonsmaa,
sad Neural GUNN gives the most satisfactory amonal we
have yet had of that important affair. They started from
BIWA Station, East Tommie*, on the 12th inst., defeated
the rebel@ under Brooluerid" Doke, sad Vanghso, in
mem& angsgenasets„ seatteeleg them in different diagrams,
Ming, woundleg, and apiaries a large somber of them,
taking from them many pisoic of gallery —Bristol, in
Tainseme, gad Abingdoe, WythevUle, Glade Springs,
Saltville, sad other towns is Virgiela. The lead mime our
Wytheville and the salt works at Saltville were left la
naps, and General Banbridge says the rebels cannot place
them again in workbag order dorlag the war. Several en.
glees and leans el can, Inman= qualities of rebel storm
sad ammunition. and al the railhead !ridges and depots,
were captured and destroyed, and the marred track for
Mita was torn np.

braehefty, so fares relates to military sooromesta, still
tinwalls is frost of Riebsterad and Petanbarg. Picket
&tag along the treat, wbkh bad bees almost entirely sus.
psaded for some days, has been again resumed to some
utast.

litiehmosd newspapers neksesledge the mortal wounding
of the notorious guerilla thief Mosby, and there can, there-
fore, be Utile, if any, doubt that be is deed.
The latest Confederate papers received costae a mani-
fests front ha. Davis, Pries sotto* that the pirate Bassett
G. Bulky, emesurned is the capture of easels on Like
Erie, and as attempt to seise the United States' stems,
Michipa, sad liberate the rebel primers at Jolene's'e
lased, sad who was recently reload from anent is
Termite, is a regularly ommoissiosed officer is the rebel
save, sad was despatched from Blehesoed spenially for the
puree of executing the work which be endeavoured to
Gerry out.
Boma of the Richmond pipers are ammonia their &made
that Gomel Lee shall be made commssder•in•chiet of eli
the rebel maim, or dictator.

A Washington despatch of the 30th Dec. says :
" Information from City Point says that heavy
cannonading was kept up during Wednesday and
Thursday night, as well as severe picket skirmish-
ing along our lines in the immediate front of Peters-
burg. Several casualties are reported. There was
considerable firing in front of Richmond on Wed-
nesday p.m., and along the line of the rear picket
guard. Present movements in the rebel lines indi-
cate unusual commotion, but nothing is known re-
specting its cause. It is thought that Lee has been
sending reinforcements both towards Lynchburg to
oppose General Sheridan's advance, and to Wil-
mington to prevent the sending of our expedition
against that city. Rebel deserters who came in a
few days ago declare that the state of Whirs will
compel early offensive operations by the rebel army
in some direction, the nature of which is unknown.
Lee told his men that he was about attempting
the initiation of a project which will astonish the
world."