The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

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LATER ADVICE& t
THE BATTLE NEAR CORINTH.
CAPTURE OF VESSELS BY THE
MERRIMAC.

NEW YORK, Arna.ll, liounro.
(Per Jura, out Portland and Londonderry.)

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Information from Yorktown states that the Con-
feder►tes have a force of 00,000 men, which is
being partly increased from the neighbourhood of
Richmond. The Confederates also having four
steamers and sixteen transports in use, it is sup-
posed that when the roads, which are now in a
wretched condition, permit the Union army to
move the Confederate force will number 100,000
men.

The Confederate entrenchments extend entirely
across Yorktown peninsula from James to York
River. They are reported to have nearly 500 can-
non of the largest calibre.
Johnstone is generally reported to be in command
at Yorktown. President Davis is also said to be
there. A desperate resistance is expected.
Further accounts of the battle at Pittaburg
Landing (near Corinth) state that the forces engaged
numbered 70,000 on each side. The Federal loss is
supposed to be 7,000, 2,000 being taken prisoners.
No official accounts have yet been published.
The Cincinnati Times says that, after the second
day's fight, the Confederates fell slowly back, keep-
ing up a fire of artillery as they retreated. The
Confederates were driven beyond the Federal lines
and pursued by cavalry. The loos of Federal offi-
cers was very large.
It is reported from Island No. 10 that 5,000 Con-
federate prisoners were captured in the neighbour-
hood of the Island, as well as an immense quantity
of guns and ammunition.
President Lincoln has issued a proclamation for
• day of thanksgiving and prayer for the late vic-
tories, and on account of the danger of foreign
intervention and invasion having been averted
from the country.
The Confederate Congress has passed resolutions
that the Southern ports are open to the free entry
of goods of every nation except the United States.
President Lincoln has submitted to Congress a
new treaty between England and America, regard-
ing the slave trade.
The future movements of the Merrimac are re-
garded with some anxiety.
The Neu, York Times says that persons arrived
from Nashville report that • fierce civil war is raging
in the interior counties of Tennessee, between the
Union men and the Secessionists. Neighbours
were daily killing each other in casual renoontree.
NEW YORK, AMU. 11, Evrama.
The Merrimac, with several gunboats and tugs,
appeared yesterday at Newport News and Sewell's
Point, and captured three small vessels. The
Federal iron clad steamer Naugatuck and the
Monitor fired four shots at the Merrimac, which
thereupon retired to Cranny Island.
Skirmishing has commenced at Yorktown.
The Senate has passed the bill removing all
disability from coloured persons to carry the
mails.

The Pious° of Repreeentatives has passed the
bill for the abolition of slavery in the district of
Columbia, by 93 to 39.
President Lincoln has signed the bill for
affording pecuniary aid to states wishing to abolish
slavery. •

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND.
NEW YORK, Arm 12, ANTELIIOOI4.
General Beauregard, in his report of the first
day's battle near Corinth, says :—" We gained a
complete victory. General Albert Sydney Johnston
was killed while leading the troops in the thickest
of the fight."

French and English men-of-war are in Hampton
Roads to watch the approaching engagement be-
tween the Monitor and the Merrimac.
The Confederate steamer Jamestown has bad an
iron prow added to her armament.
Southern accounts state that Fort Craig, New
Mexico, has surrendered to the Confederates.
The Federal' have occupied Hauteville, a place
of strategic importance in Alabama.
The British steamer Economist has arrived at
a Southern port.
The steamers New York and Asia have arrived
out.

The New York stock market oontinues dull.
The cotton market is more active and improving.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Arm. 11, EVINING.
The New York stock market has not been favour-
ably affected by the late military movements, being
characterised by great dulness and a general state of
suspense. New York Centrals are quoted 824 ;
Illinois, 431 k ; Erie, 361. Money easier. Gold,
11 to 2 per cent. premium. Exchange
dulL Bankers' bills, 1124. Cotton steady ; mid-
dling Upland, 274 c. to 27jc. Flour quiet, and
prices drooping. Wheat good inquiry. Corn im-
proving: Provisions quiet. Coffee good inquiry.
Sugar very firm. Molasses quiet.
QUEENSTOWN, Area 23.
The Etna, from Now York on the 12th instant,
arrived here this morning, with the United States
mails, 203 passengers, and fiBo,ooo dollars in
specie. She lauded mails and Regrouping, and
proceeded immediately for Liverpool. Her news
has been anticipated.