The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-10 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday.
The Inman screw steamer City of Manchester,
Captain Gill, from New York direct on the 28th
ult., arrived here about 6 o'clock this morning. She
brings 175,554 dols. in specie, but no passengers.
The City of Manchester was despatched from New
York as an extra vessel of this line, and brings a
very large cargo.
The New York Herald of the 28th gives the follow-
ing as the " situation of affairs" at that date :
"The latest news from the Vicksburg and Yazoo
expeditions reaches us from Cairo last night. It
appears that on last Saturday night another barge
containing 1,000 bushels of coal floated past the
batteries at Vicksburg safely, for the use of Admiral
Farragnt's fleet.
We have it on the authority of the Memphis Bul-
letin of Wednesday that three of Admiral Porter's
gunboats have reached the Yazoo River by the
Sunflower route, and reached Greenwood.
" The same journal says that our forces above
Greenwood had abandoned the undertaking to force
a passage, and were returning when they met Gen.
Quimbey's division en route to reinforce them. A
conference was had, the result of which is unknown,
but it is thought that in consequence of the success
of the new route the whole force would return.
" The rebel accounts of affairs in the South-west
conflict somewhat with ours. Richmond papers of
the 26th say, that the Hartford and Monongahela
were allowed to approach within 400 yards of the
rebel batteries at Grand Gulf, when they opened
fireee uponr
them,
A the
dozen vessels
with broadsides
v
tnrguck the vessels.
times.ly struck
Parties were seen carrying the wounded below. The
s
shots replying
Natchez Courier says the Hartford, with Admiral
Farragut on board, anchored in front of that city
on Tuesday afternoon, the 16th, and sent a small
boat with a flag of truce ashore with a note ad-
dressed to the mayor, stating that if the United
States gunboats were fired upon by the people of
Natchez or by guerillas he would bombard the city.
The Hartford remained all night, and left with the
Monongahela in the morning.
" The Richmond Sentinel of the 24th, in giving
their account of the situation in the South-west,
says :-1 The last papers from the United States are
jubilant over false reports of the success of the Yazoo
expedition. Our own reports are several days later
than theirs, and represent the expedition as tho-
roughly whipped and in full retreat by the way they
came. Thus far the enemy has utterly failed in every
one of his late movements. Farragut was whipped
at Port Hudson; Banks broke down before he
got there, and fell back without a fight. The Yazoo
Pass expedition ends in chastisement and flight. At
Vicksburg they are drowned out.'
" The Examiner of the same date has an impres-
sive article on the interests and duties of the North-
west. Of course it conceives them to be entirely
with the Southern Con. ederacy, and suggests that
all inducements to gain the cooperation of that
section ' as alluring as possible' should be held oat.
" The rebel papers state that General Longstreet
is rapidly advancing into Kentucky. The rebel
force now in the State under General Peagram is
believed to be about 6,000. Clarke's guerillas still
hover around Mount Sterling, over 200 of his men
have been captured since Sunday. The Union
waggon trains, stores. and camp equipage from Dan-
ville and Richmond have reached Lexington in
safety. Among the prisoners taken are two majors,
ore a paymaster with 16,000 dols. in Confederate
money. The rebels were reported to have retreated
from Danville, as the news received in Louisville
yesterday would indicate ; but in the absence of

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telegraphic news some doubt was thrown on the
rumour, and the arrival of later intelligence proves

;he report untrue.

A deserter from the 71®t Indiana Volunteers,
"
who returned from the enemy's lines as a spy, was
shot at Indianopolis yesterday bY sentence of court-
martial. Two gentlemen, ones legislator of Indiana,
and the other the deputy auditor, were arrested
there for cheering for Jeff. Davis.
" Another prize has fallen into our hands. The
British steamer Nicholas I. arrived at Beaufort on

Master Everson, cap-
the 24th, in charge of Prize
tured off Wilmington, N.C., by the United States
very
entere blockade.
r yvaluable
gunboat Victoria, while trying to run the
Charleston,Shcunsuccessful. She has a
partly of 16 tons of
gunpowder and 170 cases of rifles.
eargbhou:tdcownaPssirsetviniogusly attempted to

" We publish today an interesting narrative of
affairs in Texas, more particularly with regard to
the important region of that state bordering the Rio
Grande. An account is given of the forts along its
banks, the loyal character of a large portion of the
people, the collision that had taken place between

them and the rebel troops and rangers, and the
efforts that are being made to raise a sufficient
force of loyal Texans to drive the rebels from
their present position on the Rio Grande. Full par-
ticulars are given of the immense trade carried on
by the rebel Government, through Mexico, with
European states, the manner in which this trade
is carried on, and the importance of it to the
rebel Government. In the same connection is
pointed out the necessity which exists for the re-
occupation of the region bordered by the Rio Grande
by our government ; the cost of effecting which by
any of the points of attack recommended, would be
defrayed by the cotton that is stored for shipment,
and which, by a well concerted and rapid movement,
must fall into the hands of the Union troops."
From the army of the Potomac the special cor-
respondent of the New York Tribune writes as fol-
lows :

March 26.
`' Reports em
p‘ Sortt°sncamaell's inStthaitcikona'nVdifragsitayiaesterday to the
effect that the enemy were in force on our right
flank, but investigation proved that there was no
cause for alarm in that direction, only a few prow-
ling scouts having been discovered. The real cause
of the excitement was the appearances of heavy
bodies of the enemy's infantry on the south side of
the Rappahannock, at Banks and United States
Fords, with an evident purpose of preventing our
crossing the river at those points.

" Your
furloughs po e stated,
continued a daya s
or two since,
that
permanent
regulation, I now learn that they will be tempora-
corres
would correspondent
b t
tempora-
rily suspended at certain times whenever the exi-
gency of the service requires it. A circular issued
yesterday suggests that the presence of ladies in
camp is no longer necessary or profitable, and an
immediate hegira of crinoline will ensue. The
weather is again stormy and unpleasant."
A Fortress Monroe telegram of the 25th March
says :

"Four German families arrived this morning at
soo opinion in Rich-
mondn evacuate that city,
Fortress Monroe, from Richmond, via Yorktown.
They
is
septhoartt tthhaetrtehbeels prevailingwill
and probably most of Virginia. Freedom of speech
is much less restricted there than formerly.
They bring no news from Charleston, but say
the rebels were expecting an attack upon
wages correspondingly high for
thatßcioithymdoanildy,.and Provisians were exceedingly high
in