Later from the North.
Baltimore papers, of the 17th inst., have been received.
The following is a summary of the news:
‘
The expedition under
Gen. Banks had landed safely on the
Texas shore of the
Rio Grande, after experiencing very heavy weather.
The Government works at
Fort Brown were destroyed by the
Confederates when they saw that the
Yankees had landed.
The town of
Brownsville was set on fire by Confederate cavalry, but the Unionists resisted them and a bloody fight occurred. (?) The 15th Maine regiment was ordered to the support of the Unionists.
’
Gen. W. H. F. Lee, confined at
Fortress Monroe for several months, has been sent to Fort Lafayette.
The steamer
Sunnyside was destroyed by fire a few days ago, near
Island No.16, twenty-six miles below New Madrid.
The cargo consisted of 1,300 bales of cotton, which, together with the boat, is a total loss.
Thirty passengers, including eight ladies, were drowned in attempting to get ashore.
It is rumored that
Gen. Gamble and
Lieut. Gov. Gamble, of
Missouri, will shortly tender their resignations.
An arrival from
Havana brings later advices from
Mexico.
It is said that the interventionists have been defeated in various engagements by the troops of the
Juarez Government.
It is also said that the party of the
Republic is gaining strength with the people.
Gen. Comonfort is at the head of the
National troops.
The arrival of
Maximilian is anxiously looked for by the friends of the monarchy.
The Confederate steamer
Georgia put into
Santa Cruz,
Teneriffe, on the 15th ult., to obtain supplies of coal and provisions.
A lot of rebel documents were captured in the
Cornubia, among them letters from
Mr. E. De Leon, of
Paris, to
President Davis, in one of which he expresses the belief that there is no intention on the part of
France to recognize the
Confederacy.
Gold in New York, Monday, 147½,
Virginia sixes, 55.
The Mexican Consuls at
Paris,
Bordeaux, and Havre, had been compelled to cease the discharge of their duties.
The Consuls of Gautama were acting for them.
Earl Russell has proposed a basis of negotiation between
Germany and
Denmark on the Hoistein question.
It is stated that the authority to build the rebel rams in
France was given under the assurance that they were intended for the Chinese.
