The New York herald., 1863-11-17
THE STU ALTON.

We lay before our readers to-day further par
ticulars Of the great Texas expedition, the main
points of which, together with full account
Of its success on the Rio Grande, we gave
exclusively yesterday, from the pen of our
special correspondent ON the flagship Mcclellan.
The account which we publish in another column
to-day gives still more minutely all the incidents
ofthis important expedition, from its starting to
its successful and eventful close. The maps which
accompany our correspondents statement will be
found most valuable in illustrating the course and
objects of the expedition. They show the spot
where our troops were landed on the I'd inst at
Brazos Island and the mouth of the Rio Grande,
together with Brownsville and Point Isabel, and
other points now invested with peculiar interest.
The latest news from Charleston is by way of
Richmond, to the l4th inst. On the 18th the firing
from our batteries averaged about two shots
minute throughout the night, and continued with
greater rapidity next day. The Casualties were
only two killed and one wounded.
A despatch from Atlanta. Ca. on the 18th, says
that fight between the rebel batteries and our
forces before Chattanooga continued briskly up to
chat time and that our troops have made diver
sion from right to left with view probably to at
tack Lookout Mountain, or, it may be, to send
troops to reinforce Gen. Burnside.
We give some further interesting particulars
to-day concerning the great Canadian plot which
has 6zzled out so completely.
EUROPEAN NEwS.
The steamship City of London, from Queenstown
on the 9th of November, reached this port yester.
day evening. Her news is four days later than
the report Of the Asia.
The case of the suspected rebel gunboat Alex.
;andrs was again up in the Court Of >Exchequer.
London, and it seems probable that the Attorney
Generals motion for new trial, with view of
taising all the points Of the case, will be granted,
and that the ruling now had will decide the case
of the Laird rams.
The United States frigste Niagara, the war
steamer Kearsarge, and the privateer Georgia
were expected at Southampton, England. The
Kearsarge was at Queenstown short Of coal.
The session of the French Legislature was
VPoueu Wy Nupoicon IN pefson. nlS. spceCn was
of pacific character. He made only passing
allusion to American affairs, expressed the hope
that Maximan's arrival in Mexico would prove
advantageous to the country, and recommended
tho assembage Of an European congress on the
Polish question. The Emperor acknowledged that
the financial exhibit did not realize his expecta-
tions. Reforms are promised in favor of the
French people.
Judging from the remarks Of the French Empe.
ror and an article in La France, the organ of the
EMPRESS there is little doubt that Macmillan will
attempt to rule Mexico as Emperor.
Messrs. Cornell, Jewett and vallandgham had
addressed letters to Liverpool paper in favor of
French mediation in America.
Adespatch from Southampton on the Ath inst.
says:-The Teutonia, steamer which was TO have
taken out the American mail from Southampton
to-day has not arrived from Hamburg. She left
that port on Sunday morning. and has not been
heard of since.
The ship Amazon, l,7o0 tons, Hovey, from Lon.
don for New York, caught fire on Tuesday night,
November 3, of the North Foreland, and was
totally destroyed. The passengers and crew were
all saved and landed at Margate on the morning
of the Ath instant.
The state Of affairs In Poland was unchanged.
The Bank OF England advanced the rate Of dis
count to ak per cent on the 9Th instant. Consols
cioscde in London on the 5th instant at 92sE for
money. There were no sales of American secu.
rities
In the Liverpool cotton market business was
checked on the 9Th instant by the advance in the
rate Of discount in London Breadstuffs were quiet
and steady. Provisions were inactive.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWA
The steamship Champion, Capt. Wilson, arrived
1t this port yesterday from Aspnwall, with the
Pacific mails and 1921 $40 in treasure. The news
from the West Coast is important, as viii be seen
by tho letter Of our Panama correspondent giyer
in to-day's paper. War was imminent between
New Granada and Ecuador. The New Granadal
Minister had received his passports from Quito
Remarkable yields Of gold and silver are reporte
10 the northern provinces of Chile. The Unite
States sloop.of-war Cyane had arrived al Panam
from San Francisco.