The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-12-01
Esom tho N. o. Picayuno. i7,h inst.
INTERESTING FROM TAMPICO.


INTERESTING FROM TAMPlCO.
Afier our evening paper went TO pres
.slerday We received copy Of FL No
icioso, Of Tampico. Of tho 4!h inst, ant
rs,c subsequently, favored with the follow
M lucid statement Of facts by q gentleman
10 oame passenger on the Oregon, which
laiIed from Tampico on the SIN inst. i
leeds no, that We should add thereto {
inslo line Of our own for the present;
STATEMENT.
You have ere now beeu informed thai
Tampico the sitizons. or National Guard
.cied BY the idea tina, the troops collect,
BE- 10 that place were in favor Of the re.
Suru Of Santa Anna or making this pre-
bit, got up On excitement and Obliged all
Be government troops 10 leave the place.
ANsr the departure Of the troops the ex.
Ilemen, continued IN consequence Of their
IkiOs up their quarters At Pueblo Viego,
vi across tho river, and also an announced
|sl from tho Governor Of the State whom
lev feared would not approve the move.
eat. Al last the Governor arrived, and
rresscd his satisfaction at the decisive
10 taken. and not only approved all the
sasures adopted ba, ex PRESSED his deter.
aalion to libcrnto tho State from the
lraIdom Of Mexico, and proclaimed the
|lspeudsnco OF the Republic of " la
Iers Madfe." To eiire, this, he required
bne excuse, and has therefore pstitioned
)crco to grant Tamaulipis number Of
|islIrge., which Il refused will cause the
ulbreak he aims at. The privileges thus
,kee arc absurd AMI will no, be granted
Mexico; F,rsi, a free port-an exemp.
"a from oil taxes. and an engagement, no,
allow Government, soldier 10 enter the
ate OF cross It's frontiers, md many other
lie items Of importance for the State.
\ val be denied by Mexico, aud for some
no preparations are making to proclaim
!. independence Of La Sierra Madra,
uesa Leon aud part Of the 5 ate Of San
,ouls are ready for the affair. The ex.
icmeut is general and party spin. runs
sh; great preparations are makIos, and
fiore q mouth the blow will 10 struck.
The Government troops are not Idle,
}, stationed across the river; are aux.
|gsly awaiting roinfofcemenls, aud carry.
4 90 inlrigues Of no small moment. -
hen VIC lei, they wcro only one hundred
fons, bot expected reinforcement OF
20 hundred men. when they iutendcd 10
TACK thu city. Tho Goycrnmcn, party
ID Stationed fsrty- men u, the bar To pre-.
BE-, The entrance Of arms, daily expected
ON New. Orleans, but Is the military are
such bad repute. II is generally believed
e State will succeed IA establishing ia
dependence.
Ia the State Of San Luisa revolutionary
lrly, situated in the rnngc Of mounlain,
hosu a. " La Sierra Go'da," ADD about
poo strong Ealing themselves Yankees,
though 40, singlo foreigner was anon:
BEN, and resisted every attempt the Gov
Iamesi had made TO di4od2e them IN,
their s,ronghods are inptegnab!e, aus
tlermiucd to await The declaration Of IN
tpcndence of La Sierra MAdre, iot which
.ey are ANXIOUS. Almost all the SINAI
bsns IN the State Of San bus are aHAinu
u the movement, and determined to tax,
b active part.
This affair, you will remember, was ex
ecIed 10 comc off month or two since
nd would have succeeded had i, not beer
pr the ueachery Of two or three persons
mployed and in the secret. One OF them
pOn Remon do la Tore, turned traitor
nd exposed tho whole nfiiIr TO the Gov
rnment at Mexico. This individual va
be 6t.t 10 propose the movement, and wa
eeply implicated, bu, being ono OF tn
lest and most dece,ilul OF oil Mexicans
eceived btlbe aud exposed the who'll
far. llc had his accomplices, all o
hom prolited by turning traitors. Tn
German houses we're and ever will be op
|osed To any thing Of the kind aud man.
them having exprcssej themselves II
vor Of tho movement, after making them
Elves acquainted with the secrets and plan
iposed the whole affair, aud used the,
niacncc 10 pu, i, down. Ia consequenc
this unexpected misfortune, the iormo
'oyornor, Don Vital Fernandez, gavc u
hopes bu, his successor, the preser
Governor, Dan Jesus Cardenas, has take
he thing in hand and is determined TO car
p i through.
The opposition thus far are opposed /
Americans coming into the country TO al
10 revolutionary movement, as they ar
AlraId Of their influence and think the
themselves will be overrun, and eventual
'lns into iasignihcance. This fear ha
pprcad itself TO such an exlen, that eve
many Of the party for Independence hav
'molbed the iasa and even the Governor
put Of respect for this general fear, hu
promised no, 10 ask aid from American
though he 10 DESTROYS 10 procure it,
ihcy think they can achieve thor ind'
pendenco alono, had they sufficient nun
eef OF arms, which they hourly expect
eul the Governor knows too we'll the cha
.e'er Of his countrymen TO conhde niue
10 HEN, and is determined, after the Cir
"ep 70 taken, 10 invite emigration on III
most liberal principles, to aid in the gener
struggle.
u may DO remembered tina, tho preset
uovernoY 10 the samo who proclaimed Il