Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-23
The Rio Grande Msurrection.

1t was announced in our last paper that Car
vajal, the leader of the late insurrectionary
movement on the Mexican frontier, had been
captured on the American side of the Rio
Grande by Gen. Harvey, of the United States
Army, and carried prisoner to Brownsville, in
Texas, to be tried for violating our neutrality
laws. The accounts hitherto received of the
origin of this revolutionary movement have been
so confused and contradictory that we gladly
avail ourselves Of the following clear and con-
nected narrative ofthe facts, for which we are
indebted to the Republic:
Some time about June last, ]. NJ J. Carvajal former
" and perhaps then Colonel in the Mexican army
visited Brownsville, in Texas He was the agent of
several Mexicans claiming title to large grants OF land
In Texas, between the Rio Grande and the Nueces II
vers In particular he the agent for Jesus Carde
mas, the Governor of the State OF Tanaulpas, who
with other members of his family assert title to what
Is known the Caraslas grant, containing LOG leagues
or about 100000 acres and embracing the Salt Lake
Ills OBJECT was under preteXt OF exchanging these
lands for merchandise to introduce large quantity of
merchandise into Mexico free of duty at the custom
houses provided in the eighth article OF the treaty Of
Guadalupe Hidaleo. We say pretext, we have
no Conformation that there any such exchange in
good faith contemplated The plan was to get permits
sion from the Mexican government to make the
change and introduce the goods free oduy and the
authority OF this permission to induce merchants
brownsville to send the goods into Mexico paying to
Col Garvaal and his principals about thirty five or for
ty per cent. the amount introduced-a lower rate
considerably than the Mexican tariff. We understand
that order from the department OF the customs
the city of Mexico actually obtained and exhibited
by Caryaa and the arrangement effected with the
merchants in Brownsville introduce goodsinto Mexi-
co to the value of 900 dollars THE estimated pro-
ceods othe lands The Order perhaps was not regu-
lar formal. AT all events the collectors at Matamo-
ros and Camargo refused to obey it, and afterwards
revoked by the government. Some goods III which
Carvaal was interested actually introduced rely
! ing on this order, and We're seized
The plan failing for introducing the goods with the
consent of the government Cavaja then proposed to
| the same merchants that they should make him adj
vances account of these goods and that he would
spercede the authorities on the frontier and introduce
and protect the goods by force The most of the
chants declined any further connection with the matter
IS said that there certain evidence that any OF
them promised pecuniary aid to assist in the out
break, or that any provided Tor it in adj
vance within territory though such is believed to
have been the fact
No facts known leading to the belief that Carva-
jail intended any revolution against the 60
vernmen prior to the failure of his scheme for the
ducton of goods though it is asserted by that the
design OF revolution anterior and that the
raised the goods the mode resorted obtain
the means for carrying it into effect This is not how
ever, believed in the best informed quarters Carde-
tire governor and Canales the lieutenant governor
of Tamaupas, both interested in the speculation
and they were friends OF long standing of Gen. Arsta
the President OF Mexico who, is believed have
been OF the order given for the introduction of
the goods and was favorable if it could have been
contaminated without involving him.