New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-05
MEXICO.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE
NORTH

PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE
NORTH.
Our previous accounts from Brownsville we're 70
DE 9Th ut. We now have Brownsville papers to the
Icil.
A'"- ~, ,he ,svolu,ionists in aorihern Mex
,o are making gradual progress, hav.~ ani
no.ses,;op already OF several important to~ 10 W"
probably Monterey. The GoYernment "vy -
seems are incapable Of nteT )osing any sns.ns'
cbsck 10 the progress Of the revolutionary i''0o'.
What viii be The result, time eau only chow ~
n,es.nt Santa Annals power in northern ne1Ico up
pears 10 be reduced % almost nothing. We '''
following from The Flag OF tue sfh ult-;
"By An arrival at MatamorOs last evening we ieaFn
that tie insurgents stl active. Tne cay o7''re
ye,iercsy a party Of them under Col Capl'tran en-.
t,s.d Ire town Of San Fernando, ninety miles souto OF
Natsnoros, and, rumOr says, maze prisoners oil ile
civ officers OF the place. The tO@n 81 san Fernando
had Joined the revolutionary movement 10 Pyo@oaac-
,n9 qairs, the present Government oni the near ap
proacb Of Government forces induced them 70 chanSe
ther IDEAS and fealiy sne" TO ths rue Of the
depot. Tls the in.nrgen's were mol d'sPo'ea % a.
low and heLce the visit OF Col Capsfran
"The insurgents seem 10 be ~ sangune as ever,
tloueh they have changed their pla0 Of operations
somewhat. The better 10 maintain themselves it IS
said t4y have divided into several parties and com
named a syFtem OF gUcri0 warfare. In this manner
they are confident of both maintaining then,e Yes and
karassirp their emmy for years, If necC 5sary.
Col Cruz who lcn Matamoros six eight days
MO with c0umaDd Of 300 men, u said to have been
unite unsuccessful IN his pursuit, The almost inces-
rains have filed the country Nth water that be
has been forced 10 wade his men and horses coa-
tnuolly and the continual surveillance Of the enemy
prevents his grazing bis horse, 80 that tho @hoe
command represented a. being IN great suffering
from both hunger AID disease.
,,ust ~ We are going 10 press we have received
information from reliable source, that party ct m
surqeDis urder the command u Col Capistran, rave
taken the City Of Liusres. We abstain from men-
MIA here
OF pu bshpg part Of their future op"ratioDs.
a IL .eems tha party ofseven'y GoverDmeDttroops
under the command Of az officer named faul'n, was
diearned entirely by the Democratic force, VINO her
condenn.ng their chief 70 be shot, punlshm3 sat be
des.rved for more than dec, turned the HER
free; SINCE then, are Informed, very few have
TONED the regular army
1--WE have be.n reliably informed that the section o.
Government troops that took the city of Victoria
when its heroic defenders had to leave the place OF
account Of the exr auston Of their ammunition, car
r.d and used heavy artillery destroying part OF The
town without doing much harm 10 the insurgents. We
have also beer assured that said troops burnt severa
houses before and after their triumph, committing ex
cesfes OF more than one species.
The Flag Of the 10th has The following further in
tsllgence:
Tbe revolutionists the Rio Grande to be
gradually gaining ground In the early part of the
week we learned o. their having possession OF the
towns Of Linare. MoniemorelOs and Cddareyta, IN
the State Of Nucvo Leon and yesterday a1d to-day
the report is accredited thai The capital OF Nuevo
Leon Monterey, had fallen into the hands OF the
patriots by invitation Of It's inhabitants Ii THE latter
report be true aud we believe it is the revoiuticnsts
have nov possession OF the strongest position north OF
ne Sit IRA Madre mountains, with arms and munitions
M abundance As TO the fact OF their being IN Mon
tefey however there may be some dOub'. The last
reliable information have from them they were at
Lin ares and Moptemorelos. Ii was known, however,
that Monterey was without soldiers Gen. Ampudia
he'd EEL the force garrisoDn that place, 800 men,
upder Col. Oronoz against the rebels At Victoria,
and the latter by sraegtm placed this force in their
rear and occupied the towns Oh the road to Monterey