New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-17


Slaughter Of the People-Thc i1lgd3~' IetireS
at las Leis2re-Presile,tJ J2iarea Resi9uS-fzen.
CiteGa Chosen Provisional President CO7llQr-
fort and his P7ans-lNata1's Becoi57i1lr M~eG-
Mejia on 0te Marci for To1nptc0.
Special 0 the New Orleans Crescent.]
M4r4voE4s, Jny %, ISL.
M. Edito--The coming revolution has come, in
this ratLer revolutionary country. The whole Re-
public ia in another muss," and what the result
will be- no one can give the faintest guess at pre-
sent.
On tie 29tll day Of June last Just after President
Juare@ and his Congress had pronounced Marquee
and sundry other Reactionary Chiefs TO lie ont
laws, unprotected by any civil regulation, Mar
que collected about 2G0l cavalry anG made q
sudden descent upon the city Of MeZco. His
camp is at CaGaretas, on.y forty miles from NeE.
leo, anG therefore the movement was possible.
He entered the CITY about o'cHlk in the after
noon and heG the half Of the town, as fer ss the
/ Otel lturhide; until daylight next da~-, when he
lesurely retired. At the tire of his entry tie
streets were thronred with peoTle. among whom
his cavalry commenced on a indScrImiuate RaUgh
ter, killing large Numbers Of unar1neG ct HIS
attack created such CONSERVATION that no e. ectile
pursuit was made after him. ! am tod by & gen
tleman who saw MARQUEE, and remained in his
camp about 4 month ago that he says he can take
the city OF Mexico whenever he chooses bat that
his plans are not ready for such step yet. When
he takes the place he intends to keep {. That's
MarQueZ's programme mind you and pres-me
the affair Of the 2sth o. June was to eTid nee the
reliability OF bis Oast. Marc contends that he
is s.tlI fgI ting for Miramc Il. lUt doubt it.
In the attack which Marquee made on the city o.
Mexico, he is reported TO have captured twenty or
thirty Liberal officers, whom he shot without judge
or Jury, and almost without the benefit of clergy.
Consequent upon the attack and success above
mentioned, on the part OF Marquee. President Jua-
re2 became discouraged Or frightened, and re.
signed his position into the Lands o. tie National
Congress. That body at once accepted tie resig-
nation ana Immediately nominated and elected
Gen. Jesus Urtega to be Provisional PRESIDENT Of
the Republic Gen. trtega, you will remember,
is from the State of "a, atecas, and has teen the
soul o; the present revolution on tie Liberal side.
He ran iOr President against JuareT. and was de-
feated because the politicians n Mexico did not
thini; they could Use hm. Ee has always leen my
tavorite, but on the great emergency nov on the
country could have secured his Success think
it will be harder to fOment revolution against
hir- thaH against any other man now i'll O.. ce
of the Liberal part
Cen Ortega. OF rather President Grtega, at
once set to work preparing programme fo- active
war to reduce the insurreCtionary chE.s, but the
time has been too short to allow US to know what
| his policy is to be.
| able force, for not only has Marquee a respectable
| army at his command, but Gen. hieiia has Just
| turned up with force of 1000 men, with whom he
| is OF the march to TampiCo.
| Gen. COmonfort left Brownsville on the 9th Of
July at midnight, acc ompanied by twenty armed
men, for Monterey. Re passed up the Rio Grande
to Roma, on the Texas side and at Roma he en-
! tered Nuevo Leon, intending to proceed to Mon
| tcreI and then further into Mexico as the chances
offered opportunities. Gen. CoLIonfort is, doubt
| backed by large party in Mexico, who desire
| that he shall again be President 1t is said that
Gen. Ortega was one OF his principal supporters
| If that is so. the changed position Of affairs n
| Mexico, and the election of 0rtegA TO the l'resi.
denCy may have a disastrous effect COmOnfOrt's S
fortunes. It is further stated that ComonfoTt has
friends in Europe, officials too, who are willing to
aid and comfort him in any attempt he may make
| to regain the power he lost in 1857.
Gov. Vidaurr, Gov. Dohlado and Gen. Ortega
] were said to be the principal friends and support
ers of Comonfort.
An attempt was made to inveigle CoIaouiOr
into MatamUras where it was intended TO seize
and try bin for treason, but the old fellow toe
smart to be caught in the trap.
The election for Governor in this State las
month did not result to suit anybody, and tht
Legislature annued it, and ordered one OF
the 2Sth instant. The candidates and their friends
are doing their best to win and | suppose, if
| revolution does not occur that somebody will bt
elected. If the Red Republicans carry the day
think there will be fight about these diggiugs, o
which shall take pleasure in giving you the par
!, ticulars
| No other news of interest.
| SEARCHING SUSPECTED BEAEEEs OF SECEssTO>
| DISPArHES.-On the arrival Of the steamship Ful
ton, on Tuesday, one of the pasSengers--a Frencl