New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-27

Progress of The Revolution Tasulpas- Of Gen
/ Gsrcia Gen. Caravaal and other GeheralS-Fight At
Vctoris-Fight at Representatives, Of Gov sernshoeh
AIDE of Mexican Ports by AageFrnnco Fiee-Gsneral
| News.
rBy the Southwestern Express Compsny.l
Special to the New Orleans Crescent.l
| #.r NArA4oRAs. MEXICO, Nov. s, 1861.
| HI. EGlitor-The revolution in Tamaulipas is in
full blast, and at the present writing both parties
claim to be the winning side. As most Of your
readers interested in Mexican news are aware, if
they have followed up my correspondence, at the
! election for Governor of Tamaulipas about two
| months ago, citizen Jesus de Ia Serna, very re-
spectacle and intelligent man, was successful Mr..
| serna did not belong to the party in power, and
the ms felt indisposed to yield up the respectable
| and very lucrative positions they held. General
Garcia, in command of the federal or national
! forces at this point, and Gen. CARA, holding the
same position at Tampico, took sides with the un-
successful party, and revolution was the conse-
quence. Matamoras, Tampico, Reynoso, Camargo,
| and number of other municipalities, joined the
| revolutionists, and though Gov Serna was pub
| cly inaugurated by the Legislature in session at
Victoria the revolutionists called him aetionis,
| rebel and what not, and commenced mastering
| troops to catch and end him.
| Matters looked squally for legitimate authority
| for little while, but Gov. Serna obtained the aid
|
| Doblado, of San Luis, together with several i'm
portant individuals in Tamauipas, and thereupon
| he commenced active measures. The Trevino
| family of Brownsville and Matamoras commenced
| raising men, and by-andbye Gov. Serna had men
enough under his command to take the field. Gen.
| Guadalupe Garcia sounded the alarm in Mata
moras, called together the National Guard, made
| all the people liable to military duty either join
| the Guard or leave town, levied contribution of
ST 900 on the merchants, and then marched into
| the interior to look after Gov serna, who was
quietly engaged in his official business at Victoria,
| the capital of the State. EH
! Gen. Caravajal and Gen. Canales, who COM
manded under Gov. Serna together with all and
singular the people of Victoria, quickly retired and
let Gen. Garcia capture an empty town. Once in,
Gen. Garcia suddenly found himself surrounded by
the late occupants, who all seemed anxious to get
back into town again, to which Gen. Garcia OBJ,
jected and row took place, matter of course.
An express which arrived to-day says that Carava-
jail whipped GARCIA, and that the latter barely made
his escape into Tampco with eighty men. Garcia's
friends deny the truth of the report, whereupon I
decline to affirm positively that it is SO, although
| must say that believe it,
! In the meantime, Don Andreas Trevino and Gen.
Alderette, who are operating nearer home, have
advanced their columns nearer to Matamoras,
which seems to be the great prize of contention.
These gentlemen made an attack upon the town of
Reynosa, about fifty miles above this, on the 21st
ut., and after desperate fight took the town, and
captured about eighty prisoners, besides killing
and wounding about fifteen. This made the Serna
as a matter OF course
Since the fight at Reynosa the victorious Serna
party have been concentrating their forces for q
march upon the city OF Matamoras, and the express
to which alude above, as having brought news
of victory in favor of CaraVaja over Garcia says
that two thousand men now marching upon the
city Of Matamoras, under the lead of Gen. Carava-
jail We are looking for the attack daily, and there
are many surmises whether we are to have fight
a compromise.
The town of Matamoras, that is to say Don Ma
cedonia Capesbran and Don Matias Longoria, who
are the head and front of the town. say that it will
not surrender, and therefore barricades are being
thrown up at convenient fighting places martial
law has been proclaimed, suspected persons have
been put in the jug, and strenuous preparations
made for stand-up fight Great numbers. of peo-
pie have left the city, and are living in Browns
vile, Texas, awaiting the result of the fight.
1t Is great drawback on Matamoras to be thus
besieged, as it is for we can neither communicate
with the interior nor can we do any trade at all,
as no persons are allowed to come into town ex-
cept from the Texas side, nor are any allowed to
go out except on the Texas side We at least have
convenient way of retreat
Owing to the above described condition of the
country and the mails we are unable to receive
news from the interior, and you must excuse me
for not writing you what the transactions have been
in Mexico.
1t is reported and generally credited that the
British and French fleets have at last arrived off
and are now engaged in blockading the ports of
Vera Cruz and Tampico, oa account Of the act of
the Mexican Congress in suspending the payment |
OF interest upon certain debts due British CAPT
talists. President Juarez in his opening address |
to the Congress, aludes to the subject Of the sus
pended interests. and hopes an amicable arrange |
ment will be effected.
Gen. Ortega recently administered severe |
drubbing to Marquee, at the hacienda of Atenco, |
dispensing his forces, capturing his artillery and |
baggage train, and setting Marquee fool loose in
the mountains fugitive. This occurred on the |
18th of August
The prospect of war with England and France |
does not seem to worry the Mexicans at ALL They
have been drubbiDg each other so long that it |
seems like spice OF variety to have other parties
take hand in the row.
Outside Of Tamaulipas matters are more quiet |
than they have been for long time. ALI parties
seem exhausted; and while am certain there are
two conspiracies on foot, the principal actors in |
them take particular pains to say that they are
content with the prevailing order of things.
Mr.. John Mallory, of Matamoras is said to have
loaned Governor Serna twenty-five thousand dol
lars, at two per cent. q MONTH on his individual
security.
Matamoras is having quite brisk trade at
present. When the blockade is broken, look out
for rush to your market.
I write this by the Southwestern Express Com
pany, which IS striving to start a branch in this
direction. Messrs. Dohan and SaDborn have be-
come popular out this way. and we hope your
people will patronize their efforts to connect the
two cities by well conducted express, such as
they propose.