New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-05-24

Me1ieun Vie11 of TIE Blockade OF the HI
Grdas3e-C Complications sgttlt The Te1ds AsstboTi
ttes-Tsg0s Rangers in FoUn--- General Nescs
Special 10 the New Orleans Crescentl
MaTAxoRAs, May 1s, 1851.
Ed. Cresesns--I have to report that we have
just had an election for Governor of the STATE ci
Tamauipas, and atprobabIy somebody is elected.
Sunday last the eventful day, and the soldiers
were the principal voters. A Mr.. Lerna was one
candidate, and AR. Guerrero ives another, and
both parties Claim the victory. Two dollars were
paid for voters in this enlightened country, and the
victors complain of the price. 1t is highly amusing
to think of Republicsnism in this but such
it is in MeXico-a farce!
WE'LL Mr.. Guerrero was elected, and what he
will make out of it is the next question? Some
say 5000 900, and say half million for Gov
in this country sell and steal everything that
they can carry comfortably. They issue ltonds to
be received at the custom-house, and the habit is
to make the sum just large enough to suit the pile
that is offered. These bonds are then charged to
war purposes, and the Government never knows
any better. 1t would be useless to learn anything
either, for there is no power in the land capable
of calling the Governor to account, and all hands
have to wink at highly elevated robbers, because
all hands are tainted with the same criminality.
PshaW! This people deserve freedom about as
much as they deserve heaven; and notwithstand-
ing the abundance of priests and churches, would
consider it risky to buy any chances for glory on
this side of the Rio Grande! You have complained
of old Buchanan's rascality but he was the merest
neophyte in corruption to the hierophants who
steal from the public in Mexico.
A question of some gravity has arisen for discus
sion with US in connection with your troubles, and
that is, whether the blockade Mr.. Lincoln has de-
clared against the Southern coast will have any
effect on the freedom of the Rio Grande This river
which divides Mexico from the United States, or
from the Confederate States is free to Mexico and
the imports of large section of Mexican territory
are received that way. We are scarce of -four and
groceries. Are we to starye because your and
Lncoln's cruisers swarm upon the Gulf? Suppose
goods and groceries are laden at New York for
Matamoras, are they to be stopped becaue they
liable to be sold to Texas after they arrive in
our markets
If such is to be the case, Mexico will have to
protest against it; and if it is not the Texans can
obtain all the arms and munitions they desire, not
to speak of provisions, by ordering them through
our stores from New York In the time of the
| war between Russia and England and France
| great complaint was made by the latter powers
that Russia carried on highly prosperous trade
with the world, Notwithstanding the vigorous block
| ade of the Baltic, by shipping her goods through
| Prussia. Nothing could be done in the premises
and as the parallel, l do not see how the
| Yankees are to get around the precedent If they
do not do So we need feel in no apprehension o
hard times in this quarter.
The authorities on this side of the Rio Grande
taking all proper to suppress the disturb
ances which they have been officially informed
Cortina is about to create on the Texas frontier
zos is disposed to cooperate with the authorities
of Brownsville in all just measures to protect that
community from evi-disposed persons; and he has
manifested this disposition by sending troops after
| Cortina, and also by offering to cooperate with
Col Ford in all proper steps towards the exchange
of criminals escaping from justice, and in suppress
| sing all evil attempts against the peace of the
country. He is very justly apprehensiVe that any
| disturbance which might call large force of Tex
ans to this frontier would have but one effect, tc
| precpitate an invasion of Mexico; and he is mos
anxious to avoid any occasion for such disastrou!
| event.
considerably since the Texas troops have occupied
Brownsville, in order to preserve the peace of the
| city. Soldiers from Col. Ford's camp, with re
volvers, almost took the town for the first few
| days after their arrival; but when orders wer
| issued and enforced to arrest and disarm all dis
orderly persons, the peace of the city becam
more tranquil. 1t is now we'll understood that a
persons with arms are liable to arrest and th
they are boisterous and rather inclined to figh
The Texans are quite as popular as the regula
troops were, for though they swear at the Mex
cans and make much noise, they are liberal an
gentlemany, and seem disposed to be on goo
terms with us and with themselves.
The report that Cortina had crossed to the Texa
side of the Rio Grande is without foundation s
far, although he is no doubt making an effort t
collect band to do something of the sort. Whe
| he does, if he is caught and made way with, til
majority of the people will feel well satisfied.
The garrison at this place IS IN tolerable order
and probably numbers five hundred men, witt
four pieces of artillery of small eaher, Nothing
| warlke in that, is there?
1t is said that the editor of the Noticioso of thi
| place, o radical Red Republican, has gone Graz,
because he was on the losing side in the late elet
ton. He is hgh-strung patriot, well ree
young man, and good editor, and l am sorry fo
him, although I think he was deceived in man,
matters of political concern, as an honest editor i
| liable to be.
Our market is abundantly stored with vege
tables, and the late rains will make the quantit
and variety greater.