New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-15

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:. The Siege of 1Iatamoras.
From the Brownsville flag Of the 10th ult. we ex-
tract the following interesting account Of the pro-
gress Of the siege Of Matamoras up to that time
We closed our PAPER last Wednesday night leag-
ing the town Of afatauoras in commotion on ae-
count OF thee weeks, row which had prevailed
in the place, and which aly amount of shooting, a
sllontiDs, killing, wop,dng, Negotiating and specn. i.
latiDg had fai'ed to settle. In fact the town Was
get in, threatened to burn the place; and another
party, who wanted the first party ont, ,said they be
gotderned !; il they didn't burn the place rather
than tue outsiders should get 10. Our readers at y
listaace will agree with rsthat this left MataInoras
IL bad fix, particularly when we inform them #
that both sides had pIeasy OF fire, and were mad
e,'opsh to use It ia carrying ont their plans Of ~
structi0n had already been very great, for the
"a rest portion Of a fair city snew lies in rnirs.
Fine buildings aud costly stooks Of MERCHANDISE,
the accumulations Of years, have either been con
their masters hardly recognize, in the charred and
blackened remnants, what was once theirs IN
wealth and splendor. Tie hundreds Of travellers
who have come and gone from amidst the enter
prisinS and fashionable people of Matamofas,
would sigh with regtetto recognize in the devasta-
ted streets across the river the gay and CONNER
too, amid the falling ruins and in The face Of death
and desoia1i0n, stand the brave gentlemen who
built the town, and who have welcomed to their
-hospitable boards SO many strangers. 133
L On Thursday 1t seemed that wisdom was in the
ascendant, and that the further efusion of blood a
would be saved PROPOSITIONS were made from the
inside for compromise, and instead of mincing
matters and sending messengers, the leaders OF the
two ferces came to plain and face to face inter-
view. The propositions assimnlated much nearer
than ever they had done, and this condition Of
thirgs continued with various alterations, through
FRIDAY AND SArURDAY.-After various stale
menta back aud fortlh and while ear dseer4e were
in state OF great anxiety to hear the bells aing
aid the capnons roar in token of restored peace,
could be effected. Both parties split upon the COD
ditious which were to be extended to the besieged
people. The insiders, we believe. agreed to recog-
aize Gen ssraa bat reiased e yield a the town
before the war, with its own officers and its own
way Of doing things This Gen. Caravaja refused,
but offered to let them continue Just as they were
BEFORE with the exception that the leaders sof the
revolution were to be sub jeet to any and all prose-
cutior4 which the law officers might institute. u
sGEN. GuADALuPE .GARCIA.-rfnis distinguished
officer was in favor of peace, and urged cessa-
lion Of hostiies.. He, moreover, stated tiiat he
had done his duty a national officer, and that
now he could go no further. He was oyer-rnledE
by his advisers however, who sill insisted on cars:
uained to resign. He made his determination
Known 10 the people, ,:snd it was agreed that the
General might resign his command into the hand5s
Of Mace,lonto CapislrAa, and that the city would
ing been communicated to the outsiders, both par
ties raised ther wa'shonts: e No quarterssto the
Crinouo,! !! Death TO the, Rojos y, ,sss.., e III,
Both pr es now prepared for serious amount
Of fighting for, while It was known that General
| Capstsan was brave and fesolute AS a lion twas
| also knownthat Cas- ayajal would now remove Eli
| restraint from his soldiers. , VA =
| Gen. Garcia has nou risked his men in dangerous
sallies, in desperate expeditions against the
| enemy, but has couteated himself with holding his
own and in fortiiyng bis lositian SO that it could
| not be taken. Tbs inactivity created consider
able discourage enlent with of his fiery troops
and IL was on this account that he resigned. Ger.
Capistraa will probably give the boys on the
confess that he will fall brayely II he falls at ALL
i Oh the other hand, Gen Carayajal has BEEN
! restraining the nprtuosity of his men from he
most praiseworthy motives; but now he intends.
thought that both Of those valiant officers viii give
q good acooutt of themselves. Don Miguel de- To-
Psha is certainly Q ssaperioN man, Gas we contend
all good ed'to,s must he) ana all our Information
leads u.s. 10 ook Tor imp6Rtant results in whatever
field he may enter. tie is q regularly educated
army officer, Of slight flame, great perseverance,
ID cool as cpcumber." Peia has an accopns
to restrain him and his impetuous followers, or
|ihere would have been a serious fight in Mata-
moras some time since. -EEissSss ss
According to the determination which we have
noticed abo e as the result of the negotiations,
the fire opened OIL Saturday and continued through.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.--Witlo1t much change in
the co"diiian Of either party. The heavy guns
little guns chmed into thes music wherever the
corner Of aman's shadow could be seen.sfs
GGN. GtEcIA LeAyEs. -On Monday Gen. Guada-
lape Garcia left tho plaza Of Matamoras and came
n to Brownsville. He complains Of Illness.
BIG FIGHT.--On Monday night Peha led his bli-
Egade up to the work with spirit, aud succeeded in
ehee ing lodgment in house within one square
nf ofssf haaf fnyfr1S .rf
season; and cost the most fas there were seven
killed and teu wounded on the part of the Rojos
The advance, we are told, was effected in very
4 unexpected manner, and resulted in an unex-
' | pected success. '3s] ~
{ DESPERATE ADV aNfb aE.-It appears that an off
Ecer named Lara, from 5lnla,twith detachment of
. | eight men, was sent to effect a breach with @
crow-bar in some one or other of the houses occu-
pictl by the insiders, and that after working along
some time the apertare cayed in, and the man win
!, the crow-bar rushed through into room filed
. with the enemy. Lara saw the transaction, and,
like "a galhnt officer. jumped into the melee to
save his man. His entire detachment Of eight men
!, followed, and the enemy, \, thinking that a strong
. / force was coming upon them, left the position.
j.. Lara correspondgly held it, and thus secured for
n his friends decided advance Garayajal rewarded
& the party handsomely for the unexpected con-
quest.,,z,yg5s g,ga s.5-s7s7ssytt 4jss, - s,s
i 3 srrlNG ON THE REsulT.-As on all other events
result and duration of the SIEGE some betting that
} it will end Within a week, some that it will con-
tnue for month, and some that it VII! endure ior-
ever, such being the time within which they say
Garavajal will fail to obtain possession Of the
plaza F. 55 -
3 TUEsDAYE-The fight continues lively, aud the
matter continues to grow serious for the glare o
s large fse was seen last night, and the smoke oi
| two more, culs up fron the city to-day. Pool
7 Matamoras!
h WEoSEa Yesterday, all day, and up to the
Vi hour when we go to press, there was nothing
i definite accomplished in the way of driving in Of
9 Edrying out. Both parties hold their own, ant
both expect TO continue holding their own, the,
!, when al subunary differences will have to b