New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-23
NsXICO.

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The latest news frow Mexico looks decidedly
uDfavorable To- the French They have been
forced to evacuate 9Ran number Of places
which had been occupied; in particular, The
towns of Jalspa aod Tampico. Both were a
few hours after taken possession of by Mex.
can troops AT Tampico, which was evacuated
on January IS, the French met VITA q seriOu
loss, one of their war steamers, tbe Lsncs
running aground and being burned, and three
other ve.sels being captured by the Mexcans
Another place, near Cordoga, IN tho State Of
Vera Cruz, has been abandoned, and the rOuts
between Vera Cruz and Orizaba Is more In
fesied by guerrillas than ever before.
The Mexicans have not been slow TO taks
advantage Of these disaStcrs Of the inyadera
They try, in particular. to destroy the PROV.
sioDs of their enemy. and to take from them
heir males, well knowing how difficult it viii
De for the French TO replace thew. The last
intelligence records uorc successes Of the
Mericans in this kind Of warfare, than has
been brought by any previous arrival. The
statements of the Mexican papess appear to
be fully trustworthy On Jan. u. train
Of pack mules was attacked and captured vi
Arroyo de Pnebla only seven miles from Orizabe;
three hundred more were captured between
Tecamalchaeo and Quecholac; FIVE hundred
others NOR San Augustin del Pamar; several
wagons, twelve mules, arms, and knapsacks al
a place called III Orgaao, in the State Of Vera
Cruz; SIX hundred and twelve others by the
Mexican military commander Of Tlaxcala.
These successes cannot fail TO cause to tho
commander Of the French troopa great em.
bdrrassrent, tor 1t was only with the great
eat difficulty that = sufficient number of mules
were secured in the West Indies and The
United States to make an advance possible.
Ia addition TO these difficulties, the ranks
OF the French troops continue to DO terribly
thinned by sickness. No less than 40
sick soldiers were removed from Jalapa 10
Peroie and at San Agust!n del Palmar s~o
Hospitals have been erected, and have y
ready received 1000 patients. TIE sickiy 500
son is again approaching, when disease aid
mortality, already TOO tgightiul in their ragaga
viii at once largely increase.
II, therefore, the French Generai-in-C Chiefs
still instructed n advance upon Puebla, fA
Seyastopol Of Mexico, he must do 50 s~a
There the first great battle Of tue wax is Likely
TO be fought. The MexcaDs are confident
success. They have made preparations for th
attack By the French On the most extennw
scale, having $4,000 soldiers in the town md
some II, 600 out Of it, and iostifca'oos noun
iug Isl guns The French, some 5000 g
number, encarnped up to the 18TH in San AsE
tin del Palmar, twelve leagues from Pu,as
and they commenced further advance %
Jan. 10. 1t was expected that the attack Il
the town would be commenced between the
9Th and the 10th of the present month. II
this expectation should DO realized, we mar
hear in ono or two weeks Of stirring news
1t appears that no progress is made by tho
French in conciliating the Mcxicans. The
conduct of the French troops. on the contrary
aggrayates the feelings of intense hatred which
anIIrates the majority of the native population.
Several facts are cited, which, if not cleared
up. will certainly cover the French army with
sFtl4"'tihS Hlhc dcc. lHeI arc 4fQOFteG W
have bombaried, for three days, tie town Of
Acapulco, III the Pacific coast, wiiaout having
gwen tune to remove the women and children.
They are also "a d to have arrested and shot
Mexican lieutenant, who escorted the United
States Consul, under i flag OF truce, TO tae
French iiue Not only the native Mexicans
complain OF such atrocities, but also Spanish
and other foreign residents aud !. is au 10.
tcrest.ng aud remarkable fact. that tie tone Of
the Spanish papers OF Havana, in speaking Of
the French expedition, shows silns Of
B significant change. 1t seems 10 be certain
that If the Mexicaas hold ont in the defense Il
heir Independence. The war vii cost France
much more men and money than was ct tho
beginning ante ipated. An intercepted letter Of
the family of Mr.. JecAer in Pars, states that
when the Emperor Napoleon received the dis.
patch announcing the defeat OF the French al
Puebls, he threw it into Eugeules lap, saying,
. 1t is your fault" Whether the story DO
rue or not, it can hardly be- doubted that the
words imputed to the Emperor express tho
sentiments of a very large portion Of As
French people.
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