Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-31
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CorreEpondeuee Of the New York Heraldl
HAVANA, March Q, 1868
Nei5s from MeEicO- The French AdUaueing-
Ortega and ComOaf0rt at Pae5la-Sfrength Of
The Garrison Threatened IHsurrecti0n IN ST.
Domingo, ETC., etc.
The English steamer Clyde arrived Yesterday
morning, with dates from Vera Cruz to the Ist
The loug expected movement Of the French
upon Pusbla had commenced, and. on the 10 q.
2ist and 231 ult, the various divisions had
moved out OF Orizabs. In that sentence Is COM
prsed the essence Of the news received, and, in
consequence Of there being no newspaper pub
lished this morning except the Sigio-wh'eh is
only ht tor wrapping paper-I cannot get any
details that l can IelyOn. Those who run around
the whsIves and pick up news frcm boatmen
and baggage smasheTs may possibly send you
some very startling news derived from sus,h 're-
hable'' sources; bat do not be misled There
/ IS nothing this time FROM Mexico worth relating
but what have just mentioned
Before leaving Orizaba General Forney ad-
dressed proclamation 70 the inhabitants, which
I add for your edifcsfon:
ORIZABA, Feb Is, 1868.
Iahabitants Of Orizaba-Wishin few days
shall leave this city to undertake military opera.
tons, the preparation for which, intended 10 Sc
cure success, have detained me here so long q
time but I do not desire to leave without ad-
dressing you a few words, which I trust you
will comprehend, because they are from nv
heart. In the first place, thank you for the re-
cepton which the expeditOnary corps has met
with in your city during a residence of nine
months, during which time order has never
ceased to reign there, and our soldiers have en-
Joyed the same security as in their own country
If this be not owing to your sympathy land I
would esteem myself happy tit were SOY, at
least, to a good disposition, which We should
always thank you for. I do not believe myself
laboriDg under a deiusicn when I think that
the appearance and behavior of our soldiers,
who in al paris of the world have been loved
and esteemed even by their enemies, must have
produced the same effect upon you, who have
been witnesses Of their order their discipline
and the sweetness of their msnners; nor is it
possible that your fellow-coUntrymen who have
seen them at other points of the country can
have failed TO recognize them as the sons of La
Belle France, which marches in The van of civ
iizstion. Therefore I cherish the hope thst you
viii have understood the intentions Of the En-.
peror, whose views in sending rs TO Mexico
have been no other, believe me, than obtaining
by arms the Just TeparatiOn Of insults vOu are
aware Of, and which negotiation could not ar
range; and then to reconcile your country with
Europe, particularly with France, your ancient
sympathies for which never would have ceased
had it not been for the conduct of yoar present
government Ia regard TO myself, if I ask
heaven to bless our arms, it is nos 90 much for
the sake Of a vain ambition Of personal glory
as for tho prosperity Of your besutiful country,
TO which we have come to bring, at The cost Of
our blood, those two precious b0Ons, without
which society cannot exist--liberiy and order
Farewell, then, inhabitants Of Orizaba, OF rather
until next time, because hope we shall return
to see you. God alone knows tia future but be
what may reserved for me I shall never forget
the hospitality ne have received here, and shall
preserve, throughout my life, the most delightful
TecoleedOns Of your city. FoREz,
General mission, senator, and cOmmsnderin-
chief Of the expeditionary corps in N -xico.
If the general means all be says he must
have had quite a nice time in Odzsba. These
delightful recollectjonsn have nothing TO do
with gUerillas, you may be sure
A reliable gentlemen, vino arrived Ia the
Clyde, informs the Sigio that Gen. Ortego is At
Puebla, at the head Of twenty-four thousand
mem thst the forsifcstions are completed aud
great enthusiasm reigns among the perple and
garrison; that Comonfort is charged with the
duty of defending the trenches or outer works,
with division Of six 10 eight thousand msu,
and has his headquarters at San Martin de Tes-
mehuaesn, on the wagon road to the capital,
eight lesenes from Puebls, and that he is f0rsi-
flying Tlaxcala that MARQUEE is at Husmstla
that the French army is at San Juan de los
Llanos, having abandoned Perota and tho line
of Jalapa that if she French take Puebls, the
City of Mexico viii fall since the foriifcations
require more msn than can be raissd-forty to
fifty thouSGnd-snd then viii commenceiihe war
of gaeTillasi that every day French deseriers
arrive at the capital, and that the guerilas con-
time carrying ON their warfare to the very gates
Of Vera Cruz
This last two statements doubt. Frseh-
man very seldom deserts, and the guerilla war
fare spoken o. must be extremely Insignificant
But these are trihes. Let them 90.
Another opportunity for CORES pondents who
derive their information from hackney coach
mon, boatmen snd colored poftsFs, is presented
ia the news lrcm S.. Domingo. You viii be
told by SONS Of thesa of tremendous revoiu-
ton. grand uphesving Of the DOminieanS, to-
tai Tont of the SpsniaTds etc, etc. The diff
Guilty in st. Domingo is simply this: Ia the
town OF Sey6o, which is in the northeastern
part of the island, . few persons got up a Prev
nuReiaHlieRtO, aud cried FiDeia IaaepeHdeaeiat''
vhereupon troODs were sent to that district from
the city of San Domingo, end, s5 matter Of
pIecauiion, reinf1rcsments are going from Ha-
vana. To-day a couple Of regiments leave for
thst unpToh'able Spanish colony The parties
who have kicked up that row in ssyb0. are said
to be friends and partisans of ex-Prssdent Baes,
and l viii bet Dutch cheese tbat ths whole al-
fair ends in smoke.