Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-13
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATOHES.l
FROM MEXICO.

EhOm MEXICO,
French Army at MorilIa Attacked-Mexi-
cans Repulsed with Heavy Loss-Fisht
Between Loy alists and Traitors-A Guer.
riila War Observation-Disclosures from PresI.
dent Juarez.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1l-Dates received
from Mexico to the 22d of December aad Saa
Louis Potosi and Morilla December II General
Uraga, with five thousand Mexicans, attacked
the French army intrenced at Morilla, and was
repulsed with q loss Of two thousand killed and
wounded Previous to this disaster Uraga had
lnhicted considerable damage on the French by
capturing their supplies. He proposes to con.
tlnue guerrilla warfare, and was gathering re-
inforcements for that purpose. Doblado, be-
fore evacuating Guanajuato, destroyed the
aqueduct, water reservoirs, and all the works
belonging to the different mines, agricultural
Imple ments, and growing crops, leaving the
country barren waste. He retreated toward
Zacatecas, pursued by division of the French
army. Ortega was expected to join Doblado
there and give battle to the pursuers. On the
9th the Mexican traitor Tobar, w tn 1900 men,
was defeated near Guadalajara By an equal
number of loyalists, under Colonel Bajat. Five
hundred prisoners, eight hundred horses, and
large amount Of arms and ammunition were
captured by Bajat. The impression pre- vailed
at Mexico that MaXamillian would be induced
to abandon the throne, and some Spanish prince
would be substituted for a time, on condition
that France and Spain uphold the new Gov
ernment. 1t was reported that JuareZ contem-
plated moving the seat of government from San
Louis to Monterey, because of that being near
the United States. His family were already at
monterey.
A letter from President Juarez, dated San
Louis, December s, received in this city, says
our hopes are for speedy termination of your
civil war ind complete restoration of the
Union. With it, doubt many American
soldiers would soon join us for the driving OF
the French from the soil OF American continent
with their designs Of establishing a monarchy
here. We know full well, that if the United
States had not been engaged in their present
struggle, no European potentate would ever
have attempted to strike q blow aganst repub-
liean institutions. But as we are, with Gods
help, we will try to defend our belo we'd Mexico
You no doubt will be somewhat surprised at
our abandoning our principal cities and leav-
in e them in the hands OF the French. We think
we are right in doing so. In the first place, as
q military view of the matter, the further we
can draw them into the interior away from
their base the better; by dividing them up aud
distributing their force they become weaker
and give us more power to assail and destroy
them. We don't intend to carry on any more
than what is classed as guerilla warfare. We
are not in position to wait for an attack
any of our points by their system of artillery
warfare. The French army being far superior
to ours in point OF discipline, as well as being
supplied with all the modern in ventions in
gunnery, we would be pelled to saecumb
eventually in any pitched battle, while, by
harassing and destroying their communica-
tions, and carrying on a rowing sytem of war
fare, like that OF which the French once ex-
perienced in Spain, they eventually will not
conslder Mexico an easy empire to govern.