Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-05-21
LETTER FROM BROWNsEILLR.
Especial Correspondence Cleveland LEADER
Fr. BaoME. Texas. April 2Oth ,6l.


Meridian to-day furnishes indubitsble evil
dencs to every Yankee in Brownsville
that we are in the sEzny SOSth. However,
the excessive hest that prevails for six
months Of the year is almost daily mitiga-
ted BY tie south east trade wind which
blows almost continually during the sum
mer months. The nights are very beauti-
full and, in spite Of the hest when the sun
is in his power, they are deliciOusly cool.
The mornings are the glorious portals Of
the day.
Since writing you last several items Of
news have Gene to my knowledge pertain
ing to Mexican affairs as we'll ss to our
own.
Refugees from the interior Of Texas
have been coming intOOur lines ever since
we took possession Of Brownsville. They
ell agree that the rebellion in Texas is on
its last legs; and that state Of terrorism
exists bordering on despsir. uni men
are hunted from their homes, all men ca
psble Of bearing rms are forced into the
army, the common necessaries Of life are
fast failing the people; no crops have
been planted, and 1t is now too late to Sc
cure harvest If there we're sble-bOdied
men to do the work sill left in the oOun-
try.
The great mass of the people would vel.
come land will Weioome) an invading
army, so that they can carry the Stars ard
Stripes, as their deliverers from tyrsn-
ny and social espionage more outrageous
than the Spanish Inquisition, or the priest
ly rule of Bombs. What Is most notica-
bic among these men is that they sre all
without exception in favor of the imme
diate. and unconditional emancipation Of
the slaves, and what is N 1re, the confscs-
ton the resl estate Of all prominent
rebels, not merely for life, BAT for aH tinSe5.
They say that the men who FIRE. brought
on the rebellion, who have sustained it
ever since, who have oficered the rebel
army, and have furnished the sineWs Of
WAr,-Who, even If, like the trumpster i'm
mortsliEsd By RsOp, they have not borne
arms in the service Oh the rebellion, have
urged ou, by word and deed, tho men who
do the fighting and incur the danger
these men, they say, are the great planters,
the slaSs holders and land holders Of the
South. Who shall gsinssy this
One man, q member Of the Legislature
| (rebel) Of Texas, who was an sctiV mem
Der Of the Convention that consummsted
the secession Of the State, owns in fee
three million acres Of land. His life es-
tate thereon would not sell for as many
cents. But break up his vast domain into
sissble farms, and it would be Of immense
value. Better Btill, it would uproot pes
tilentisl traitor, and wsuld plant scores Of
patriotic Union men in his place. Who,
but Vallandigham patriot ~ can object
this2
Major General John A. MoClernand,
commanding the 18Th Army Corps, recent
" paid us 8 visit While here he review
ed our division Major General Herron's)
and pronounced us the best division Of t9e
Corps. The General aud staff paid q
friendly visit to Governor Cortinss at
Mstsmorss. The following day the visit
was returned by Cortinas and the pFinci-
pal officers Of the Mexican service who
are stationed st Matamoras. Subsequent
ly party WAS given by the officers Of the
division in honor of General MoClernsnd,
at which the principal officers of Tsmsuli.
pas we're present. In return q grand ball
was given at the Government palace by
Cortinss and his officers. We went, and
were grstifed st our treatment. About
s1a- Ass=a-sa. * lLlsns .aAEo1s aaughesre=Of
Mexico graced the occasion by their pres
ence, (Sub rosa, Mr.. Editor, they are, not
exactly divine, but nearly SOL speeehes
we're made, sfter supper, in the grand
dining hall, by Gen. MoOlernsnd, Govern
or Cortinss, Gen. A. J. Hamilton, and by
several others, in Spanish and English
The Monroe doctrine was thoroughly vim
dicated, and the question distinctly stated
shza Ws OiBdieats ths k0aTes dostriae3
1t is needless to sdd that the most cor
dial good will exists between the Mexican
authorities and our oWn.f Every intelli.
gent Mexican feels that no where in the
wide Werld has Mexico q friend save the
government Of the United States l have
recently convsrsed with several gentlemen
who have been up in the interior Of the
country, to Monterey, to Parras, and San
Luis PotosH. They sll speak Of the ut
most courtesy having been shown them
Wherever they went simply because they
were loyal Americans.
The last intelligence from Monterey is
that the traitor governor Of NueVa Leon,
Vidsurri, who was making oVertures to the
French, has been driven from Monterey
by the forces Of Jsurez, aud that he has
crossed the frontier, and has, with few
hundred followers, joined Bsneyidss, q
renegade Mexican, who is at the head ofa
band Of Fuerrillss in the neighborhood of
Eagle Pan, $50 miles shove this p int on
the Rio Grsnde. Vidaurri has been all
powerful lin the state Of Nuevs Leoul for
mary yesrs up to the moment when it be-
came evident that he wus about to declare
for the French. His utter defeat, and tue
universal deteststion of the people, show
that the Msxicans, though sorsly pressed,
bate no jot Of heart and hope for the ulti-
mSte triumph Of their cause.
The national government is now estsb-
hshed ct Monterey. President Jsurex is
actively engaged in raising and organic.
ing an army. At the same time an active
warfare iis being kept up sgainst the
French. General Ursgs, who recently
captured the French garrison Of Gueds- /
lsjsrs, although h Wss subsequently com
PEELED TO abandon the place, has recently
gained decided advantage over the forces
Of the invader in the vicinity Of that city
The full PARTICULARS an unable to give ct
the present writing. There can be no
doubt thst President Jsurez is the first
statesman Of Neiieo. His decided stand
IN favor Of religious liberty, his courage
in sequestering the immense secular prop
erty Of the church, his scrupulous honesty
when he could have made millions, and his
progressive tendency shown in many ways,
ell peint him out as man in every way
worthy of the confidence reposed in him
by the liberals Of MEXICO.
Here at Brownsville our troops are not
.