New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-01

Vile and brought back the safes full Of money he took
across while the light was undecided RIO GRAhDE
The Auspieisus QUies Prevailing i'm the
City-scarcity Of Foreign Newspaper
Rauks,s Losses In Coming 20 BraHes
sautiago-The Rebels Terrifying San
Aptenio-Bee Premoted-Lubbsek On
usgrudcr's StaH-Presfdent Lincoin's
Proclamation-IeG. Davies Message
Gen. HslIeck's Report - A Regiment
Goes 10 the Salt LHke-TreubIe Brew
Ing.
bATAyoRis Jan. IL, 1864.
Matters political in this "heroio city yet re-
main unsettled Ruiz ls here ia possession OF the Gov
eminent House and Plaza principal but Serns Is neal at
hsnd and Cortina has not departed for Tampico. ss
was provided by the compromise, copy Of which was
gent Won with my last letter The smolderng fires Of
dscord nay at sny monen. hlase W into fgbt Should
ons actually occur which IL not likely until the prevail
ing "1oItLcrn shall have blown out TUE TRIBUNE
shall De advised Of it with ell dispatch.
There is q sod dearth Of news from abroad here.
Before our forces occupied Brownsville. which place
b,s moi vet Jeen favored with Pos0fce EXTRA copes
Of The New.York dales sent TO the commercial houses
here by their correspondents were commonly sold at
fifty cents apiece in silver. That was the regular price
when they could be obtained at all. On some rare oc
casioBs single copy OF later date than any preVi-
ouay received he's beer sold ION account Of the pco
current and money article for ten dollars in specie As
there has been and is no mail between NewYork or
Eew.Odeans and Mstauoras, Subscribers 10 papers
from those points get them but seldom ard at long tier
7Sls. Nearly all the papers that have been received
have cone BY chance merchantmen. Filkess SpirH Of
a. - 4 4 49, al.
Hsvsna, whence steamers have been running 10 the
mouth OF tAe Rio Grsnde Is the only NewYork paper
that has been recoi Cd by It's Subscribers With toerabs
regularity ~ present all communication 10 and from
this point &c lees frequent than heTooforei and the
military mall bags 20 Brownsville bring nothing save
what Is addressed either to 10 the " pertons
connected with the amy, more than ever cut of
from the outer world eF newspapers and letters
are concerned.
II an agency FOR the sale Of newspaper. and period
Gals opened In Brownsville To suppy the demand
for those articles both sides Of the Rio GTande. II
would certainly do well.
The Northern papers containing Gen. BankS's official
Dispatch TO the President dated Nov. have only re-
Gently been received. The dispatch short il Is has
unused the good people of MstamOrss not little. i
90 not refer 10 the part in which he speafs OF their
three revolutions" In 30 mysterious way, but ~ the
beginning where he says: al am In occupation Of
BrHz0s lssnd, Point Isabel, aud brownsville. My
most sanguiue aDticpatiOns are more than realized.
Inc? gccr 70 TIE Iact tb0t ten. bGuks losing
four vessels, at least 80 horses and several men,
drowned the bar al the mouth u the river, landed
SONS 600 men and with portion Of that force occu
pied Brownsville after il had baen abandoned for four
days by the 80 that constituted the entire Rebel
force AZ that point They call attention 10 the gunboats
by which his unopp?sed debsTkstion was backed and
liumphsntiy inquire ~ at such co<t and with such
f0rCeSwhere there was no resistance his most san
gine expectations" "JDore than realized" with
What greater loss would he have been conteA in case
be had met with Dttlo .oppositioni The estimate
placed upon our generals by the Kebes and registered
enem ca hercI do not aude 10 the citizens Of the
PLACES worthy OF note. For example. in speaking Of
Butler while they manifest bitter Hate. they
bio 10 conceal that their anim0oity IA mingled with
dread-indced with a wholesome fear. In abiding to
Banks, they exhibit no other feeling than contempt
There Is no why this fact should be Withheld
from the public
News las cone nom San Antonio. Texas, via Mon.
terey that the Rebels progressing with the forca
tons the deipfe u that place. and also consid
ering the expedeney of constructing field works around
Austin. A mania FOR constructing eorthworks seems
70 have seized them 10 such an extent that they have
sent agent TO buy intrenching tools In Mexico He
is here and possibly may as other OF their agents have
done before, bring up In New York. In the mean time
Magruder 10 massng the greater part OF his available
forces east Of the Colorado whore he can be reached
with the least advantage especially In the Winter
Spring The last paper received here from San Antonio
contains quite pun Of Gen. Bee for his management on
and Exit from the Rio 9rande He certainly showed an
alscry at leaving he fred the barracks and precip
lately Ned from Brownsville four days before troops
came np from Point Isabe distance Of oniy n miles
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