Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-26

] Havans Correspondence Re" YORK hefaiai
HAVANA, February ], 1854.
The Mexican news via CalitorniA, published
/ in the New York papers Of tho 20ih nit, tor ths
/ most part from twoto sbTee weeks behind ina
isent you by me per Morning S!sr, ia neaTiv 81
/ ibeorreet. Considering the source, there is no
/ tbing surprising in this We now 10 poe
session Of dstel from Mexico city 70 the I5.i
] aid Yera Cruz 80 The 2lst ut, condrming IN
nssve OF the oeaupyion Of Gaadaisjsfa on the . n
/ ami hFussealisn's.t TelDsm and 4 seEp0axlla
/ f,v tue inapsrislisas The iakieS OF Orizabs BY
/ Psfrio Dsz is pure fabric. TIE remains O
/ Uftga's army made show ot opposition q
/ Gen. BaEains on tha CalderoB bridge, 8 snerl
! distance from Gusdaisisrs, and On beiag driven
/ frem there took the road towards Collins (no'
/ Cobina), sband5uing the Gig Of Guadslslsra TO
I the French, who net with 10 iuriher resist
I anoa.
] Agosher most fgpoTtentilsm Of this Eews Is
/ the occupation of ZteatecAs, in the most quiet
usnr.s-, bva snsii Ffeuch forcs under Colonel
i Gsraier, composed Of The Stat Eegimentl two
! battaIions Of the zih and 26ih chsssegFa NPiedr
AID two squgdFCDs OF tho % ehesse1rs
dAfriaue 0rtsgs and Doblsds remained shege
/ up TO The 3fuls., when the news OF the oeeUpA-
] ton CT AgUsscalientes by General Cssisgny
reached thgm, keTeupon the iorrner OFdeged
I bs heavy artillery 70 be rendered useless, and
| the gun cSTrisECs End sppu1 tsD&nees 20 De de-
stroyed, after which he Lett the city, at the he's
7 of only thee thousand men sud somo fegv pieces
Of light artillery, his precise wereabOais AZ
present not bsiBg stated WheEher Doblsdo &C.
eompsnied him or not I cannot ssy though Il
/ il quite probable be has dane So This gentle.
nan has had an exceedingly lively lime of il,
running from town 10 town in search Of a safe
place aud unable to Aud one.
Next in order OF Importance is the news from
Sac Luis P0tosi, 10 tie eff es hat the juarist
Generals PsTodi aud ABpudis, with Nauez.
Jua.ez'. Minister Of Finance and 8 host Of mi.
nor officials, had presented themselves 10 Meiia
AMI promised 0hedienes 10 tie new order cf
things. It is further said that LeTd0 de Teisda
is tie only one Of the Cabinet VINO has remained
faithful to JUsEez This lstteT personsge, it is
thought. VIII net remain st Monterey, bat con
linus his journey 70 Tcxas. Monterey is said
10 be filed with TsfuEsss ilom the Senthern
States, principally from Texas.
The French cf6eer who attacked UFhpa's
sfny when retresiug after The disastrous at
tempt On M1relia reports having captured one
hundIed al forty-thres mules, laden With aFa-
muniiion, ceiniBg implomenis, copper, and
variety Of srtieles. Ulags rotrcaied 30 Ccalc0-
nan. theuce to Urnspan, which was made tenn
porsTy capital Of the Stale Ct Michohcan. Being
cl- sely pursued by Gen. Dc-8i he hs3 10 Ario.
on the read 10 Colin fcsirg IN ihese migra-
tions most of-soms ssy ail-his artillery,
about eight thousand pounds Of lead, large
uusniity Of PERCUSSION cap, Important docu-
rnents, etc. a. every step bis men deserted &c
such an extent that it is said be hes no. nov
shove two hundfed cavalry. This is yory dis-
forent story from the published secoUut altalsd
10 ab5ve thai "the meIicsns intend to oe 3ose
them (tbe French, uEder DouHD with only
seven thousand men, under Gen. Usega snd
Jopia." By the way, this latter name should be
TapiH, person last heard Of on the 97rh Of De-
eerabsr, a. Jiquiipsm, through which hs passed
ct the heed Gi only fGuf hundred men, repre-.
senied to have been IN a very demoTslized coz
dition. He to0k the goad towards Colus after
having tEied in vain to raise money in Jiquilpam
By offsEiug bills en- GusnajUsto. Il is SAID be
Uculd have levied ; forced contribution if he
could have relied on his men. / venture 70 say
ilsi III al GeLic0 ihsTe IS not body Of JuGrisi
uoopS numbering seven, nor even i've Thousand
oiieeted si aEy OLe piscs. The defeat Of Uraga
e. Moreis aBnibilsted the last JdRrist force that
could BE- eslled sn er3y.
This last named ely gave It's official adhesion
to The imperial system on tie 7ih Ult amid
every species Of popular rrjoieiug. Portraits Of
the sTchdnzo Gnd aTehduchess weTo carried Ia
rrcceesicu shI5ueh the streets, though ihe rain
iell IN torrents dTenching, bR! ggite uuhes6ed
by, the enthusiastic crowds
Letters from there aiase that eight hundred
ana twaBiy-siL bodies wore buried after the bat
tie nine-tenibs of = hich were these OF tho JuaI-
isig whose iotsl loss IN killed and wounded is
set down Fl twelve hundred and foTty-six, with
a further less OF nine pieces Of artillery On
the psrt Of the garrison Is is given as amounting
70 only forty killed and eighty wounded Mar.
qu, z is said 10 be quite vel OF his wound in
the face.
A euerrilla party attacked the laboSers on the
r.1t o.a Nrr- " r lad ~ ~
them. IL MsIechsl, commanding IN thst town,
sent small force ss.et them, which was whipped;
he then went himself GLd rescued :hs laborers,
in1iCsDg severe punishment on lhs Euerrille
party. The number Of hznds now working on
'hat road is about seven tbolasnd, and il is ex.
.ecied to be completed IS far as Ch;quihuiis 10
Isy.
Mstfmoros appears to be in moro OK less
disturbed condition, 8s I learn from Nav Orleans
Dspo!s received by the Evening Stsr the con.
tents IF which you viii have learned before this
reaches You. Business people fad thsir inter-
e5ts 50 intsrfered with in that place that they
earnestly desire a change of some sOrt. Ore
letter rays that the occupation by even Turks
OF TRrtaTs, much moro by tho French. would be
a Blessing compared to tao present condition Of
things under the rival factions CT Gortinas,
SeTns and Ruiz, which keep the so1n 10 per
pstu2i felmsnt a15 psEalyzs business.
EoF, BY way q summing up the results OF
the winter campsigG eoIamenccd two months
ago, you viii arrive at sn idea Of The gain TO
one, and Of course tho corresponding loss to the
other, of the c9ntending parties, by taking the
mEp Of Mexico ara draWiEg liue from Mas
lisn, on tho Pseihe coast, through the S ste Of
GuadslsjsTa to Z7cs.e - city, and thsnce across
10 Tsnpic9. 50Hth Of this line the imperislists
have established e fooling Of ssmesoTi, AID msy
be said 70 control, more or less, that immense
extent Of country. Mort Of that line what Is
there There is 3 Fidsurri, whose loyalty to
the Jusrist cause is extremely doubtful, who
holds slrnObt susocTasie sway over nearly third
Of the region ncrlh Of ZseateeGs, and who is
even accused Of wishing Wen to tho French -
Under such circumstances the mzreh Of the ira-
perislisls TO the Rio Grsnde would b. q mere
pleasure trip. To eslcois!e the probability Of
the truth Of this we have only to note one Of
the facts which throw 8 19od Of ght over the
question. The first Of these facts is hat Viduafri
las made no effort 10 raise troops for Jusrcz;
secondly, he sent no contributions in money;
snd, in the third place, has behaved in the most
singular manner towards the untortuuato Prssi-
dent when obliged to fly tEcm Sac Luis Az
other fact Of great significance is thss tho gov
eminent offieisls and newspaper organs Of Jus-
Iez, when fpesking Of the condition Of the coun-
Try, while there was yet as they thought, a
shadow Of bcre, have never mentioned the
S.etes ever which Viduani rules. Even suppo-
sipr, however, that ali that amounts 10 nothing
this much is uBguestionsble namely: that there
is no army 10 any OF The States noTthWsTd to
the Rio Grsnde which could oppose the yiesor-
0es inpeTisiis:s for ono quarter Of an hour
What next, Oh, inexorGble logic Why, sim
ply this: that the whole Of Mexico is conquered,
virtually, # not aeiuallyi but conquered il is,
to sll insents and purposes.
TIE letter sent from California 70 tie New
York press, said 10 have been written hy JGarez,
deeB ths; peTsoa 10 eredi. if he did write it.
which I do net bsl.sve for ons mcmenE-
JuaFeE never eou.d have been guilty Of the
absRTeisy Of saying that lis policy Wes - per-
nit the FreDch 20 occupy eli the cities in
tho interior. Ne general with teaspoonlul Of
brsina would hare advised it. Ii is policy
which amqpnts simply 70 an abandonment Of