The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-21
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VIM. CIMEROY a CO., Publishers.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER q, l85s.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
The Condition of the Country.
The Perils Of the Empire.
Successful Strategy of the Republican
Military Chiefs--Spirit of the PeO-
ple--Relative Positions of the Inn
PeTialists and Liberals.


ming Post aud other American journals
friendly to the cause republican freedom in
> in Mexico, in reference to the preparations
making by the Liberal party to overwhelm
interventionists, is eorro6orated by the most
Trustworthy Information that can be OBJ
tanned. During the past rainy season the
Liberal army adopted the only practicable
plan Of cam paign, and thus far they have
succeeded beyond the snticipstions OF their
friends During the prevalence Of constant
| rains, which made the roads impassable
the republican leaders were enabled BY
their superior knowledge Of the country to
proceed from point TO point on mountain
passes and untravsled paths, and in this
way their armies marched 10 cities and
towns at great distances from each other,
principally in the States Of Guerrero, Mexi-
| co, Puebla, San Louis Potosi, Zscatecas,
Oaisca, Vera Cruz aud Jalisco, in which the
Imperialists had concentrated the larger
part of their forces.
The direct object Of dividing the Liberal
forces was TO distract the attention of the
| French troops and scatter them over the
country in detachments. Runners of serious
| disturbances In different districts were set
aioat on the return Of fair weather, and the
enemy's forces we're again subdivided in
order to protect the places supposed to be
threatened, and in this manner tee plans of
| the Liberals were successful in weakening
all the large garris-ns. The strategy Of
the Liberal commanders, therefore, was
superior TO that Of the French, and the
great Marshal Bazsine was fairly outgen-
eraled-
sAGAcITv OF THE LIBERAL LEADERS.
The end Of the rainy season is now
reached, and the roads are again tit for Mil
itary operations. The imperial garrisOns |
| are as numerous as their battalions. A |
I Trrl- ah frrrawH "a cfaffomaH in small |
and unimporiant towu; an Algerine garri- |
| sion in smother; an Austrian battalion else 4
where; and, further on a company Of French /
ZOuaves; and often in some mud-built town /
may be found representatives Of twO-thirds i
Of he nationalities Of continental Europe IN
a body Of troops less than one thousand
strong. These are the hirslings Of Ma
poleon, sent TO re-establish priesthood
| that furnished 50 ,000, 900 Of Spanishg old /
through Havana banks to oppose President
] Juarez. This heterogeneous crowd Is under
l command Of one Of the stern old Mershals
or France, taught in the wars Of the first
/ Napoleon, who sternly breaks faith with
the Mexican priesthood by planting his
artillery before their cathedral doors to com
pei them 70 resume worship after they had
refused.
Bazaine sees, but too late, the sagacity of
the "insignihcaut Indian chiefs" as he de-
nomnatss them; and he now plainly IN
derstands how they were at work 20 accom-
plsh a grand stragetic movement, while he
was reveling at an artificial court, congrat-
ulating himself in the bsIef that the Lib
erals were running away from his forces.
He row sees how the military hero, Gen.
Figusrra, harrassed the large bodies Of I'M
periel troops iu the States Of Puebla and
Vera Cruz, in order that the republican
forces in mountainous Oaxaca might concen-
trate and be reorganized under some new
commander whom he should appoint.
MOVEMENTS or THE LIBERAL FoRcEs.
Figuerra's campaign-which began with
the brilliant affair resulting in the capture
of the city Of TehuacaD and the Austrian
garrison there, together with a large amount
Of ammunition, stores, artillery and gold,
and ended in the late victory OF the Llber-
ais over the command sent from Orizba-
has been a severe blow 10 the Impsrialists,
as the following viii prove. Gen. Flguerra,
lust after he had captured and abandoned
the city of Tehuacans heard Of the escape Of
Col. Diaz from prison in the city of Puebla,
and Immediately after the reception of the
news sent orders for the troops under the
different chiefs in Oaxsca to place them
selves under command Of Diaz, and ordered
the latter to Join General Alvarez in Guerre-
70, while he himself attracted the attention
of General Thun, commander IN chief at
Puebla, who had been ordered by Marshal
Bazaine to watch the Liberals in O8xEcs.
As soon as practicable, the forces under Dias,
amounting 70 seven thousand infantry and
cavalry, with thirteen pieces Of cannon, be-
gan the march to Join the Indian General
ALVAREZ, whose victory over the Imperial
lists in September has been reported by way |
of Panama from Acapulco. The junction
of Dias and Aware with the forces Of the
Middle Department in the State Of Duran
20 has placed the capital in imminent dan
ger Of capture.
There are now with Alvarez at Ajuchi-
than. on the Rio di las Balzass-or within
Eve and half days march Of MeXicO-6f-
teen thousand men. They have, in addition
10 the thirteen pieces Of cannon belonging
10 Diaz' forces, thirty new steel cannon and
twelve thousand stands of muskets, the lat
ter having been landed qbove Acapulco in
October. These guns were shipped from
San Francisco, and labeled "Pianos;" but
the music they make is not pleasant to the
enemy.
RELATIvE POSITIONS OF THE INPERIALIsTs AND
LIBERALS.
The Imperialists and Liberals in Mexico
occupy about the following relative position:
Thres-fourths Of the territory is to-day
under the direction Of the Liberal or Msxi-
can authorities; the late stragetical move
ment of the Liberals having compelled
Bazaine 10 recall nearly all Of TIE troops
under his command in the States Of JalseO,
Micboacan, Guanajuat0, Puebls, Guerrero
and Oaxacs, in order to protect the City Of
Mexico. With the exception Of sissl Ne
rida in Yucatan, Macmillan is unknown
in the State. Not an imperial order nor an
imperial soldier is known in the State Of
Chiapas. In the southern portion Of Vera
Cruz and OaXaca, and south Of Acapulco,
in Guerrero, no attention is paid TO Maxi
milan or the em bryO empire. No mails ar
rive from these districts. In Sonora sina-
loa, Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila, New
Leon, Tamaulipas, Zaeateeas, Sau Luis
Potos, Northern Vera Cruz, Northern
Mexico, Guansjuato, with the exception Of
the laIge citieg,) the authority Of Msximil-
ian is unknown, and in the cities ii IS not
enforced on account Of the weakness Of the
gsrriseus.
THE OCTOBER DECREE.
The Imperial decree Of October Sd has
produced all the disastrous results anticipa-
ted BY those who we're more philosophical
than Macmillan, and who understood Mex
lean character. These ssgscious persons
foresaw that tocondemn an enemy 70 death
before his capture insured his desperate re-
sistance. The decree was merely the hoist
ing Of a "black flag" by the ImperiHlists.
The Southern rebels proclaimed no quarters
to the eoIored United States troops, but soon
learned that they fought too desperately to
be captured. Desth m defense Of ones life
and liberty is far preferable 10 execution at
A captor's hands: and so, in Mexico, instead
OF frightening the Republicans into q dis
graceful surrender, the Emperor tuds that
the result Of his proclamation Is that only
robbers and bandits have surrendered them
selves. in order 20 obtain new supplies Of
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