Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-29
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New Yonx August 2o.-Ths Tribun.,.
n.ewssvtlles Texas eoersspeodsnt Of Az.
9Th ssys:
This svsning Senior Rob,ss, MEXICAN Min.
lister Of Public WORKS, came over the rive,
on visit aA1 Was rsssivsd By 0ss. Stesls
Who gave bis distipsuished visitor 4 on;ss
dinner ct Aillef's Hotel. Among the ene.,s
were Generals Weitzsl and Wrapper. 40
pleasant rspast, At which friendly s.ns;.
msnts were exehanged, IT, party hroke ~
Senior Robes recrossing the river. ~
Senior R0wers and General Ortsrs .rs -.
ported 70 % On their way here, and sre
locked for daily. The visit Of these two die.
tinguished liberals seems to point to some.
thing about to bsdone on the Rio Gr,nds
All quiet along the riser ct present.
The Herald's Vera Cruz correspondent. oe
the 18th ssys: "
On The Goth Of last month the torn oe ..
congabica declared itself in favor of IN. -
public. II is the chief town of one Of ~.
most popular districts Of Vera Cruz Th;s
district lies adjacent to Origabia, and ex'
tends to the foot of the Sierra Madre. which
slopes to the coast south of this place. The
whole section q far q Yabasco If helm. AZ
voted TO the republican cause. and com.
handed BY General Gorcia. WILL
Five hundred men have arrived With ~ood
rifles and arc maintaining the independe nca
OF Zeongoliea, which is too difficult of acces.
to DO easily conquered. 200 Austrsn.
who recently marched from Orixabia v;th
the intention Of whipping the insurgents.
They fell into An ambush on the road .,a
were forced to take to flight, leaving thirtv
dead on the field. A few days since ths
Austrians met with another severe loss ~
the south Of Pueblia, in which, ACCORDING 10
the City Of Mexico papers, one company Of
infantry and fifty dragons fell victims to
the ferocity of the republicans.
A perusal of the newspapers of this conn.
try will show that in addition to the exec,.
TONERS decreed by court martial encounters
one constantly almost daily taking place be
tween the ,mperialists and republicans, in
which the losses in killed alene range from
20 to 3O-l0O or more on each side.
The Hersld's Washington special save
Col. Samuel Thomas, assistant commission
er Of the State Of Mississippi, reports from
Vicksburg under date Of August 10th. that
out Of BAG 600 freedmen in the State. onlv
5000 are subsstsd by the Government.
Five thousand freedmen are earning good
living by cutting wood in the forests. The
colored colonies and farmers are reported
to be doing finely, and as harvest time ap
proachcs the help which has been afforded
them by the Government is being gradually
withdrawn. About 10000 bales Of cotton
would be produced by those of thelnegroes
who have undertaken the culture of that
staple.
In the interior of the State the corn
crop is looking most promising. The major
part Of the freedmen have contracted their
labor. and are working well, and are get
ting better ideas Of their condition. The
more intelligent and honest Mississippians
are reported to be vii ing to assist in de-
veloping the new order Of things, by the
employment Of their interest and means,
but they cannot be made to see the feast
bility Of the project calculated to secure
the independence and success of the freed
men.