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Correspondence OF the New York World
FROM MEXICO.
Commencement Of Another Literal Cam.
UGi0n-The late Conspiracy 10 ASSds.
sinGte Mejid-TtrO Federal Officer,
Hdn0ed-Re~ruiting dt BrOrBSuiH,
and the Inducements held ont to 0J2
Troops, etc,
VERA CRUZ. Tee. 2, l>j5.
We have received here, byla.est steam
ers from New York and Havana, news
in relation to military affairs on the blo
Grande and Bravo, in the vicinity OF
Matamoras, which We are not able to
confirm by anything we have from tnai
quarter. and which we are not prepared
10 credit. On the twenty-eighth ult.,
we had private and official state
ments. dated the third Of Novem-
Der. which represented a very diff
farent state. and sufficient preparation 10
defeat the bands Of Cortina murderers,
although they are charged with having
the personal aid and service Of some
hundreds Of United States soldiers, with
national uniforms and arms on their per
sons and in their bands. They charge
also that the bombardmeut Of Mata-
moras has been effected by the heavy or
dinance Of the United States; that shells
which have been received in the city
have the initial national marks Of the
United States: and they speak in no
fattering terms Of the peculiar neutral
conduct Of the military authorities on the
other side Of the river. Enlistments are
publicly made in the streets Of Browns
ville. and inducement offered 10 Ameri-
cans, black and white, 10 sack the city Of
Matamoras a. soon as they capture It-a
result which we do not anticipate Many
United States soldiers, negroes and
whites with their arms, have been cap
tu-ed. A conspiracy for the assassina-
zion f7f Gen. Meiia had been discovered,
i,s which four Federal officers We're com
promised. two Of them captured with
full proof lrou their persons Of the plan
and the price 70 be paid for their services
on consummation Of their crime the
other Two escaped 20 Brownsville, from
the gslIovs the less fortunate have paid
the death penalty. They were, possibly,
discharged officers and sOldiers-cOlOred
As well as whites-which filled the ranks
Of C0rtina in the attacks upon Mata-
moras.
Whenever there is what they term ne
cessity, leaves OF absence 5Te asked
Yor bv the federal sOldiery, which are
always granted 10 squads OF from fifteen
% thirty men, who leave camp with their
arms and acc0UtremCnts and join the
guerrilIas above Matamoras, returning
when they get satiated with plunder, or
realize that there is no chance Of sacklng I
the city
Letters from Monterey 10 the twelfth
ult. confirm the news from MatamOras.
Dates from MGtsmOras TO the twenty
sixth have alsc been received, with news
a. above confirmed and more particu-
lars given Of the completely Of neutrais
in tie late attacks upon that city, with
the additional fact that large supplies Of
provisions and war munitions have been
allowed 10 piss the river, some safe dis
tance above Brownsville, for the use Of
the army Of COrtina during the siege Of
Matamoras. We have also news that in
every attack made by the LiberaliSts un-
der Cortina upon the city Of Matamoras,
10 the twenty-sixth Of November, they
have been lady whipped, and driven
from their works, until at last the frag-
ments Of that army have taken refuge IN
Brownsville, somewhat disappointed in
their. expectations Of licentiOus plunder
and outrage, and without the head Of
Gen. Mejia-
Many Of the leading dissenting officers
and soldiers Of JuareZ and his guerrilla
bandits, have come in under the amnesty
PROCLAMATION Of the Emperor, giving up
their arms, horses, etc. Many Others,
taken with arms in their hands, or who
have been engaged in robbery, are being
tried by courts martial In various
parts Of the Empire; and many have
paid the penalty Of their folly and their
HAyANA, Dee. g.
The french steamship \ ouEean Monde,
Commander de NaleRcy, has arrived hfre
from NOzaire, with six hundred and five
Messengers. Of which five hundred ard
fiftv are licensed sOldieTy, for Mexico, 10
IN the Losses in the French troops, What
Is most singular, there are but f0aF
Frenchmen among the recruits, who are
Prussians, Belgians etc, and under the
command Of French officers of the line
staff, who are only charged with tine de-
livery a. Vera Cruz, and are 20 return by
the same steamer.
HAVANA, Dec. 9.
The English mail steamer arrived on
the 9th from Vera Cruz, with dates from
the CITY Of Mexico 70 November twenty
eight. TheImperialjOurnals give glowing
accounts Of the progress Of the empire
but their very attempt 20 conceal shadow
forth the tr0ubles that affect the govern
ment.
Porfiria Diaz, whofinally siIccGmbed at
Oaxaca. and subsequently escaDed from
his prison al Puebla has already COM
menced another campaign IN defense Of
the republic.
From Cuernavaca We have the follow
ing:
. Most Ezeelleylt Sir name not given
] have the satisfaction Of announcing to
your EXcellency, for the information Of
the Government Of his Majesty, that
after the communication had left which
] sent by special courier stating that the
district of Iguala had been invaded by
the ex-Gen. Poriirio Diaz, ] have re-
eefved verbal information that the IN
vading enemy has been repulsed al HUT /
cuoO and CoculR."
From Mazatlan We learn that the 1
State Of SinalOa e virtually abandoned 4
bv the Franco-MeXican forces The |
commandment states that though his COM /
msnd Z TOO weak toenable him 10 attack I
the enemy, he has sufficient force 10 I
defend the place, and vas showing up I
fort s6cations near the Garita, the wharf /
and Cerro de Vigia.
Correspondence OF the New Orleans Times
Bl.oWEsyILLE, Dec. 10, ls.a. I
Ine lmperielists now have three river Z
C1nboats patrOling the river, neaE Mata- I
Yn0ras. two Of them commanded BY
French naval officers, and manned by
French soldiers. One Of them Is the
Eugenis, which has caused so much con /
troversy between Gen. Weitzel and the
imperialists, a. she is an American bot
tom.
sIatam0ras j., Of ooGrs5, ths FiaEs Of
. "a H..IH ~ s-s.sHs III
ners. A most excellent one can be had I
for JWo dollars, including good wine.
The ladies Of AlatamOras dress every j
afternoon, and 90 out on their balconies, I
and the gentlemen ride past in their car
Fizges. R-ling j. quite feature Of Nata-
Enores. Zach ride cost Ypu UaenrY-nEe 4
cents, and thS iafe betgeeu the landing
and MatamOras Is Only twelve and a
half cents. There has been much remark
made about your editorial, iu which you
sneak of Gen. Aeiia, Gen Thomas he
ia ls an uDeducated mau, So much SO
that he can not read his private conduct
h 10 Infamous that he seems AFRAID to
trust his men out Of his intrenchments
though the reinforcement Of four hum
4Tsi Austrians ought 10 enable him 10
AXE The offensive lie Is 81 Infamous
that no decent lady would be seen in his
company. So far from being Of good
family, he Is the son Of a servant girl, a
pure Indian Of the Mountain Of Sierra .
,s....o. and Of illsgitinate hirth- hs ge- :
gan his career by robbiug the hacienda /
near Queretaro ddring Gen. Arista' 5 Pres |
idency, in the rebellion OF the inhaDilshts = I
II sierra Gordo, Ia eighteen hundred ana
fJrty-nine. He sold himself to the Govern
Inent deliveringup his former comrades. I
During Miram0n's dictatorship he played I
an important part, and by his personal I
ffaVeryl gqi tAe posi.igu ne now occupies 4
Il The armies opposed 70 the Liberals. 4
Leing al last disastrously defeated near 1
fle mines o. Pachaca by the Liberal /
General Meiia, he withdrew to the 4
mountain nkzAesses Of sierra 6tordo,
Wh.re be remained comparatively /
quist uptil the French occupied .
the City Of Mexico, Nhaa ThOisss
Meiia ioined- them. His life is a
long catalogue Of crimes Of the 6ss:.css..esstt .
des6ription-many Of a character which Z
esnnot be published. The New York [
Herald several years ago published
sketch OF his life whilst ia the city Of
Mexico. which described the man to per 1
eli H.,