Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-11-22
MEXICO.

Monterey Captured by the Liberals
An Imperial Garrison Destroyed-Af-
fairs at Matanoras-7he Situation an
Nerico
New ORLEANS, Nov. 16.-The Browns
vile .Fericdn Republican, extra, of the
It'll, announces the capture of Monterey
by the Librals under Pevers. .also says
no reinforcements had arrived for Browns
Vile A merchant who has arrived here
says large force of French troops are land
ing at Bagdad.
The extra says Gen. Pedro Meadeo had
arrived and Joined Cavido before Mata-
moras, with 800 Liberals, and had pre-
viously surprised the Hocbenda Sinsasqui,
and utterly destroyed the Imperial garri-
son of hundred men, including mum
Der of French troops.
The Liberals claim tn they eau take
Matamoras whenever they please.
The Matamoras RaRchero says the
Liberals offered four hours plumber OF
Matamoras to the United States troops at
Brownsville, who would join them. The
RdncherO warns the Federal commander
to keep n sufficient force at Brownsville,
to prevent an outlaw attack The Calves
ton Bulletin, of the 18th, says Colonel
Jones, of Escabero's staff, who had ar
rived there from Brownsville, on the 18th,
SAYS Captain Sinclair of the Liberal SER
vice, formerly lieutenant of the privateer
Alabama captured an imperial transport
at the mouth of the Rio Grande, brought
| her to Brownsville and turned her over to
the Federal authorities who have guard
on board
Canales is marching toward Bagdad to
capture it. Col Jones is confident that
Escabero will die rather than surrender
An imperial gunboat had passed up
| from Bagdaa to Matamoras
\ wealthy Matamoras merchant, who
left there on the 7th, says there are no
fears of the place being captured. 1t is
| we'll fortified and the troops are well
armed, in good spirits and well supplied
Intelligence has been received at Wash
ington, and communicated to the proper
authorities, relative to the situation in
Mexico A gentleman, whose word can
be vouched for, says that on his way from
! TabascO to New I ork within the past two
weeks, he met an agent of Maximillian,
who stated that affairs were nearly in ex~
! tremes for the Imperialsts-thate every
reported victory of Imperialists brought
with it no substantial results, and that on
account of their inability to draw from
| the rural districts supplies etc, the war
against the Liberals was carried on at a
| dead expense. He further added that he
had been despatched by Macmillan to
| France TO ask FOR one hundred million
| dollars and forty thousand troops, and
| that in the event of Napoleon's failing to
| furnish men and means the evacuation of
| Mexico by the French must soon follow
! Macmillan was paving a visit to Yucatan
and he had removed his personal effects
| to that point as a safe place to set sail
from in case the city of Mexico had to lie
! abandoned. The Emperor was also ship
| ping a good deal of specie to Europe The
action Of this Government, it is said, will
hasten events on the part OF Macmillan.
! New HoRK, Nov. l7.-Late Mexican
I papers received by the Manhattan contain
the following news at was rumored in
Vera Cruz that .juarez was in Texas on
his way to Piedras Negras 1t was also
rumored that the United States troops in
Texas were more and more approaching
the river as if contemplating some hostile
movement"
Dates from Moreta to the 9th state
that the Imperialist Colonel Mendes had
ordered the Liberal Generals Artega and
Solasark and three Colonels to be shot.
A Republican camp had been attacked
by Imperiialists near Matamoras and
among the prisoners taken were three
soldiers in United States uniforms They
were handed over for trial to a court mar
tial. which would no doubt order them to
be shot