Washington telegraph., 1865-05-17
MATAxoaAs AplA 90. 1861.


Ed. Neus.-,Phe. forces of Gen. De-
GretR. about f5ar thousand stFong, known
10 have been advans:n ng- upon the CITY
for son1e DAYS, arrived " ithin two lea-u
last night. For the past week heavy
forces have been at work erecting forts
and throwing up breastworks around tia
city. On Friday. the forces pader Ges-s
tina, made an Advance, but were pronptly7
met by the, Imperial fnrces nader Gen
Lopez, and dTiyen BACK, With sinall loss
on either SIDE a general -eonscription
Of horses mules, drays and drivers, took
place. The artillery was furnished will
teams, and the drays pat TO work CARY.
ing the cotton seized by the goTernmeat.
from the yards to the outer lines of de-
fences The cotton being exhausted,
hey have been since las. evening taxing
the thousands IF bales IF bassins that
the owners have been countin. theiy
losses "a for TIC past sixty days .-.- ..4
A z, neral exodus OF women. children
and parrots 10 Brownsville, began + yea
;trday frornins. and is still going on. a.
4 battle was looked f1or BY the peop,s1
last night, but no shersi engaa cement
has taken placeL-:tss' -ts''6 'lttcEk, j. Tfia.al n
though tie armies sfs @4tsriR 4tff tvo miles
Of each other. : ctnfiElittff .:f. s.g:ff.f1rn:slfngs
ia kept up between tie r1--ckets ard al,
vance guards. All eieh' Meii11as troops
aye in re1dine: tora5st6iS t6iS6 65uts..a6 tt.i Of thss
city, wlils tie Gus Of lifGs8 fnia otiitr-
public ofiicEs are guaYsitE hv he eitizert
among whom j. general Subscriptions
t)day The Mexicans takifg Mesicans;
the Germans their eeuntr yfiiei The
F'renehmen theirs RumcAs says the
steamer Gov. BHgy wgs chartered Bvfke,
Imperial Government, and ! proceedsd
from this port TO VeraCruz. end that she's
returned yesterday with Ipi+a tpricsm-rits.-
various y estimated Gt- frornseAven Co. ten
hundred men, the ma j0riryTof who1E gre
said to be Austri2ns- lt5thsy a.U...,s5--
yesterday they NAV be in rt ar s.. ths
defence OF the city to-nigh '-I au,.t..aasl
the fighting is mostly de- aa night
There are various opinions = ,h- ,es
sult,l but all agree Ill the ep 1, i,n, tIlat
Gen Mejia will prove irHe to the In
Pire, and should he get a thousand asaoT4
troops, will be able TO- defend lie Cas-.
successfully. rsi,ssF-t ;. ns- ss.,s 80
LATER-5 P M.-Batile hss begun,
The artillery has opened FIRE. The Ia,-
perials have 30 guns; the Liberals l6.
a private letter dated Brownsville.
May 1st, says: Fighting commenced in
Ma:amoras last night. aud continued all
night, with. what resalt is not known.
DeGreta attacked the city with 4,50J
Liberals, and is opposed BY Mejia, Il
command OF $500 lmperialists, --...
l.a a-harn-al -gat l aia ai. 4- fREp-
Galveston, May 7-The Bulletin saws
information has reached us, which W..
believe reliable, that a formidable fleet
Is lifting out in Mobile Bay for an at
tack on Galveston Island. The expeaiJ
tionsis expected 10 be ready for operation
in from 50 10 40 days ~ -'1'+ +-ii.H ialt
dPittsburg, April 25.-J 1T. Duncan.
reliable citizen Of Pittzburg, Just ~
turned from Meadville. mentions y sin
gular Circumstances in connection With
booth S assassination of the Presideni.
While stopping at the MeHenry House
IN Meadvilis, on tbs ith If Juns lasf.
bo4pih Mrete on 2 pane Of glass viii, :
diamond ring the following inscr yFi.isra
li'Ah 10 Lincoln departed This life -Y,..s-
ust 18th, 1864, from tie Effects Of baiS Il,
Booth's name was written in H.. hi,iei
Teslstsr.in the sane hapdnr riting. SEN
eral Of his FRIENDS at different times oc-
cupled thy same iooIs. A comp plets re-
gistfy i kept nf al tile names 1F tf--o.-
cupants since june l1st.