Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-10
OUR MEXICAN COMPLICA-
TIONS.
Trouble Brewing on the Rio
Grande.
Sharp Correspondence Be
tween the Imperial Conn
mander and the u. y.
General WeitZeI.
Americans Charged With Aid
ing the ENEMY"
How the Charge was Met.
Strong Talk All Around.

The telegraph few days since briefly al
luded to sharp correspondence that had
passed between General Mejia, the Imperial
commander at Matamoras, and Major Gen
eral Weitzel, commanding the United States
forces on the Texas side of the Rio Grande
Also a tart letter from the French naval COM
mander and General w. The New Or
leans mail of to-day brings us the correspon-
dence in full, and we lay it before our read
ers as part of the current history of the day
GENERAL META TO GENERAL wEITzEL
MEXICAN IMPERIAL ARMY. !
DIVISION OF MEJM; 0ENERtL.rN -CHTEF.
MATANORAs, November 9. 1860. J
GENERAL: I forward you inclosed copy
of a communication, dated yesterday, sent
to me by NJ. de In Rcdolliero, Lieutenant in
the French marines and acting commander
of the armed gunboat Antonio. You can,
by said communication, officially take cog
nizance of the following occurrences, which
include so many fragrant violations of the
neutrality which the United States have OBJ
ligatcd themselves TO keep in Mexican ai-
fairs:
First-That the Mexican steamboat An
tonic coming up the river with French
troops on board, was attacked from the Texas
sIuIC Nllnout any pioNOtdtiDA NntttNSi.
Nor was this insult to the French and Mex
lean flags, which were both floating on the
boat, in any punished.
Second-That the besiegers Of MatamOras,
detached from their lines to attack, from
Mexico, the said steamboat, crossed the Rio
Grande under arms, without any opposition
being made by the American authorities,
officers or soldiers from whom, on the con
trort, fbay ro.oivaI n 4 on ri tvelpop,a
Third-That the same bandits were in di-
rect communication with the American
steamboat Tampico during the action. The
relation of NJ. de Ia Bedolliero is confirmed
by the mequivocal marks left on the Anto-
Mo by the projectile sent from the Texas
shore.
Besides this, occurrences of the same char
acter have taken place in the neighborhood
of Matamoras during the stay Of the enemy.
According to the daily reports Of the steam
ers Paisano and Eugenia, great number Of
persons, among whom could be distinguished
the uniform Of the United States and that
peculiar to Cortinas' robbers, occupy them
selves in insulting and even throwing stones
from the city Of Brownsville at the troops
which man said boats, and this in the pres
enee Of the American officers and guards
stationed on the bank Of the river.
Such cutrages, which cannot naturally be
explained have been noted and relation Of
them will be transmitted 10 the Mexican
Government, and his Excellency, Marshal
Bazaine, in order that they may decide upon
the real character Of such actions.
Accept, General, the assurance Of my con-
sideration, THOs. MEIA,
Commanding Line Of the Rio Grande.
I'VE omit BedOllieros complaint in full,
as the points Of it are embodied in the above
communication from his superior oficer.l
GENERAL wErTZEL TO GENERAL MRJIA.
HEADQUARTERS. DISTRICT OF THE RIO
GR4NDE, BROWNSVILLE, TEX6s,
November u. l5jj.
General Thomas Mejia Commanding line Of tho
Rio brande:
GExERALe-I have the honor to aeknow-
ledge the receipt of your communication Of
the 9th inst, and to say in reply that you,
as a soldier, must certainly be aware that IL
would require all the cavalry of Europe and
America combined 20 TO picket this river IA
to prevent single individuals from commit
ting such outrages a Lieutenant dc Ia Be
doiiiero complains Of and that il would not
be Just in you 10 hold me or my Govern
ment responsible for acts Of such individu-
ais. All that can do is 10 try my utmost
20 arrest the guilty parties, and dispose Of
them according to instructions; and this ]
commenced to do before ] received your
letter, and M soon as heard Of the occur
renee.
The soldiers on the Tampico were sick
and disabled men who were mustered out
and we're on their way 10 their homes
What crime there could have been in COM
municating with the Liberals cannot pos
sibly understand. These sick and disabled
soldiers had no ammunition, and they GER
tainly could give them very little infor-
nation.
The fact that there were bullet-marks on
the starboard side Of the Antonio does not
prove at all that the shots we're fired from
the American side, because, a. you must
know, the Rio Grande il 80 crooked and has
90 many sharp turns that aboat could be ~
died on her starbOard side, and still every
shot be fired from the Mexican shore. You
complain that my officers and men affiliate
with the Liberals and welcome them. This
il not strange The Liberals claim that they
fight for their freedom. Their cause, then,
l. one that has awakened the warnest SYM
pathies in every American breas IL you'd
be as impossible for me 10 prevent this, even
II ] felt so disposed, a. il would be 10 stop
the motion Of the earth. But i do not feel
80 disposed During our late war the oiileers
and men Of French and English nien-of-war