The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-02

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made arrangemen' NTH f Genss'
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Il Known emperor and strongly coniscursd BY
myself that the Juascz party ana ss se @
DAYS since bearer Of Dispatches from Jasrez
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and such degree to work 70 our ad
an the %pers oSsrs on this .Sns s,',d
ns w 1H many respects ready
extend pos aid which can be done Without ont
o. Who Is resident q Monterey
think That com%issSacs sent BY the general
been effort IL
as ns new Wiz fe further our
every way in bis power SO lonsa he retains his I'm
General Mejia the commander here promised
the kndcst feeling. for all
may well ada here that the people on this frontier
the imperial government and ali look q federal assistance
Colonel very Esnr oosfsq :fFTfa
Brgadcr General Commanding
con TO BROWNSVILLE"
II now became matter OF serious consideration as TO
how to reach Brownsville. It u regular
to be robbed and hence did not deem advisable
go up the Mexican side On the Texan side stages
were running After considerable delay succeeded in
persuadng stage man TO up on the Texan sidc and
in consideration for his services offered to pay him
literally, and subsequently did The distance from
GAINESVILLE to Brownsville Is twenty nine miles Tho
road lies close to the river and IL most Of the way
through open country. Fears were at the time enter
tanned from two sources; that the stage would be
robbed by prowng robels the other that would DO
moesed by thieves from the opposite side of thu river
Thus tho reader will sec that travelling at this time and
under such circumstances was In no wise particularly
desirable transaction.
We started and proceeded course. The road
was the fin st natural one saw The day
and the suns rays sufficiently penetrating TO make
travelling absolutely oppressive.
steadily
OF the vehicle in which travelling, and he
Wild uncouth being; but nevertheless generous and
ccedngly good naturod He spoke fair English, and
olerably ready to enter into and carry conversation
He told Us OF tho people Of the State and spoke tho
state Of the country generally Among other things he
said that General Bee the rebel States army who be-
fore the war, worth about $50 OOO able to
he possessed $500 O00 safely deposited In the Bank
of England This amount he made during tho war and
principally by specializing In cotton. Tho driver,
in the course Of tho drive became exceedingly conden
tai and finally proposed to tell where to find seventy.
na hal Af al
into agreement TO its shipment to market and
then, after the sale OF it, TO torn half the amount
ton, we clincd the partnership and so tho whore
abo ts OF tho cotton remains secret yet only known
the driver, who said he himself hid 1t away.
P1Lo ALTO.
While route to Brownsville. we crossed the Pao Alto
prairie and portion Of the fold upon which General
Taylor fought historical battle. The Of the
Eaeement Ii now overgrown with bushes and presents
anything but cheerful aspect The PaIo Alto rancho is
destroyed and there is nothing tho neighborhood
tending in the slightest degree to civilization.
On passing up the read we observed on the Mexican
so OF the ryer several plantations having corn IN aud
d. ng well On the limo on which we travelled there
not one ranch being cultivated in ever so small degree
BROWNSVILLE.
We reached Brownsville about nghtfn. The city is
in very dilapidated condition Brownsville is today
less by a third thau IL was six years ago, and It's
The Old lam lies who were residents Of tho place before
the war; and who were among the wealthy classes have
all gone of, and now their houses unfurnished and
cherries, remain unoccupied The present population
OF BROWNSVILLE is made up almost totally OF French and
Mcycans.
On entering Brownsville the first objects that meet tho
eye arc several rows of matched huts occupied by native
Mexcans. The incident, and saunter about
without regard to the lapse of time or any evident desire
to be nterfercd with by considerations of work
ness while their wives attend to their household duties
in airy and abbreviated garments suited moro TO the
character OF the climate than To the dictates of modsty
Brownsville knows but real street On this Is ocat d
the stores, many Of them now closed and uncccuped
and the hotels, also closed. Restaurants and barber
shops make up tho main portion of the business estab
iishments of the place
OF the occupation of this place by General Browns
command you have already heard. On assuming
mand here General Brown issued the following ORDER
oRpEr-Ho.2.
hE1nsSAS,rns uT Te1ss s Ja1s
asSn % Of
ordered that all hereafter In ma
,re T not be recoSnzed as Of MAR but WIN Ds
1R ns @ law ss si
be subject TO trial BY military commission.
possible being Of sss utmost hoped that ii
good men VIII unite In their efforts to restore peace and
BAD and sss III psiyie.: honest psl.eas vii
have heretofore existed by SSdsro nsows
]. B. RUSH. Lieutenant and A. A. AG.
REBEL RnArIoNs WITH TIE MpEnAIIsTs.
When this place was occupied by the United States
of General Slaughter, who commanded on the inime
date frontier several important letters fell into pos
the letters aforesaid and lays them before the
readers OF the HERALD, not merely matter Of infor
maon but also for their carcfh perusa criticism and
consideration.
The first letter will introduce Is the following. II
Is from General Meiia, commanding imperial forces
the Rio Grande to General Slaughter in to let
ter sent by the latter TO the formcr:-
SLAVE QUESTION.
MATAxoRos Dec. I, 1854.
GENERAL . Although IL Is certain that the sipu
latlons made with Colonel Ford respective the delivery Of
criminals have terminated, yet the Mexican authorities
have always delivered he Confederate authorities the
stolen property which has been claimed.
Allow me, General manifest to you that these
djusicf serious difficulties
have presented themselves In this The Concdcracy
claims stolen property the slaves who have escaped from
the dominion Of their but the laws of Mexico do
consider as Tree the slave that puts foot territory
cannot for this allow the delivery OF the slaves
The laws OF the confcdeacy declare soldiers all
pable OF bearing therefore III should compromise
myself and deliver the desecrs would completely close
the door to foreign emigration which is immensely
country and would have the necessity 10 hunt
up those who to avoid the calsmtcs of TO seek
refuge In Mexico THOMAS MEJIA
To General }. T. SLAUGHTER. Brownsville.
OFFICIAL LETTER RELATING TO CONFEDERATE COTTON
MEXICO
II there doubt that the impcriasts directly
aided the rebels In getting cotton out OF Texas then