The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-01
Important from Mexico.

A vera cruz l6Jter OF Jn6 lst lnsL3n
to the New Orleans Times says:
"The Emperor is still on his travels
stuffIng birds and shooting deer, while
the Empress is at a stand-still, awaiting
his return to the capital The last
news from the interior is of q serious
nature. Count Pattier has been de
feated by the Liberals, in the State OF
Mechachan, the Count was wounded
and his troops badly beaten, though he,
of course, claims a victory, only resting
for want Of water, when he says in the
first part of the report, that the fight
occurred by lake and during two hours
rain.
"The Liberals, under Negrete, still
hold Monterey, Saltillo. and all the
country bordering on the Rio Grande,
and though the attack on Matamoras
failed, they have been able TO hold sill
the rest of the State of Tamaulipas
with the exception of the posts of Mat
amoras and Tampico. Everywhere in
the country the people seem to be
rising against the French. The only
part Of country held by the Imperial
ists Is the environs Of the capital and
| the road to Vera Cruz In the capital
things continued the same as ever.
There is no accord between the French
Commander and the Imperial Govern
ment Nothing has been done to recu-
perate the finances of the country,
though news by the last steamer seems
to indicate that the project of the Impe-
rial loan lottery will meet with success.
/ If an individual tried to raise the
wind by such means he would be in
dicted for swindling. Imagine that for
| bonds whose face shows 5G0f, the lend
er pays 350f They bear six per cent
every year. 3,000,000f are to be rafflsd
and prizes drawn varying from half a
million to 25,000f for the benefit of the
bond holders besides, after fifty years,
their capital is to be doubled; that is
to say, they receive ], ,000f with interest,
| payable semi-annually IN Paris. The
! French Government keeps the FIRST
amount paid in to cover the prizes and
pay itself, and Macmillan only gets
| about :, 2,O00,000f In one year he has
spent 6.O0O,00Of and no nearer pacify-
ing the country than he was six months
ago. Ii is true he has in his Cabinet
some Liberals, but the party will have
none of his. COnfederates still con-
tiuue to flock TO Mexico. There is no
doubt DR.. Gwyn will get his project
through. 1t only awaits the signature
Of Macmillan to become a law. lie
goes out as Director General of Emigra-
ton for the States of Sonora, Chihua-
hua, Durango and Tamaulipas, with ex-
traordinary powers and 5000 French
! troops to back him, emigration to be
strictly Southern or Confederate. Ten
| thousand Confederates are to be armed
and paid by the Empire, but kept in
the above mentioned States as prOtec
ton to emigrsnts. Strategical points
are 10 be fortified and garrIsoned on
the frontier. Dr. Gwyn's son has sp
piled for and will get an exclusive priv
! ilege for all railroads in Sonora. South
erners are elated, and golden visions
float before them.
The latest news from the States hs'
caused q panic, and every mail is anx
iously expected. Yankee invasion
they consider as certain, but hug L
themselves the idea that France, Aus
tria and Belgium viii not allow us &c
invade the empire
" Napoleon has sent out Director o
Police, To Maximilisn, Coppo Distri
who lately returned from organizing
the police of the Celestial Empire
Prosecutions Immediately began Il
| French" The two first imprisonment
have caused a great sensation /
seems that Colonel Henry Mejia, Of tn
Liberal party, lately went 70 Mexie
under safe guard, to attend to some val
liable property he had inherited, anC
while in the city invented a rife o
which much Was spoken. IL is said u
shoot accurately sixty times in minute
Finding it difficult 70 construct il Il
Mexico, be decided on going to tn
United States. By accident, IN Ia
same stage there was Mr. Bay, ex-ioV
e-nor Of Mexico, also Of the Libers
party. Two prominent Liberals goini
10 the States looked 80 much like 8 cor
spirscy that, on their arrival at Yer
b Cruz, both were arrested and put II
dungeons, their trunks broken opei
and papers seized Unfortunately 10
Colonel Meiia, he had some dispatche
for the State Department at Washing
ton, and also model of his rifle, or q
the French call it, an internal machine
The dispatches were opened and IN
rife seized. As both these gentleme
had a safe conduct, and really nothln
could be proved against them, and
such imprisonment we're in direct cor
travention Of the provisional statue
they we're recessed after eight day
close confinement These arrests cause
, intense excitement, and fears OF a
emeute induced their prompt releas'
The rottenness Of the Empire Is be
] vond description. The lavish expand
D lures Of Maximilian have no cheel
Z and nothing is done for the beneht
the country. II Macmillan lasts ~
: wears, the debt Of Mexico viii be i
o creased immensely. The roads are II
passable in the rainy season. There