, 1865-03-30
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
A ContraKt-.-meuc2n NeVB..-Tetax
Adnirb-.-.M1ace1.n nneous.

NEW OKIEANsv March II, 1855.
Humanity is progressing humanity Is re-
trograding. I I'm reminded OF this double
progressive state by seeing number of rebel
prisoners and descrtcrs passing along the
street, guarded By colored soldiers. The for
mer are very dirty, flliscrate lot Of looking
men, snd no wonder, for they have b=en
where they were poorly clothed and worse
fed. Indeed, might Say their appearance
wae contemplate, and as rough and uncouth
as JEFF. Davisand his minions about Richmond
are smooth and oily. On the other hand The
co1ored troops were well fed, well clothed,
wore their polished shoes and their white
gloves. Was not that most Striking Illus
tEation Of The tables being turned: Com
ment is unnecessary.
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
4 correspondent at Matamoras writes thus
to the Galveston Bulletin On Mexican affairs !:
Il Is the general impression here th,t Cortiua
and Mejfs arc only awaiting favorable moment to
pronounce In fayor Of juasrz and the liberal ptrty
ind with them the whole State Of Tamaulipis. Al
the nomcnt1t c-unot cause crest deal Of trouble,
as The prnpunc,anento In favor OF Juarez will be
general, and meet vita no opposition for the pre-
sent
Eth inst, by the Iorntng CaA, aF Maumorss. bad
opfle an effect ON the Ahtamof1s market Many
were 10 sell out, and cotton dropped 10 80
cents, at which rates there were lew sales.
Another correspondent says:
AfEa1ra m Me11co do not look promising for
troops had been forced back to within ten miles Of
Vera Crpz thc guerilla hands roaniog all over the
e: nsR gRe ep9s Tas rpssa h'
Business in Aatamoras seems to be brisk
add Improvements going on at rapid rate.
4 letter writer says.
The increase in buildings and population in this
city has been ENORMOUS for the past twelve
month";. presume 1t safe estimate to Say that
the population has increased 100 per cent In two
JenIs, and i, IL low almost impossible to get
hopsE or room for 3 family Or business The
lndls3xbns now arc that this iwi1l DC about Is
cheup ma1ket to purchase goods n so0u as any
We Know Vi, heavy. rcdut tons are already submit
Concerning the American Consulateship, Of
Which you have been previously informed, q
correspondent Of the Houstan telegraph
w1iics to that paper: =
We are without IN American or United Statea
Consul here at present. the last incumbent having
CLOSED hts n1i,t few daye sine, by 1cason (aB
we know) Of notice from the courto tho En-:
peIor Mt9n.lllan thn; Ills official pot!hon woul1
no longer be recognized. We arc Inclined to
think the Lincoln Governn mt will iecl compelled
to take position for against thn MonEoe doc
t1inc, relative to this empire af no distant day.
fortunes OF rebe1dom. Bear what Is said Of
him by Mexican Ala1imillian rebel organ in
MAtnmoras:
Fer .wo days past rumors have been current
that the steamer Mexico, that left our port On
Monday last had ocen captured bg q Unstea States
gunbost General Po1.nac and friends were On
hoard of her.
Ai,er diliscnt inquiry 1t affords me much plea
sure, however, to inform you that the rum0r can
be traced 10 no reliable Eource, and tuet tue
vessel Ind passengers are nearing Havana By this
time.
We may add That the steamer Mexico is 70.
ported TO have been lost in the late hurricane
that visited the sta coast along the Rio
| Grandc. Al latest accounts from Hayana
the Mexico had not arrived at that port.
The miscellaneous news I am able TO CLEAN
| from the files Of rebel and Mexican papers
bc:orc me, is Of more local than general i'm.
rortnnce.
have He'd from the draft and other reasons,
now residing IN Matamoras. Is very large.
| There eeetns to be q general irtpreseion
among the masses in Mexico that counter
revolution Is at hand, and that Macmillan
will find himself surrounded by hostile ar
mics ere long. 1t Is too believed that all the
liberal leaders will desert him, md that they
carry out their policy. The latc defeats Of
the Imperialists In Central Mexico have
aroustd the Tar-likc passions Of the Libe.al-
lists, and like our ungracious rebels they seem
determined to ufe in the last ditch.
On the 9Th instant blockade~runner ar
rived ut Galveston from 8 Mexican port, She
| ran In under the fire Of our blockading feet.
Another vessel, a schooner, from Havana, ar-
rived In that port on the 9th instant She
! ran aground while crossing the bar, but by
| throwing part Of her cargo overheard she
managed to escape. The vessels were loaded
| with ya1uabies Tor the rebel armies.
REPossEss1oN OF THE WESTERN TERRITORIES.
! 1append the following ambitious project,
as revealed By correspondent Of the Calves.
ion .Ne1cs. Il will be seen that the rebels,
like some dying mcn, have great hopes. The
writer Gays:
OF last Thursday evening the citizens Of Ari.
zona, New Mexico and Fl Paso county, Texas,
! now sojoCrn1ng In this city, met at the Court
House, 10 take into consideration the propriety ot
takng immediate steps to retake pos.eston Of our
Tho meeting &, Tas Organised by appointing Gen.
Nurra,,, secEgtsry: The 9es,gn ot the mtstins
es,fns bchy Sersss seks ron z
| 6hoalwstr, OF California, Major CoopW ool, also
Of C.i,fornia, and Dr.. 0w1ugs, prominent citizan
Of Arizons, but now resident Of this CITY,; The
= enkers wcrc all strongly IN favor Of the earliest
% iorn:a 10 securc safo passage for our numersas a
fritniA 1oy In that State who drsrous Of jo,u.
Ing The Coufedersts- service. It was the general
imLsese1op Of the speakers that at least ten thou.
sand ree1uits could se reassiy 6o11sa @ . tEo@ tst
| zona One thousand men were believed amply
| sufficient to take possession Of Lover AI3zona,
oEcn The way through to California and hold It;
Thnc the whole sspen,e S OF Sng p ~ could
able supply Of Confederate Treasury notes, united
With euch other facilities as would be furnished
from private eources.