, 1865-12-24


| Death Of a Veteran.
| Correspondence Chicago Tribpoel
SAN FRAAC1sco. Dec. l.
FROM MEXICO.
Our latest adviccs from the northwestern
coast Of Mexico Indicate anything but a dis.
position on The part Of the Liberals to aban.
don the field. On the contrary they arc
everywhere On the aggressive, and the French
everywhere on the defensive. at the rate
things arc now going On, It viii take an
army Of 10000 French 100 years to fully
conquer Mexico, and meantime tnc entire in
yadiDg army must be equipped, supplied and
paid wholly from Europe; not dollar can
tc squeezed out Of poor Mexico for their
benefit. No country on earth has ever made
greater sacrifices for n cause than has Mexico
for liberty, and tell you that her people are
as fur from being conquered to-day as they.
were two years since. The feeling here Is, as
Governor Bross knows, strongly in favor Of
American Intervention, and 1t Is growing
more decidedly hostile to the French cyery
day. Sooner or later, Atax. must cmIgrate,
and the soogcr the better.
WHAT THEN?
I asked Of m intelligent Mexican, only
yesterday: Swell, Senof, the United States
must decide that themselves. We want II
Republican Government, and If nc cannot
have 1t without, We must have 1t with your
assistance, and it will 1e for you to name the
terms" You can sec that the idea OF absorp-
tion in the American Union, or at 1east Of I,
rartia! and qualified union with the Great
Republic, IL fast coming to be looked upon
by Mexicars as inevitable. Their national
pride is strong, and they would prefer that
Mexico shon1 exist as free and Independent
Republic; but failing in that, they wfll
accept the alternative and voluntarily unite
with Us rather than submit to the Joke or a
sovereign despot.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
WIS somewhat damaged, and the trains and
Stages failing to connect, the mails from
Washoe have been rather Irregular.
TIE rLACERy1LIE ROUTE
has been in running order all tho time, and
Its advocates claim that its superiority over
the Dutch Flat Route is now established be-
yond the chance Of dispute The people Of
llaceTytlie nrc bcstirTing themselves to secure
the building 81 railroad from their place to
q point OH the Sacramento river Opposite
hto vista, which il In the summer months
about tho head Of practical navigation, aud
should they succeed, it would be a very severe
bioW ut Sacramento, as large amount Of
freight and travel would inevitably seek IN
outlet that way
DEATH OF 4 VETERAN SOLDIER.
One OF the heroes of the War Of 1872, sol
dlcr Of mark and IN accomplished, courteous
gentleman, Brevet Brig. Gen. Rene E. De
s.ny' sKnssy' Of the hs1s KeEnlar Army Of the United
the Department Of Inc Pacific, died at his
residence, No. II South Park, On Thursday
last, In the 9Th year of his are. after an i'll
ness Of some months duration.
Tho brave old gentleman was widely known
On both sides Of the Continent, and was be-
urf+A nt1F4 n$1N 1-+A
the common soldiers, who looked upon him
as the beau idea! Of IN officer and d gentle
man. He Eas leading member Of tbe Ma
sonic Fraternity On this coast, having nd.
RANGED to the highest degrees IN the Order.
at1,ha, M,s aeath %Cs probably in a great measure
strength at his advanced age, and more in
mcdiatcly 10 the effects Of exposure while yis-
iting the dc1ences of San Francisco. snme
months since.
Tho funeral, which took place yesterday,
Was IN immense one, the procession moving
from the Church Of the Advent, on Howard
street, for Lone Mountain Cemetery, while
minute guns we're fired from Alcatraz and
Fort Point.
WEATHER MATTERS.
Behold the variety Of weather prophecies
When wrote last, (Noy. oth, said that
there Was no prospect Of rafu for q month or
two Jet. We'll. It raincd that very night, and
since then VIC havc had between three and
four inches Of heavenly moisture distributed
nearly every drop has become absorbed by
the thirsty soil, and from one end Of California
to the other, the ranchmen and carlne~s ore
at work putting in their crops.
The hills around the Boy Of San Francisco
have put on their robes Of emerald already.
the accacias bare renewed their feathery
foliage. and while you are shiverins IN the