Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-08-16
From tho New York .ETrFsss.
The Rio Grandc.

This river, the boundary !iI. b wcea HI
q .,.a;ns ii MaximiianI. aaes Uni {!
SIS ;, already historical, I'm ii. y,
- o.onot miscalculate " $50 .:
til, +, .es, it is destined ere !oGs lo be poini
to which mems cyes wi'l sga!i, DC turned, -
n.atre u .reat eysi'is.
sireiul ,ader or the Intelligent = ~
L..yv i.-eg rcrev5g of late from Texas 'gn;;
thesS0u .hwes,. cannot fail to have no e. tile
Iacs. that several little armies %iii'h " fls!ye
been gradually gathering at screr2l l.:naa;'. AT
points, aresnow consolidated AID ,iav refei;-
ed oriers 10 march, butas the general oriiefs
that have been issued afford no clue to the
direction of thai march, conjecture naturally
leads to the belief that these troops ere long
will be eucamped on the Rio Grande, as a
sort of army of obserVation,-the observation
having reference to the military operations of
the France. Mexican forces forces now accu
initiating at Matamoas; and all along up the
river. Certain it is there islittle or no work
for our army to=do in Texas jtself. With.
thc.exception of some jjayhnwking and gncr-
rila or:lages in the interior, we have heard
IF no giolatiors of Law and order too serious
forthe management OF the civil authorities.
1T IS difficult 70 arrive at q correct est.
mate of Tie ex.ct number Of troops we have
sent 10 that region, but it IS presumed it can
notbo far, If anything, short of 10000 Or So
600 mcnZa large proportion of%h:ch are ex'
-ptriencei cavalryme1. When these forces
light their camp fires on the Rio, Grande,
shonld the Frarco Austrian soldiers be Du-
merous on tie other side, we see. ..at once,
what q ,curnhnstiblc element will be called in.
to- existence. Shcridan's cavalrymeu, it is tol-
erably certain, are firm believers in the Mon
roe doct-ine,-and when to that belief is sn-
.per.dLcd tic recollection that the United
States have never officially recognized the
government of Maximilian. to support whose
throne, these foreign troops occupy Mexican.
soil we suspect it will FeIuire but little pro-
vocation ON the part OF the intruders to set
them On ire Where there is SO much. in
9,mmahls material collected, it usually hap.
pens that the particular Spark to produce an
explosion is never long wanting. a chance
sho; across the riyer,-a guerrilla ioray,--a
misunderstanding Of orders,-maay lead to
the crossing Of the Rubcon-and The begin
ping of bostilties before wesare aware OF 1T.
Just as fighting was gcing on. by General
Taglor.a army Of occupation ON The Neuccs,
before the country WAS aware that "war
exi,t=d By act Of Mexico"
Nov, we ha7c no idea that President John
son intends to vindicatc his views nn 'tlc
Monroe Doctrine in any such way az b ;,
We have no doubt that when, in bis l;log
ment, the proper times cones, he will seek to
enforce these, in such a gay as will not only
secure their object, but preserve 10 us the
blessiug Of peace at one and the same time,
yet as. .chroriclers Of passing events, one
cannot, If he would, shut his eyes to certain
-Caots ctersDey him "a -f~s~aat il-'i----A.A
dency of things to such c coniupctura rs may,
bv an unforeseen accident, some fine. moll.-
ing, take from the hands Of the. President the
,.1war to control the question so as to obtain
his own solution of it.