New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16
MArAxoRos, MEXICO, March 20, 1866.

MATAMoRos, MEXICO, March 20 1866
This State of Tamaulipas has more governors,
and is less governed, believe, than any other
State in creation.
Seven gentlemen part of them lodging around
this border and the others travelling in distant re-
gons, where they encounter that sympathy which
they have latterly failed to find at home, are af-
fcted, each with the fancy that he is, and of right
ought to be. governor of Tamaupas As many
ofthtse names can call up, are Guerrero, ,Serna,
Ruiz, Trevino and Cortina. Beside the others,
there was one Cobos, deceased.
The haucination in the seven honorable heads
is owing to the fact that each of the seven once
really exercised the functions of governor, but,
owing to untoward circumstances, did not finish
his term of office.
1t is true that three of them, by virtue of their
sound constitutions regular habits, great perse-
verence, patience and fidelity to the State man
aged to fill out an age in the history of Tamau
pas unequaled by that of any three successive
rulers recorded in the worlds history. The i'm
mortal three were RUIZ, Cobos and Cortna.
This era or epoch of Mexican history, SO dis
tnguished by these three rulers lasted forty weight
hours 1t might have lasted longer, but that, I'm.
fortunately, on the morning after his Inauguration,
Cobos was killed, on the plaza, by the accidental
discharge of.Cortina's gun. Had each of the two
survivors been governor only fifteen and one-half
seconds, however, they would inow be none the less
governors, neither one of them having finished his
term of office.
The Tmperialsts look upon ali this as funny
and "The seven governors of Tamaupas," has
become a phrase so redoent of ridicule that, q
man who maintains the dignity of the Liberals
the bravest and sturdiest of them ALL has got tired
of it.
This IS Canales, the fiery youth who murdered
ms father's mistress, and now consoles the old
man, ten. Canales ST., with the communicating
OF keynosa, where he levies contributions on trav
elers, and has an easy time generally.
ms Gen. Canales Jr. disguised with the I'm
settled habits and rowing propensties of the sever
co.governors, has, at one fell swoop, politically
gulhotned the whole lot, and made his brother
tristan Canales, governor, in place of them ALL
The happy State of Tamaulipas claps its hand
and sings pnans to its eighth governor.
The General wanted governor, who, like him
self would stick to the State, face the music stan,
up to the rack, fodder or no fodder
Having judged his brother by himself he wa
not deceived At last accounts his Excpllencv
Governor Tristan, was fearlessy administering th
affairs of Tamaulipas at Rio Grande Cit1, i
i
Texas.
You must really excuse my writing in this Vol
about men whose fidelity to republicanjsm an
hostility to monarchy impels them still to keen II,
the fight. But, much as We may sympathize witt
them, their struggle has long since ceased to h
sublime, and is now simply ridiculous. In fact
is worse than ridiculous; it is lamentable-fo
their necessities now compel them, for the mos
part, to descend to the level of common marauder
and robbers. The principal cities and towns ar
garrisoned and kept in safety by the Imperia
troops; bat all the intervening country is be
coming desolate and barren waste, under tn
constanJ pressure of the scattered and impovel
ished Liberals.
The latest news from up the Rio Grande repre-
sents that Canales, Escobedo and other Libers
leaders were about to join their forces; whethe
to march to FL Paso, as was reported, or to oppos
and harass Gen. Douay's troops, am not able t
state. In consequence of this movement, tn
people along he Mexican side of the river wer
again taking refuge in Texas.
The Pelacos, father and sons, murdered by Co
tina at San Fernando, were of large family, wit
many kinfolks. We have a report that tn
family have sworn vendetta against Cortina an
the few that adhere to him, and that one membe