The Portland daily press., 1866-10-18
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Brownsville cfexas) advieos' Of Sept 9Th,
L give an account Of an attempt made to cap
ture the city of Matamoras BY the American
corps Under the command OF. Brig. Gen. Ford,
assisted by the gunboat Chinaca nCapt b. =.
! Osborn. The object was to release Gen. Tapia,
| the legally appointed Governor of 'Tamaulipas,
i aIprisonef jpl the handslof Colonel Canates,
| the usurping commander of the city and pre-
tending Governor The command consisted
\ df 175t Americans and thirty Me xieans we'll
armed, and the ,reinforcements from citizens
l. 9nd Texas volunteers should have swelled the
I tprce by 300, the whole to be supported by the
| Yhlanca, mounting one twelve pound rifle and
| smooth bore howitzer which had no crew
| except eight qaen detailed to work the guns
| At the time OF Starting fearful storm pre-
| Vailed, and the gunboat was driven against the
1 Mexican bank, becoming immoYable. She
was finally gotten off and Returned to hcr first
| position. In the meantime! the troops advance
| Ell and seized the FlaZa the Department head
| quarters, the Custom House, and were storm
ing the Jail, when from some. unaccountable
cause the order was given to fall back, when
the troops retreated on the double quick for the
| gunboat, where Gen. Ford WAS king ILL., .The
troops were embarked and the gunBoat steam
ed ed to a position directly opposite Brownsville,
tGhe shop Keepers at Santa Cruz furnished the
troops with liquor and they became grosslyiin7
toxIcated and uncomfortable. The enemy
gathered on shore as Capt. Osborn cast off th,
lines aud headed for tie American bank Can
aies sent word to the American commaader to-
have the Chianco removed, as he might have,
to fire into her, and Gen. Brow n ordered CAPT
Osborn to move his vessel above OF below ltheS
town, or into American waters, saving, chat If
she was not moved inside Of fifteen minutes;
he would cut her adrift. The engineers feftisl
ing to work the boat, and the nleh being in
the condition they Were, Capt. Osborn sent
word to Gen. Brown that he would surrender
the vessel as a Mexican gunboat to the authors
ties OF the United States, leaving these author
daolda wv tI,sf f1xra kal
Ganales, q usurper, on the j afez Gover1ment
The flag was hauled down, and Capt Osborn
walked ashore. Canales, ON learning of the
surrender, demanded the, vessel, but General
Brown refused to give her up The arms be-
longing to the troops were taken by the Uni
ted States authorities, and the men went into
camp TO await deyelopements Though the
expedition failed, Tapia was released. Gen.
kinotesa Also afterwards made an unsnccesss
full attack on the town. and his force is now en-
camped with Gen. Ford's sssL 1890 Z.
o.tts1l BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept 25.
Since my last letter the forces under Major
Gen. KinjOsa, and Brig. Gen. Ford, Of the
Mexican army, have joined and are eneamped
near Matamoras, awaiting supply of asans
and ammunition, as well as the, junction of the
forces under Cortinas and Trevino which are
said to be marching this way. When tie or
ganization shall have been completed, they
will at once proceed to,attack Canales, who is
busily engaged in making preparations to re-
ceive them. Kinjosa's forces already hold
some of the outer forts, and both parties have
thrown out strong picket lines It cannot bel
long before something decisive turns up. w#
If.l.i '1''''' tr'N New York, Oct II. |
Private letters dated Monterri Sept 9th /
from Major Gen. Lew Wallace, have been re-
celved by prominent merchants in this cityIi
The Liberals were very confident of success
and We're continually receiving munitions of
war and as they advanced were obtaining faeeli
essafy funds for carrying on the war; At the
time of writing the French were retreatine in
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Brownsville letters to October Sd have also
been received. Gen Tapia was still in the vii
cinity of Matamoras. The attempt made by
the Americans "who were in the service of Tho
Liberal government" was to place Tapia I'M
power. Canales has issued SO MANY sspresti!
mos to support his montebanlx, that the. .merl
chants OF Matamoras are leaving as fast as
they can get away e Eas d E5FH & fsFkE |
- Tapia was in great favor among the mer1
chants and all the prominent citizens As he
is supported by Juarez he will doubtIessy bd
put in power, The people were unanimously
in favor of Juarez, and will stand by him to
the last. 13a ~ 4as 10 4,,5 ,I.i.l..s7''i ~
Caravaja has returned to private life on his
rancho. 1ll rt la 5s4.- - le5a 4 Ha
BRowNsvILLE, Oct 2.
Col. T. l.. Sedgwick has relieved Gen Brown
in command of this sub-district. -
Capt. Osborn has made another formal de-
mand for tue gunboat Chinoca, but up to the
time of closing this letter has received no re-
ply. The whole matter will probably be refer
red to Washington. 'z.-sssea ..-5,
a Klnlosa Cortinas, Flores and Ford will at
tack Matamoras tonight, probably. d a