The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1866-12-13
MIDNIGHT REPORTS
WI II ECAN INTELLIGENCE


LONDON Dec. 12.-NOON.-Strlct watch
has been placed over the Bolivar which was
seized on suspicion of being Fenian cruiser
No access to her is allowed. Those on board,
the Captain and mate of the vessel, who do
not Join the crew, say the vessel was for
the Government of Columbia.
In the Rappahannock case the claimant
against the United States has been ordered
to file an amended answer.
Fenian troubles in Canada are increasing
Another regiment of artillery has been or
dered and will soon proceed to Canada.
LIVERPOOL Dec. 12.-NOON.-The cotton
market opens active with a prospect OF the
days sale amounting to 10000 bales MID
ding uplands advanced I'D. per pound with
closing quotations at fully 144d
New YORK. Dec. 12-Further details of
the battle at Matamoras are at hand. The
commander of the assaulting forces reports
a loss of half his men in the assault OF Fort
Moultrie He says their failnre was owing
to a want of scaling ladders. Escobedo's
loss was two hundred killed and four hun
dred wounded, and between three hundred
and four hundred prisoners. Canales losses
all told, are about one hundred His said
| Escobedo boosted that if he had succeeded
| he would have crossed the river to Texas and
whipped out the Yankees.
Large numbers of wounded officers of Es-
| cobedo's army have arrived at Brownsville.
| Canales and Escobedo had met and en-
| braced each other in the presence OF General
Sedgwick. Fears of an attack upon the
| United States forces while in occupation OF
Matamoras, had led to extensive prepare
| tions for their defense on the Brownsville
side of the river, from whence the entire
| United States military force would have
crossed had it been necessary. The better
| class of Mexicans did not regard the Ameri-
| can occupation OF Matamoras in friendly
| light.
| The evacuation of Durango by the Impe
rialsts and its occupation by the Liberalists,
is confirmed
The army destroyed by the Imperial forces
near San Luis is represented to have been
| the last in the Liberal ranks.
| ROME, Dec. 12.-The French Minister,
Count Montabello, has informed the Pope
that if he withdraws from Rome, the French
troops will hereafter give no support.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12-The steamer Elder
| from Vera Cruz, on the sixth, had arrived
Macmillan has decided not to abandon the
Empire. A proclamation, communicating
the fact, had appeared. The Vera Cruz
journals attribute to Sherman's and Camp
| bells arrival the determination of MaXimil-
| ian to remain, and they call upon upon Mex
leans to prevent the absorption of the coun-
| try by the United States. PinseOn and Val
DEE attacked Secumbrox but was repulsed
by the garrison. Four hundred Liberals re-
| treated to the hills.
The Liberals made three distinct attacks
on Telanerngo, demanding its surrender
| The garrison which consisted of 800 soldiers
and 400 musicians repulsed every attack.
A letter from the city of Mexico of the
Goth, says the French citizens who escaped
the massacre of Sonora are beginning to ar
rive at that city. Others escaped to Lower
California. Gen. Castigny reached Guada-
! Iaja on the 5th with $4,000 men. 1t is re
ported he went there 30 cover the retrea t
| at Mazatlan six men of war, six of which
were overcome,
HAVANA, Dec. Among the passengers
of the Elder was the private secretary of
MaXimilian. He leaves for New York in the
Eagle and viii thence proceed to Paris, via
Southampton. He has been very private
and reserved since his arrival, and it may be
possible he carries dispatches or has partic-
ular business for leaving Mexico.