New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-24
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IRON our Special corrsspondentl
VS. From THE mo GKANDE. /
\ MxTAaoRocss. MEXICO, April I3 1865

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4 'sssa MATAMoRos, MEXICO, April is, 1866.
On Sunday last. sth inst, st Charco Escondidoi
some twenty-five leagues above this place, the
Imperial troops under Jeaningros encountered and
~ M engagement with the Liberals under Ca
aS1es. Only one regiment Of the Imperialists, the
Empress Regiment, z under Col. Lopez, wal
engaged. Alter al action Of . few minutes
C4nAtes wss routed, leaving n dead On the field
and considerable number wounded. This affair
wal apparently Canales' forIorn hope |; and it il
believed be would not have risked 81 engagement
hut for biz snppositon that the Imperialists had
conducts Or specie train with them. It il
,. announced that conducta VIM soon leaYe Monte
il rsy for this place, under charge Of Colonel
81 Ireyino. f2 N Il 81 ssssI s 8iS
~ Gen. Mejia. % Tuesday afternoon, sent Off most
of the garrison 6f this place, under Gen. Oveira,
u meet and cooperate with Jeaningros in opening
II md keeping open the country 70 Monterey.
MI. Charles @. Hoyt, late agent Of the Southern
Express Company III Brownsville, and his remain,
III assistant, Mr.. n. NJ. Baldwin, were on Tuesday
arrested by i special officer Of Gen. Sheridan
4 who came from New Orleans Tor the purpose
\ Thsy were ~ be taken VI New Orleans TO undergo
exaniina THE view Of ascertaining whether
they had any completely sor not IN the recon
aheavy robbery IN their Office.
IL fear Of injjuring innocent persons and 4
not to forestaI tho efforts of tie detectives
Investigating shis robhery, induced me- at the
Ne thereof, to write you merely the main facts
The robbery, whilst Withholding The circum.s
Hi anees which, as soon as the robbery YVES dis
svered, pointed Eont some one Or more Of the
H W nnpany sienploye IS the robbers.
had written out Tor this letter 4 full report Of
& be circumstances as fiji as transpHed; but last
not to publish the particulars yet, because new
developments we're making Of the greatest I'M
pprtance, duplicating parties outside the express
Office. was nnofieially informed that several
United States soldiers, one Of them an officer Of
rather high rank, we're implicated.
Gen. Sheridan's officer, with his prisoners was
about to leave yesterday afternoon, when an
order from high authority arrived, ordering the
prisoners to remain and 30 the officer left with
out them. ALL this in consequence Of the new
Developments above alluded to.
Meantime, the evident determination Of the com
pany, With government assistance. to sft this rob
bcry to the bottom, satisfies the public. Express
Y fobheries we're becoming altogether too frequent.
sa III ny former letter about this robbery, mem
aoned that 1T sbont the same time an attempt was
made to rob Mr. Bemias, an agent of the company,
Ut night Id his room at the hotel at Brazos. Mr.
now III the Office at Brownsville, declares that
the whole story was 4 fiction Of the first water.
Achieved the story, or pretended to believe it,
because Il was told me BY Messsrs Hoyt and
Baldwin, III their ofRse, Just as Twas closing my
alter they saying that the affair had just been
stelegr Aphed to them from Brazos. N
on Wednesday afternoon, an embargo upon the
Terry between Matamoros and Brownsville, lasting
seVeEsi hours, caused reports on the Texas side to
ziss - thick u q lock of blackbirds. II
BY orderof General Mejia {most Of the garrison
~ the city having been sent ont to join General
sytauingros1 all Mexicans in the city Of doubtful
sNSalty composed mostly Of the lower class Next
81 egreasers, were a1rested and sent to man
where It was believed their loyalty
seeuld " j little more depended upon. And during
slsas Wholesale arrests. the ferry was stopped to
seEsssnt ~ sscapeo Of fugitiYes. To-day commu-
Y ass alton Y ~ open and free as ever to every
sssA
ne new agent Of the Texas branch Of the
AtAsrn Express Company ut Brownsville, Mr..
sss aries sshenck, and the messenger, Mr.. Geo.
Benia have already, with great politeneas, put
ss undsr indebtedness for courtesies shown, and
90 Y those coafteAies BY forwarding thisletter.
O..
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