The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-02
M E X ICO.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS REGARDING THE
BAGDAD AFFAIR. q 4A2F

MEXICO.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS REGARDING I'll
BAGDAD AFFAIR. 4A271
| New ORLEANS, January 20, 1855
The official correspondence betwee
General Weitzel and Mejia regarding Il
affair at Bagdad is published.
The former states that he sent thru
hundred men to Bagdad at the reque
of General Escobedo, purely as an act
humanity, not to perform service fl
either party.
General Mejia replies, briefly Stain
that he has notified his government {
all the occurrences that took place 6
Bagdad. nr.a
The French naval commander, befor
his departure to Vera Cruz to report til
matter officially, protested in q shol
the American soldiers. tt
General Sheridan to-day refused t
allow emigrants to leave here to 90 t
Mexico. He is acting under orders iron
Washington. He does not prevent vee
sells from going.
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
From tho Matamoros Ranchero of January 14.l
We have news from the sacked city Q
Bagdad up to yesterday morning. So
called filibusters were fortifying tn
place against attack from both sea an,
land. One hundred bales of cotton ar,
reported to have been used for fortified
tion purposes. Siege guns are also re
ported to have been resolved in Ragdat
from Brazos Santiago, and were already
in position for service.
Among those received were two
thirty-two FOUNDER rifled guns and som,
t uUt %hs sn.ss
some smaller guns included in thu
BRACES Santiago shipment
several foreign residents in Bagdad and
forced them to make affidavits that the
pillaging of Bagdad had in no wise been
done or participated in by federal officers
or soldiers, including niggers.
These aflidayits are undoubtedly fol
use at Washington, where, it is pre-.
the counter affidavits of the
same parties, if they should have Oppor-
tunity to make them, will not go. Very
likely thorough espionage of the mails
may for long time prevent the facts
the pillage of Bagdad by the
federal soldiery reaching Washington.
The arrival Off Boca del Rio of impe-
rial vessels from Vera Cruz was reported
about town yesterday.
All that we can say about the matter
Is, that there were two war vessels in
the service of France and Mexico living
off the mouth yesterday morning,
the day before there was but
one.
At late hour last night despatch,
bearing all the marks of reliability,
arrived up from below, giving us the
Information that three men
If war and four transports had arrived
IF the BOca from Vera Cruz. As firing
las been heard in that direction, pr0ba-
bly, the work of retaking Bagdad has
,een inaugurated.
From tbs Matamoros Ranchero Of January Ill
We conversed with several passengers
Who left Bagdad yesterday morning.
they reported nothing of Importance.
Bandit COrtina, with o force of forty
men, had arrived at GAINESVILLE. 1t was
Understood that he was going to take
upreme command at ]sagdad.
There are two separate commands In
sagdad; one under Colonel Lyon, of
he federal army, and the other one out.
aw. We were told that only by the
wO commands keeping a jealous watch
n each other was there order in the
acked city.
War vessels were in the offing to the
lumber of three, one having left the
ay before, southwark bound.
We have assurances that the filibusters
nd outlaws continue to quarrel among
and that most of them are
discouraged. The prospect |
good for general breaking up of the |
nholy alliances and combinations |
hich keep this frontier in constant |
arm.
WHO PILLAaED RAGDADi
The Matamoros Rdnchero discusses
lie question editorially, and thinks the !
meme was SET OH ~. ny officers on the
exas side. The Ranciero ia bitterly
)stile to the United States Government.
)wever, and allowance must be made
L that in estimating the importance of |
, views. Hear what it says:
1t may be due to the truth of history
at 1t should he known who did the
tagging and numbering at Bagdad. TO
tile That question we would INQUIRE
here the outlaws and filibusters were
hen it t1ok place? They were not at
nor Bagdad, and knew no.
ing of what was going on. We are
I'll advised that Crawford, Escobedo. |
'rtlna, and all Of them, were taken as
UGH by surprise as were we of the
erOic City when hearing the news. In
It, none of the leading land pirates
'uld believe it at first-not until it was
liter of public notoriety. The few :
'ond fiddle thieves that happened to )
at GAINESVILLE (as, indeed, where are
t some of them all the while), took n
nd in the affair It was concocted and |,
rpetrated by officers of the United
ties army, and the negroes were used |;
them for the work. The negroes
ssed and recrossed under orders. !.
ere was no such thing as q revolt .
ong them. At all events, this is our :
lclusion, after talking with TWEEN ty or
rty eyewitnesses to the whole affair: ;,
er ascertaining the whereabouts and =
Of the outlaws and filibus- =
) at the time; after ascertaining that =
proceeds of pillage went into the +
ads of federal officers. =
he chiefs Lundes and Paramo have =
N routed and killed at CuitzeO de la :,
yuna by forces raised and equipped q
two estate owners in the ncighbor- 81
ID. The imperialist forces Of the
dad encountered and beat the Jua- ID
$ of Berduzco, near the hacienda of Il
lachuato, killing six of them, taking n
prisoners and capturing horses, arms b
train. ~
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