New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-06

in my last news letter, if mistake not, ! men
Toned the departure on the 9TH June of the much
,', e VI ,t lnra1
'h'N'O VI ''.'0 u'''' oo"'"''i,"s "''"' w
wagons Ioa4eu WIN merchahuae, esIlHHUou az
upwards Of two millions Of dollars and conveyed
nv an escort or two thopsand troops from the gar
sia,, l,au, TIt, ,,aa.4 ,a,sis+o5 of oho,,t tyvo
I''0u Hete' 1"'a 'e'o,' 00'7','o' ,.s.,.. 49,.
hundred Contra Nuerrlla caVally, NIhoatiy Au'e4l-
cans 4 ahout two hundred and fifty Austrian in
t,r oirl,4. ,,f,o,o of artillery and the rpst ali
n ta IEtb tba train reached
Ale&IcahS' Vh hlluoy' 1no l''''' DO Si'iL i'"1"90
Camargc without molestation.
On Saturday morning, the 10th, Just after the
+oi, I,,,t r.o+ta, ,,rde+ vyov abnnt esv,n miles
Tram Ldu goU'eh unoer way "D0u. Se'~H ~ iii''9
from Camafgo, IL was aItaGkeu ny ING Goilp'heu
forces of EscObedo, Canales, Naranjo and The
VIM all heinr nnder the immediate command OF
Sue i1'.ei, c..,.e..oo i
The train was quickly putin position lor delehSe'
The first attack was made upon the Contra-GueT-
rilas guarding the rear, who repulsed them; the
-, ~ ,,r2,I .ttat o,,,,o,oa tba whole Tmnp
ueA1 aup sel9Aoi "''""N 'Na"e'0 VIZ
rial force,
The Liberals numbered about twenty-five nun
drad man inrIudino two hundred Americans and
-. -, rrlo,, ,yero n,ostIv cavaIrv |
american Le9 Lo''' - lS.tiIt ;,''3
and included a large body OF dashlnSy EQUIPPED
lancers.
MI, rffor,Is chorrad nvnrv tfrnn with thn wild |
cot i,0raitt0sitv and fought dgsperateIy.
TEa tUnlra. .r;Ucrrilas did the best fighting on |
tba r,1noriaI side norti,n of the Austrian, are
-, "a -, r.',,a L,l ,t,nd htly al mo her,nnf1r
tha re.t acrrG eDlenGidIy. The Mex,caps Tor tRe
rlGgt rSr+ torgit tanqiv donbtlcs5 desired TO be
I,,l.ITrad If E.irr GENERALLY admitted and in
t Casos ,r",vS9n 7that a majority oi fhe I'm
nor' |@irg traa3s drsire chanae aDd woDld
desert to The Liberals if they had sa lie opgortu
M,
,,,,-s- ta+tori,r,. ,rbicI, dasor.ea was +be
larn76 C@rrn Gur1o. nil eycent one company
yyhjrI remained firm to the last. Tie command.
n,r rf,er fs rapnrtad ia have eafd to Gen Olvera
n7 isa .rgne.i,j an5 Han sb"7ti,T " Vv5 IN
T,horta[ +" tyent over followed by ali his men
bUt the one company mentioned. They imme.
diatsIy opened ffe upon their late comrades, and
ContriIIufed nratariaiv to the Liberal victory
III tne erd of AT h0ur ana a half Cen Olvera
had jo3t ali His artillery. body Of his men had
deserfed. and he saw nothing but certain destruc-
fion brf.ra lin. He therefore ordered a retreat
ard t.,tI, a few rnounted men MANAGED TO escape
EaarIt Mi M. other trOops surrendered.
CEN Escohrdo ordered the captured train back
In Camaruo: ana some of his men having com.
nanrpd nil1riur the wagons he put stop to IT,
He ia reD0rIed as saving that he will return the
train unotl tbe owners having to the JuareZ gov
er1rnont fof course t!iro1u6 himj so Der cent.
drto nm the Goods,
6F tha g1G Contra ( -CnarrfIIaE ~ are known to
he killed. wounded and missing some 20 gtrag-
Tfars bego c,roa in e. t6n rest are all nrisonrr-
~ tha 7-r srs+rigps 1ls Are Urisoners About
qo 4,rageicrs Nave cone in, This would make
fhe5r iSss IN killed wounded and missing. So
0f III Tn'nrrial Mrxican loss. and that
nj tha TT,arars can give no particulsrs
II 90 ostIrS9ts5 tbat tfe tGtaI of kiIled
alone IN b0tb sides. was between five and six
hundred Mare than half O these doubtless
Trrnar;rifsrs'
1n.a liberals claim to have taken 500 prisoners
ba.ties a00 1on.rnmhatants who BELONGED to the
waroas. Add to these about loo Who escaped
and we find The total Imperiaist loss in killed
%o,r5o5 and MISSING TO be 100 This show,
what a bloodv enrarement it was. But ia not un
I;lteIv tbat q so9d many more straggers will COM
in,
One of the Liberal leaders, during the action, i
said TO have shouted to his men, Give it to tn
d-n foreign sous of BIS, but spare the Mex
cans"
Ali the particulars of the battle as herein given
are vonched for by persons who left Camargo tw
davs afterward
General Olyera and his companions, while o.
their way back to this city on Sunday, wer
attacked and stampeded by a small force of Libe
rals Tbis occurred thirty-fye miles from Mata
moros The general was slightly wounded in tn
battle of saturday. He is terribly mortified at hi
defeat At one time, when the fight was beCom
inr a forl0rn hone he had to be restrained frol
seeEna his death in the brunt of it. No blame
attached to him at headquarters
The specie conducta, which was to be on il
wav down from Monterey, guarded by Jeaningrc
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