New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-30
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News, dated Galveston the 18th inst, ia 30 mi
and interesting, that we qote II in our colNsnns
GALVESTON, Jan. 25.-- The Government transport
st. Mary arrived yesterday from Brazos Santiago.
# am indebted to o passenger for files Of the Ran
v chero to the 10th inst. This paper says emphati-
cally the capture and pillageof Bagdad was the
work almost exclusively OF United States forces"
Il The editor says no one now seriously disputes
& this that IN fact the Federal commanders have
admitted it, but contend that the Government of
Mexico must prove It. Icannot perhaps. give your
y readers better view of the present condition Of
things in that border filibustering region than by
: condensing from the files Of the Ranchero. On
the 10th the Federas were in possession of Bagdad
and engaged in terrifying it with cotton bales, ETC.
= Siege-gnns had been brought over from Brazos
= Santiago and placed in position, among which
were two s2poqnd rifle guns and some l2-pound
3 Federal officers had gone over to Bagdad and
forced foreign residents to made affidavit that Fed
eral officers had not participated in the pilage OF
that place. Three or four French memoir war and
a. many transports had arrived off Bagdad from
Vera Cruz.
Onthe 18th most of the flibusters had left Bag
dad There were not twenty-five Of them remain
4 ing. Cortina had gone there to take command,
but became disguised and returned to Brownsville.
AS there was nothing left in Bagdad 70 steal they
were stripping off the doors, blinds, etc. from inc
houses. Major General Crawford had taken pas
sage to New Orleans on the Crescent The out
laws had dispersed or were fast disappearing.
Y There was recent arrival from Vera Cruz, lie
news Of the capture of Bagdad had reached that
place. and some of the leading houses in that city
openly expressed themselves to the effect that the
4 time had arrived for this northern border to be at
tended to, and entertained no doubt large force
would be sent at once.
II The last accounts to the goth represent Ragdad
as entirely deserted by negroes and all. General
Meiia was visited officially by Federal officer on
the 10Th but the object of the visit was not known
The filibusters and outlaws are said to have
quarreled among themselves, which expedited the
breaking up and dispersion.
The editor of the Ranchero comes to the conclu
sion that our government will settle all these and
e other difficulties with France, England and Maxi
milan, including the Monroe doctrine and all,
without going to war. The editor, (Slr. Somers
Kinney seems to think, with many other intelli-
gent persons, that our government Is not now ex-
actly in condition to be involved in foreign war.
The Ranchero speaks as follows about another
fliSnstering movement
4" We are advised of a filibuster movement about
to be made against some town on the coast to the
south OF here. We have reason to believe that
considerable numbers are rendezvousng at Bagdad,
there to make sail for some coast town with view
to plumber and pillage. 1t had its origin in Browns
vile, which place many libusters left yesterday.
That flibuster movement is on foot against some
place in Mexico we have no doubt, but as to its
being directed against the towns our lower
coast, is necessarily matter of conjecture
The same paper says the following twenty one
regiments of negroes are to be mustered out in
Texas alone, namely: the 18th, l2th 18th, 2lst,
Both, 33d, 39th, 47th, 4Sth, 55th, 6ls esd, 18th,
18th, ODD Tooth, 110h l36th, 18th, 18th, 37th and
l3sth-all infantry
charged without taking them back to the point
where they have been mustered in. If all the
above are discharged in Texas, somebody will eX-
perience trouble from them. H.