Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-21
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FROM MEXICO.

| HsaeIflcatIOm ms Far Or M Ever
No Signs Of the Withdrawal OF
the eFrencII-C Critical COnditIOn OF
the HmPerIaIists, etc.
New YORK, March 20.-Late Mexican nd
| vices per steamer Manhattan, from Vera
Cruz the 9th inst, show that the promised
Imperial pacification Of the country is as
far as ever from realization, and that the
Republicans still maintain the contest with
the invaders in nearly all sections with
stubbOrnness and energy. Not the
slightest indication of the intention of the
French to withdraw isvet apparent.
Several additional fights are recorded. The
victory, of General Meudez over, the Re-
publicans in Michocan is claimed to have
been far more important than at first re-
ported, and he afterwards had brilliant
reception at Mor1ia in honor thereof
Mendez says himself that he fought the
bands of several chiefs combined, that he
had q, hard battle, and that his own losses
were severe. gtH.aIH o's"
Confirmation is furnished regarding the
critical position of the Imperialists at Tam
picO, the Republican troops threatening the
town being in force within twenty miles OF
it. In the Pacific States the Imperialists
were still confined to a few points, the Re-
publicans holding all the country. The
latter had boldly attacked the garrison of
Mazatlan on three occasions within five
weeks. N-'+-
Ex-Lieut. Maury, Maximilian's Minister
of Colonization, had left for England, and
it was rumored he had been thus disposed
Of to avoid giving offense to the United
States.
One OF the Belgian ENJOYS sent over to
condole with the Empress Charlotte was
shot and killed while en- route from the
Capital to Vera Cruz, by guerrillas who at
tackled the stage in which he was riding.
NJ. Sailard, Napoleon's envoy, had left on
his return to France. .-...s
Brownsville dispatches of the 10th inst
state that the Imperialists of Mexico were
organizing for vigorous campaign west OF
the Sierre Madre. Their force numbers six
thousand men. One column had lett Mon
terey to march directly on MatamOras; a
second was soon to commence operations
FROM Monterey to Piedras Negras, while a
third was to move on the Victoria, San Fer
nandO and Matamoras line. The intention
was to strike the different bands of Repub-
| icansslmultaneously, to defeat and disperse
them, open up communication between the
Rio Grande and the interior of the country,
and to revive commercial relations. Garri-
sons were to be placed at eligible points on
the various roads, and such arrangements
were to be made as would, the Imperialists
tondly anticipate, render the country open
and peaceful.
EHOstiIitIrs Continue.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-The United
States Consul at Tobasco, Mexico, reports
to the Department of State, Jan. 81, thai
the position of the belligerents in that sec
tion is unchanged. The Consul is informed
that hostilities have been waged along thu
Southern border of the State of Vera Cru;
since the issue Of Emperor Maximilian
proclamation, which has led to the massacre
of those who were so unfortunate as to b.
taken prisoners of war by either of the con
tending parties. The Consul informs tht
Department that in late explorations h
has discovered the ruins of Two ancien
cities, which have remained unnoticed ant
unknown since the days of the conquest.