The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-30
THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO.
CcnGnucd from our Third Edition.


THE COLLECTOR OF THE PORT IL APPLIED TO-
To Mr.. Smythe then repaired the wearied and
chagrned lmperlalIs =. Arrived in the cozY ana
parlOr. like office of the Collector thai gentleman
inquired over his urbane spectacle. the obIec[ of
their call, and had forthwith detailed to him the
suppostnhousgrounus on which his arrest of the
sci was requested.
TskinO the papers and verbal statements into con.
siderat on, Mr.. Smythe esteemed the matter OF suf
hcent moment 10 promise that theY should be care
fully weighed, and that alter consultation with his
experienced first assis ant, they would Clincb, in
their minds the action thought advisable under the
Happy at having finally secured the promise of
othcai examination, the relieved complainants con-
GUIDED to gratlfy their minds, and feast their oves
with careless Ook at the saucy ship that soon they
expected to hold IN durance vile. Their hopes ran
lower than the most frlgd descent of mercury when,
upon reaching the pier they found that
THE BIRD HAD FLOWN
at an early hour on that same Thursday morning in
her as her departure was not expected for several
days, and they thereby believed they had ample
time to proceed aga nst the suspicious craft.
The vessel, as already stated Is a steam propeller
two masted, and double decked, eight hundred tona
burden, and easily c0nvert6le INTO q war ship.
are far from making ber unavailable. Ii is oonf-
denty stated. by those who profess to know, that
thousand revolvers, four thousand seven hun
dred rifles, and two parks, twelve pieces, of light
artillery, supplemented by large quantity OF powder
and that she is bound, not for Brazos at which she
may casually touch to fulfil the conditions of her
articles. but really and ultlmat Y for Ma amOras.
Mexico. opposite Brownsville. where it Is asserted
she will dsembark not only her munitions out It us
also said, one or two
VERY SIGNIFICANT PASSENGERS,
who are dec ared to be none other than Major
raj Lew Wallace, of Indiana, late u. s. " of we i.
Known antecedents, and BrigadIer General Sturms
recently OF our army. That these officers are ON
board and that tie character extent of the cargo
are such as have been stated is vouched by Imperial
agents, who assert that they have dined and wined
with the former, and Inspected the latter in their
detective DISCUSSES within the past week.
HIhCIDENTs OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE srKAMER
n haI .paaf fha
tended for the Liberals weighed slowly from ner seat
at The dock, and quckly steamed out to the centre
the bay. The Stars and Stripes waved from her
main peak and mIzzen-masts, and but the few mi
hated in the secret were aware of her dangerous
cargo and her important mission.
some OF the leading sympathIzers with the repub-
lCan cause of Mexico were on board, and parted
company with the vessel when she reached the
Lower Bay. We omit, for reasons which will sug.
gest II emselves, the names of the gentlemen who.
accompanied the vessel to the limits Of the hatbor
In her course down the bav she passed a French
war steamer apparently unDotlced by the officers.
Three hours alter she left her dock, she reached
neutral waters, which commence three marine
leagues beyond the hRhGsniP sndPpa When near Lower
officers. but the captain satisfied them that she was
proceeding a legal voyage, by clearing for O
United States port IN Texas.
Ihis is said to be but the beginning of
CONCERTED SUCCESSIVE EXPEDITIONS
that are TO staIt-two from Philadelphia, one moro
from New York, and one from Boston, before the
lst OF september next; and that the munitions and
prominent officers, from both the Federal and late
Confederate des, which they carry are to assume
command 1t is asserted, of large bodies of Northern
aud southern veterans that have been proceeding
by easy journeys aHd in small detachments to
Brownsville and Matamoras during the present
summer and recent spnng.
And it Is likewise stated that the ships have ali
been purchased and are 10 be man-of Warized in,
MatamOras upon arrival there, as as practicar
BILE. 1t is asserted that the mobilization of ightD .
force of 10000 Americans is the programme 10 Id
down, from which Mexican independence Is Ar0 aI1
hoped for by the ardent Liberals.
HOW THE ARMS WERE PROCURED.
1t 10 slated that President Juarez succeeded lin oh
tanning, through agents in the United Stat ga the
necessary cunt to charter purchase the steamer
and her military cargo. rumor was IN or touatlOH
that the money used in buYfng the arm's was OBJ
tanned from the seizure OF the commero Al ira N bV
General EscObodO, near MatamOras, on the 26th Of
april of this year. but the goods still remain IN the
bonded waTebOus of MatamOras, mo- in possession
OF the Liberals, and the owners can obtain them bV
paying the duties levied on them by the Liberal
Government.