The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-29
MEXICO.

rez-He IL Pursued by the Impertaltsts
Towards El PasO-They Decline 90 At
tack Him and RelreHt to chihuahua
-Juarez Appeals TO Americans for Ala
-EscObedO's Original plan "f Cam
paiRn On the RiO Grnnde- Railroad and
Colonization schemes, Etc.
WASHINGTON, January 2s--0fficial news up to
the 18th OF Dec mber has been received here
from I'll Paso, the present seat of the Mexican
Government.
Alter the occupation of Chihuahua by the
French, they sent an expedition to El Paso
against President Juarez, who collected at that
place General Ferraga's division, and made
other preparations to resist the invaders, with
every chance of success. When the French
heard of this they marched back 70 Chihuahua,
thus abandoning the idea of attacking Ell Paso.
The news from the interior is represented as
quite encouraging.
The impression prevailed in the whole country
that the French would soon abandon Mexico.
MEsuLA, December 30.-JuaIez is in FL Paso,
fifty miles from this place. He has with MIN
about thirty officers and not many more men.
The French drove him out of chihuahua, and
followed him to within forty miles of where he
is now, and then turned back. Juarez expected
a fight in Ell Paso, and made some preparation,
but none came off. He has also several guns
slE, twelve, and wenty-tour-pounders-bu no
men to manage them. He wanted the Ameri-
cans from our side to go over and take charge
OF the guns, ana / think several would have
accepted the invitation had the French con-
tnued to advance.
General Mexican News.
Letters from Escobedo, recently intercepted,
show the plan of campaign devised by him, and
is sketChed forth in the following terms in
communication addressed by him to Juarist
Governor of Tamaulpas:-
We Will remain in the States of Nuevo Leon,
Tamaulipas, and San Luis, so as 10 occupy the
attention OF the Imperialists in accordance with
the wish of his EXcellency, the President and
Commander.in-Cb Chief.
General Co1tinas saw fit to separate from us
this side of Reinosa that brave patriot did not
CONCUR in our views. General Cortinas does not
suppose that there is any practicable base of ope-
ratlOns beyond Matamoras. But regret to IN
form you that the popularity of the cause has
declined at Matamoras. That city has expert
enced a great reaction in favor of the traitors,
caused evidently by che influence of foreign
gold. Our failure at Matamoras was not caused
as much by the defeat of our forces as by the
acts OF paid traitors.
Your plans had met with the approval of Gene
1al N. Cortnas. The city, which was supposed
TO be most difficult If not impossible to capture,
would have been delivered to us by those valiant
citizens who still preserve in their hearts the
name and traditions of their invaded country.
But, unfortunately, Meiia was apprlsed OF our
plans by his informal secret police, the existence
of which no one suspected at the time, and so
our valiant friends were hanged or shot without
form or trial.
l shall shortly arrive at Aqueloros by the
Alamo road, and in order to carry out the plau
conceived by his Excellency President Juarez
shall request the aid of Generals Mendez and
AguiTra. Generals PatoLi, Corona and Villagra,
who are operating in hDurango, could have
Joined me in Coahua. We could have dashed
into Nuevo Leon by way oil the mountains,
sweeping from there like hurricane upon Re
villa, on the Rio Bravo. Thence, to Camargo,
we might have followed the Rio Graude, leaving
Monterey on our right. On the river, am in
de6ted in considerable amounts to Americans
who have furnished materials, such as tar, salt
petre and sulphur, received directly from Sicily,
and landed on the coast by the American brig
Hope.
General Cortinas is better acquainted than we
are with those Americans disposed to aid US.
You, doubtless, know that the few shells was
able to secure while the trains were passing from
Linores came from Brownsville, where he got
them by means of some faithful MeXicans resld-
ing there.
The Emperor Macmillan has issued decree
granting to Don Ramon Zarerouz the exclusive
privilege to construct and run, for the period of
se7enty-hve years, railroad between Vera Cruz
and PueEla, passing through Jalapa and Perote.
A company has been formed in Florence, with
a capital OF one million francs, tor the purpose
OF colonizing LANDS in the department of Vera
Cruz. The amount hitherto subscribed has
already been forwarded to that city to be de-
voted to the purchase of land. Among the sub
scribers are some Of the leading men of Italy,
NJ Y. Herald.