Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-05-21
MEXICAN NEWS.

many important as well as unlmpor-
tant matters, is VIGOROUSLY SO with
reference to Mexican news. 1t has
filled column after column Of the
newspaper press with sensational
stuff, paraded forth under glazing
captions, devoted to false declara-
tions touching the progress and re-
suits of the war in Mexico, and
mainly calculated to bolster up the
sinking cause of the so-called Lib
erals by evoking aid for them in this
country and in Europe in the sale
o f their worthless bonds.
Discarding the multitudinous
compounds Of trash (much Of it
manufactured in New York; which
have daily been scattered broadcast
through the telegraph, to serve
certain purpose, and waiting time
with patience" to discover what is in
reality the correct aspect of things in
Mexico, we are pretty sure of find
ing in the end, that instead Of all
the grandiloquent statements about
Liberal" victories, the boot turns
out to be altogether on the other leg.
For instance, the New Orleans
Picayune of Sunday last, states as
follows
By the steamship Paris, at Ha-
vana, we have news from Vera Cruz
to the 9Th inst. The correspondent
of the Diario de la Mariana writes
that the besiegers of Queretaro had
been routed, that the siege was
raised, and that the Liberal forces
had been beaten back towards San
Luis Potosi and Guadalupe. This
probably refers to the affair Of the
23d ult of which we had accounts
unfavorable to the Liberals, by way
of the Rio Grande.
On the 2Sth the city of Mexico
was defended by 5000 troops, and
Porfirio Diaz was IN Guadalupe with
1000 regulars and 5000 militia. 1t
was said that the Imperial forces Of
Queretrro were Fastening to the
capital. to assist in raising the siege.
The report Of the death of Gen. Mi
ramon is authoritatively denied.
The rumor was current in the in
terror that the Emperor Macmillan
had proposed to call National Con.
gress, and promised to abide by its
decisions, but that Juarez refused to
accede to it. The proposition, how
ever, had been well received by the
people, who were tired Of bloodshed.
The siege of Vera Cruz continued.
The besi-gers, however, were said
to be exhausted and it was believed
they would soon retire.
Another correspondent writes that
on the 2Sth, the Emperor Maximil,
ian arrived at Mexico with 5000
men that be gave battle to Porfrio
Diaz and completely routed him,
all his artillery and 1900
prisoners, who Immediately entered
the Imperial ranks with enthusiasm.
The news is said to have been
brought to Vera Cruz by an express
from the capital. Never
theless, in view of the proverbially
false Mexican reports, we must re-
ceive it with caution. The advan-
tage over the Liberals at Queretaro,
on the 23d, is confirmed by both the
Northern and Central mails, but it is
hardly probable, though possible,
that afterwards Macmillan could
have reached the capital and given
so successful battle.
1t is again stated as true that Gen.
Alvarez, commanding the forces Of
the South, on learning the atrocious
shooting Of Mexican officers at Pue-
bla, withdrew his troops, and retired
to the South, declaring he would no
longer serve under Gen Diaz, who
ordered those executions. Among
the others shot was Major Manuel
Aria, an officer much beloved.
twenty-five Imperial recruits, from
Havana, had arrived at Vera Cruz.
PARISH OF ST. MARY.-Two of
he Oldest citizens of this parish died |