The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-03-13
Important from Mexico.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL. WHAT RESIDENT
/ Il THERE SAYS.
From the NO. CRESCENT

From Major John Edwards, successor Of
Gov. Allen as editor of the Mexican Times,
who arrived yesterday in the steamer
Oortez, we learn the following facts il rela-
ton to Mexican affairs:
The major says that the evacuation Of
Mexico BY the French issa ixed fact. Of
the army Of occupation, which numbered
$4,000, there remained, Attn sailing of the
steamer Cortez, but 600o.. Marshal Ba-
zalne, true soldier as he is, rafnained in the
rear ofhis evacuating army, and brought
up everything with completeness and dis
patch ~ Al }.
A word in favor of Marshal Bazaine NAV
not be amiss. Wherever an American came
to him, wherever Confederate appealed to
his sympathy, he was generous soldier,
always giving help and encouragement. At
least dozen families, unable to leave Mexi-
co, were furnished free transportation by
the Marshal.
Immediately upon the withdrawal Of the
French army from the city Of Mexico, the
Liberals, under Porfrio Diaz, Invested the
city, captured Puebla, Orizava, Cordova
and Passo del Macho, waiting until the last
of the French had left. Vera Cruz before at
lacking the most vital and the most iieces-
.sary town. Maximilian's broad empire.
The taking Of these towns by the Libeir,,
ais does not mean REIMBURSEMENT Of the
contest by the Imperia!ists. The emperor
Macmillan, at the head Of eight thousand
well appointed and well equipped troops,
six thousand ofwhich are Austriars and
French, has marched towards San Luis
Potosi, with the avowed intention Of Civ
ing battle to the forces Of Juarez whenever
and wherever met. If successful, he will
demand and obtain terms for his foreign
followers and for those Mexicans who atl-
hered to his standard. If unsuccessful, he
will make the best fight in his power and
cut his way to the Rio Grande.
Military prescription is rampant. The
French, as a body, must leave Mexico or
be ruined morally and pecuniarily. In
Sonora, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa, Michoacan
and Pueblo the foreigners in body have
been prescribed and banished. There is no
love for the people Of the United States,
and the only sympathy for them at all is be-
cause they are presumed to represent op-
position 70 the French and to have ex-
pressed dislike to them.
The settlement at Cordova is among the
things Of the past. The departure ofGen.
Price, which has been duly chronicled. will
be followed by almost all who associated
with him at Cordova.
Judge Perkins has gone to Paris, France.
Gov. Harris left two weeks since for Ha-
vana. Gen. Shelby still remains in Cor
dova and probably will remain for several
months to come. He is still the same
kind, generous, whOle-souled man he ever
was and no one from the United States
ever asked for bread and received stone,
or for q fish and received q serpent.
The contest in Mexico will last probably
fonr months or more. At the end of that
time Macmillan will be in Texas, not be-
cause he has not made heroic fight, and
many friends, bnt because the fight was
made toe late. For this, and this alone,
he will be forced to leave the country.
With him there will leave some of the
wealthiest and most influential men of
Mexico. $50 49,
The condition Of the country is worse
than has been known for twenty years.
The main thoroughfare between the city OF
Mexico and Vera Cruz is interrupted about
every fifteen miles, and everything the un-
lucky passengers possess is taken with a
quiet shrug Of the shoulders and polite
declaration that mo leimpo'ta," which
means, that it makes no matter to mo.