Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-12
FROM NEW ORLEANS,
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| ing Troublesome. y
NEW YORK, Jan. ll.--The Herald's New
Orleans dispatch of to-day says: Nothing
new is reported Of Cortnas' movements.
No serious interruption to trade between
Matamoras and points in the interior.
Gen. Reynolds was expected to leave on
the 9th for the Rio Grande.
Col. Gillespie is ordered to Galveston to
inspect pOntoons.
The Indians are becoming troublesome
~ the western frontier near Loredo. Cav
tlry have been ordered there to cut of es-
cape into Mexico.
| Another dispatch dated Matamoras. Jan
uary 7th, via New Orleans to- day, SAY Cor
| tnas arrived in front of MatamOras that
day and it was expected he would attack
at once. Preparations were made to re-
ceive him.
BROWNSVILLE, Jan. .1O.-Guadelepa Acqua,
| CUliantes and San Louis POtOsi are occu-
pied by Liberal forces. Mejia is sick and
disheartened, and his army completely de-
moralized. President Juarez arrived at
| Durango Dec, mber 13Jh, from Chihuahus.
General EScebedo, with the army OF the
North, was en- route to San Louis.
Canales was at Victoria, in the state of
| Tamaculepasza. COrtina, with his own
| force and brigade OF Monterey troops,
left Matanoras yesterday in pursuit of
him. Canales has about two hundred and
| fifty men.
Letter from General BeRuregard.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 1.-THE following
letter from General Beauregdrd was re-
ceived yesterday:
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 10, 1867.
To William II. C. King, Editor Of the New
Orleans Times:
In your paper this morning you publish
an article from the New York Herald con-
tanning some remarks relative to speech
am reported to have made at Canton,
Mississippi, to the Congressional excursion
lists lately in this city. The Herald is in
error. made no speech at Canton or else
where to those eXcursionists, but con-
| yersed with them freely, and open
ly told them the South had fought the
North so desperately because it was
defending what it thought to be its Consti
'utional rights; that having app ealed to
the arbitration of arms ityielded TO the de-
,isiOn which was given against it; that |
believed the people of the South were now
willing to accept the Constitution as made
Dy war and as understood by the Supreme
Court of the United States. | said, also, in
my opinion the question of secession and
| slavery were forever settled, aud so
! tar as [ was concerned, under no cir
cumstanceS would countenance any effort
| 70 revive them; that we must now direct
our energies and cur vitality to repairing
damages of the war aud restoring to our
homes some of those comforts and that
prosperity which they formerly enjoyed.
In answer to questions of some of the eX
cursionists if / thought the South would
accept the constitutional amendment re-
piled that eschewimg politics and attend
i'm CT m m G fha
duties of my position, had little
opportunity, except through newspapers,
to ascertain the public sentiment OH the
subject, but If they DIT sired to know my
individual opinion, would say that the
South would not and should not accept
those amendments, even ii presented as a
finality; for its interest and manhood for
bade it. That we well know that we are
now at the mercy of the North. but that the
South would never do anything which
its honor could not approve to protect its
interest, and believe would remain passive
spectators of the struggles of powers going
on at the North, relying on the sober see
ond thought and sense of justice of both
parties to protect us. | added, though full
of Confederaey, instead of going to for
eign country to swear allegiance to its
government, L preferred remaining
in my own country and swearing
allegiance to what thonght to be its new
Government. In conversation with the
excursionists 1 used the words "cOnsoli-
dated Government" when speaking of the
United States Government. | meant, of
course, of the common Federal National
Government, operating under the Constr
tuition as interpreted by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
remain, yours, very respectfully,
u. II. q. BEAURKGARD.