The New York herald., 1867-04-03
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N.vvs from the Inferie' r-The situation Around
Queretaro-streng..h or the Liberals as Esti-
mated ON the rontiev-EscObedo Reports
the Enemy HeyAned In. sc.
MArAMoRAs, March ~, lso,
Up 10 the present date the armies iD me VI
cinity Of olsrstaro, as far as heard from, are
at . stand still San Luis letter, dated March
g. says business continues at standstll in con-
sequence Of the anxiety to the result operations
in the vicinity OF Queretaro. Msxmilian still there
with ten thousand men, four thousand Of whom for
eigners
President Juarez is sti at San Luis Several pretamos
have been levied-one Of $4,000 and another Of
$l5O,ooo Another Of $500, 900 is anticipated
The mperalsts concentrating all their available
forces According to the reports large presamos we're
exacted from the various places occupied by them
vous their departure, and great excesses committed
The liberals concentrating all the forces pos
sible.
Later dates from San Luis are up to the 11th great
battle had been reported, but subsequently denied
The Corhuttensc OF the 18th inst furnishes the follow
ing extract Of q letter from Escobedo:-
HACIENDA DE ALvARApo March 7, 1857,
arrived here to day with the Army Corps OF tho North
% R1ea Win hs brigade is
s sas sTrss @
aro Il Is there s he c resist our Two
The same paper says that the imperalists came out
OF Queretaro the 9th with the intention OF attacking
Corona but were compelled 10 Ia Dack Dy Hank move
ment of Escobedo. 1t also says:-We have letters
from Escobedo the 10th inst, at fve p H. The
enemy is now completely locked in Queretaro Car
vajal and Aureliano Rivera have completely cut his
communication with the capital and the Sierra The
other roads guarded by Escobedo and Corona De-
seron continues and the deserters report that the be-
seged completely demoralized. Our triumph is
hourly becoming more certain.
The Brownsville Co,ir, from various liberal papers,
coates an Of the respective forces Of the COM
batants follows
IMpERIAL FoRcEs-An imperial army. under the per-
sonal command OF the Emperor numbering little over
10 900 men, besieged in Queretaro Two or three div
sons amounting to about 5000 men, occupying the
city OF Mexico, Puebla ~ Orzaba and the State Of iu-
cafan.
REPUBLICAN FoRcEs.-The republicans have FIVE army
First Corps-Gencral Mariana Escobedo chief In COM
mand, having under his command Generals Geronimo
Trevno Sostenes Rocha, Naranjo and some 600 men;
the contingent Of Durango and Zacatecas, commanded
Rivera amounting to 900 the forces OF Antonio
Carvaja amounting TO 600 or 700 men, and the confn-
gent Of Guanajuato under command OF Generals Leon
Guzman, Forencio Antllon, Rincon Gallardo, &C.,
army Of the Centre General Regules, 1000; Gene
raj Rva Palacio, 300o General Francisco Veez, 1000
Total. $780,
Armv Of the Wet-Under General Ramon Corona,
Julio Garcia and Marques 5000 men.
Army of the SouG.-Gererals Juan Alvarez. Diego
Alvarez Pnzon and Tmeneo, 5000 men, and Ieiva and
Atamirano 200.
fae Benvides amounting from H. 600 to 900 men.
Partisan CUrpS-General Martinez, $500; Crela,
400; j. Casio and Pantony, 50O Colonel Martinez 300;
Fragoso 400 Rodriguez Bosarda 200; Florentno Mer-
cada 3O0 Juan N Mendez 300 Fernandez Garcia, 600;
1900
Considering omissions we do not think we exaagcr.
ate in counting the gueras scattered throughout the
The general total of the republican forces is stated rs