Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-26
MEXICO.

The correspondent Of the New NorE
World writes as follows from PHab&ns
on the 9th Of February:
The French were hurrying forward
their departure and had nouhed tht
civilians of their country who desired e
leave the capital under military escort
that the last convoy Tor that purpose
would leave on February LIST. After thai
date nobody would be allowed to join
any later conveys.
Marshal Bazaine having proposed that
two hundred and f%fCy-nine individuals
of the French army should be decorated
with the order of Guadalupe, Maximll-
ian fastened to comply with the desire
of this wholesale dealer in royal hard
ware"
Bv the time that the French have left
the capital. il viii be invested by a force
Of fifteen thousand republicans but 8
larger force would be required If Il should
show a decided resistance. At least,
forty thousand men could be detained
before il for three months. But the
republican forces are increasing amaG'
iugly. Lewis Wallace has been app
pointed general of division, and more
than two hundred American officers
have been added TO the service.
-Buarez il resolved to punish the lead
ing impsrialists by cOnfiscation Of their
property. 1t is estimated that the value
OF property thus seized in the states OF
Durango, Chihuahua, Zacatecas and san
Luis, amounts 10 Sl20, O0O, 600. In the
first named state resides Don Juan
Flores, who received from the empire the
cross Of the order Of Guadalupe but il
will cost him dear, for JusreZ has con-
fiscated his twenty-three estates. valued
at ST 100000. He paid too dear for his
whistle.
The sturdy president has issued a de-
cree that all the nations Of Europe hav-
ing recognized the empire, it is incum-
bent on the republic to cease ali relations
with them. This has given margin to
the reactioDists to report that JuareZ bSs
issued an edict of prescription against all
foreigners, who will be compelled to give
up their nationality.
LerdO de TejadO had issued q circular
notifying the arrival OF the president aud
cabinet at Durango. As for Ortega,
there is q rumor that he escaped on the
way from Zacatecas TO Durango, but
there appears to be nothing TO justify the
report. The same may be said Of the
gossip which locates the unfortunate
chief Justice at San Luis POtOsi in the
custody Of EscobedO. Letters from Zac-
atecas mention as an on dit that the
escort Of Ortega mutinied and set him
free. In the above city Juarez was ex-
pecbed about the 10Th or ODD.
TeXcOco, after a brave defense, was
evacuated by its garrison, which fell
back on Mexico. The Mexicans and
AustTiO-B elgians had left Puebla for the
same point. They number 1000 men,
and viii at present stay at San Angel
aud Coyoacan, where they have been in
quarters for two or three days past. Pc
rOte was abandoned some time since.
It is plain that these different move
ments OF the imperialists tend to carry
out q plan Of concentration around the
city or Mexico; so that Macmillan and
his generals have decided 10 give battle
90 the whole Of the united republican
forces. The arrival Of Corona az Guada-
~lsjara, by-the-by, that chief was not
stopped by LOssda, as was threatened,
the march Of Escobedo upon San Luis,
and that Of POrfrio Diaz, who, every
day approaches nearer, show plainly in
the republican leaders their intention TO
converge their principal forces upon
Mexico with the greatest possible ra-
pidity.
With respect TO the movements ofPor-
firiO Diaz, there is somedoubt. Although
the last news from Cuautla spoke Of bis
speedy arrival, yet letters from Puebla
and Tehuacan say that on the 18th ult.
he had moved from Oajaca.
Gen. Castillo has taken command of
Mejia's division and is marching upon
San Luis PotOsi, where he expected to
arrive about the end Of January.
Miramon is staying in Leon with a
force Of 600 men, mostly French soldiers
who were in the Mexican chasseurs.
Cuernavaca was occupied by the repub-
licans under Leiva. Garcia de la Cadena
had installed Senior Portugal as governor
in Aguascalientes, and the Principal
estate n had signed a document
binding themselves TO raise troops for the
defense Of their property and the consti-
tutional government. Tlaxcala was
abandoned by the Austrian garrison,
who destroyed 800 guns and spiked all
the cannon. The imperialists under
Carrauza and Perez Pslacios had arrived
in the valley Of Mexico.