New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-24

|he capital to place himsslf & tho head

LEFT the cspitsl to place himself at tho head
Of his army.
Tho same paper gives the following re-
view Of tho situation:
President Iglesias has his seal Of govern
ment at Queretaro, about $50 miles from
the capital, where President Diaz is estab.
lished. The Porfiristss in and around the
capital have some 16, 600 men. The Igleeis-
tss count some 5000 Or 10 900 men, with ff-
teen pieces of artillery, and daily increas-
ing numbers of infantry. While We are
unable to speak with any certainty Of the
Iglesista army, We have been ocoular wit
nesses to the marching and de6ling through
the city OF the brigsdes of infantry, cav
airy and artillery, composing formidable
army, and We are prepared to believe that
claimed by them.
Previous to the sixth instant two or three
brigades started on the road to Queretar0;
and on that day some 5000 troops of sll
arms, including about twenty pieces of
ordnance, followed, and the probability
without official data to he governed by, is
that General Diaz has 5000 infantry and
cavalry and twenty-five pieces of artillery
on the road for QaeretarO, leaving in the
capital q sufficient garrison for every
emergency. These troops are generally
very we'll armed and equipped, With the
except, n of clothing. A few are badly
armed, and come Of the battalions are
armed with different classes of arms-Rem-
ingtOns, Winchesters and Rooerts0ns-be-
irg q very bad arrangement, as each class
has q different cIass of cartridge, which
must in time of action occasion great con-
fusion and likely disaster.
The DiaZ troops sre advancing upon
Queretaro, flushed with triumph and in q
spirit of col fideDce. They cOneider that in
their superiority in artillery alone they can
vaDQuish their enemies, aud in brief cam
paigu completely annihilate the army, and
destroy the power of lglesias.
On the other hand, the Iplesistas claim
that theirs is an army OF ''sOlid" men, who
are not mere prOnunciados, but men who
have left their industrial pursuits IN the
rallying around the banner Of constitutional
government; that the sentiments OF "sOlid"
people of all the surrounding States are
with them in sympathy, and are con-
tributing in men and money to the cam
paign Of '.legality." So far as the con-
templsted attack upon QueretarO, by
the Porfiristas. they pretend to sp,
prehend no disaster whatever, but
claim that from that moment will
commence the triumph of the ''legap gov
eminent. They assert that they can garri-
son that city with 5000 men and ten pieces
of artillery, which are amply sufficient to
defend that we'll known stronghold; and
after q few failures at assault, or in the
event Of an impartial siege, the Porfirista
army will melt away, leaving none but the
original pronuncisdos, while Queretaro will
be reinforced by the last pronuncamientos
and by renforcements from the surround
ing States
But defeat at Queretsro does not by
anv ,uaana offar n CERTAINTY of the defeat of
Diaz. With the troops in this city, thoss at
surrounding points, and the army of opera
tons against Queretsro. which would fall
back, provided that they can cave their ar
tillery, he will be able to form more than q
competent defense Of the capital, and the
country will be afflicted with civil war tor
some time to come.