Mr. Plumb to Mr.
Jacobson
St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans,
Monday,
March 11, 1867.
My Dear Mr. Jacobson: I enclose to you
herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State, a slip from
this evening’s paper containing important news from Mexico, just
telegraphed from Galveston. The steamer from Brazos will probably reach
here to-morrow, when I may have special advices to communicate. Mr.
Campbell arrived here Saturday evening, the 9th instant, after an
absence of just one month.
In haste, most truly yours,
E. P. Jacobson, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
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[From the Evening Picayune.]
Special despatch to the Picayune.–Important from
Mexico.–Maximilian with the Imperial Army.–Issue of a patriotic
proclamation.–He will fight to the last.– Defence and inviolability
of the country.–Reorganization of the Army.–Movements of the Mexican
chieftains.
Brazos
Santiago,
March 8.
The mail steamer leaves for New Orleans to-day, with news from
Brownsville, Matamoras, the Mexican border, and the far interior of
Mexico.
We are in possession of very important news from the armies in the
interior. It came to hand through the most authoritative sources,
and is entirely reliable.
The Emperor Maximilian arrived at Queretaro on the 17th ultimo, and
at once placed himself at the head of the imperial army.
He immediately issued a stirring proclamation to the army and people.
In substance, Maximilian says that he will defend the integrity and
inviolability of Mexico, and that, being released from French
complications and embarrassments, he will be able to devote his
entire energies to the work.
The imperial forces at Queretaro number about 10,000 men, and
comprise the commands of Generals Miramon, Mejia, Mendez, and
Castillo; these forces Maximilian says he has organized within the
last two months.
By special order of the Emperor Maximilian, General Marquez, who
accompanied him from the city of Mexico, has been placed in chief
command of the imperial armies.
General Miramon will command the army of the south; General Mejia
that of the north, and General Castillo that of the centre. All
these generals, together with that of General Mendez and Governor
Vidaurri, were at Queretaro on the 18th ultimo.
It is stated that all the foreign embassies at the Mexican capital
have protested against the rule of General Marquez.
Juarez arrived at San Luis Potosi on the 25th, and the liberal
accounts say he was received with great eclat.
General Escobedo, with the main force of the liberals, was at San
Miguel de Allende.
From Mexico.–From the Southwest Pass.
By the arrival of the despatch boat from Matamoras, the Bulletin has
specials to the 4th instant.
Juarez was at San Luis Potosi on the 21st ultimo. Maximilian was at
Queretaro with an army of 10,000 men, in three divisions, commanded
respectively by Miramon, Castillo, and Mejia. General Marquez is
chief of staff to Maximilian. Escobedo was at San Miguel, eighteen
leagues distant, awaiting re-enforcements.
Four thousand under Regules, and eight thousand under Corona, were
expected. As soon as these arrived they would give Maximilian
battle. The emperor will command in person.
Two thousand troops garrison the city of Mexico. Porflrio Diaz was at
Huamantla with eight thousand. He expected four thousand
re-enforcements before attacking the city.
In his official order taking command of the army Maximilian says:
“This day I have desired for a long time, but obstacles were in my
way. Now, at last, free from all compromise, I can follow my
will.”
The foreign representatives at the capital have presented a protest
to Maximilian, rehearsing previous robberies and murders by his
chiefs, and asking security.
