The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1867, Page 4

. MEXICO. The Battle Greund About Queretaro. Views of the Merald Correspondents Taken at Vera Cruz, Matamoros and San Luis Potosi. MAX HAS LOST PRECIOUS TIME. MASTERLY INACTIVITY OF ESCOBEDO, &a, &e. &o. SPECIAL TELECRAM TO THE HERALD. Juarez Still at San Luis—The Liberal Army Suid to be Thirty-Qve Thousand M Pes quiera Organizing a Code Laws fer So- ra—Corona’s Confiscation Decree, &c. San Francisco, March 20, 1867. ‘The steamer Oriflamme has arrived from Mexican ports. The Hxratn’s special correspondent sends the following from Mazatlan, under date of March 13:— President Juarez remains at San Luis Potosi with sev- eral detachments of the liberal army. It ig known for a fact that Maximilian has taken per- sonal command of the imperialist army, He bas left the city of Mexico and is marching towards Zacatocas to at- tack the liberal troops, General Marques is in command of one division of the imperial troops. General Porfirio Diaz remained near Puebla, con- tinually harassing the imperialists whenever opporta- nity offored. ‘The imperialists have only poseession of tho citles of Moxico, Puebla and Vera Craz. ‘The liberal army consists of about $5,000 men, divided as follows:—Escobedo, 11,000; Corona, 11,000; Portirio Diaz, 8,000; Carvajal, 5,000. About five hundred mon remained at Mazatlan under the orders of General Martinez. All was quiet in the State of Sonora. General Pes- quiora was at Ures, the capital of that State, busily en- gaged in the organization of State laws, &. General Corona, Commander-in-Chief of the Western army, has published a decree, under date of February 18, levying a contribution of one per cent on all property, whether lauded, mineral, mercantile or industrial, which exceeds $1,000 in value—one half to be paid within fif- teen days. This decree comprises the States of Jalisco, Ginaloa and Colima It was thought doubtful that Gen- eral Lozada would allow the decree to be put in force fm the State of Jalisco. The liberals here ere still intending to march on the city of Mexico, Meanwhile Maximilian is tired of waiting for their approach, and has gone out with an army in search of them. The imperial army-is believed to be in a better Mato of disciplive than that of tho liberals, as it com- prises a lurge body of French and Austrian soldiera who have enlisted with Maximilian. There is no doubt that geveral months will elapse before the war is over, although there is none as to the termination being in favor of the liberals. QUR SPECIAL VERA CRUZ CORRESPONDENCE. Appronch of the Liberal Forces Towards Mexico—Maximilian as a Soldier—The Ap- pronching Decisive Battle ix Central Mexi- co—Position and Strength of the Two Armies North of Queretaro—The Probable Battie Field—impertal Cavalry—Maximilian te Cat his Way to the Rio Grande if Defeated— Escobedo Believed to Have Madea Serious * Strategic Blunder, &c. Vera Cavz, March 3, 1867, With the exit of the French from this country the political situation ia supposed to take a new character, Maximilian, doserted by his allies and left to his fate, ecoepts the alternative, and resolves to show the world that whatever views the Fronch may have had as to ohecking the southward spread of the Anglo-Saxon race, De had no other object than to build up Mexico into a Feapectable power, and associate his name with the Gory of her regeneration. Poor Mexico, like Sambo in the United States, has received rough usage thus far, ‘and is likely to come out of the regenerating process torn, ragged and impoverished; but of the beneficent, atthough unsuccessful efforts of the Austrian Prince in ber behalf there is much to be said when the history of , this ‘Mexican muddle” is properly explained and writ- ten. Butas I have said above, toa certain extent the (@@tmation is changed with the departure of the French. Maximilian has quietly awaited the evacuation of Mexico ‘ty those professed friends, but secret enemies, who, finding themselves obliged to quit, determined that the whole fabric of intervention should perish with their own fall. Left to himeelf tho Emperor commences a gew rile. For the first time sinco his arrival in May, 1864, his hands are untied, and he believes that duty to @iNity or incapacity to the world. The déncuement can- Bot be far distant; and we may here briefly examine the situation at the chief point of attraction in oe ne where the vital operations are now being iu best military critics am those who have acted drama hat fm this Mexican agree that Maximilian has taken the steps towards ingratiating himself with the He it himeelf at the head of his forces, bi with his best generals, and thus oe & position which he could not assume @uring the French oceu; To have taken the fletd ‘then would have been not , ‘but absurd. ie Ie ii i FF ee # g F 5 i i FH i u : i i | i i Fs j i £ £ z i 5 i 5 ' i i i F E fi 3 : to the sou the Alvares son) are ing with of tires thoumand Pinvos trom dere By RL Pashia fe otati the road be is oly at Zacatecas with exvort, Bs rot acc Hm wm an ert the capital until efter the ‘dccisive (Sad y since bis recent 1th escape where Mi have captured him but for the failure of Cas: to in he Juares thes keeps him Imperialists for the present, battle in the —— NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1867,-TRIPLE SHEET, formed tn other expacities, is par eredlence a cavalry officer. Since the French lefe the capital, and comma- nication has been more or less interrupted, Maxiiailian h inialned @ characteristic reticence ag ras bis 2d movements. Dano, the French Minister, and even Bazaine, now tw Vera Cruz, can only dea! in con- jectures as w his resources, But the latter admits that the fifteen hundred cavalry above mentioned is the most formidable body of horsemen known for many years in Mexico, They were organized in 1865, and are @ pet coveerm with the Emperor, who bas steadily in- greased their number, and carefully seem to their effi- ciency and equipment.’ Many of them haye repeating arms—probably the Sharp carbine, Your correspon- dent saw them, about eight hundred strong, m the sum- mer of 1865, dismounted, and marchiog to mass at La Professa in the City of Mexico, and they then madea very creditable appearance, Their mumbers have been nearly doubled since. ‘The imporial infantry is undoubtedly superior in material to those of the liberals, who, although filled with enthusiasm, owing to their unopposed march to- wards the tal, are in reality uqdsciplined, and com- posed for the most part of moticy collections gathered from the forces of the numerous small chieftains who have Ogured aiong the Rio Grande in the last three years. ‘Their successive occupation of the towns evacu- ated by the French, after Kazaine's order to concentrate with all speed in the valley of Mexico, has given them a certain prestige which is tho result of only insignificant fights, and not one considerable battle, The metal of the contending forces wil! appear in the battle of which the news is now daily expected. Most of Maximilian’ troops may be called veterans, Among them are a few Europeans, probably company officers, but tho great majority are disciplined natives, who have seen service, have been carefully drilied by foreign and march to battle under the eye of the Emperor. The im- ria) cause ie now backed by the old Church party of Siexico with ali its wealth and influence, It might be supposed from the above account that the writer must be a confirmed imperialist; but these facts are given withont political bias of any kind, and with the belief that the Heratp is in search of both sides of every question. Tho information comes from sources which are trustworthy, and which your correspondent’s personal experionce in this country enables him to con» firm. ‘Those who consider the “Mexican muddle” as solved by the departure of the French, and who believe that the pryg se imarenrs ve Austrian is seckit & means of escape, have to anything his career in Mexico, The political millenium bas not yet arrived for this volcanic country. There is but one course which can permanently restore peace here, and the wholesale absorption of Mexico by the United but as that event is not likely to occur yet mu must count upon the present condition of an indednite future, It is now a fair fight beww Mexicans—the French being out of the ques- tion henceforth, The news of this battle in Central Mexico is looked for with intense interest by all Mexi- cans, and with curiosity by the departing French, who will be surprised, not to say chagrined, at the prompt success of a cause which, after five years of disastrous warfare and prodigious expense, has resulted for them in mortification and defeat, Should Maximilian prevail in the coming fight his cavalry wii! be very apt to make ita disastrous route, ‘The libera!s will be obliged to retreat again into Northern Mexico, if not utterly cut up and dispersed; and years may elapse before the Emperor can be fought out of his upland strongholds, The whole of the great central plateau around the capital, embracing the populous cities of Guanajuato, San Luis, Guadalajara, Puebla, Leon and dozens of others, with their feritie surround. ings, would then probably fall into the hands of the imperialists, whose forces would soon swell into still more formidable numbers under the prestige of success, The little armies of Aivarez and half a dozen other Ieaders would be beaten in detai! and dispersed, and the empiro become a fixed fact, If, om the other hand, the liberals should win the day they wiil press triumphantly upon the capital, carry everything before them, and faximilian, if be escaped capture would only do so by reaching the sea coast with his remaming cavalry, or what 1s still more probable cut his way with them across the States of Queretaro, Nuevo, Leon and Tamaulipas to the Rio Grande, and take refuge with his friends in the great republic, the asyium of the unfortunate of all vations, Senor Arroyo is alrcady in the United States, probably to make arrangements for such a®®coutingency. Arroyo landed several weeks ago at New Orieans from Havana, and remained in ihe Southern Statos some time betore going to New York Maxinullian is just the man to adopt ‘this desperate course in caso of a iual defeat, There is no force north of Querétaro which could overtake him in such a retreat, and nothing on the way which could pro- vent any considerable body of cavalry from subsisting and reaching the fropticr. The best military judges, however, do not anticipated such a dénvucment, It 1s beheved here that Escobedo has committed a blunder in advancing bis army so near to Querétaro, and that he has been impetied to this by the overweening enthusiasm of the Jiberals. North of him, about foriy miles, is the rich hacienda of Jaral, on the Sau Luis road. To have reached Dolores Hidalgo he must haye quitted that stronghold where be should have remained, Properly fortified it offers an almost impregoa- bie position, while the surrounding country coa- tains all that is mecessary to supply his army, It is probable that both parties. who prociaim “Liberty” as their watchword, are willing to fight at Dolores Hidalgo to avail themselves of the historical prestige already mentioned as attaching to that locality. Kecobedo shouid, however, have awaited the concentrating movements of the small chiefiains in the rear of the imperialists and around the capital before advancing southward from San Lais. Perhaps it is this danger wuich has caused Maxi- ‘milian to move al! or 9 portion of his forces out of Quer- taro to precipitate a genera engagement, However, it may be the policy of do to draw the imperialists to the northward as far as possible from the capital, and to avoid a battle by retiring on the San Luis road. These and other speculations are the daily talk m Vera Craz during the momeonis which may be spared from witness- ing the final act of the French intervention, now being performed in this city. By the time this reaches the United States. there will be few, af any, foreign troops in Mexico. ‘The Freach were bever more dreadfully in earnest than in their hurried departure from this country, especially in viow of the approaching sickly season. Tho Castle of San Juan de Ulloa has been garrisoned with Imperial troops, to protect the beet detachments, anid thue it as well as Cordova and Orizaba, is strongly fortified. hore are rumors that Porfirio Diaz las captured the above-named lace, but although communication is much interrupted, there is no reason for believing the statemont, The month of March may be big with events, perhaps involv- the fate of Mexico for years to come. ‘he above is a brief réswmé of the mititary situation at the vital pointin the tar interior, and it 1s likety thas the next news of importance from that vicinity will reach the United States via San Luts, Zacatecas and the Rio Grande. [think your readers ought not to count with too much certainty upon the battle for the posses- sion of Central Mexico being decided in favor of the Liberals. Both sides bave been preparing for this con- test with every resource at their command—cach fully comprehending its necessarily decisive character. QUA MATAMOROS CORRESPONDENCE. Positions and Plans of Both Sides—The Delay of Max to Attack—He Loses Precious Time— Prestige on the Side of the Liberals—The Bitterness of Party Feeling, &c. Matawonos, March 6, 1867. The news from Queretaro and vicinity which arrived here last evening is up to the 25th ult. No battle had as yet taken place~., The troops of Escobedo, under the immediate com- mand of that dashing and skilful officer, Trovino, oc- cupy the Hino from San Felipe to San Miguel, tncluding the little town of Dolores Hidalgo, San Miguel is eigh- ‘teon leagues from Queretaro, Tuose of Corona are mov- tug on the lino from the city of Guanajuato to Zelaya, which latter place is in easy distance either of San Miguel or Queretaro, Regules having moved out from Morelia, in the State of Michoacan, had reached and oc- oupicd Acambaro and Maravatio, small places south west from Queretafo, With these forces, numbering aot far from twenty thousand men, and, as will be seen, in such position that they can easily co-operate, the Maxim| have oppose, tt eomete, Denenvatheceaes men, eB tivnd on It has been supposed that the pol! to fall with “he liberals, wueine en awhile, affairs Hy & & & ee i i of i i if i i | E a eS a E235 55 1 i A rt i i H ri Hi is z ! F | i sett il z i il i i } ! : i ef 8 2 : & HL a a Hil a; i oi i E f i i i : i | s $i 5 i il [ H fel & § i i 's = = 4 z - HA FA 3 i i I s i d “ial just such ecenes of appailing massacro as lately occurred at Sen Jac.nto, Escobedo wail not rigk a battle uatil the desired com- Dinations are made, He cam better afford to walt than his adversary. OUR SAN LUIS POTOSI CORRESPONDENCE, Concentrat The Liberals Gathering thei Miguel, Fourteen Leagues Northward—Ca- nales wants to Join the Liberal Army—Bev- erly Tucker Flies before the Liberale—His Seu Wounded by Bandits, &c. San Luis Porost, Feb. 22, 1867, it is reported here to the government that Maximilian has taken the field, leaving Marquez with three thousand men to defend the capital, He has joined the force of Castillo, now at Queretaro, where it is proposed to make a stand for the empire, Mendez has evacuated Morelia and advanced with his force of throe thousand men to aid Castillo, whose army is thus swelled to seven thou- sand effective troops, Morelia, from official report of Corona, is occupied by @ portion of his liberal force. ‘The Queretaro campaign is now the great centre of all eyes, and the fortunes of Mexico hang upon it to a con- siderable extent. The same campaign that I informed you from Durango had been ordered by the liberal gov- ernment now holds good. Escobedo, Trevino and all the liberal forces are marching southward, and will unite within about fourteen leagues of Queretaro. Aranda and de In Cadans are maebeg from Aguas Calientes towards the objective iat, je the hundred men who left few days since will swell the liberal army to about seven thousand or eight thousand men well Sermo i se weibcee ing on ma, and soon Castillo en himself hemmed in by four- teen thousand of the best liberal troops in the field. His -_ begs will be to whip the liberal armics in detail, and if he does this, he must do it quickly, He has no time to lose. The remnant of the army of Miramon is also united to that of Castillo, Escobedo left here on the 18th inst. It is considered that there are already sufficient lib- eral troops in the field. At Zacatecas a notice bas been in the streets that no more men will be called for m that Siate. Canales 1s reported to be at Tula, in Southern Tampico, with eight hundred men. He bas a commissioner here to obtain a pardon for him for his Matamoros acts, and desires permission to attach himself to the liberal army with the force under him. lo, in answer to a similar communication made to him a short time since, informed Canales that it would be all right and that the government would accept his services. Beverly Tucker, of President Lincoln assassination notoriety, left here with his son for the.city of Mexico as soon as he heard that the liberal government was on its way here and that there was 8 small American force in the army. His son, I hear, was badly cut in the iace by some bandits who plundered them on the road. ‘San Luis Potosi is said to be extremely imperial in sentiment—especially all the wealthy and upper classes are in favor of the empire, The great mass of the peo- ple, poor and ragged, are in favor of the liberals, and the empire must therefore nder. ‘You may antici that Juarez will be in Mexico two weeks from the fall of that capital. The government travel at the rate of from twelve to fourteen leagues per UR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE LIBERAL CAMP. The Ablest Officers in Maximilian’s Service, the Best Soldiers in Juarez’s Army—Four- Escobe on Esco- bedo being 1 and Corona Quick to Jois Him—Ortega at Saltillo—Brilliant Festivities at San Luis, &c, Sax Luis Poroat, Feb, 25, 1867. The anticipated battle at Queretaro is the great ob- Jective point of all eyes iifMexico, The fortunes of the ‘empire hang upon the result. By dint of cash, of troops pressed into the service, of powerful efforts used by the Charch party asa final hopo, they have gathered in and about Queretaro some eight thousand troops of all arms. Among these are quite a numberof French and Aus- trians, who have lent their swords to the tottering em- pire. The force of Mendez, recalled from Morelia, is now incorporated with the other imperial troops, The empire has surrendored the whole of Western Mex- foo to make one desperate “and. The Austrian adven- turor also exhibits a spark of life, and enters the field with his troops. San Juan dei Rio, where Maximilian published bis proclamation, is about fifteen leagues south of Queré- taro, At this date it is known here that Maximilian is ss —— and, with his troops, awaiting the advance of the libe The liberal foree under command of Escobedo is about six thousand of allarms. Advancing from Aquas Call. entes and Guanajuato are about one thousand five han. dred more troops, which will by to-morrow sweil Esco. bedo’s force to seven thousand five hundred men, well armed battalions, cnthusiastic and hopeful. In point of officers Maximilian has the advantage, as the best generals are on the imperial side, as even the liberals themselves acknowledge; butin pointof common soldiers the latter havo the advantage. Corona writes to the government, under date of 224 of February—his lotters reaching here this morning— that bis army was about to march for Toluca from More- lia (the former point withi: jew leagues of the city of Mexico), but that he could take the road for Querétaro if he received orders to that effect; that his troops would bo detained in Morelia during the 23d instant, but would march on the morning of tho 24th. Official despatchos sent by Escobedo and tho government must have reached Corona oz tho 23d, and he will therefore make a forced march immediately on Queretaro with from six thousand to seven thousand men. From Queretaro to Morelia there are but forty leagues, and this Corona can make in four days, so that by the 27th or 28th instant ut most the liberal army in front of Queratero will number fourteen thousand men— sutlicient to crush the Austrian and ali his army. More- ovor, the smnall force left in the city of siexico is not suf- —_ 4 ore it nog Regal Diaz, eet Tapidly from Oajaoa, an 7m jes, not four days distant from the enpital on the west. If Escobedo has the good military sense to await the arrival of Corona, there can be littic doubt of the result; ail wat ye well with the iiberals; but if,” am- Ditlous all the glory, he makes a mature attack, he may throw the liberal cause ward at least six montha, Yesterday Escobedo’s main army was twenty leagues from Querétaro; but his ad- vanco guard and cavalry were ee of tho ad- vance guard of the imperialists, and bad a alight skirmish with but little advantage on either side, Tho great decisive battle must come off on tho 28th or soon after, and it will doubtiess be a bi one. The only hope of the imperialists 1s to whip io and Corona in detail, . Ortega is still @ prisoner at Saltillo guarded by one bundred and fifty men. It is extremely doubtful what wiil be done with him—he isto Mexico what Jeifer-on preted is toy the United States—an elephant drawn ja a tery. ren festival has been going on here since the arrival of the President. ‘fhe eveni of the 2ist, ‘and 23d have been very lively in the From 8 column in the centre ropes are hung which are fastened to the posts on the sides of the are suspended numerous white, at the ite end Prom these terns of the national ob age? twas a jumphal Car, ly arranged with tional colors of Mexico.’ In ‘The eccupation of both Orizaba and Cordova by the Iberals is confirmed. Tho garrisons of both towns were small, and had retired to Vora Crus—the former did not exoved four hundred men, aad the latter consisted of second in Command, were in of Maximilian co-operate In the Projected Congress, which is to decide—should | aver meot—if the imperialist yoyo is to be continued or the republican one ts to be re-establishea. only difference which ex sted in the views of Maximilian a Diaz is,*the latter demanded that the Congress should be couvoked in accordance with the consiilutioa of 1866, whereas Maximilian desired to leave the people absolute liberty to pronounce thelr own judgment. The pubic opision in Mexico a to be for » moderate = — republican goverament, and the great campaign now eet on foot has no other object in View than to remove Juarez far away, aud reduce the “revengeful and intolerable party which sustains bim’ to insignificance. ‘This oncofconsummated, Maximilian would then give up the reins of government to the Pres- ident who may be elected by the party which is strog- gling for the restoration of peace and order, and imme- diately retire to Europe, ‘with tho satiafation of having porsonally. contributed to the attainment of the only re- sult which can now be hoped for and desired.’” According to the Diario de Sa: de Cuba of the 8th inst. the French transport Tarn, of 620 horse power and 228 men, Commandant Martin, from Vera Croz on the 28th ult., had arrived with 1,225 men of the foreign logion, eighty of whom are to be conveyed, along with sixty-two horses, to Martinique, and the rest of the men ‘The steamer was to sail as soon as she had Tam informed that some of the finest horses belong- ing to the French were sold in Vera Cruz as low as each, for want of buyers with money for such purposes, THE TURF. English Racing—Liverpeel Spring Meeting, ‘Tuesday. March 5. ‘The great steeple chase fixture of the year, increased to four days by the addition of the grand military cross- country events, has opened with weather not usually seen on Aintree, Generally in the Grand National the plough is heavy and the grass somewhat swampy, but on this occasion the ground was everything that could be desired, Old Helen gave another of her running into form winning the idle Handicap with caso from th Reavy backed ‘Tennyson anda fair eld, which imme ved her stable companien, Fan for the aople chews. did g thigh looking tot and the favori' 2 ations a very te, was cleverly beaten by Substance, a Prime Minister filly, from Stevens’ stable. Lord Stamford’s Sedella was about the handsomest of the lot. The Hurvis Hawmicar of 5 sovs. cach, with 50 sovs, added. Winners extra. Two miles. Over six hurdles. Mr. Barber’s b. m. Helen, 6 years, by Commoti ost, Bib. 01. ex.) Gnwek. False ep ge oe 1 Mr. ‘ortunati r, ws bc. ae, A rae ee ee Lord Coventry’s br, g. Tennyson, & years, Ost. 2ib. Lord Poulett’s ch. g. Charl Prout oi, te ee ee (Mr, Edwards) 4 Mr. A. Yates’ b, g. Balham, aged, 11st. 9ib. (in. 101d. Mr. Brayley’s b. hb. Pearl Diver, aged, a - Mr. Naylor's br. m. Gazza Ladra, 6 years, 10st. 101 can ak Me sta 6 ye : . Mackenzi [essm: Rte ee g “ & yerTaddington) 0 Mr. W. Nicholl’s b. m. Yarrow, 5 years, Ost. Sib. (Hodgkinson) 0 Mr. W. B. Kerr's b. f, Fair Maid of Perth, 4 y QBt. ClD........ +0000 o. (J. Hanlan, Jr.) © Betting—2 to fl agst ‘Tennysot 2 agst Fortunatus, 6 to 1 agst Helen, and 100 to 8 agst any other. The Auras Prare of 50 sovs. for 8 year olds and up- wards, Winners extra, Five furlongs. Captain Christie’s b. m. Salliet, 5 y Sst. rend a (Grimsb: 1 Lord Coventry's ob. f 1A Mandi, 3 years hb, ‘ fae sesecgeseseeesesees(OUyOD Mr. A. Heathcote’s b. m. Bessie, 6 years, 7st. 6lb, fameron) 3 4 5 ( Mr. Allington nas. b. b. Stockinger, aged, 8st. 101b. (Parry) Lord Westmoreland’s b. ¢. Crown Prinoe, 4 Ist, ee: ‘Fst. 1d.)..--. +6 Se eR ent) tting—7 to 4 against Ballict, 100 to 30 Inst Crown Prince, 4 to 1 against La Maudite, and 6 tol inst Bessie. 6 Trno STaKxs of 5 sove. each, with 100 sova. added; colts, Sst. 101b. ; fillies, 8st. Sib, Winners extra, with maiden allowances. T. Y.C. 16 subs. Stevens’ Mr. T. ’ b. £, Substance, by Prime Minister, Sst, a Payne} 1 2 3 4 o . Olb. ° Mr. Leo's ch. f. Maude Nevill, 8st. Fordham) 0 Betting—6 to 2 againet 4to1 at Sedella, 5 to 1 against Maude Nevill, stance. The Frvina Staxxs (handicap) of 5 sovs. each, with 100 Sports 8 year olds and upwards. Winners oxtra. Mr. Warrington’s b. f. Fiying Jib, by Gunboat, 4 r cata. Vinal} Mr. Saxon’s br. f Lady Craven, 8 years, cao Lord Bateman’spp. a nen ee ey Lord Stamford’s br. c. Chibisa, 4 years, sa"a. (Ba Mr rae f. Ne 3 6st. 7b, Coventry’s jarino, _—, a 1 2 3 4 5 Pte} 0 ) ° r) 0 100 to 16 against Sub- Gat. 91h, (R. Chationer) oars, Ost. 7 (ay ra, Sst. 121b.( Wyatt) Temple, 3 carried 68t, 12ib.. Lord Eglinton’s ch. Mr. Alwin’s f. Bonnie Doon, 3 Mr. T. Falshaw’s br. c. Apollo’s ears, Botting—2 to 1 against Narino, 9 to 2 agaiust Queen of Tramps, 100 to 15 each against erring a0 Lady Craven and Alberta, 8 to 1 against Apollo’s Temple 10 tol against Chibisa. ASzrinc Sraxes of 3 sova, each, with 20 sovs. added, for a'l ages; weight for age, with maidon and selling allowances. T. ¥. 0, 4 subs. "8 Isabel, by Cape Fiyaway, 2 years, oteceseecesececoseosess(Renyon) 2 b. c. by Y¥. Melbourne—Sa' st. Tb. (£20).... Mr. Frenoh’s b, f. Ida, (Sharples) 3 Betting—Even on Isabel; 5 to 4 against Sataneila colt, and 6 to 1 against Ida. The Menser Uvrof 100 sova., added to a handicap sweep- stakes of 10 sove. eaoh, 5ft.; winnors extra; mile; 20 subs. The highest weight acceptiay being 8st. 8ib., jit has been raed to Sat. 12ib., and the others in pro- sion. Meh. Heathcote’s b. f. Lady Pam, by Prime Minis- ter, 3 years, Ost. 91b...... seeesees-(Cameron) 1 Lord Westmoreland’s bi. c. The Rock, 3 Get, DD, sacs svsiee aesecesese(Kepyon) 2 Mr. C. Clarke's c, Bedford, 3 yoars, 6st. ee 3 bere Apher ng mention gi Tw it Rock, and 4 to 1 agst Bedford. . ‘picaP PLate of 40 sovs., for 3 year olds and upwards, Winners extra. About six furlongs. . roc sry bh = en ty er nS ‘Ts. 2 Lord Stamford’ iby Wit bayeiiy, 7o 4 [ + (Kelly’ 2 | F E Fa jl i i & < a ef isis ul 28, PREBRERZERPPSE siting, aa a as FLOODS IN THE SOUTHWEST. Tho Town of Columbus, Ky.. Inundated. foot Saloon, $500; Bon Ton Restaurant, Capito! Saloon, The Eagle Saloon, M. Caro, Ul., March 20, 1867. corner of Niath and Ra‘tr--4 streets, The levee on the north side of Columbus, Ky., broke ‘this morning, and the town is now completely inun- dated. This city is still dry. A Submerged City—Chattanoogn, Tenn., Under Water—Loss of Life—Terrible Havoc and Distress—A Houseless and Starving People— Proclamation of Martial Law. pearance eavy loas, While the proprictor » \# removi @ thief extracted bis pocket book from 4, thereby adding insult to inary. jor i form no idea as yet of the losses sustained by himselt stolen; the beautiful garden in front of it was totally of the City When the Waters Fell, &e. ruined, and the furniture much inju ‘All the Grom the Chattanooga American Union, March 10.) of groceries inthe storeroom wus inerged The fe have no heart this morning to dwell at length garden belonging to the house, on north side be the terrible calamity which has befallen the | the river, is destroyed. tizens of nooga and surrounding country. born was carried off by the current and d For milos and miles the land ig hidden, only | tted at a place a quarter of a mile distant from its origi @ few of the higher points of hills being above | nal location, while the dwelling house was carried from the water. In Chattanooga to-might (Saturday), | one hill across a valley and le{t on the side of tho o March 9, 1867, is from four to eight feet of | site hill, on the spot where a log houge formerly water on all the streets, The losses of our morchants, tig cies taring Sepieted tor porte pakno business men citizens can not be esi and we Sa of tne ase occupied by Major Joh: fear the injury to the pects of the place can | living Chestnut and Sixth streets, was floated never be estimated. c! bas never been known | during the flood, and was found stranded on the co or heard of by any one in this section, and we sincerely | mons at Eighth and Pine streeta, Scarcely any: Depe it may Rever.be sven again. was left of it but the roof anda floor. At the time ‘esterday our carriers were compelled to carry the | was vacated, when the waters were rising, i contat papers around in skiff’ and canoes to leave them with | considerable household pro) , but nothing was left subscribers. Many of the latter were not at home when | in it but a trunk. A large stove was among they called, and the papers had to be brought back to | missing the office. Hook & Wood, furniture dealers, the ean Union office, have suflered ‘The losses ly. sustained by tho railroad companies In the city the tracksare all plo living in ing them to the ‘aud family, living at the Nationa! Cemetory, were brought off by him and taken to his \house. as the Chattan: American Union, March 12 ‘he waters contin to rive during Satu:day night and Sunday. On Sunday night they rose sven inches between nightfall and daylight. During Monday morn- ing they were on a stand, and about noon they began to fall, From that time till about twelve o’ at night they fel! five inches, The steamer Cherokee on her trip down the river steamed across the country three miles to the town of Washington, county seat of Rhea county, forty miles from here. Her officers took man, woman aud child who remained in town on and after giving them an excursion around thé suburbs of their town took them back again. Hundreds of people camo in from Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain during yesterday, to endeavor to get something to cat. tis stated that the backwater extends up Lookout valley to a aistance of forty miles from the river, The water stood five feet deep in the lower story of the American Union building yesterday morning. The paper has been published regularly every morning, without the lost of a singl2 issue. The employés and all others who had business to transact with the office were compelled to land in a boat on the stairs. The Kepublican office has been completely ruined. Several attempts were made during Saturday night and Sunday to break into the stores in various parts of the city. Some ies succeeded in making an entry with boats into the store of W. Crutchfield & Co., and stole a quantity of goods. Mr. C. H. Kenton and some other gentlemen, who were in the second story of the building, drove them away twice; but they succeeded on the third attempt in gotting in undiscovered. Locomotive — standing on the track in the depot _ are covered by the water, leaving nothing but their lis and amokestacks visible. Ten cars belonging to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, loaded with dry goods, were stand- ing on the company’s track, alongside of the passenger ‘When the wator was at its highest it came with- in a foot and a half ef covering them. Of course their immersion in the water will completely ruin them, and and . ts, is now lodged in the rear of Lindeman’ ad ‘at Seventh and Railroad streets, and lies on The greatest freshets previous to this time were of 1826 and 1847. There was hardly ten inches diff between these floods, In 1847 the water rose nearly the top of the lime kiln, or about ten feet above @ present height of the bridge. ‘ POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Arrest or SHOPurTers—THEFT OF Fors —Washi ton Harrington, William Poynton and Edwin Myers yesterday brought before Justice Dowling by detecti Elder, McCord, Kelso and Radford, on the charge stealing three fur collars and three fur capes, valued $200, from the store of Mr. Wm. D, Yocum, Nos. 15 17 Mercer street, The prisoners entered the store Saturday morning under pretence of writing a note one of the proprietora, but immediately left again, after which the furs were missed. Clarence B. Hicks an attaché of the premises, made an affidavit the defendants, and detective Elder testified to findin rtion of the stolen furs tn the house of _—_ No. ii jleecker street. The magistrate committed the aco parties to the Tombs for trial. A Sauzsman Caancen wits Larceny,—Marcus M. Sms ing, a salesman, thirty-five years of age, living at Ki Hotel, Dey strect, was yesterday arrested charged stealing four es of combs and two conten a rena cheese aera George Bliss & Co., No. 340 Broadway. Smalling © fessed to the theft, and Justice Dowling commitied to the Tombs for trial, Crusity to 4 Horse.—A colored man named Dat Campbell was yesterday brought before Justice Dowil by officer Graham, of the Third precinct, on the cl of cruelly driving a horao attached to a loaded ct The horse was totally unfit for use, having sores on is back. The ofile entail a heavy loss upon the railroad company, pectin epreber-t antnget ee ee ume eo MARTIAL LAW, was cruel and torturing. was held in $300 morning a petition, signed by about one answer, hundred of tho property owners and business men of fo gag are ge ea the city, was presented to Major Kline, commanding the ‘at the post, requesting bim to jm martial law and interfere to protect tho citizens from the bands of roving scoundrels who were plundoring the de- serted stores, After a consultation with his Honor, Mayor Carr, ‘Major Kline issued the following order:— 4 GENERAL ORDERS—NO, 12. Heapgvanrens, Post Cuatranooca, Tewn. March 11, 1867, In pursuance of the wishes of the Mayor and property holders, the city of Chattanooga is hereby placed under Jourdan, of the Sixth Precinct, assisted by detect ‘Wooldridge, yesterday arrested Mary Goodfellow, her reputed sister, Catharine, about twenty-three twenty-five years of age, on the charge of stealing dozen shirts from Laman Dormitzer, 32 Bowery, ‘Thomas J. Myers, 79 East Broadway, valued at The bad procured the frou Leaner oe the owners,| j cone y Captaim| All akiffs, barges, flatbonts, &¢., will be sized and | 12, posewslon, of ae dee ‘used by the military for the purpose of moving furni- representing, shirts, dresses, 4c, Fig is all tare, &c., unless they hold permits from the Mayor or | that the women have been in the habit of hiring ap from these headquarters. JACOB KLINE, ments in different of the city, advertising for Captain 25th infantry, U. 8. A., commanding Post, ing, and after ang all sorts of ds 5 Two compafites of wen tn ctmrge of = conrmissionea ‘the of rmxking up, would officer were sent out during the morning and guards e plunder, which they would sell and pawn for stationed at the foot of every street on botu sides of the | tromeiy small sums. Captain Jourdan doubtless will overflow with orders to take every boat as soon as it | adie to recover a large quantity of the stolen. landed. Every boat owned and used by any maw of | justice Dowling committed Mary and to tl responsibility or who could prove that he was using his Tombs for examination. -Perzons having been. is boat for a logitimate purpose was afterward released, but | by them would do well to call upon Captain Jourdan, af @ great number were taken from negroes and suspicious o Franklin street police station, characters and placed onder guard. Any person who wanted to cross over the water to either s'de of the town found no difficuityin doing so, as Major Kline or Mayor Carr issued passes to all such and let them take a boat for the purpose, In the afternoon the Mayor swore a number of special lice, for the purpose of having the) town patrolied by Boats uring tho night. He also procured a lot of pro- visions and had them distributed m various parts of the city. 1088 OF LIFE. No reliable estimate can be made aa yet of the number of individuals who have p>rished by the flood. We can only give a few well authenticated acchunts, from which our can judge of the le number. Be- tweon pine and ten o'clock on Saturday night cries wore heard as irom two men in thewwat:ron Railroad etreet, opposite the Cratchfield House. Their cries were mingled with splashing in the water, which lasted for a couple of minutes, when all 6 quiet, and it is feared that some urfortupate men sank Ossrroctivg RannoaD Tracks.—Johm Cavanagh, hack driver, was arraigned before Justice Dodge day, charged with obstructing the tracks of the avenue railroad, John was’ bis slow pace in front of one of the cars, and refused to ds ee track, He was fined $10 After soveral vain attempts to clinb upon their boat they Gaaliy went down, 5 matter in the hands of deteoti Aframe building with three me on it floated across oo Sntiertowa taio on Sunday evenhg. Two of them | ib ine aReconosly whe, pgp li pen fos ote grins somehow, and IF ees Ses "Faden down from Thi second % Hammon® back on it, it turned ovor on’ them throwing the 2 i a burying the two underoath it, stecet on the night of the burglary, who bad with him = A gentieman ini us that Ip has counted fitteen | {Tyck auewerin er eee ‘aon, bodies of men, women and childén, white and black, | {¥en from Mrs. Eetecls # aoe nd strest which ees float past his place on the Lookout fountain road. | 10, 8, certain, ho aad two Bightn, Si Deed A Negro man was drowned Le ee young man named Tacker was arrested < depot yard ou Saturday afternoon, ind a white man was | Sficers, who, dading that he Bnd boon ool followed, lost by his boat swaping near 1 teed corner of Ninth and 1. some $300, orth ot th wipee a As wo said before, no estimate tm be made of the | Davia williams, alias David Wild, the p = eg vidi ven but we have ne doubt that I is | of the Canal stroet ‘ Mealablichmenta, was very je, al known, i THE FLOOD BEGINS TO the Chattanooga American eerie eee per rate of five inches, faster, Martial law stitl city was quiet in it standing near the barcau, within one of the drawers numerous 1: were of which were her valuables, Suspecting bis intentions Darncyecetey, our merchants to be anything but honorable, Mra, Grimm caught hola wrore busty engaged ta attending of her undesired visitor, but encumbered with @ stooks, the waters have child in her arms be easily himself and ran of, boats the first floors of all ined fer a possible loss of property tm Mud over an deep has setced on this mm, to use her own “threw the receding ‘brings up to the |} downey a sarad a pute raring fia expense of leaning shelr0g, “Wateh!” This having attracted the attention ee semeatehend steno tan Te mage poo ta ‘There will be a great deal of work him mye Pog ie ra patente soarsely fact wat yor sliver oan tk ne fl re ps i ri : i Hu ie im the water as | and now lie about hee ‘TH FLOOD 479 the Chattanooga fa hardly damages which our flood. The estimates the high water were {i frestest oases fo the bus ‘censation trnuanfere J.B. Wi } Martin 3 ee & Co, escaped with - * morged, bu sung, and tn, Hey. Dr. Dyer said tho ‘commit! torvice grain before and concluding dust being seattered on the stored ia coffin by an a words ‘Dust to dust,” &e, Wight ‘At the close of the services an opportunity was alorded their loss for such a8 desired to look for tho last time upon the FF. Pa featares of the deceased, of which many who were pres. MOOK ae Vo: ent availed thomselves, Tho procession was thon reop. John LL) ized and the remains were convoyed to Greenwood from $12,000 vo $15,000, Gemetory, tor tatgrmont in the family Fault,