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From Texas And Mexico

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Day
1
Month
September
Year
1865
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Public Domain
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New York, Aug. 29. The 2'rihune's BrownHville, Texas, correspondent of Ang. 5th aya: "This evening Señor Robles, Mexican Miniater of Publio Works, oame over the river on a v3Ít, and was received by Gen. Stelle, who gave his diatinguished v8Ítor a quiet dinner at Miller's Hotel. Among the guesta were Generala Weitïel and Draper. After a pleasant re past, at whieh friendly sentiments were exehanged, the party broko up, Benor Robles recrossing the river. Sonor Romero and Geu. Ortega are said to bo on their way hare, and are looked for daily. ïhe visit of these two distiaguished Liberáis aeems to poii't to something about to bo done on the Rio Grande. All quiet along the river at present. Tho Herald's Vera Crui correspondent of August 18 tb. says : On the 26lb of last laonth the town of Zongolica declared itself in favor of the Ilepublic. It is the chief town of one of tbe most populous districts of Vera Cruz. Thia district lies adjacent to Orizaba, and extenda to tbe foot of the Sierra Madre, vvhich slopes to the coaat. South of this place the whole sectioti as far as Jabasco is devóted to the Rcpublican causo and coramiunJcd by Gov. Garcia. Five hundred men, arníed with good rifles, are mainta:ning the independence of Zongolica, which is too dfficult of access to be easily euaquered. A forcé of two hundred Austrian, who recently marched from OriZaba with the intention of whipping the insurrectionists, feil into an ambush on the road, and were forced to take to fligbt, leaving thirty dead on the field. - A few daye eince the Austrians met with another reverse to tbe north of Puebla, in wbicb, according to the city of Mexico papers, ono company of infantry and tifty dragoons feil viotiuas to tho lerocity of the Republicans. A perusal of the nowspapers of the country will show that in addition to the ecutions decreed by courts-mnrtial, encounterB are constantly, alinost dally, takipg place betweon the Imperialista and Republicana, in whieh the loases iu killed aloue rango frorn twenty or thirty to oue hundrod or moro on each side. The counsel for Wtrtz say they will sammon at least ono hundred and fiftv witnesses. If so, these, with witnesses oallod for tlio prosecutbn, will malie Übree bundred in all to bo ezamined, prob'ibly esteoding the trial to throe niuntha. TbeHississippi Slato Oonvention, previou's to its adjournment, iipproved of a memorinl to thu President, Hgned by over 4,000 ladiep, usking tor the pardon of Jeff. Davis and Governor Clark,

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