MEXICAN AFFAIRS AND THE OUTBREAK ON THE FRONTIER.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 236, 2 April 1866, Page 3

MEXICAN AFFAIRS AND THE OUTBREAK ON THE FRONTIER.

Washington, 18th January. There is a curious rumor here, to the effect that the outbreak on the Rio Grande was precipitated by the belief that some understanding had been reached between our Government and Maximilian, involving the withdrawal of the Erench troops, and a quasi recognition of the Empire. The raid was made (says the report) to prevent any such result. 19th January. A letter from Brazos, of 7th January, in the -V. Y. Times, says : — " Bagdad was captured on the morning of the sth. The attacking party consisted of sixty men. They captured nearly three hundred prisoners, half of whom turned Liberals and -formed the garrison of the town, the attackmg party disappearing. The Liberal loss was four killed and eight wounded ; Imperialist loss, eleven killed and twentyseven wounded. Generals Crawford and Escobeda arrived and had assumed command ; but when the latter arrived Crawford had' to relinquish all authority. Upon the assumption of command, Escobeda requested of" General Weitzel two hundred men, to preserve order, which was agreed to, and the men were ordered down. The Erench corvette shelled the town on the 6th, all day, without doing any damage. Colonel Mejia, Escobeda's post commander, has only about a dozen reliable men hr* Bagdad. The rest joined Crawford, who has them on a steamer tied up to the bank at Bagdad." The Herald's Vera Cruz correspondent sends intelligence of a Republican success of an important character. Toluca, the ancient capital of Mexico, a city of twelve thousand inhabitants, was captured by the Juarists under Munez. Marshal Bazaine, with all the Imperial troops at his command, had started from the city of Mexico to attempt to retake possession. There is a rumor, apparently well founded, that a couple of valuable silver mines have fallen into the hands of the Juarists. Eighting appears to have resulted so far unfavorably for the Republicans, [?] but all accounts unite that the position of Maximilian is most critical. The new Erench commander, Didelote, . arrived at Vera Cruz, and proceeded to the city of Mexico,to consult with Marshal Bazaine, on the subject of the existing relations between the United States and the Eranco-^Mexican Empire. The latest ad' vices state chat he was preparing for active > movements,

Vera Cruz papers regard the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Erance as inevitable, and only a ques- ■! tion of time. New Tobk, 18th January. The Times' Havanah correspondent, of January Ilth, says : — "The latest advices are unfavorable to the Imperial cause in Mexico. Engagements with varied success on either side had taken place. Conspirators to assassinate Maximilian's Secretary of War had been arrested at the very moment of carrying their design into effect. "A Court Martial at Jalapa had sentenced several guerillas to death. A Court Martial had sentenced six leaders of mutinous Zouaves at Martinique to be shot, three to fifteen years' hard labor, and several others to a year's imprisonment."