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THE PHILADELPHIA• ——MEXICAN AFFAISft*.lt;** “GBH.” CRAWFORD’S SCHEMES.mm/lew. Wsllsce** Cbtef-tf-SUff os Hud.i tar■ekrtyTHE STRAH6E COUHTRY Of THE FAR SOUTHWESTthenotnt-»ld,renbinomha’tedikiedalte Iht, t, toi to'• Isdee,It. of the *f aTenpatid:—i mebattele,anda of at aiou-andreryseptJutarhoisls-iies’ a Jch ede-• to illd-nn-»rdla- in-t he a eatbe-ut.Tha Shores of the Rio Grande.vwevvvvyvvvv^Ttie Greet MealBroMMsvill*, Dee. AThe outline* of smovement now on toot, In this dry, to capture Matamoros, and eventually reinstate therivenowW(Heff«Althe'telea•IfKShimtheknoftronLiberals In poeseeelon of Mexico, have already.doubtless, reached you by telegraph, I wul aimpiy amplify, them.The Leader In ftla Wsjor-General” R. Clay Crawford. General Crawford la from Tennc*«ee, in which State’ lie served a year on the staff of President Johnson when he waa Military Governor. He baa long been a personal friend of the President who procured for him an appointment to Wsst Point aoou after he waa elected to Congress for the first time. He never graduated. He waa in the Mexican war. and paaaed through some of the prtncipa i battles aa a boy fifteen years of age. He aoeom panted theftlllbnster Walker In htsexpedition to Central America, and wa* also with Lope* In hi* descent on Cuba. Aa Colonel of a T en uesaee regiment he was present In the battles of Donelaon, Shiloh. Loudon and ICnoxvi lie.Aa a leader in tnla movement, I think he lacks the requisite Judgment anti steadiness. He Is vivacious, reatvy, jocund, In short, a “ good f*l-fow, clever and, doubtlesa, possessed ol a large share of physical bravery and even daring. He is of medium stature, wears an elegant rooua lac be which, together with his hair, is Jet black, has a full, pleaaant countenance, and a sparklingeye. He is said to be qnlte weafthy, and his ap-■BIMMHi the statement.pearanoe agrees withHis Chief of HtaflrIs Colonel A. P. Reed. This gentleman is Lien-i«nant-Coionei of a colored regiment(the thirty-fourth, I believe, now In thPssrvioe, and a fact of significance connected with the matter Is,that he received a leave of absenoe as Lieu tenant Colonel of his own regiment and immediately came down here and accepted a commission asners ana aoceptea a commission a* Colonel from ths Juarez Government, and goesoutChief of Htafl to General Crawford.The Programme«-At the appointed time—not yet definitely set-tlad OthtHkgtfa ~forces ars to cross tne river atthia point and oo-operate with the Liberals, now hovering near Mataraoros, in an attack uponthatcarrclty. '/hat will give the Liberal* entire pos-fon of the Rio Grsnde, except at Bagdad, at month. 1 am assured by a member of thewhich it is expected they wilt easilyive the Liberals entiretheGeneral’s staff that a navsr_ expedition, fittedout in great part at New York,'is already on the way, destined to attack that place; also Tampico, one hundred and fifty miles down the Gulfgoast.ft. t Spf- W g. •'«*. ■This will gire ths combined forces of the Liberals and Americans as a water base the RioGrange, and with Matamoroe as a base of aup-mTto plant it ou the capi-plles; and It Is Intended to march on Monterey, and thence, if success should attend them thus far,i» the City of Mexico itself. It is believedthat a sufficient number of Mexican soldiers will by that time have rallied to the standard of Jaarez to enable him to ola—W It turn Jheea Carried Out. ■ .The part of the programme which has thus far been put into execution is, necessarily, but small, and oonslsts almost entirely of preparations.In ths first plaoe, the Mexican Government has conferred on General Crawford a formalWb.UonSSSthe)earrb■us)warLaTheuniobieOimLisOf tTSf,'theme:whasionwhahonReptionWregtUmaiHmatWMill’lt;34'ftmatGlngIrcouiW 1, II PI Rec JcpariJcparWMidJ.G.Fre-A]HepJ*ofSiL.InstJccate. JaGenMGen
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jan 23, 1866
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