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The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Successors of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. (search)
re such things as and oxen, cows and calves, flour and soap meal and candies, to pay what they for purchase. Mexican Inundation. From the Brownsville (Texas) Flag, of the 24th ult. we take the following paragraph: The city, of Matamoros has been emptying itself upon us for the last two weeks at the rate of five to ten per diem; but about six days ago the flood commenced increasing, and for five days the tide has been up at high water Gen. Caravajal gave official notice to the people of Matamoros last week that those who desired to quit themselves of all danger and complicity in the revolution should leave town, and the multitude took the order in good part and commenced swarming into the Southern Confederacy.--The emigration was like the Egyptian exodus, for it comprised families, generations, furniture, and all that could be moved. The ferry was kept at work, and particularly in Monday last, the anxious multitude pressed into the boat with such vehemence that it