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Show Monday evening it pin ly of five nif 11 arrived in Virginia city bom Tybo on their way to Dm Blank Hills. They are traveling on foot and wero rigged out in proipucturit' style. FOREIGN. ! Progress ot (lie Uexioun Kuvo M lullou. Chicago, 22. Tribune's Washing-I ton: Colonel John B. Nixon, quarter- j master of the 2-Uh United States in- fautry, arrived to day direct from ; Brownsville, Texas, and brings much j interesting information regard iug ! a flairs in Mexico. The revolutionists j under Taflero Daez are making I strong headway, and indications are: that they will succeed, unless con-:; yress, which met last riuud iy, the 17th, adopts certain compromise measures which have been proposed. Mejiah has been removed as minister of, war by President Lerdo, and is succeeded by Ccneral Eicerbedo. Fault was found with Mejiah on account ac-count of bis course in prosecutiug the war. Cortina, who escaped from the city of Mexico, is besieging Mat amoraB with about 300 men, and has ro closely infested the place that General Queraltis, commanding, the government garrison, is unable to obtain ob-tain forago lor his horses, atid is supplied sup-plied by a contractor in Brownsville, Cortina issued a proclamation on the Sth, declaring that when he takes Matamoros he will treat with tho citizens citi-zens and troops, aud will forget and overlook all past olfcn-ces olfcn-ces against him or the revolutionists cause. Ho intends to be friendly to the United States authorities, and will aid them in q nulling disorder along the border. Ho denounces General Hfwealtis,. however, as an interloper with real authority, and holding out only to oppress the citizens. citi-zens. Porfieris Dnz, hed of tho revolution, is at Oxnea fn the south, with from 3,000 to 4,1)00 efficient, well armed men, and from his great popularity is constantly receiving accessions to his force. The governor of the state of Camanlipas, tioueral Cauales, has been recently issuing paper money with which he has bsen purchasing large amounts of supplies. It is said he will pronounce for Diaz very soon, and this detection wilibe a ?erious blow to the government. Oanales is a very able general. In ISCj, while commanding the imperial im-perial troop under Maximilian, he successfully de feuded Matamor.iB from attack of Prareze troops under the present minister ol war, Eseo-beda. Eseo-beda. He will be able to add 3,000 or 4,000 men to tho revolutionist lorces. I |