The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-30 00:00:00

THE STATE OF MEXICO.

"With the exception of the States of Talisco and
Sinaloa, peace and order appear to prevail in the Re-
puhlic of Mexico. Free libraries are being establishe.d,
roads and bridges repaired, and telegraphic and
railway communication extended. The Exe-
cutive have completed a treaty of friendship,
commerce, and navigation with Italy, and Congress
has been busy in revising the civil code, and pro-
moting worlis of public utility. On only
point .do the Mexicans appear
uneasy ; they complain of American aggression.
During the war between Juarez and Maxi-
milian, the: former was charged with selling
a part of his country to the Americans.
Of course this was denied by the friends
of Juarez, and the majority of the people, believed
that the charge had no foundation. But at all events
an American colony was formed on Magdalena Bay,
Lower California, who it appears claim the greater par t
of Lower California, and encroach upon the States
of Sinola, and Sonora, and other isolated lands, embra-
cing altogether about 47,000 square miles. The claims
of the company are so put that there is evidently some
ground far them, and the matter will probably en-
gage a good deal of attention in the next Session of
Congress. It is almost certain, however, that should
it transpire that so. large an area as 47,000 square
miles was sold to the American Company, the
sale would be illegal, for the purchase of this terri-
tory could not be effected without due regard being
paid to vested rights. In addition to this, the
Mexican Congress appears to haver et its face against
the Yankees obtaining possession of any portion of
Mexico.

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THE FORCES OF GRANT AND LEE.
General Early, late of the Confederate Army, has
written a long letter to the Standard with a view to
showing that General Badeau—Grant's late military
secretary—has altogether misrepresented the number
of men which General Lee, had under his command
during the late civil war. He quotes from the
return of Mr. Stanton, ex-Secretary of war, to shew
that during the whole of the contest 2,656,553 men
were put into the United States service during the war
by calls on the States, and that only 600,000 men in
all were put into the Confederate service luring the
same period. Lee was outnumbered at the battle of the
Wilderness, having only 50,000 men engaged, while
Grant brought 98,000 into the field, Strange, how-
ever, to say, General Early, after making this state-
ment, "quotes Mr. Swindon to shew that Grant's
losses in the series of actions which took place from
the Wilderness to the Chickahominy river amounted
to 60,000." General Early positively states
that General Lee, "that gallant and Christian
hero," whose word "to those who know him was
as indisputable as Holy Writ," has invariably asserted
that the force with which he encountered and fought
Grant in the Wilderness was under 50,000. General
Early cannot help firing another shot at the United
States Government. He says :—" The heel of the
military power, supplanting all civil government, is
scarce yet withdrawn from our necks, and our
venerated and beloved commander has gone
down to his grave with his great heart broken by
the sufferings of his people." This is perhaps the
first time it has been stated that General Lee was dis-
satisfied with the conditions of peace made by his
conquerors.

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