The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-07 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Mexican journals have thrown themselves with
more ardour into the Presidential contest than was
anticipated. Juarez is the chief object of their
attack. He lately issued an edict, conferring on
governors of provinces the summary power of im-
prisonment, enabling them to seize the responsible
editors of journals who are supposed to have trans•
greased the law of the 28th December, 1855, which
is again brought into question. Juarez is desirous
of modelling the republic on the plan of the United
States, with two Houses of Congress, and a Cabinet
appointed by and responsible to the Executive. He
asks for a similar power of veto as that possessed
by the President at Washington. He is now considered
secure of re-election, as he has gained over Porfirio
Diaz, his chief opponent. This, it is hinted, has been
accomplished by a liberal appropriation of the pub-
lic funds. Castillo, and all the generals at Queretaro
sentenced to be shot, have been pardoned, but the
fate of Santa Anna remains undecided, the proba.
bilities being that he will be shot. The Mexicans
are tired of bloodshed, but Juarez still continues his
proscription of the Imperialists. He has issued a
liberal decree, permitting all to vote in the
elections, except those who served the Empire
above a private soldier, or whose services were
unpaid, or who quitted the service previous
to the 21st of June, 1867. He has created
two orders of decoration—the one to those
who persistently resisted the French intervention,
the other for those who declared for the Republic
previous to the French evacuation of the country.
Trade is stagnant, indeed it has been utterly
annihilated. Bandits render the roads impassable.
Even Government trains have been compelled to halt
for days until a sufficient escort could be procured.
The Treasury is empty, and the Government at its
wit's ends for supplies. They are about to press
for a loan in the United States. To such a pass
has the country come that even the Mexican press
advocate annexation to the United States. Mr.
Otterburgh, the Minister, in his first interview with
Juarez, assured him of " the sympathy of the
United States with the triumph achieved through
the heroic constancy of Mexico in her recent
struggle for independence and liberal institutions."
Admiral Tegethoff had been well received, though
Juarez has refused to deliver up the late Emperor's
body without authentic documents from the Impe-
rial family of Austria requesting it. The nation
desire that the corpse should be
.surrendered.. A
correspondent of the New York 7 ribune in Quere-
taro, writing on the 24th of August, states that he
visited the remains of Maximilian, that he found
the coffin containing the corpse in a room in the
second story of the house occupied by Don Minos
Ledo. A soldier guarded the door, but any one was
admitted, especially if they were willing to pay him
a few reals. The apartment bore the appearance
of having once been a store room, and was both
very dark and extremely filthy. The coffin was in
the centre, resting upon two rude wooden benches.
It was covered with black cloth and adorned with a
cheap quality of gold lace, while the top had a false
cover, the opening of which revealed three glasses,
through which th I) last remains of the ill-fated Em-
peror were dimly He was dressed in a: blue
coat with military buttons, dark blue pantaloons and
heavy cavalry hoc:lts. His hands were covered with a
pair of soiled white gloves. His mouth and eyes were
partially open, revealing his teeth and the colour of
his eyes, and his beard was quite gone, having with
the greater part of his hair been cut off, itis said, by
1)r. Lisso, who had charge of the embalming,
who sold it, receiving as high as soz. (8O) for very
small locks. This same man, the correspondent
I adds, had the Emperor's body for some time at his