The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The news from Mexico relates principally to
robbery and rebellion. A band of seven was sur-
prised near Barca, State of Jalisco, their leader,
Antonio Noples, killed, and two of the band mor-
tally wounded. A brother of the leader escaped.
The celebrated robber, Juan Chavez, is still at
large, but the authorities are pursuing hhn. An-
other band of robbers formidable in numbers was
attacked near Aguascalientes and eight killed ; the
remainder fled to the mountains. Commandant
Jesus Alarcon, in the service of the State Govern-
ment of Guanajuato, has been captured by a band
of highwaymen. Two other prominent citizens
were robbed of $4,000 by the same band. The
stage running between the cities of Guanajuato
and Mexico was robbed on the Gth inst. On the Bth
the stage running from the Celaya to Queretaro was
also robbed. Bands of robbers are infesting Central
Mexico, and are supposed to have formed secret so-
cieties through which they are united, they having
passwords, signs, and a vilanguage of their own.
The late shooting of Galvez, the most notorious
Mexican robber of modern times, continues to be
the subject of general comment. The Jalisco ban-
dit, Francisco Alatorre, has again resumed his un-
merciful labours on the highways. The news from
Sonora is to the 25th instant. Two Americans were
killed a short distance in the interior by either
Mexicans or Indians. Consul Willard, at Guaymas,
bad written for particulars, but had not as yet received
an answer. It is thought in the capital that Corona
was wrong in getting up the fight with the Chan-
ticleer ; and a sensation paragraph is going the
rounds of the newspapers about another European
invasion, with a prospectof the United States coming
in forNorth-westernMexico as their share. There is no
improvement to report as regards the state of the
country. Rebellion is everywhere rampant, and
when suppressed in one direction springs anew in
another. The latest uprising is in the State of Vera
Cruz, and near the city of that name. Escobedo
having dispersed the insurrectionists in the State of
Queretaro has gone to Matamoras to meet the filli-
busters, who are said to be preparing to cross the Rio
Grande. The insurgents in Vera Cruz had captured
several important towns, and taken possession of
Paso del Macho, the terminus of the English railway.
The feeling of bitterness between the Cuervo and
anti-Cuervo men in the State of Jalisco is up to
war heat. The impeached Governor's friends assert
that the conduct of the general Government to-
wards Governor Cuervo has given a premium to
assassins and robbers, while the other party main-
tain that Cuervo is a States' rights man and at-
tempted to annul a portion of the federal compact.
The Guadalajara correspondent of the Monitor,
published in the city of Mexico, continues to give
deplorable accounts of the affairs in Jalisco. The
administration papers denounce his reports as
gross calumnies. The authorities are establish-
ing frontier custom houses on the northern bor-
der, and also opening up new roads. The town of
Palmas was to commence its annual feasts on the
3d, which were to end on the 10th of August, the
feasts to be under the control of the Common
Council, and a festive time was expected. At
Mazatlan the State Congress adjourned on the
25th July. In his message Governor Rubi declared
the State in a financial crisis, and that the late re-
bellion liad left behind it assassins, bandits, and
robbers who seriously disturb the public tranquil-
lity, and render life insecure, but that dispositions
have been made to put down all lawlessness. Con-
gress has done but little for the public welfare, and
El Correo del Pacifico denounces some of its acts as
legal swindling. Don Pedro Castro has been
elected Governor of Lower California.

By the Russia the advices arc that the expedition
sent out by Juarez to suppress the insurrection at
Alvavada has been unsuccessful, and an outbreak
against bias is apprehended at Vera Cruz. Gen.
Rosencrans, the new Minister, it is said will urge
on Juarez annexation to the United States.

Partners have a goad way of settling disputes in
Tennessee. What more can be done than to silence one's
opponents, and what silence is more profound and en-
during than the grave ? The -settlement of a dis-
pute by shooting, recommends itself for many
reasons to the uncivilized, and if Tennesse has
not yet reached a state of savagery, it is travelling
fast under Parson Brownlow in that direction. Messrs.
M.'Kenna. and Johnson formed a building firm at Memphis,
but it is clear that whatever they did for the security of the
dwellings of others their own house required reconstruc-
tion. A dispute between the two led to an affray ; pistols
were instantly to the front, shots exchanged ; M'Kenna
mortally wounded. Having effectually silenced his part-
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