The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-04-21
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every moment 70 see burst OCT mn vie-
leBce from The pOpnlsee. who are drsen
to desperation By their miserable condo
ZION. | passed on 20 merchants store,
and bad been there but q lev moments
before The humsn tide came luriously By,
and every donT xas instantly slammed 100
and barriesded. ] aided my friend silh
his. and passing oul Ihe back way. passed
through the turbulent crowd % fhe Pls-
"a de Palaeio. before which, opposite The
Presidents apartment wsre several ihnu-
sand lspros, crying out thai they could
get nothing 10 eat With The copper. I
passed on 90 ny office-fron The window
| observed The market place one mass Of
people. 10 Few moments the troops
charged and fired on them; The scene THAI
followed vas thnlling-men, women and
children were seen flying and screaming
in all directions. Ia the mean Time
thousands were collected near the Caihe.
dral in the Plaza. and about 2 o'cloek The
pOpulace commenced throwing stones a.
the stores Al he north corner OF the Por-
lsl, by the Parian, and broke in al the
windows Of 20 or 80 stores. French.
English and American. Having no IN
slruments 70 force The massy doors oflhs
stores or courts, The military suffered this
with impuniiy. pleased that the attention
could be turned from the cause Of their
misery, The gOrtrnnssnf. 10 tie fosrIgneu.
against whom they cried on, with every
opprobrious epilhei. All 10 apparently
quie, again; strong patrols, cavalry and
Not, parade through the CITY; but can il
lasii The poor ragged wIelches have had
nothing % eat To dsy-all shops are
closed; il is now Z p. NJ. and there is no
prospects Of any Thing further.
.lfa dreadful saqueo does noiiske place,
IL win be by interposiiion Of = mereiful
! Providence. II il does lake plare, the fcE
reigners will be The principal victims.
j. w.
Gen. Santa Ana is still 81 his Hscie ida
Congress have bean in secret session
ever since the message Of the Presideni
Of the 9th ultims arrived. -
illh. 6P. M.-The stage has Just ara
rived from Puebls; that CIV was yester-
| day in the revolutionary condition Of the
capital. There they have more degrad-
| ed population, Il possible. than Mexico.
You may well sympslhlze for ynur coun.
uymen now in this unhappy country.
| Mexico, Msrch rs. 1881,
Dear Sir:-I had this pleasure on Sa-
turdsy night, Sunday morning We had
spother revolutionary movement, For
eigners' houses were attacked by the po-
pulace. and all their windows broken. Ia
some houses in the Portals, they were
no, dispersed until some we're killed by
The soldiers. On Saturday many were
sho, and lanced. Though mnch excite.
ment perysded The while capital on Sum
day, they we're kept down by the troops.
| On Saturday, disaffec.ion manifested
itself among the latter, as the Govern.
nent was in arrears 10 them; they sue
ceeded 10 procuring funds from the mer.
chants and paid them of. Otherwise
they would. in all probability, have join.
ed the myrisds Of robbers and murderers
which compose about .hree-fourths Of the
| population, and The city would have fall
len . prey 10 dreadful and mercilsss
saqueo: there is not such lceniious po-
pulation in the world, as in this place
and Pueblo, and their prejudice and hs'
tired against EsEangeros is daily encour-
aged BY The Padres. 49,.
| On Monday night j, was understood
that the troops were 10 proclaim General
! Bnstamen,e Dictator. and, beside The re.
| gular patrol in all The streets, extra
guards were a, the corners OF the streets.
| No person was allowed to pass with.
GU, being overhsuled; at II at night the
officers waited on the General for his as.
sent, but he would not yield 10 their
views. They have demanded the resig.
nation uf Mr.. Zorro. the President sd in
term. and hear that be sent il 10 Con.
gress yesterday, but they could not form
a quorum; and / have no, heard whether
Congress acted on il to-day or not. II is
said they will not accept il, as bis fana-
tic principles suit the party who have q
majority in Congress.
General Moran was spoken Of as his
successor, bull he is too liberal. Alaman.
also. but he win not suit the troops.
| Texas sad the United States matters
are all swallowed up. and France into the
bargain. In our domestic affairs, which
are daily growing worse.
Yours, truly, &c. w.