Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-16
Late from Mexico.

Dates from Matamoras to the . lst OF July have
been received at New Orleans. The inhabitants
were talking of taking possession of Texas and
the United States. The troops of Ma,amoras are
composed Of such material as Falstalf They
count abeut six hundred discontented fellows,
badly fed, and worse clothed Gen. Paredes, at
San Luis Potosi, has an army Of FIVE thousand
troops in good condition and well uniformed
They on the march TO Monterey. General
Aris'a, who is in bad health is still at Monterey,
and has about three thousand half starved sol.
dicrs with him. They are most cavalry but
their horses are represented as mere skeletons
not having had any other food than grass for
Some time, and that being Indifferent in the |
neighborhood. Arista can hardly obtain money !
enough from the Government to purchase pro- /
visions even for himself and officers, to snch
straits is he driven, while the poor soldiers
obliged to pick up scanty subsistence as best
they These are the individuals who intend
TO invade the United States and take the capital
The Picayune says
"Two anecdotes have been told us, which
show the wrc,ched condition of the Mexican
treasury, and the extreme poverty of the officers
, of the army One ofthe latter lately sold his
only blanket to an American for half its value
the purchaser not wanting it, but giving him the
money as he stated he was absolutely in want
OF the necessaries of life Another officer asked
gentleman for the loan of ten dollars and on
being questioned as TO what security he could
give, offered his wllc, young aud pretty wo-
man Of some sixteen years, He had nothing
else to offer, and positively told the gentleman
she might remain with him until the deb, was
paid 80
The New Orleans Hulletin of the lst contains
the following information respecting the two
candidates for the Presidency
The rrsnit ofthe Presidential election. which
is held in Mexico today. will be awaited with
considerable interest The two candidates are
the present incumbent, Herrera. and Gomez
Farias From the choice of the people in the
present canvass, it may be expected that the po.
litica destinies of the country will take thnu
complexion for many years to come Herrera is
attached to the principles of Centrasm, and tc
a party disposed TO check the changes and anne
liorations so necessary to the renovation Of Mex
} leo. Gomez faras, on the contrary, belongs Il
, the most liberal class of Mexican politicians
and has for a long period figured their heat
d, and leader. He has spent many years in the L
= States and became thoroughly inbued with OF
/ republican notions. The principles avowed b,
him, and on which he is running as candidate
l. are decidedly Federal character. He advocate
L the restoration of the Federal constitution q
y 1921 The prospects of his success said I
VI he much the most 'attering of the two cand
d dates In the event of his election, every conf
= ,enca is felt in the re.esablshment OF the Feds
l. raj institutions. As to the nature of these, a
II introduced under the new organization in ls2
l. perhaps some information might not, at the pr'
II sent crisls, be uRnterestlng. The Constitute
n of 1924 was formed after the pattern of that {
j, the United States, and in most parts is con
'' plete transcript OF it. The divisions of the fun
NJ tions of the government, into three department
n of Legislature, judicial and Executive, is L
IN same and so is the assignment to each of the
h respective duties aud the limitation of their po,
n crs The only material difference in the ~
instruments is, the omission il the Mexican
the right Of trial by jury, and the freedom OF r
" ligious worship. Tn" ignorance and moral
u gradator ofthe Mexicans disQualify them f
"s the exercise of the first OF these franchises a
the political influence of the reigning priestho
81 is an nsuperabe obstacle TO tn" enjoyment
oo the last Perhaps no form of government mo
" liberal than the Constitution of 1924 would
oo compatible with the existing state of sociei
~ We should rejoice to see il the organic law
Us nj tho b,nnv rasult sarurpd hv I
10 election OF Gomez Far!as.