The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-14
NEw YoaK, July IL, 1886.

The collections taken up In Montreal for the re-
lief OF the sufferers by the hre at 81. Johns on the
ION INST, amounted 70 <SoI ss: ID, Among tho
contributors appears the name sf Earl Cathcar for
<lOO. The Montreal Branch Bank Of North Amer
lea, Montreal Bank, and La Bsnque du Peuple con-
Iributed, tho two former kl00 each, and the later
ESQ The relief COMMITTEES OF Montreal have re-
fused to refund $500 contributed by the people Of
st. Johns, Newfoundland, for the relief Of the peo-
pie Of Quebec, but recommend the call Of public
meeting TO raise fund by subscription az a dona-
'ion to the sufferers Of 81. Johns
IL Is said that Tanner, who Is reported TO have
killed Mr. j. l.. Schooleraft Is not halfbreed,
out man descended from white parents, tina, lived
from boyhood to forty years Of age among the la
diAns, and who published book relating to his cap
| uyity among The lodAns, prepared by Dr. Janice
Of the United States army. IL was thought at the
Saul, that he lAborsd under some alteration Of
mind. .. ~
COL d. Stevenson, OF this city, i u said, has
succeeded In raising his regiment fer California ser
vice. All told, u 10 about 800 strong, and II V
thought will DO mustered into SERVES aext week,
and soon after take their departure for the shores OF
| the Pacific.
An English gentleman, Who spent recently twelve
months In the city OF Mexico, introsied with the
collection OF large claims against Mexico by an ex-
tsnsi'e house IN Europe came 70 the United States
| by the way Of Havana, where he fell IN with Santa
Ana His position and intercourse had been such
with tho leading men Of Mexico as to put him on
me best possible footing with the celebrated exile.
tie informs me that Santa Ana remarked to m
hat he expected soon to return to Mexico, and to
assume once more the rens OF government, when
ne expected to bring the Texas difficulty and the
present war TO an end that Santa Ana slso con-
demned the course Of Paredes as rash and foolish
IN the extreme that he might have foresesn defeat
and dishonor IN gong to war with the United States
that the only course len was TO settle differences and
make peace a. soon as possible. IL is the opinion
Of my Engish friend that the war cannot last six
months. he represents the MeIicans as IN de-
plorably degraded and unhappy state, and thinks
the addition Of Anglo-Saxon rule would prove a
blessing to tho country. The English gentleman
referred to belongs 20 the city Of Loudon, and
leaves tomorrow to take passage at Boston in the
Britannia for Liverpool. Taking his statement re-
speeding Santa Anas declarations, with the late ru-
NOR from Havana that Santa Ana and friends were
about embarking for Mexico, strengthens the belief
that such movement 10 at hand, IL not already ac-
complished. The gentleman referred To-, says the
revolution at Guadalaxara, in the department Of ia
tisco, amounts TO Lutte Of consequence; that Of all
The ridiculous 'humbugs," the Mexican pronuncia-
mentos take the lead. He was in the city Of Next
co when Paroles marched in, with 800 men, to as
sumo the roins Of government. He said the firing
Of crackers, guns, and other noisy demonstrations,
reminded him Of the pas,me Of boys on our fourth
Of July, or in England on Christmas eve. That
political Partisans, with lndia-rubber conscences
, who had been the most devoted friends Of SANTA
Ana and the most abusive of Paroles, found no diff
icuy in huzIaing for Paroles, and in running down
Santa Ana. ... ......... ..a..sa.. ..
: He, with Mr.. Thompson, speaks enthusiastically
Of the climate Of Mexico, that is the city; but
, tons the occasional occurrence of earthquakes g.
unpleasant. ..r...,.. a.r..r.rr
He says one was felt in April, l645, which dam
aged great many public buildings. He thinks the
English have lost money by almost everything the
nave ever touched in Mexico. The Mexican gov
eminent owe English capitalists about $50 600 600
while more than Ga 600 900 have been irrecovera
DIV sunk in mining operations. He says the only
mine of consequences worked is that Of the Mon
, te del Rey, which he visited; and which, he thinks