Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-23
LATER FROM MEXICO.

which left Vera Cruz on the 26:h ult.
we have received our files Of Mexicdr
papers from the capital TO the 2lst ul;
A call was made upon the Govern.
mont on the 18Th ult. by Senor Florez
in the Senate, for information relative lc
the alleged practice, BY the Yucatan au'
Ihorities, ofselIing their Indian prisoner
into slavery into Cuba, and The means
taken TO suppress the evil.
Arrangoiz, the new Secretary Of the
Treasury, had given notice to the Mex
Jean Cons, Is in New Orleans, Havana.
and New York, that all vessels clearing
for The ports Of Yucatan must conform
TO the regulations of the general tariff OF
October 4, 1885, otherwise The captains
and vessels will be subjected 10 the pains
and penalties therein prescribed. He
states that the particular regulations
made by Yucalan do not ovcrrule the
act of October 4, 1885.
The chulera had penetrated as far as
Zacatecas or the 9Th ulf.
The Legislature of Guanajua'o had
under consideration the project of law
to confer extraordinary powers upon the
Government in case the insurreclion Of
Sierra Gorda should not be suppressed.
The authorities Of chihuahua declare
that Notwithstanding the weullh Of the
State, the public funds are exhausted,
and that the inhabitants are necessarily
harrassed by the incursions Of the Apa-
che Indians, whom it is quite necessary
10 attack in their homes and strongholds.
The Apache Indians were numbering
and plundering The inhabitants of Sonora
in various quarters, and the latter had
sent Two commissioners 10 ihe capital 10
seek assistance.
On the 19.h ult. the Commissioners
to settle the boundary line between MeS
leo and the United States, under The
treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, left the
capital, escorted by force Of 25o cav
airy. They expec: 10 reach San Diego
Dy 'hS y iSl Iluy.
The Monitor Of the 20.h ult. positive.
I..Ft.e-==e1eEernm troops
had Abandoned San Luis -DAlasi.: anlgdss
clarcs that the most active measures
were taken 10 preserve order.
The Monitor states that Americans
continue to arrive at the capital, en-
route for the gold regions. Between the
Goth February and The 18Th April, there
were presented to the authorities Of the
Federal District, three hundred and
lhirty>two passports.
Numerous parties Of Americans have
recently passed through The cities Of
Durango and Monterey, joutneying TO-
wards The Pacific. The Monitor regrets
that occasionally the inhabitants provoke
quarrels with these strangers by mock
ing them.
Daniel Boyden, an American, who
has been for fifteen years stage driver,
and enjoyed good reputation, recently
ran away with several thousand dollars
entrusted to his cafe.
Santiago Ian had made proposition
to the authorities Of Coahnila, 10 the
effect that he should be allowed to make
war against the Indians on his own ac-
count, on the following conditions that
all the booty taken should belong TO
him; that he should be paid fifty dollars
for each scalp of the enemy, and one
hundred dollars for each Indian captured
aIive.-N. q. Delta.
MExIco.- ON Diligence
Death of IN American.-We learn from
Vera Cruz that diligence, on lis way
from that place to the city of Mexico
was attacked neal Plan del Rio on The
10th ull. by party Of fbanditli. The
occupants Of the coach being Americans,
including Col. Ramsay of Pennsylvania
(of the 1Ith regimeut), resisted, and
beat off the robbers. We are sorry to
say, however, that in The afray Mr..
Charles M. Bugbee was morally woun.
ded by shot from one Of The robbers,
from the effects OF which lie died shortly
after. Mr.. Bugbee was known to many
of our citizens as an active, enterprislns
man having served in Mexico in q
number of positions requiring GOODNESS
and tact, during the lale war with that
counuy.-N. Orleans Daily Crcsent.
"To ERR IS HUMAN. "A CLERGY.
man having INDUCED TOO freely in filling
up his glass, went one Sabbath into the
pulpit and having given out hymn 10
his congregation, set down; the melody
of the sacred song soon luled him 10
Sleep and he continued for some time
TO play treble bass symphony with his
nose. At length one of the deacons
ascended to the sacred desk, and told him
hymn aOas ont. :,
"WelI," said be-" fill It up again. "
Isn't it rather aa odd fact in natural
history that the sotfest water is caught
when il rains the hardest