The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-08-09
SAD CONDITION OF MEXICO


The Mobile papers have files Of the
Trait d. Union. and ofthe Eco del Com.
mercio to the slh instant. from the city of
Mexico, brought by the steamer Tay
They contain most mournful descriptions
of the ravages Of the cholera. depression
of business, aud financial and poli:ica
Trait d. Union says.
I'm the city of Mexico, from the 25th
To the 81 of July, the total numbered cas-
es has been 1000, deaths ,234. 1t will
hence be perceived that we have 2SG
cases Of cholera each day, aud of tn at
number l76 have died We had hoped
that the plague was disappearing. but
within Two days past it has reconirhenced
its work of death. and Is more horrible
than ever.
From the first appearance ofthe chol.
era until the 2d Of July there laVe been
$4,000 cases, aud 6.40O deaths"
Three If tile Deputies elected td Con
gress had fallen victims ld tile cholera.
Private letters say it has disappeared
from Guiana auto, also from Qnrretaro
1t is now raging upon the Mexican gulf
Jalapa. Orizaba. and Vera Cruz have Just
entered the fierce ordeal pf suffering and
death.
The cholera has Had most depressing
effect upon Tile business affairs of Mexico.
aud aDdve all upon Vera Cruz Many Of
the merchants have fled Ia the conniry.
aud deep gloom rests upon the market
The political hnriaun If Mexicd seems
enWrap; in clouds. H0pe Of its future
grandeur is fast desetliug tile hearts Of
the pedple The dismissal of Senor Gut.
ierres from his post Of Minister of Fl.
nance meets with hearty disapprobation.
He has been replaced for the present by
Senor Lucanza, Minister Of Foreign Re
ations. Guierres nlade some aslound-
ing developments regarding the state of
the treasury. He is said to have been
dismissed because he was too honest TO
become The tool of ambitious meu. The
Trait d. Union remarks!
The treasury is not only empty. but
there are no available means by which il
can be filled, (r least lcgaHyMed J The
state of the country arises from the evils
which have crept in and become part
and portion Of its system Of gdterhment
They must all be changed. ere any per
manenl good eau result to Mexico"
The "Siglo 10Th" (l0th-century) has
long article entitled "Approaching ca
Iamities." winch gives a dark outline of
the state Of affairs. 1t say;
"War aud the plague have been our
portion within the past few years. aud
now are approaching two evils, even
mdre dreadfuI-7tamiRe and c,0H war! A
multitude Of causes, beyond our control.
occasioned the war. The plague was sent
by God, aud by him it will be Withdrawn
in his own good time; but famine aud
civil war will soon be upon us. They
are the result Of the evils of our systems
an! the bad management Of the affairs of
the country. They may be avered, and
every oble heart should bu nerved To the
contest. Il the President be man ca,
pable of sustaining the coming trials, aud
our native land may yet shine bright
jewel among The nations Of the earth"
IN Durango the inhabitants arc suffer.
ing greatly from the attacks of the lndi.
ans. The rancho Of San Luis has been
entirely destroyed, and uino women car
ried off by the savages. The men were
left dead on the ground.
A train of ofwaguns was also robbed be
tween Puebla aud Vera Cruz. at Liann
near Rio Ftio. They we're at
tackled by 80 baudilti The Major Dome
was killed, aud nearly all the drivers shar-
ed his fate. The robbers then spcn; eight
hours in selecting thei buoiy. They de-
sIroyed number of pianu.foues. aud in.
deed all merchanlze that they could not
carry away with them. The diligence had
also been robbed going up from Vera
Cruz, aud the diligence coming down
ilom the capital. in which were com
pany Of acl,ms. The baudtti seatchad
them and possessed themselves Of all tho
gold and silver they had abuut their per.
sous. They then aelected all their thea
trical dresses, aud examined them, utter.
ing excIamalions of deligl at their bfili- !
liant c0lors and tinsel ornaments Some
Df the robbers dressed themselves ia
hem, and really The gold aud silver
seemed forgotten in the rapture Of those
Unusual possessions.
A horrid murder was committed in
Puobla. The victim was the honorable
Senior Don Burro. lie was killed by his
'wn valet, at six o'clock in the morning,
Wills all the other servants we're at church
1t their mruipg devotions. The valet
,ntered tlfe chamber, aud while his mas.
er was sleeping, struck him twenty -four
blows with knife. He then robbed the
mousse Of all the valuables aud fed. lie
was however. taken at night in an inn,
where he had concealed himself.
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THE DlsTRIcT CONVENTION Or Can.
the late District Convention,