The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-17

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in consequence Of an attempt of the political
chief Of Cohiua to set up censorship over the
press, great commotion had been excited in
that town. The proposed assumption of power
had drawn down the indignation of the journals
of the capital, and demand for the removal of
the obnoxious officer
The ncursions of the savages continued in
Durango, and the State seems entirely given up
TO the Indians.
The Congress of Zacatecas had organized by
the election of Don. Vicente Solisas as Pres-
dent, and Don Jose Antonio Garcia AS Vice Pre-
sdent of the chamber of deputies. In the sen.
ate, Senior Barbachano was chosen President,
and Senior q Jana as Vice President BY the
recent census of the state, the population was
shown to be 30l, 100.
The Monitor Republican, states that the credi-
tors of the Republic express themselves satisfied
with the arrangements made for the payment OF
the foreign debt.
Don Lazaro de la GAIA was installed on the
18th ut., as Archbishop of Mexico, amid splendid
and imposing ceremonies. Normal schools are
about to be established in Mexico.
A letter from the interior, on the authority of
an article in a paper which supported Almonte
for the Presidency, but which now denounce
him with great bitterness, states that he, Haro
Tacuariz, and Sierra Rosso, are deeply i'm
pcated in the late attempt at revolution by
the brothers Liceagas
Bull-fghts were all the rage at the capital of
Mexico.
On the morning of the 26th ult., distinct
shock of an earthquake was felt in the city of
Querctaro. 1t lasted but few seconds, and
raised much alarm, though no damage was done.
The movement of the earth was followed by the
appearance in the upper regions of the atmos-
phere of meteoric-fre ball, which seemingly
exploded with loud detonation The sound
was caught by the distant mountains and re-
peated in echoes.
Yucatan is reported to be in most deplorable
condition, and it is said that the scarcity of pro-
visions is so great that there is not even enough
Unnecessary articles for the support of the troops
Between $4,000 and $4,000 soldiers, worthy
of better fate, are fighting day and night against
the Indians. There is great scarcity of provi-
siOns at Merida, and Mexico does not furnish
one cent wherewth to purchase either corn or
powder.
The lndansin Sonora have formed themselves
into warike parties, and murder the unresisting
inhabitants without mercy.
line OF coaches between Guadaajara and
San Bias, is about being established
The Nineteenth Century" contains letter
from person who has just visited Coatzacoa-
cos in the steamer Alabama. He passed along
the route designed for the railroad and gives
the most glowing description Of the beauty of
the country, and the practicability of the work.
which, he says, can be done even more cheaply
than the American estimate.
LATE FROM MExIco-By the arrival of the
barque Rosina, Captain Wilson, from Vera Cruz,
we have file of Ei Monitor Republican,, a
journal published in the city of Mexico, up to
the 9Th of February. 1t is much occupied with
the discussion Of the laws relating TO monastic
vows, in which it insists that reform is indis-
pensably necessary. In the year 1893, q statute
was passed repeating all civil laws which impose
any sort of coercion, direct or indirect, for the
fulhllment of monastic vows. In consequence,
many persons of both sexes, to whom the con-
straint of a monastic life had become irksome,
forsook the cohvents.
The result according 10 the Monitor, was a
struggle between the government and the clergy,
in which the clergy prevailed. The monks and
nuns who had left the converts were assaulted
with spiritual arms, with ecclesiastical penalties,
and were obliged to return. At present, says
the Monitor, the nation has passed out of the
tutilage in which it has been so long held by the
clergy, and further protection is demanded for
those who wish to avail themselves of the law
oflS33. A proposal is now before the Mexican
legislature for compelling the clergy to respect
the sovereignty of the State and to abstain from
prosecuting, by ecclesiastical censures, those
who claim the liberty of abandoning their mo-
nastic life.
!. A memoir from the Secretary of War and
Marine is published, in which the Importance of
establishing military colonies on the fronties is
urged with various arguments. Some account
of the colonies, already founded, is given One
of them is at Ell Paso del Norte, aud another at
Piedros Negras, both on the frontiers of the
United States. Near the former is the civil colony
of Guadaoupe, formed by the emgrants from
New Mexico who have recently left that territory
The Minister of War recommends that the
agricultural Indians, such rs the Semnoles, who
are accustomed to the use Of arms, and who
evince a desire to possess fixed habitations, be
Incorporated with military colonies, and made
to serve as protection against the maurauding
and barbarous tribes as the Comanches, the Ii
panes, the Apaches, and others.
At Oajaca a new mining company has been
formed, and other indications are given Of in
crcnsed activity in working the mines.
The commander Of the colony of Tuscon, in
Sonora, has informed the government that the
savages, to the number Of three hundred men,
armed with rifles obtained from the United States
in exchange for the cattle they steal, are in the
neighborhood There is no cavalry TO pursue
them nor resources sufficient to hold out against
them for long time. Unless succors are sent,
the town will be abandoned and great part of
the State of Sonora left defenceless.
ANIMAL MAGNETrsM-Sir David Brewster, of
Edinburgh, has expressed his conviction of the
truth of Electro Biolopv or that part of Animal