Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-10

| Il ppe--ir it is that ruin.,d Ut by hon
es,v. We Eeed use 10 au:i1ua,td tnyst f.
catinsl.
The ilsxican Revolution,
| Tie New YORK Hsruid fSniurday last,
gave tho !ol'uwing rapids history Of the
causes OF the present revo.uticn il florta.
trn AeAico, Ire ac'ive pal!izans, The sue.
sscs 50 f.f, aud tie eakuess OF Tie gov.
ernnient III ses.sll E:
The tariff question appears TO have been
nj Tie bo, III Of the Whole movement, and
nui ific"iion has att.ed HE. day. Whe,h-
er these revolu:ionized provinces will fol-
low i! up with iu,mesialo secession, or wait
for evaporation, We shall presently cons
slider. The Mexican tariff is a high tariff,
r"reng from twenty to Two hui.dred per
cenl. Along the Rio Grande it ffers very
considerable inducements 10 en,erprising
smneg'ers. There were p'enty Of tsade!s,
OIL both sides ci' tie river, prompt TO take
hold Of such advantages Immense guam
lilies OF goods avoiding The customs, were
4 carried over the river and warehoused on
tito Mexlcan side, at various points. Ca.
males, ths late ouihorized Governor of Ia.
nanfpGs, il arrears, WIS engaged in This
business to very profitable extent. But
Ito central go.etnmen,,. nPprised OF the
evil, enforced more rigid Surveillance;
the practical free ,rade which had been es.
! tattished was suppressed, and The ware-
house system Of smuggted goods was sus.
pended BY their seizure. A large quantity
uf goods thus seized was held in possession
Of The central government officers q. Ca.
rnargo, when Caravaj'! with his guerllas,
and ifeir elective allies OF several hun.
d'ed TeSan Rangers, made descent up
on the place, and, aiier shalp fight, cap
sured it, occupied it, and released ;he goods
from conG>calion and from duty, by turning
them over 10 their former owners. under
cover OF mock auction. Such appear TO
have been the Objects OF this movement.
tho release of smnggled goods, aid the
opening of the northern provinces Of Mex
ica 10 tie benefits Of free trade in contra.
bud imports. The proclamalions of Ca
rnvnjal do moi declare for an Independent
! government. The whele moven,en, thus
lar, is The result of combination of inter
ested parties on both sides OF the river, in
free trade speculation. ... 80.
Novel as nre tie causes Of this revolt,
| the character Of the parties engaged in it
| is still moic interesting sCaravajal and
CanaEes we're lhe chiefs Of the most active
guerrilas aloug The Rio Grande during the
Mexican war. The baggage and pruvis.
ion trains Of Geneinl Iay lor suffered Ter.
ribly from their depreda.ions hey riot
ed in piunder-were always on hand y hen
all unprotected train could be snIely al
tackled, but never to be found by The dra.
goons, or The more deadly rangers. These
men are at the head Of this revoiulicp,
commanding a rank and file Of guerallas,
contra5andists, trocers, aud devil.nny care
Texas Ringers, all engaged in The grand
work Of hberaiing inpoited goods from the
payment Of Mexican duties.
Ia the meantime, the Mexican govern
ment is without meuns-i,s
scab:ne, disso!ved-its trade destroyed, with
the high roads in ihe occupation Of rot
bers, and the capital Of the mercy Of lepros
-oser. Eesd and ears in debt, and pressed
upon every side Cor money-crippled with
corrupt priesthood, and forever in State
OF revolution. with the frontiers occupied by
freebomers or o,errun by, the Apachas,
and The. interior suffering from The conlbin-
ed evils Of Incidence, official rapaciIy aid
iamine, poor Mexico can do nothing She
is compelled 10 let this revolution take its
course, md trust 10 The precarious chance
OF bad mana cement. We learn lhn, she is
anxious to anticipate some 800 GOO Of ,be
indemnity 10 be paid her by the United
Sln.es, and thai, the local authorities on the
RIO Grande'have entered into n compact
With W ildzCat inr assistance agninst Cara.
yhjal, Wild Ca, was O. conspicuous chief
ia the Seminole war; but. under treaty.
wos removed with most Of his tribe 10 the
far Wes,, leaving Billy Bowlegs 10 fight
il Oh, ia the everglades with Gea 1'uiggs
Since his removal TO Texas, Wild Cat has
led an active career, and is now located
near i!.e RiD Gfande, with large force
OF runaway negroes under his command.
Gen Avalos, in command at Matamoras,
it is reported, will have this grent chief 10
aid him ia r'iitirg do~n The revolution.
! l be result has ct In be known .54
| 4 THE PLAGUE AT pALMAs -Death Of
the Ansriran Consnl and Fanaily ly.-The
Aew York Journal oil Commerce contains
an extract oil a letter from an lloflieer on
board tue United States brig Porpoise, dated
Teneritfe, Sept A, giving an account OF
the terrible rasnges of q plague, lreser-
bling The cbuIera, which has ss ept owes
Paln,as, one Of Tie taare de Verbs; One
fifth OF the eniire population, Of $4,000.
have fallen victims. and the disease is still
raging, though Somewhat sbated. The
writer suys:4 s,is fazz. Tts4 s.,3 ei .ss-faa
y .'.Ihs family OF, oursc consul. ,,'Tf. Torres)
pgeshersUiih himself, nre all dead, witi,
i the exception aofsoGea Child. He was a
| yeru worth = man, nnd ahad several hand
some; and Interesting daughters. who; we rs1
grea, I f.Soflies with The eiheefs of our
chips thatluueed there jshlr. iEorrese sent
bthsn1 all into the interior upon The first nI'-
pearances ofthei pesulehce, but hearing ai-
lei y rlis ti.ut some Of them we're sick BE
started off 10 join lhetn,a mud on his arrival