New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-24

s:oId silver, quicksilver, C"P'
Real Estate Of the Republic &C.
.0sc,,I Correspondence OF The Tribune ,o.o
epee'a' Msxrco Saturday, Dec. %, 1850.
rhsrs ia nothing new The Senate on the 2otn
MA ,ba second preparatory meeting +" was
-, hnt believe nothing was done, except 20
examine the credentials of the new members
TIL Chamber of Deputies had second Prepa'
...,o-v meeting today. | hear that there Is
sufficient number present in the city to form
l1,orum 50 that in a few days the election OF Gen.
A,;.ta will be submitted to Congress for the raul
Fcstiop of the same, after which he will be duly
installed, and new and happy era, tits expected
will begin in the history Of unhappy Mexico
The Minister of Finance on the 23d inst remit
sed 10 the Collectors Of the different ports various
explanations Of the instructions for the execution
of the law regulating the public debt extract
from the same the following;
"From the Is. Jan 1851 the Custom. Horses viii divide
into psrs the duties collected IN the respective POf
from that oRe. -, ,,,,. IL. ,t,ot
,st Ia coatjuued without variation until further orders
1Second-Thai destined tor he interior debt agreeable
10 the article Of the law OF SOIh Nov hai regulating ne
TSsyS~Al the rest must be RENTED to the general
ghe treasury for the wants OF the Government
"The funds destined for the English bondhoders must
be deposited 10 the Custom Houses, and be RENTED by
steamers vessels Of merchantmen that may leave
for England consgniDg The 10 the Financial Agent or
e RI bic London deposited in the bank taking
care the remittances be made IN due time sendiag
monthly the said agent to the Minister OF Fnsnce and
90 the Direction Of Public Debt an account Of the same
"The fund OF 20 per cent destined for interior debt
must be puDcuay RENTED from The LIST January, In bills
the General Treasury drawn In favor OF d. Gfegono
Mier Teran President Of the Board OF Public Debt
, 40 -of
the Public Debt will prove to be a sad bufoonery,
for which the creditors will have to pay the ex
pense."
Orders have been given to the commanders of
the garrsons on the frontiers of Sonora to obtain
information respecting the maltreatment and rob.
berry Of Mexican citizens returning from Califor-
MIA, by detachment of Americans stationed on
the River Gila. Should the fact be confirmed,
complaint will be made to the American Minister
> The Exhibition of the Academy of San Carlos
opened on the 25th inst consisting principally Of
the various copies in oil, and drawings of the
students made during the past year
The portraits (about dozen In number) by the
professor of painting in the Academy, are very
good, possessing the merit of being excellent
hkenesses. The drapery is remarkably fine. His
pictures remind me of those Of Waldo of New
York.
On the whole, do not perceive any indications
OF original genius in the works of the Mexican
Artists The bes. picture in the collection, is one
by Cordero, Ia student in Rome, receiving pen
sion from the Academy the subject of which is
Columbus presenting the Indians to the Court of
Spain The picture consists of fourteen figures
very well drawn, but there is want of energy,
and exprcssion,-of soul in the whole--which de-
notes the true artist; beside he has possessed
himself of the waxy, elaborate style Of many of
the Italian painters of the present day.
In the department of Sculpture noticed several
good copies of the Antique statues, one very
Beautiful copy Of thelD ancing Fawn, and Torso
by student now, in Rome; also an Infant Sleep
ing, beautiful design by the Professor Of Scalp
ture.
After all the pains taken by the Government to
produce artists, land certainly they deserve great
crsdit) | am afraid there will be very few, until
a greater love for the Fine Arts exists in the bo
SONS of the people.
Las Posddds.-Perhaps some of your readers
may not know that posadG means an Inn and
pedtr p0SGdd consequently is to ask for lodgings,
or rest. Now, st. Joseph and the Virgin are re-
presented by this Church as having wandered
about the streets of Bethlehem nine days before
the birth of the Saviour, knocking at the doors OF
every house seeking p0sGda, but none OF the In
habitants were hospitabe enough to receive them.
Here, in Mexico, the Feast OF the Posada Is cele-
brated with great magnihcence Many persons
are invited or az many as the means OF the enter
kainer will admit Of They being assembled, two
persons, representing Joseph and Mary, appear
outside the door of the principal apartment, sing
ing at intervals some beautiful verses, requesting
10 be admitted for the night; they are roughly an
swered from within, (aso In verse; and ordered
TO retire as they may be dishonest people they,
however, repeat their request, telling who they
are the door is then opened and they are ad-
mitted with joy and glsdness. few minutes are
then spent In prayer, after which splendid re-
psst is provided, and the amusements generally
dancing) begin which lasts till morning.
This entertainment is very general throughout
the city before Christmas. They were given at
one house at the cost OF different individuals OF the
same family, for nine successive nights, at an ex-
pense OF from 81, soc to $4,000 each night.
am happy to say the Secretary of the Ameri-
can Legation arrived in this city on the ed inst
together with his amiable lady, accompanied by
Miss Wright, of w Washington City. Judging from
external appearance, am inclined TO the opinion
the Government have made good choice in Sc
lecting Mr.. Smith Since his arrival the Minister
has obtained an entire new suit of black and looks
quite another man. Yours, respectfully, Eo.
P. Ss-Nothing from Oaxaca.
send you some interesting statistics Of mining
In Mexico, real estate, &c.
GOLD AND SILVER.
The production of these two precious metals in
fhe Republic has arrived to a state of prosperity
unknown IN former epochs, and this prosperity
would yet be more considerable if the high price
of quicksilver were not obstacle to the ex-
traction of the silver from the inferior taken
from the mines.
According to the report presented to Congress
by the Minister Of Finance in February Of the
present year, il appears that in the Is months
from the LIST Of January, ls4s, to the 30th June,
1s4s, the total amount Of gold and silver coined in
the Mnts, without including that of Hermosillo
in which none was coined during that period, was
a. follows
Gold Silver. Total
Ghihuthua............ S5220S S3228
Guadalsjsra .......... N,o52 93S,S90 g6U,542
Guadalupe Calvo... l0l5i85 I,O45,lS5
Guanjuao ............ 6l,4S0 l066l,600 iI,5230S0
Mexico .............. l25,920 24S0,77S 2,556,69S