New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-29

collect any duties whatever on foreign goods,
except per cent municipal duty, and per cen:
for the o. alnienance OF the mercantile tribunals
This law beg you 10 observe imposes nonl-
nally duty Of per cent. but this Is deception.
The duty imposed - m r,s!ity 35j pr csaf
The tlll for the increase OF circulation and ex-
pert duty on SILVER has passed the Chamber OF
Deputies. Il Is N substance as follows:
|. Instead OF per cent. now paid on silver IN
iroduced into the ports from the ln;enOr) the
per cent established by the decree OF 10th OF
March, A. j rees'atlIshed. The expectation Of
gold coin to be governed hy the llth and l2th ar
tIcles OF the law OF 2iih November. 1919
.. Silver coin destined for expectation shall
pay per cent. instead Of 81 des gnaied by the
law OF Gath November, ls49
) Silver ware (qulntada) or made INTO toys,
figures. &c, per cent expectation duty.
4. This law to take effect for circulation dutle.
within three months after publication, and for
expectation duties tiye months afterward.
bill has passed the Chamber Of Deputies for
the establishment OF four Military Colonies on
the Isthmus OF Tehuantepec
A few DAYS ago, a most scandulous robbery
took place early IN the afternoon IN the Paseo de
la Nlga There Were two carriages containing
two families. The robbers after taking every
thing they had on them of any value, put the
pluncer into one Of the coaches, and taking the
mules from the other hltched them 10 the coach
in which they put the things robbed, got inside,
and drove off with four mules, one OF the rob-
bers acting as coachman. These were public
coaches, therefore no suspicion could be aroused.
story Ike the above appears 10 you, doubtless,
fabulous and YOU Will say, why did they not
give the alarm And II does seem curious. but
II is one Of the pecularIties of this people that
such is their terror of robbers, when attacked
they become completely parallzed, and are IN
capable Of giving an alarm even should assist
ance be cutie near This fear of robbers Is 50
general that had half a dozen of pleblans been
passing at the time and had known what was
going on. they would have passed by without
appearing to notice IT, Up TO the present the
robbers have not been discovered.
The Monitor continues lis crusade against the
priests. and in favor Of religious tolerance. This
paper OF to-day gives a statement OF priest
having wounded a woman. He was almost m
mediately traced out by the Police, but he iaS-
tened his door and abused them rom his balco-
determined to take him to the Police Office;
The priest seeing their determination, stripped
himself naked. and swOre II they wanted 10 take
him, then he would go IN that condition. tie was
induced 10 dress himself again, however, and go.
He was locked up in the Deputaton for few
davs and was then sent ont of the city by order
OF the Bishop
Seeing so many arrests daily IN this city, |
wondered where they could be sent TO, rs 1t ls
impossible for the prisons TO hold them. |
learned by accident Yesterday that great mum
bers OF them are sent of to work IN the mines OF
Real del Montes, belonging to a Mexican com
pany The prisoners work IN these during the
day, and are locked up IN a house for the pur-
pose during the night This Is precisely the
way the old Spanlards did.
Yours, respectfully. EO.