The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-07

9th Of AWl.
The Mexican CcuRtess was still in session.
TAe asual time tbt sdj0urning u the 18th Of
Ap8 A bill had paased the House TO prolong
the session for ona month. II had yet to be
acted On ia the Henste
A bll has been introduced in the Senate for
the abolition Of the governmental monopoly Of
tobacco, after the LIST of September next sub
stituting therefor an annual tax upon the
article.
No appointment has been made of Minister
OF Finances, to ill the vacancy occasioned by
the -risignation Of Senior Esteva The 6scal
affairs OF the country are in so embarrassed a
state. that 1t appears difficult to obtain n CON-
pefent person who is willing to accept the
sitnalion.
A census Of the city and State Of Mexico is
now In the course 0fcompilation. The govern
ment has issued circular requiring those taking
It TO report the number Of fore gners residing in
their respective wards with Indications Of the
nationality Of these foreigners, their character
occupations, &c. The circular not stating the
object for which this census has been ordered
considerable alarm was created by its appearance
among the foreign residents Of Mexico.
Another conspiracy against the government
had been discovered in Yucafan. Some con-
demned criminals, aided by soldiers of the 10th
regiment, had united and determined to murder
the authorities and set fire to the capital. A
sergeant and several soldiers had been found
guilty and condemned to de.
In relation TO the Tehuantepec treaty, the
Traite d'Union remarks:-
The Tehuantspec treaty is nov being dis
cussed in tho two chambers Of Congress. Re
plying, In the House Of Deputies, to question
Of the representatives from Oajaca, the Minis
ter Of Relations declared that the treaty which
would be submitted to Congress for its ratifica-
ton, had undergone several notifications, some
favorable 10 Mexico The Senate, on its side
has gone further, and before examining the
treaty confded to speci committee the duty
Of examining the legality Of the decree of the
9th of November, 1916, according to Garay
further time for the opening Of the lsthmus Of
Tehuantepec. This committee of which Lar
rainzar is chairman, has reported in .fapor Of
the nullity Of the decree.
A proposition in the Senate to forbid the further
immigration of foreigners on the lsthmus during
the discussion of the Tehuantepec treaty was
negatived by vote of 40 to Al.
The cholera had made its appearances at
Sinolai.
The Ayuntamiento of the city of Mexico has
adopted resolution, asking the general govern
ment TO suppress ball fights within the city and
State.
The Picayune publishes the following items
of information derived from a gentleman who
came across the country from Acapulco to
Vera Cruz -
Several large and Influential parties in Mex
leo are plotting for a change in the government,
One party wishes to join Mexico once more
to Spain, and counts upon the Spanish
troops and authorities in Cuba for assistance.
49, H., Co. rss., int,
est--is trying qnietly and slowly to get up a
feeling in favor of the return of Santa Anna to
power-There is still another party, and not n
feeble one, in favor of immediate annexation to
the United States.
The accounts of Indian murders in the North
ern States of the republic are as fearful as
ever: Ii matters go on as at present, many
years would not eapse before the savages would
wrest back every foot of land they possessed
before the conquest.
SOCIALISM IN HAyTI-THE LATE CONSPIRACY
AND THE LITE ExEcUTIoNs.-The Journal of
Commerce, referring to the recent executions at
Hayti, says the facts have, heretofore, been mis-
represented-that instead of their being an ar
bitrary act Of power, authority exerted in re-
precision of menaced instruction, that had in
view not simply the overthrow of the empire
and the establishment of republic, but also a
thorough revolution in the institutions and re-
lations of society. A conspiracy to effect these
results was discovered as long ago as in Janu-
ary last:
On the 2Oth of that month a robbery occur
red in the warehouse of Lewis Pouli g. Co.,
Mt Port-au-Prnce, of nearly thirty THOUSAND
dollars in money The thieves, when detected
and arrested, alleged that they had given por-
ton of the stolen property to Cheyaer Cadet,
young artillery officer, who, being on guard
the night Of the robbery, had allowed them TO
pass with the box of treasure behind the arse
nal. Cadets apartments were examined to OBJ
tain his portion of the plumber, and in the pro-
press of the search, the officers discovered n
manifesto, announcing the destruction of the
empire and the establishment of republic.
This document further declared, that the night
to the soil should no longer remain in the pres
ent proprietors, but in those who cultivated the
land; that laborers, and all who received wages
in whatever occupation, should nevertheless be
allowed to possess the products of their labor /;
and that the right of inheritance, without being
destroyed, should be limited, with view to the
promotion Of public interests Cadet was i'm
prisoned, and on his examination averred that
Eugene Sannon, an officer of the customs, had
given him the manifesto. Sannon on being ar
rested, confessed that he had writ en- it at the
dictation of the Baron Cazeau, a represen tive
from St. Marc. Cazeau was arrested and brought
to Port-au-Prince Pending the examination,
which was continued from the 26,h of January
to the FIRST of March, Developments were made
duplicating in the conspiracy, Brutus Adam,
Guerrier Iazarre, CHINA Baptist, Joseph de La
motto, Charles de Francisque, Frederic, sen, and
Jean Baptiste de Francisque, duke of Limbo, all
Of whom were arrested rs accompces. After
the commission of inquiry had performed its
part, the case was RENTED TO the proper tr-
bunal. The trial commenced on the 10th Of
March. and continued till o'clock in the morn
ing Of the 12th when il terminated in the con-
vicuon Of the crime of attempting to over
throw the government legally and constitution
ally established, and to substitute another in its
place." Of Sannon, Frederic, Cazeau, Cadet, and
J. B. Francsque, who were condemned to death.
Adam Lamotte and &. Frnncisque, convicted Of
coNcealng their knowledge of the conspiracy,
were condemned to imprisonment for three