The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-01
THE CONDITION OF MEXICO

from the city Of Mexico of the closing scenss nf
the Congress, sufficiently explains the negiect
Public affairs were in the last state Of comm.
sion, and all the functienaries Of State-Exec.
utise and Legislaiiye--in condition of posi-
i've despair. The utter bankruptcy of the
treasury was admitted, and no resource was
known for even temporary supply. The
administration was totally without money, and
the Legislature neither could nor would give
assistance. The message of the President.
stating the public destitution, received scarcely
patient hearing. His request for certain ex-
tfaord;nary powers, with which to act in the
emergency, was fatty refused and thus the
members disbanded, leaving the country with
OUT money or means Of raising it, and the Ex-
ecu'ive destitute and powerless. Il is like
general abandonment Of the country to it's fate,
q tacit consent that the whole frame of gov.
eminent shall dissolve, unless some revolu-
tionary ch;ef shall seize upon power with
| strong hand, and by an act of energy beyond
the law, give something like vigor to admins
try appears to be, that the whole fabric OF 60.
vernment is about to tumble into pieces, and
that the people of themselves are incapable of
arresting its destruction or reconstructing it
upon basis promising stability. They wait
with resignation, if not desire, for some daring
hand to seize upon the supreme authority,
aud we believe that many Of them regret that
| the controversies with the United States have
| not produced war, out of which might have
sprung permanent occupation of the whole
country by the Americans. They would he
happy to have government provided for them,
which would support itself without their active
| interference, and would be powerful enough to
maintain tranquility. 1t is an unhappy and
mismanaged country. which is given over to
despair among its best citizens, and to the spoil
| OF lntriguers and usurperS.
In r,f G,,sr ,h-l
pecting coup d'etat. The ship Of State was
abandoned; somebody was looked for to take
possession, and attempt to guide it, if only for
the sake OF the spoils which are yet in the hull.
The rumors Of coup d'etat had been cur
rent for week or ten days before the latest
dates received, and nobody appeared to know
where it was to come from. Ii was to take
place, it was necessary as the only thing that
could keep the semblance of a government
| together. Yet we do not find it stated who is to
be the hero OF the day, or what are TO be his
| means. Evidently he would be welcomed rs
| benefactor; but somehow the man is not ready,
or they have none who is disposed to under
take the herculean task OF giving Mexico
| government. Sd
| In this state of confusion and impending
dissolution, t is not at all surprising that the
| Congress, on its last day, should not have oc-
cupied itself with contract upon the right Of
| way. Abandoning the task OF preserving a
national existence, ii was hardly to be expect
ed they would dilate understandngly upon
| engagements, binding the faith Of future gov
| ernments, and making stipulations running
| through half centnry.-N. o. Picayune
FANcIFUL HIsroRIANs.-Mr. Lindsey. Mr..
Alison, in his "History ofEurope," speaks Of
Murot "retarning from q charge, his sahre
dripping with the blood of.the Cossacks,
| whom he had challenged and slain in single
combat" =
Mr.. Headey, in his "NapoIeon and his
Marshais' gives US a still bloodier description
of "le brave sabreur.'
At the battle of Mount Tabor, "The multi
tude surged back, as a single rider M uratl
burst through, his arm red to the elbow that
grasped his dripping sword.
And now N. Lamar line has given us high.
| er and better character OF the man, a character
| in which the qualities of the commander OBJ
tain more prominence than those Of ths mere
soldier, and in which the chivalrous courage,
| worthy of Bayard OF a Sidney, is tempered
| by tenderness ofheart to which even they
were probably strangers. In the following
| extracts from the last volume of"The History
| of the Restoration Of Monarchy in France"
appearing in nthis mornings Mercury, the des.
cription Of MIR. Alison and MIR. Headley are
| virtually contradicted.
@The only weapon he (Murat) wore on horse
| back was d Roman blade, broad and short,
useless in attack or defence against the long
| blades of the enemy's cavalry-he never drew
| this weapon from the scabbard but once, and
| then not to strike with but to animate his es-
cort. He said to the Count de Mosbourg, his
| friend and Minister-'My sweetest consolation
when look back on my career as a soldier,
| general, and king, is that never saw man
| fall dead by my hand.
1t is not Of course impossible that in SO many
| charges, some pistols shots fired at random,
| may have wounded or killed an enemy, but
have knowA nothing Ofthe matter--if a man
| fell dead before me by my hand his image
would be always present to my view and
would pursue me TO the tomb"
Both MIR. Alison and MIR. Headley have,
probably, what are called good authorities for
| their characters of Murat, though we think the
'ebow that grasped the dripping sword MIR.
| Headley's own and original conception. The
mere point al issue is niofe comparatively IN
| important. So many other and more Important
| facts meet us in our pursuit OF the study OF
III lstory, that personal characteristics are shov
| ed to the wsll-but as straws show the cnrrent
| of the stream do not such discrepancies as we
have noted shake our faith in all authorities!
| Lo they not lead US to exclaim with Sir
Robert Walpole, "Tell me not History-for
know that is false."-V-Ne~ Bedford
Mercury.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL WoRMLEY.-lntelli.
| gence was received in this city on Saturday,
| by telegraph from Utica, Of, the death. BY ap-
| oplexy of Rear Admiral Wormley ,ofthe Royal
| NAVY of Great Britain, who had arrived at that
place. on a journey with his family to Niags-
"a. Admiral Wormley has been for some time
resident ia this city and in Newport, being re-
fired from active service on the halfpay list
| The intelligence Of his sudden death, will be
received with grief by many friends, not only
| ia this city, but in many parts OF the United
| States. AdUertiser.
SANGUiNARY DOIEGs In kESrucKY.-There
| vas much excitement in Hickman county, KY,
| a. the last accounts, in consequence ofihe do
| ;nes of an orr anized band Of outlaws. During
the sessio q Of the court al Clinton, on the 7th
| inst, fracas occurred 10 the court room be-
| tween Ebert l.. Watson, respectable citizen,
aud Willie Wetherford, alleged to be one of
| the gang. hch resulted in the latter being