The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15
Our Vera Cruz Correspondence.


aspect that the Heroic City of the True Cross,
Neroica Vera Cruz-the official appelation,) CON-
mends herself to notice. Sadly slandered ~ the
town and environs have been by travellers, from
Madame .Calderon down to Waddy Thompson,
disasefu az our army found it after rsveing in the
Capuan Halls of Mexico, Il would have said Halls
Of Montexuma, but that has been said little too
often your correspondent IL agrsesbly surprised
az finding IL to be perfectly clean, and remarkably
well built little city. And them as to the envrons, II
istfue there are few sand hills, but it isnot all sand
hills. And have not we old Orsabs, tho monarch Of
Mexican mountains, on one hand, and the illimit-
able Amethystine ocean on the other The fair
Calderon was particularly shocked at the appearance
Of the soplotes, Turkey buSsards) prowling about
the streets, as pigeons do in other countries Well,
the zopote is not turtle dove, it must be admitted,
but be iscerainly as agreablean object Of contsmpA
ton as the porkers that once prospected about the
streets of New York, Cincinnati and other well
governed (Heaven save the mark y cities A
few Zopilotes would improve the condition OF
the streets in polished, metropolitan Gotham. II II
not three months since observed dsad dog lying
for three days In the gutter in front Of Broadway
hotel. Fact! Now, that couldn't have been the
case here. The zepilotes would have snapped up
and torn piecemea the poor canine before the breath
sit down 10 write of New York. Vera Cruz Is my
theme.
For the preaent, however, can have but little to
until my next. Our regular steam packe leaving
for New Orleans early in the morning. rs m5
only time TO treat Of important ma CON-
nercal interests, Mexican politics. d
By last arrival from New Orleans W nave received
the Presidents neSsage, and 81 noptc reports from
one or two Of the heads OF departmenta as Washing
ton. The message is very generally approved OF by
the Americans residing or sojourning here But, on
the other hand the report OF the Postm General
has given great dissatisfaction, and thore il even
some talk of an indignation meeting. In fact,
nothing but fear OF needeasy alarming the author-
ties-who would infalibly regard it a. o pronMnca-
mento-has suppressed IT,
You will observe that Judge Campbell, (the Post
master Generally proposes to discontinue the maa
service between Vera Cruz and New Orleans, be.
cause orsooth, there il az yet considerable dspro
portion between the compensation paid and amount
. Of hostages collected. Now, first establishing the
hypothesis or rather the axiom that the Post Office
Is not legitimate source Of revenue, and, further,
that mail routes which yield profit to the depart
ment should be made to sustain those that do not,
think good cause can be shown for the continuance
The extent and magnitude Of the trade Of the
United States with Mexico Is, perhaps not generally
known. 1t amounts to millions annually-of which
New Orleans has Q full half-importing near
100000 in silver, with mahogany, tobacco, dye
stufs drugs, &C., to pay for Western and South
ern products, chiefly cotton The correspondence
tonate importance Wen, this trade or the greater
part Of it, is Of recent growth, having been created
and built up chiefly BY the establishment OF line of
steamships, tho owners Of these ships having been
enabled to devote them to the service BY receiving
from the United States government o moderate sum
for transporting the mails between the two points.
With this increase Of imports, Of course the United
States treasury has received an accession Of revenue
in the shape of duties. Now, suppress this mail,
and the steam line falls through, the carrying trade
goes back to the wretched little old Mexican schoon-
ers that formerly had what there was Of it, and 1t
ahOrtv rplanSA into the lanQuiannQ condition In
which it had been for 30 many years. The amount
Of duties collected at New Orleans will be diminish
ed par, passu with the decadence Of this particular
traffic, and the general interests Of the Mississippi
valley will suffer to a certain extent.
Nor is it New Orleans alone that ID interested.
New York. the emporium Of commerce, will feel this
yenence goes. That city has millions invested in
this country in mines and otherwise, and having
but monthly packet-sailing vessels at that-fnds
this Country tri.monthiy By the way Of New Orleans.
Nor must we forget the very respectable mail
that leaves upon the arrival Of every steamer here
by Rameey's Express for San Francisco by the way
OF Acapulco. The United States government, too,
in view Of our very interesting relations with Next
co, must be interested particularly in the speedy,
frequent and certain transmission Of dispatches to
and from the city Of Mexico.
There are other matters connected with this SUBJ
ject of which we must not lose sight. England has
trade of s25 900 900 with Mexico, yet she has but
one monthly steamer 70 Southampton. Yet she has
sustains courier between this place and the city Of
Mexico at the rate Of 600 per aAnum. Now an able
Postmaster General could, methinks, manage to get
the great English mail by undertaking to carry from
Vera Cruz to Liverpool by the way q New Orleans,
New York, and the Collins line. John Bull has now
but one mail . month, and we can beat dates Of
that one into London under the present arrange
ment. or course, Johnny would bite at IN oppor-
tunity Of getting three mails for the same money
for which be now has the advantage Of but one.
True policy requires, not only that the New
Orleans and Vera Cruz route Rhoud be fostered BY
wise and paternsl administration of tbs Post or
Zee Department., but that we should have . postal
convention with Mexico by which certain abuses
might be corrected Il is not exactly clear to me by
whStright tho Mexican post Office exacts an enor-
NOUS postage on letters brought to this point for de-
livery In American mail ste lmshps. She also
mskes the same charge ON letters mailed here TO 60
by the same sbips-thus suhjecting correspondence
to double ocean postage the same letters paying at
both ends OF the route
Strange az It may appear, the great illibuster in
vasion Of Sonora is yet pretty tolerably "mixed
upn sort of an AFFAIR. We cannot get hola OF either
the head or tail Of the business from the public
journals OF this country allied - they with the
wonderful operations Of General this and General
that against the pirates 1t seems, however, that
some men did land somewhere, and without dong
anything in particular, went away again, and this il
about the sum Of the whole business, at least for
the present.
Our old friend Santa Anna-the Napoleon Of the
S0uth-who is now getting old and fat, il coming it
pretty strong just now. In the last Sigio Dies
Nuepe ! observe decree, wherein he has himself
announced by the title of Altcss Seremissimai-
Most Serene Highness-a pretty title, surely for
democratic republican President. Day before yes.
terday the day set asde for the Inauguration Of
the most noble Order Of Our Lady of Quad alupe Of
which old Sanity is the Grand Master. We have no
intelligence a. to how the ceremony came off, the
mail not being due until morrow. But some OF the
knowing here feel assured that some Of the dis.
eontened must have seized the occasion to kick up
row. Well wen see the end, Of which these pom.
pcsities are but the beginning.
There is nothing further heard just now Of General
Gadsden's great treaty with the Mexican govern.
ment for the purchase OF Sonora Sinsloa, Durango,
&c. What are we to do with old Jenny Guthris's
millions?
There is such dcarth Of intelligence in the papers
here that it is useless to look into them for news
Journalism Is in q sad condition in this country.
And then the monstrous price asked for their miser-
able, dirtylooking little papers. The wretchsd