The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-20
interesting from mex,co.


We have received our files Of papers from the
city of Mexico to the 4th, and from Vera Cruz to
the sth instant The papers are barren of any poll
teal news, and do not give us any intelligence
whatever of Alvarez and the insurrectonists at the
South. The following is Q summary of the news -
From the New Orleans Daily Crescent, June l2l
Senior Don Luis Parres, Minister of Finance had
resigned his office, and Don Manuel Olazagarre,
merchant OF Guadalajara, was spoken OF as his sue
cess0r.
Senior Don Ramon Lozano Armenia, Spanish En-.
voy to Mexico, was received with marked distinc-
ton and respect by the Government and his many
friends. As Mr.. Lozano Armenia had been Secre-
tary of the Spanish Legation in Mexico for many
years, he was well known and had made himself
ESigio Dies y Nueve Of the Sd, publishes the
names of forty persons that have been shot in
the State Of Jasco, from 10th July TO 3lst Decem-
Der, 1858, by order of Senior Jose Maria Ortega,
Governor of that State. Those men were court
msrtialed and sentenced to death, convicted of
having committed some robberes and of being sedi-
tiOus.
The same paper states that the small pox is rag
ing at Vera Cruz and in the ranches of San Andres
Tuxtla, as well as in the villages Of Acula Amat-
Ian and Tesechoacan.
Forty-one prisoners escaped from the Jail at Sal
tillo on the l4th ult. They dug o hole through the
hours, and made their escape by that means. Eight
cen of the fugitives were re.captured.
subscriptions are being raised all over the coun-
try to erect statue to His Most Serene Highness
had been raised for that purpose.
The Governor of Vera Cruz had sent a deputa-
ton to the City OF Mexico to welcome his Most Sc
rene Highness, and congratulate him on his great
Great preparations were going on at Vera Cruz,
Queretaro, San Juan del Rio, and other places, to
celebrate.with great pomp the anniversary of his
most Serene Highness's birthday.
The vnpe Of Amatlan waa almost totally do.
stroyed by fire on the 18th ultimo The fire origi-
mated by the dress of q girl, who was making
chocolate, having caught fire in the hearth Over
eighty houses Cor rather huts) were totally de-
stroyed and the inhabitants are represented to be
in the greatest distress and misery.
A decree has been published in the city Of Next
co, by which It is required that persons under 70
enlist in the army. The grenadiers of the guard
must be u inches, (six feet)
The Trait d. Union Of the Sd instant publishes q
letter from Guaymas, dated Oath May, from which
"On the 10th the British ship Challenge arrived
here, in seventeen days from San Francisco. She
brings on board 800 Frenchmen for the Mexican
army, according to contract entered into with the
Mexican Consul at San Francisco, said contract be-
ing approved of by Mr.. Dillon, the French Consul
at sail port. There are besides 81 Germans, Bel.
gians, 10 Englishmen, American, 4 Spaniards and
Argentine Republic, Swiss, l Italian, Polish,
from Bogota. and IL Mexicans- making total Of
377 men, who are now at the disposal Of the General
Commander of Sonora. Several other vessels are
The same paper publishes another letter from
Guaymas, dated l4th May, in which we find the
following
"Five prisoners, belonging to the Walker expedi-
rites, on board the British ship Ethebert in order
to take them to Mazatlan, where they were to be
tried.
when the Ethelbert was about setting sail, boat
fpryr Chi ID hoo ulol
as soon as it was near enough, the five prisoners
jumped into the boat. A Mexican officer ordered
his men to fire on them. On hearing the report of
the muskets the Dido let down all her boats, and
carried away the prisoners by force, disarming the
soldiers that had charge Of them. A physician and
the captain of the port were Immediately sent on
board the Ethelbert by the Mexican commander
at Guaymas, to attend to the wounded but the
British crew would not allow the captain Of
the port to 60 on board. The military commander
OF Guaymas had q correspondence with the cap
tain of the Dido, the result Of which was that the
latter gave up on the 10th May the Mexicans whom
he had on board. The Ethelbert left Guaymas for
Mazatlan on the 18th, taking dispatches to the Bri
fish Minister in Mexico. On the 18th the crew Of
the British vessel were practising with four gun
boats, firing their guns very near the wharf. The
Dido to sail the 18th for Mazatlan, to await
orders from the British Legation in Mexico. No
one was killed in the fight one Of the parties
wounded by one Of the musket shots was fast re-
covering
A rumor was current at Nueva Leon on the 18th
May, that o revolution was about to break out at
Matamoras and other points in the northern part
Tamaulipas.
large conducta from Guadalajara and Guiana
juato WAS detained in the city of Mexico for
several days, but we cannot find out on what &C
count.
The papers of the LIST inst. announce that his Sc
Highness had decided that the conducta shonld
start for Vera Cruz on the I'd, without further ex
cuse or pretext, and that the consgnees should be
made to pay the circulation tax.
The Mexicans are quite delighted with their opera
companies. The Sontag company is styled the
"Russian party" and Stefanone's company the
Turkish forces" Senior Bordas, of the Orleans
theatre in this city, had arrived in Mexico, and
made his first appearance on the lst inst as Othelo
The Sigio denies most positively that Mr.. Levas-
seur is to return to Mexico as Envoy Extraordinary
Of the French government.
A new commercial code has been published in
Mexico, and Chamber of Commerce was on the
eve of being regularly organized.
From the New Orleans Picayune June 1871
The Vera Cruz Eco del Concrete, of the 9Th inst,
states that great preparations were being made in
that city for the celebration of the anniversary of
the birth day of Santa Anna, and that the subscrp
tons collected to pay the expenses Of doing honor
to the occasion amounted to $12 900.
Teegraphic operations in Mexico seem not to be
better conducted than those ON which we are de-
pendent in New Orleans Communication between
Vera Cruz and Mexico had been so interrupted
tudG Ie puUuC uhu DcCOuc qulte uISBuSttu, anu tnc
line much prejuced. On the 9Th, however, the line
had again got to work.
The Uniresai announces that decree for the
formation Of body guard for his Most Serene High
ness would soon appear This corps, 1t says, will
probably be one of the most brilliant of the Next
can army. Senior Don Luis Perez Gomez is to be
its colonel and Capt. Francisco Carreras, of the
Spanish army, has been named as its commandant.
A curious case has just occurred in Mexico, in re-
ference to the liability of communities for damages
sustained by criminals committing crimes within
the limits Of their districts. A Spaniard named
Ramon Lastra, having been robbed Of some $500, at
place between the estates of Cerito and Estanzue
Ia, the inhabitants of these places were compelled
to indemnify him, under the law of the 10th of Sep
TENDER of last year.