The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-19

news frosn Msxsoe.
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TIE Usif+d Stss-s NATL Steamship Ods.bs, Taos.
Forbes commanding, iv~d se her ~,arf yesscr DAY
morning, Il O'clock, having ieft Vera Cruz on the
We have rsce,w by this arrival ales 81 orr Next
can ex bangee t. the Sd n-t. from sh-- capuA. aud
stb IL m Vera Cruz. TIE nrws IL impartsnt ~ IN
dicat'ne state OF ths ccuatry, thug, from the
strict control that tho governments exercises oser
the pvss. the partioalsr. n thu dsrust move oeas
are very scanty. We extract The folio RAG frou
exchanges
On the 18th OF July last. Santa Anna granted to
Don A. ], Atocha AN exclusive privilege for the
construction 4 . railroad ana tel, graph fro Ell
Paso, or from Pstsidio del N rte {, tn port Of
Quay anss, on the Gafof California Mr.. A tocha
Is bound TO form his compsn for bal ding tho Dad
wi,hia one year. either In Mex,oo or tie Uoit- d
Stat.s, 10 mako . survey and run the line
wi,h,n tao years, and 70 fnish the rad sthn
twelve Years frrm the time AZ rnnuiag the line or
In fact witt fifteen yesrs from the arsnttug OF toe
privilege. N" grants Of land are made - -hs road
except such a. may Do necessary for 10 roa i~sy
Rn1 stations.
The political situation Of the count , Is becoming
daily more complicated. and ramo . OF the m ~
a,am pg "ha,scter to the government, to gu ii
degree that on tho 10th ult. decree was issued IN
the capital DECLARING that ii, persons circulating
false or alarming news or VINO shouts censure tue
acts Of the goverr ment sbslt be rested ~ q
spirstor, and subjected to One Of $500. With i'm.
prison m.Dt for two months.
peW pronunciamf INTO wa made OF the 18th Of
July ut Ciuosd Victoria 10 the cepartneat Il Ia.
zion 10 the plan ~ G-oersl Alvarez, and were fori-
FLING H. cit, General Will sent . corps III 500
mel with two pieces OF artillery, against toem.
Up TO thu 22a the In surgeons were In quiet posses
OF the 3ist Jul lionel villalba. ct the hills Of
LimoD, in South. and re OTIS having obsaiaed
complete victory, capturing ther artillery. q pn'-
ton Of their Sr1De aud horses Several Of the insr-
gen. officers are rportei killed, among whom il
ColoD+I Vilslba. s.rs
Colonel Cover ,epo is hauing captured the town
OF &. .uca ana taken twenty .nlne prisoners All
the officers engaged in tire affair 1T Lana haze been
promoted one 4 abe, md Got. Zulnaya ., the c ,m-
mar er, has Qeen created General OF Brigaoe.
We fni in the Mexican pap.s, no ne 20 Of
airy kiDo from Acapulco, or from Gen. Alvarez
In Michoacsn nlte, hate advantages are reD0<ted
The frO ,ps Of the government mad recAptured the
to VII Il Zi'acuarO, sDd the insurgents had driven
the govtrDment forces from Pueropero aud Urua
ian. The Cove nor of Nj hoscan has pro Aa,nsd
Laws of tie most severe kind against those who
should disturb public order, aid several executions
are anuO nnc.d.
Popala, in the State Of Cbiapaa. had also pro-
noun"ed IL favor OF Gen. Alvarez. Tue Rose nment
were about to .ck them.
The Diario Ofiint has long list Of active move
ments OF troo s; but these seem to be noetly con.
fined to paper.
rived st Guaymas. and it IL stated that ce had
visited CIV. Yanez, ard offered (, reside in the
cOuntry as Q pesceable citizen. Many OF the men
who were in the former expedition uice his com
maud, aud that af;er~ards went there e. join the
Mexicsn army are stated 70 have joined min.
The Universal announces that ticopS were being
sent frOU the capital to Sonora, taat de, artment
is threatened by the Count Roeusact.
A decree has been issued, autho iziug the free
i'm 5oriation Of arms and munitions of war by the
port OF Vera Cruz and along the northern fcontiers
Another has been issued authorizing the free
Of grain into Tsbasco, which is menaced
The Eco del Concrete, Of the sta. an aouncea that
on the evening Of the Sd the Governor Of Vera Cruz
lece we'd the following selegraphic despatch from
the Muis:er of War;
MEXICO August s. 1864 Tho Count Raousset de Boul.
bYn who acded atey At Quay 10 order to put him
self n the head Of the French citizens there whch had
rebeed has been defeated Geperal Yapez the 18th
uit., when he surrendere1 with two hundred Of his
country men after con bat Of two hours, and the loss
Of forty six killed and wounded.
From this despatch, and from the advioes relative
to the Count which We published In our last eve
nngs paper, Is evi ent there has been treachery
somewhere. The Eco DISTINCTLY char.es 1t upon
the Count, stating that be had "commist<d treason
to the govelnuent, aud to the country in whose
te,vi he had entered" bnt the known character II
that country ard COVE nment induces ~ 20 suspend
our uc gment until we shsl receive fdllec acc junts
FRI m tome Tess prejndiced source.
The indians arc committing their deprcdations
throughout the States Of the borthe n ontier An
occasional graz eloquent &C cunt of their defeat and
ute exte MiDation Is publtsncd; bu; they sevm TO
have numerous lives for they rcappear at GONE place
not fur distant from the sceoe of their ami adon.
letter from chihuahua gives the llowing sad
picture Of its condition.
The country is devastated the croos destroyed the es
taes ruined and lost thcrds and aocks the prey Of
the Inran, and thousand dangers II the life Of
The ranches and hactenaas 6nd assistance from he
towns, and misery. terror and desolation slowiy
penetrating on all sides.
A decree has been issued by tho su creme govern
ment d. claring that all males between the ages Of
ten and fifty years must arm themselves FIR the
6efence ofthctr families aud the country. Farm
servants must be mounted and armed at the ex.
pepse Of their niaste q.
In the States Of Durango and Zacatecas great
alarm had been caused by The appca, auce Of large
and we'll armed bands Of savages Ia one Of thek
encounters the troops were defeated with conside-
rabie slaughter, and the official account states that
the lDoiars were alf armed with rifles, and that
they fired and msLGuvrcd so well that the officer
has d, ubt they were commauded BY Americans
In proof Of this fact he states thai many of dis meo
"Were wounded In the region 81 the heart"
The town Of Copoinals in CniapLs was almost
entirely destroyed BY fire short time Ance-s~ven'
ty seven houses were consumed. Famine l. threaten
ing the unhappy people Of that aepa rtment, and toe
papers already record several deaths from hunger
The locust continues its ravages Throughout that
portion Of Mexico.
1t Is stated that a company has been formed by
six gentlemen in Califorhia with caoital OF OO0
for the purpose Of pumping ont and working the
Tajo mire, in the State Of Sinaloa. II was formerly
worked by Spanisrds, and is reported to have al
Ways been very rich in yield but was abandoned
during the war Of independence, and has not been
worked sin &C.
Some one having ed on the army list the
name Of Santa Anra with the title Of Cap sain &c
neral the President issued special order to the
Minister Of War, ordering II to be erased AM &C.
neral Of Division substituted. The President
states that be returned TO Mexico only to save, and
speaks OF bis services In the Of Independence.
Orders Of tho most contradi Try Lature are beiag
continually issued. On one day Il Is ordered that
selves before tho Esd septembsr shall be pardoacd;
on another, prisoners of war, deserters, and even
civilians, are ordered to 10 shot.
A sergsaot bad been saot at Vera Cruz for incit-
ing the soldiers to rebellion, and at Machocan per