The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-01

On the other hand, II seems II. 8. b. did not 70.
turn one moment too soon. The fact Is, be was
doing himself more harm than Alvarez all the while
he was away from the capital. The ps,os (pure re-
publicans) were gathering courage to make mani
festo. The Santanistas themselves, giving the old
man up for lost, had begun to hint at provisional
government. Meanwhile, the consopadores (con-
servatives) were only waiting to see which way the
cat jumped. In word, if the old gentleman had
not turned up In the very nick of time. there would
have been precious row.
The worst part, and most truly Mexican feature,
OF the whole business Is the treachery of the Cabi.
net and il is source of some surprise that thew
have not been, ere this kicked out of their places
and the republic. There Is no doubt that it was
agreed to leave the old fellow to fate and the Pintos.
Poor old man he had very hard time Of it in his
late campaign, and it is said he was reduced to eat
horse meat. But to give yon particulars about
the mastery inactivity Of the Cabinet.
when Santa Anna was besieging Acapulco, (Which
he didn't take, by the way, but which came very
near taking him news reached Mexico of his being
beset, surrounded and cut Off by Alvarez and parti-
sans. His friends pressed the ministry to send rein
forcements. Bonila (the premer) declined, saying
he could not think Of leaving the capital deenceless
&c. Now, this Jesuitical gentleman, Bonilla, is at
once premier and head devil Of the Conservatives,
and among these was a nice little arrangement to
keep the government to themselves and let II. s. H.
take care of himself the best way he could. The
Bishop Of Morella sent his deputy to consult on the
subject with the harpies in Mexico, offering the
money of the church and the support of the clergy
to aid in carrying out the plan. Bonilla and Lares
Ministers Of Justice and the Episcopal Nuncio must
have formed a precious triumvirate. Santa Annals
friends getting wind Of what was going on, despatch
ed courier after courier to him. The moment he re-
ceived the timely hint, he took his best troops and
returned by forced marches, not however without
meeting desperate resistance from Alvarez. Bat the
vigorous and resoute old gentleman was not to be
80 easily headed off, and soon cut his way through
Arrived now at the capital the struggle is who shall
lie and atter the more efectually whilst the San.
a n
tCn against the Conservatives and the church
Such are Mexican politics.
The government Chat is to say, Bonilla,) has
been inprisoning women; among them, the wife of
Haro, formerly the secretary Of Alvarez, and now
banished to Tabasco. They put her in the convent
Of San Bernardo, (Which is prson,) and in .omuni
ccdo-that is, in solitary confinement. When her
Justice, to be allowed to visit her and supply her
with money and such little conf rts as she might
need, he refused. They then implored that her in
her bosom; again "no." Doyle, the British Minis
ter, who, whatever be the faults of his h.ad has, at
least an Irishman's heart, went to Bonilla and de-
manded, as man of man, that the mother should not
be torn from her helpless infant; conjuring him by
the name Of his own wife and by the love Of his own
children, not to suffer such an inhuman thing to
continue. Well, Bona actually relented, and gave
orders for the child to be taken to its mother
There is something SO warm and sublime in thecor
Of an lrishman's heart that we can almost forgive
them their heads.
Other women have fled and are concealed from
the police, who are in hot pursuit Of them, on &C.
count of political offences.
Mason, editor Of the Trait d. Union, the French
paper published in Mexico, has been fined $40O for
saying that "the triumphal arches erected for the
grande entree Of H. S. II. were not high enough for
him to pass under with all the laurels and glories
won in the late campaign towering above his head"
Good ! If scandalum n,dgnatum met its appropri-
ate punishment in certain other country, which
won't name, certain other paper, which won't
name either, would never have dared to have poked
so much fun at old fuss and feathers.
No local news. There is good deal Of romito
among the troops, and but little in the town.
Weather hot.