New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-14
NUMBER 299.
DAILY CRESCENT
Mexican Tterr,u

The officers Of the new military .-;t,,,,o1. 40
already complaining Of want of annavtno,,t
their semi-lynch law proceedings hayin, for ~ =
present put stop entirely to the crime of rob-
berry in the Republic. -
The census lately ordered by Santa Anna i
proceeding with great rapidity, and is expected
to be completed in about six months
The production Of silver in Mexico is expected
10 reach this year the sum of So, GOO, GOO. All
the mines, with, the exception of those of Guiana.
guato, show decided increase In the latter
mines NH @ there has been falling ofF Of about
s., 900, 600,
Inc immense amount Of cotton brought tc
vera Cruz By the steamer Texas during the last
three months, has given a new impufse to the
manufactures Of this branch
Government has ordered two war steamers ot
Thousand tons each to be built in London.
the American Charge Affairs at Mexico has
appointed Thomas Spence Consul pro tenn in
Guaymas, and the Mexican Government had re-
cognized him as such
1t was proposed in Mexico that the effiey Of
santa Anna be PLACED on the national coin.
The prize offered by the Treasury Department
ior q natlonai hymn has been majudged to a
young poet, Francis Gonzales Baeaneero,
The Diario Official, a government paner. nnb-
iishes, by authority, assurances to the country
tlat measures have already been taken.by the
government for the expulsion and chastisement
OF the Sonora invaders. They win be duly dis
closed In time. AT the same time, the prone,.
representations have been addressed to the gov
ernnent at Washington, and that in reply to
these, Mr.. Cripps. our Charge dAffairs has as
sured re-. them that he has at once transmitted to
gailIofnia the most positive orders to the
United States authorities there, to see that the
national faith be enforced against all who shall
attempt to join the invaies, and that he has
also sent orders to the commander of our naval
iorce IN the Pacific, to fit out a steamer, and
her 10 cruise along the coast of California. He
auus that the government may assure itself that
ours. VIII make every effort to preserve its duty
and Its honor towards Mexico
Inc vigorous manner in which Santa Anna
mas been dealing upon the highway robbers has
already cleared the country Of them completely.
The common process is to try. them as soon as
caught, and to execute them as soon as tried
Ihelr bodies are then sent to be exposed on glib
pets, often IN rows at the place where the ofense
was committed
The large amount of money expended during
the last year in the improvement of the roads Is
beginning to be felt in the reduced price of
transportation; freights from Vera Cruz to the
city OF Mexico being at present only ST per
ton, against ST IS, the current price of the
past year.
Ihefe is some reason to suspect that General
Cevallos visits Washington in connection with
the pending treaty. This is the more credible
because we find reason to believe that the
treaty itself will, as to its mere form, though
perhaps, not as to it's substantial provisions, be
expected by the Mexican Government itself to
require some modification by our own, and in
snort may be considered as rather the basis Of a
treaty than one already complete
The Mexican millionaire, Don Manuel Escau.
don, the private individual so much complained
OF IN the Gadsden correspondence, dfsayows all
participation in the inception of the treaty or
other public affairs the business of his silver
mines now yielding $4,000 month, being suf
hclent, with the tobacco monopoly, for which he
pays the rent of $4,000 year, to engross his
whole attention