The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-08

NEW NAVIGATION ACr--Tm INVASION OF LOWER
CALIFORNIA AND soNoKA-THE PAPAL NUECIo AND
THE EMPIRE,

BY the arrival of the Texas Capt Place have intel
gence from the city of Mexico to tho 18th inst and
from Vera Cruz to the 22dthe day which she left the
latter place.
Mr.. Benfeld and family, H. Braur ard lady Panannean
Guerrier Arguilles Charles Gilman NJ. Eyck Capt Ar
mold, Dr. Banendewan George Deorm, and four in the
The Texas has freight the sum of s43 1885, consigned
! warneken KrchoI 1000 Bruguiere 4 Co... 1000
s Fernandez. 1000 Matthew'S Finley & Co 1000
Cramer Co..... 800 T. J. Forstall.. 5000
Santa Anna has dccreed navigation act which EN-.
bodies of the principles of free trade and recipro
city. Mexican vessels may import goods from any coun
try the established duties Vessels Of foreign
countries reciprocatng with Mexico, may import their
products the terms otherwise they are to nav
additional so per cent both imports and exports
Vessels Of recprocating foreign countries importing the
products other foreign countries will be subject to this
additional duty Foreign vessels of reciprocating coun
tries will be subject to the tonnage and port duties
Mexican vessels. Those Of other countries viii pay
double those dues Vessels of nations not having com
mercal treaties with Mexico viii pay all these additional
duties These the leading provisions of the decree
Seniors jose NJ. Franco, p Buena and r. Garduno have
been granted the exclusive privilege of working the gold
mines discovered in Queretaro last year.
nance, in place Of Senior Sierra Rosso, resigned.
work entitled Notes on the History of the War be-
tween Mexico and the United States has been anathe
matzed by the presidential decree, and ordered be
burnt its editors sentenced to civil degradation and in
capacity and possessing it summoned to deliver
ii to the authorities. This must be work worth having
| where the truth is valued.
| A decree has been issued condemning all persons
taken in convicted of belonging to corps of in
vaders to be shot,
Tho Indians are reported TO have recommended their
ravages in Sonora but TO have been again whipped in
| Durango.
circular issued by the Minister of the Interior directs
Governors OF PROVINCES to treat consprators exes
entering them without permission.
/ new tax of "a, 900 per month has been imposed by
Gov: Gandara of Sonora, for the purpose Of raising
funds for the extraordinary expenditure required
| in the State.
We regret to learn the demise exPresdent Herrera
He died ON the 10th inst and buried at the Panthe
on without any funeral pomp soemnity. Herrera
was soldier of the Mexican war Of independence and
one Of the very few surviving patriots in that band of w.
rants and slaves.
The rumors relative to revolutionary movements in
chihuahua and Tamaullpas, are contradicted by the
The Eco del Concrete of Vera Cruz publishes letter
from Mr. Angel urbde, general agent of the Sloo Com
pany and dispatches from Messrs Williams and Daniel
Pierce engineers of the company announcing that
the work on the Isthmus route was begun the Goth
ul under the auspices of Gen. Martin Cos and of the
principal authorities of the department. Several
speeches made the occasion Preparatory opera
lions had been commenced on the 25th by Engineer
WALL at place called suchl and learn by the Gaia
papers that the Indian aborers already at work at
Poso del cerro In short says the Ira1 d Union this
al the mouth of the Coat2acoalcos the borders Of the
Pacific, and at the centre
tion in the city Of Mexico The Ascension is to take
! place at the Plaza de Toros
/ The Trait d. Union announces, through letters from
Guayamas that six or seven hundred men have landed
at Todos los Santons bay, to form junction with
walker and that Negrete been compelled retire
the mountains. Gen. Yanez it is said will be super
seeded in command of the Mexican troops by Pedro
Vades.
The Mexican papers relate horrible story of married
woman who induced her paramour to murder her hus-
band The parties were seized, tried, condemned and
The government is actively engaged in sending troops
to Lower California.
Tie Twelfth regiment Of the line left Guadaajara on
the 30h ult under the command of Senior Traconis for
Sonora for the purpose Of annihatng the Walker re-
public.
by his staff took his departure from Vera Cruz for ia
apa, to meet His Serene Hghness Santa Anna who
hourly expected at the latter city, the long
visit to his estate in the department OF Vera Cruz
An order has been published, notifying all Mexicans
who may have been expelled from the country for polit
cal offences not to return under penalty OF being appre
| hended and tried for treason.
Mr.. b. Van Brunt has been recognized by the Mexican
American Consul for the port of Acapulco
BY order of the President under date of the 18th JAM
1854 all the children in the schools OF the republic to
be instructed in the Christian religion according to the
catechsms OF Father Rpaldn, approved by the Arch
bishop of Mexico.
A decree will be published the first of March es-
mysteries of commerce will taught together with the
French English and German languages
from the New Orleans Bee, Feb. 27.]
The Mexican papers being subjected to rigid censor
ton Of the real state Of public feeling in that distracted
country, and even the honest and faithful Trait Union
een into silence BY threats svs OF
ments by which We enabled to secure intelligence
from private and trustworthy to the latest
The nterminabe verbage and compulsory reserve Of the
Mexican papers We subon the following passages from
the last letter of excellent correspondent under the
date Of the 10th instant and hope by every mail from
Vera Cruz to lay before readers picture Of Mexico
behind the scenes
The President still at the capital and his departure
often announced is again postponed The movements
Of his Hghness would be of earthly Importance
they not insgaed by political reasons The Cabinet has
been greatly alarmed and the population much excited
by the successive arrivals Of special messengers from
Snaoa Guerreo Rumors are aoat and letters from
Guayamas state that Count Raousset de Boubon and Mr.
Walker had landed at Sonora the former at the head Of
800 men, and the second in command Of 4O0-with
view by concerted action Of Selling upon Urez the
capital Of Sonora believe this report to be pre-
mature; but from letters have read, and from in
formation derived from merchants who vitality in
teresed in the affairs Of the Pacific coast think that
ii the invasion has not yet taken place, 1t will not
California which he conquered with handful Of adven-
turers would be embarrassed by the thousand twelve
hundred constituting his army if he had not
termiped to throw them into Sonora. Experience has
too thoroughly convinced him of the imbccilty and
weakness of Mexico to allow him to pause in his
As to Count he has been duped by the Mexican
He had been invited to the Pacific frontier
BY Santa Anna for the purpose Of establishing French
sought to delude him with empty promises and seeming
encouragement while the journals Of the capital acting
without stint or mercy Count Raousset is Just the man
to be driven TO desperate enterprise by treatment Of
this sort viii the invaders succeeds do not doubt it
for moment The population Of the coast dscon
tented and turbulent, and will gladly accept Of indepen
dence provided they are not required to their
country TO the tnieu states. AS t0r the army, Its
prowess is well understood Its exploits in Lower Cali
fornia give you the of its efficiency. Let
fact suffice. We have now amongst Col. Tranconiz
whose regiment deserted and evaporaed before reaching
the coast The soldiers composing it forcibly enlist
ed and away, matter Of course at the frst
venen opportunity. Severity and vigilance vainly
exercised They will desert. Hardly day elapses that
do not scores of these poor devils sweeping in
front the barracks under the supervision of the
fcers and kept in awe by their sticks The latter
themselves taken from grocery and fancy stores They
very prettiy uniformed and decorated but abso
| tufatv fhlasao On the of hiatt
The news from Guerrero is more positive Gen. Alva-
rev. who the satrap Of that department the King Of
the South" as he is popularity termed, is preparing
pronnncidmieato. His Secretary and Ambassador Bonto
Hare arrested few nights ago, and important docu
ments were found secrcted about his person. Eigio
Romero, Of Alvarez accompices, who exilsd
three months since, is at Panama. where he has des.
patched vessel loaded with and ammunition to
Guerrero Alvarez directs in secret these movements
and two of his villages have already proclaimed the