The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-19
Affairs I'm Mexico.

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By the arrival Of the Edward Barnard Captain stone
in six days passage from Tanpico put posses
sion Of the following important information =
Governor Cara arrived within short distance of that
city, about the 21st ult, and opened correspondence
with General Traconis the military commander of the
garrison requesting him either to retire with his troops
or TO disa them his intention to take soth the
civil and military control Of the State of Tamaulpas
Traconis positively refused to receive CARA in any
enter the city with limited escort Cara Indignantly
refused these terms and the two parties assumed hos
1t supposed that the affair would be decided by
bae and as Garzas troops been reinforced by the
arrival OF seven hundred men from San Luis Potos un
der the comm and Of Colonel Zuazua it considered
bcyon a doubt that Cara would carry the day.
Iampco has suffered severely from the revolution. All
between that place and the inte nor markets
has been cut off and business has been completely
paralyzed.
night in the houses of ore consus or were leaving for
the old town, Pueblo Vego.
III foreigners exceedingly anxious to see some
vessels of war enter the port and gladden. their eyes
der these painful circumstances but it is said that EGG
sb and American ships of touch there unless
they have prospect of obtaining freight of specie
supplies OF provisions cut off by Cara aud food Of
every description exceedingly scarce and selling
AZ very bigh prices.
In truth, porable state Of affairs could not
well exist and yet tie worst had not been realized when
The sal nard left, say on the I'd inst.
By the schooner Red Fox, Capt. sbisa, which also
rived from Iampico this morning. receive the frn,1a
reto If the 31s II contains nothing Of interest later
than what has already reached US.
remely leisulely rates. We this morning recsived from
Tamrico the suboned communication rom IhiNn ,hua.
From its date readers viii perceive su 4 IA been
six months its way. Its conents will readily suggest
the reason The Santanista postmasers thought little
rest route, would do it no HARM As 1t happens the
i yet deprived of all intrinsic in
terest and there enough added to that by the exnbi
ton 1t affords Of the patry means by which tyranny
seeks to strengthen Itself to render ir even worthy
OF the place We give it, Here is his letter -
CHIHUAHUA Mexico, May g, 1855.
BY request of portion of the lgnte) people, write
the following communic alton, with tn request that you
give it early nsertion in your periodical should You
deem proper -
There have been va,ou reports iu circulation found
ed or unounoed, relative to negotiation going on be-
wet tie govern nent of the United States and that o.
Mexico relative TO transfer of portion OF alexican
territory to the doninons of the United States. Qie
number Of persons clatel with The idea, and ev
IDENTIFY wished for Its contamination AS the Dego ition
f any Iendng) to pr gress tardy, deem it ex
feden to lgive you suecinct description che said
country and OF the existing state Of affairs In Chihuahu
whtre principally have resided for the past two years
within the repubc, aud probably is not surpassed by
my other loclton in the world but account of In
dian Seprodaons is last retrograding in commercial
agicutur raj and mineral Importance and Ia fe years
ii change be not effected, it will become wilderness
wholly inhabited by ssvsges and beasts Of prey In
former years the face Of the entire country seemel lite
rally covered with stock OF various species at
but few herds to be % they have prin ipaly
been run of by maraudipg bands of savnges fr m the
United states who visit this country periodically In
large numbers and ve off thousands OF stock in raid
The mineral Of the county, which are known
Now, Mr. Editor is IL not pity that such fair por-
ton OF Gods heritage should be thus desecraed and
relapse no its original state for the want of proper pro-
ecron from savsges, and q The application Of enlight-
ened husbandry 70 agriculture minerals. &c. which
abound in the country If American skill enterprise
&c, brought 10 bear upon the OF the
country, who could portray In adequate language the
radical change it would producer u would oring back
The realization Of the possessions Of Abraham Isaac
and Jacob" with their hards servants silver and the
picturesque view entertain relative TO the Land Of
Palestine Truly the wilderr would bud and bossom
as the rJse of sharon and the lilly OF the valley" We
have climate where cold Winter with his frosty locks II
| spontaneous magic.