New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-17
Summary of Mexican News.

Summary of Mexican News.
By the arrival Saturday night Of the Steamship
Calhoun, Capt. Ratbbnn, from Vera Cruz, we have
received papers to the 1lth inst from which we ex
tract the following items.
Jose Ruiz Murillo and Manuel Diaz de Ia Vega
have been exed from the Republic on account Of av
ing been engaged in some conspracies They left fo-
Havana on the British mail steamer.
The Vera Cruz Progresso makes loud complaints Of
the mai! arrangements from the capital there having
been several failures following in succession lately
The same paper in its issue Of the 9Th nst has the
following intelligence from Pueblo:
On the night Of the 29th ult the government troons
commenced hostIties by taking the requisite posi-
tions TO impede the fight of the pronunciados'
Inc -FOUR hundred men taken prisoners by Gen.
aloret were dlsarned and conducted to Mexico under
escort OF one hundred men of the Zuluaga Brigade
~ Ille iolo"ing day operations were resumed
asnst q M the town With great vigor. The rebels, who
1t Is said are much disheartened, had abandoned a
large portion of the city, and had concentrated on the
most central points. Complete disorder prevailed
amongst them, and they had been even fghting
among themselves.
This, We will remark must be received with eau
Iion 1t being the government account.
Another paper has the following If true, the state
OF affairs is really sorrowful to contemplate We wish
President Cononfort the fullest success If he fails
| ment, ruin and spoIiation.
Mxico is in chronic state of revolut;on pro,,,.
clanenos are the order of the day The shirt of ra
volt seems to have been excited by the cbnTch nartv
as;lsted by political and military desperadoes whose
the community For the particulars Of these ravoyts
We refer to our correspondence. Senior Iafarnla the
Minister Of Gobernacon, addressed a letter Ia The
Governors of the States on the subject of the nlay
pronunciamcntos that are springing Ut, Throughout
the country and crying out Justify for religion and the
charter He speaks with bitterness of the treachery
OF tne men IN revolt, and says that the result Of
another successful revolution will cause the disnem-
berment OF the Mexican nation, and create number
OF small independencies, which must sooner or later
fall prey to some powerful foreign nation.
The Extraordinary, of the 25th ult. comments upon
thls s letter and makes this significant admission
" The destiny of the world is onwards and the spirit
ed and energetic people Of the Northeast are every
year drawing in formidable array On the frontiers Of
eXico and should no national quarrel arise between
the United States and Mexico, and the church party
| or any government acknowledging their pretensions
come into power, nothing is certain than that
Mexico Will be ripe harvest for a powerful fbust
ering organiZation.S'
The United States Minister Hon. John FORSYTH
arrived at the city Of Mexico on the 2lst ut He
was officially presented to the President on the 23d
In delivering his credentials he made short address,
in which he stated that the United States entertained
the most friendly feelings towards Mexico, and ex.
pressed hope that the two republics would in future
be connected by the strong ties Of amity. To this
President Comonfort replied that the government Of
Mexico was inspired by the kindest sentiments to-
wards the United States, and that he would always
be found ready to cooperate in maintaining the
peaceful relations now existing between the two
| countries.
Three hundred laborers were actively engaged in
the city Of Mexico in constructing the gas works and
al &I,ot +I,o
| throughout with gas.
The artisans of the capital have formed regiment
of National Guards numbering 1850 men and is COM
mandcd by Col Comonfort. The utmost enthusiasm,
for the preservation of the government as is exists
among them.
1t was reported at Vera Cruz that pronuncianento
| had been declared against Garga at Tampico, in
| which the National Guard had joined A pronuncia-
meno also reported to have taken place at Iguala
and another at Celaya. These disturbances are said
to be set on foot by the clergy who are said to be at
the bottom of all the conspiraces which have been
| discovered. of late.
| The steamer Guerrero had returned to, Vera Cruz
for repairs. 1t will be recoected that she vent in
pursuit of the runaway steamer Democratic some time
since. She encountered this vessel about twenty
miles from the island of Piedra and after short en-
gagement was forced to haul Off and return, as above
Senior Almonte, Minister to England, left Vera Cruz
on the British mail steamer, Soent OH the 9TH inst,
The Spanish Ex-hlinister, Alvarez and General Chi
lard and family also left on the same vessel
The Mexican Extraordinary, of the 18th ult has
the following letter from La Paz in Lower California
1t is dated September 20th and gives an account Of
tornado which had visited that place.
Before we had time to repair the damages sustained
by the storm of the 18th Of October 1856, we have
been visited by another hurricane which commenced
blowing violently on the 10th inst and continued with
undated fury until the 10Th During all this time the
rain fell in great quantities.
Many houses that escaped last year are now gone
among these the writer's house is numbered. At
this time our city is a heap of ruins, and where we
are to live is now a matter of serious question.
The sea drove into the lower part of the town. near
the beach, and the hus of the poor people have again
been washed down. The aments and cries of the old
men, women and children during the storm, were
heart-rending.