New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-23
MEXICO.
ps>n Osr ov, Correspondent.

| for power. and II appears tncy VIII not cease tl
they have put tbs whole country in blaze Of revo-
lutionary tumut For the sst two weeks we have
had the papers teeming with accounts Of bandits
| here revoliers there, and violence everywhere
| Small armed parties continue TO be formed, and 20
about as some of them did during the late revolt
against Santa Anna and plumber the deienseless
towns and rich country estates, while some meaner
ones rfest the highway, and now and then pcunce
upon the huts Of the poor They rob everything
tfey can. but more particularly horses saddles and
the like, and afterw ard take refuge far away from
| danger The States of Mexico, Queretsro aud
| Gusnsiusto are infested by them, and this dis
orderly state of things appears 10 be- rapidly IN
creasDg. All this is done in the name of religion
and the privileges of the clergy. Nevertheless, the
Government is not inactive and sends the forces il
can spare against these lswless bands, but they
seldom do more than dispense them for the moment
The siege of Puebla still continues, and II Is
stated doubtless with truth. that each days
operations reduces the circle of the besiegej IL is
reported that they in want OF the necessares OF
life, and also of ammunition, and on account OF the
lack Of charcoal snd wood for the purposes Of cook
irg, and so FORTH they split up and burn the doors
and window shutters of the houses. They hold cat
desperately, hat il is believed that il is impossible
for the reacouary party to gam at present though
their object, evidently, is "a sustain themselves
long enough st Pueblo TO discourage BY means of
their depredatDg bands the inhabitants in general
and those Of the cities that they shall revolt
with them: but the Government is, SO far firm in
ts determination 10 defeat them and carry out the
design Of the late revolution. The greater number
of the respectable people Of Puebla have left that
city and abandoned their property to its fate.
Business Of course, is not thought OF there now.
and that affair affects the prospects OF the inhsbl-
| tants of the whole country. The last accounts
from Pueba state that Orihuela had abandoned the
| command of the insurgent yarty, and that great
| disorder prevailed in their ranks.
Vidaurri has had several encounters lately with
the troops of Cara Of Tamaulipas and one report
says that the former lost 900 men In recent actlon
ard was defeated; but we have reason to doubt it.
Cara took the town of Monterey, few weeks ago,
| but was unable TO hOd it, and retired to Saltllo
where he expects TO have ret'nfOrcements sent him
| from San Luis and Zacatecss. The papers state
that they have already arrived there and amount TO
| $500 men, with 20 pieces OF artillery vidaurri
| was at last dates in Monterey. l am of the opin-
ion that be now, less than ever, will give in to the
Government of Comonfort He aspires to the
Presidency himself, and appears to have saked his
| all upon that or absolute independence.
| When CARA lett the State Of Tamaulipas to ope-
rate against Vidaurri, he left his brother in CON-
mspd of the State as Governor ad interim but the
| garrison and city authorities Of Tampco revoted
soon afterward Goth October ut.) against him,
refuse to obey either his or his brothers orders,
| have elected man Of their own choice as Cover
| nor ard are going on on their own account, but
say that they acknowledge the supreme Govern
| ment. aud that they have only reyoted against
| Governor Cara and his brother. Itappears, how.
| ever that they are making o new maritime tarin
fer that port, and dong other acts appertaimhg 10
| the General Government.
| The CITY of QueretarO remains IN possession Oh
| the Government troops, under the command Oh DO
blade, Governor of the State of Guanajusto. he
has lately returned from an expedition against the
Indian Mejis, and the others who seized that clty
| recently. but be did nothing, and the papers boa0
ed, a. usual, that Mejia did not dare to attack DO
BLADE: and. | suppose, Dcblado did not dare to at
tack him. The revolutionary Governor OF Quere.
taro is still in Office. He, by the way, is most
respectable man, but strangely infatuated by the
| priv SITS and the Church party.
The great effort of the reactionists is to get this
city TO revolt, but their maneuvers are constantly
| watched, and u good many arrests have iatsy nee"
| made here. We have frequent alarms, but IN gen
| erol all is quiet throughout the city.
| The Indians continue to invade aud plunder tue
| States of Durango and Zacafecas 49,
There s no complaint on the part OF the liberal
party now against COmOntOrt or bis Government.
They have the fullest confidence in him. dwell
on this fact the more seriously on account Oh Gen'
Gadsden's recent letter to The Ne'o- Orleans Pea
yune, wherein be raves against and 80 mucn abuses
Comonfort. The Hsraid0 has denounced that letter
| and also the General in the most scathing terms.
II. indeed. il incomprehensibe to those who " don't
know the ropes why il was that, while at the lam
ily breakfasts on Sundays at Gadsden's-tO which
his friends had general and standing INVITATION
the health of COmOnfort and even that OF his jenny
was intrusively proposed and drank by Gsdsden,
and while at the same time the greatest pains were
taken 10 have the fact published here in the papers,
that be, all of sudden, wrote such ridiculous
letter against him for publication in the United
! States The reason of the tOasts and hat'efy was
| 10 Get his postal convention signed. lie dd not
succeed. and hence the letter and the public ex-
posure of his inconsistency
Gen. Gadsden left here on the loth mst TOT
home, via Vera Cruz.
The affair Of Barron, Forbes h Co. is, under
stand, very nearly arranged. The conditions are
not publicly known yet, but II IS UNDERSTOOD the,
claim 81. OOO, coo for losses and damages. Tn
Government are TO let the tribunals be opened Y
tbem-which up TO the present, have been cl0set
| bv order of the Government to all suits either
| directly or indirectly touching this business-and
| thew are 10 decide upon this demand; or, sh0nld
the house refuse this the decision is to be lett 70
the arbitration of FIVE individuals 10 be chosen 10
the ordinary way by both parties Is IS also under
stood that this proposition is satisfactory 70 bsrrcn
Forbes g. Co.; but II not knS~n T lux srh, -.
case will be decided by the tribunals or oy sro1ra
| ton. The EpeHeh Government have also demand,
| Oh an apoogy of course for the ill-treatment Oh
B,rrop. jr.. as English Consul, and that he email
return 10 his post at Topic, and that the conditions
sarmery srresd to by Mexico for the payment OF
The interest on the debt due the English bond
holders BE-. in future, exactly and punctually com
piled with, to which Mexico pledges herself 70 .ne
satisfaction OF the English Government. so TINS
affair is settled, and there will be no more OCCASION
for the English feet In the waters OF Mexico ioi
| haloerent purposes The Monitor remarks tnat
the Signature Of the upright Mr.. Lerdoy Tejada to
the settlement Of this business is sufficient guar
anty that the honor aud the interests OF Mexico are
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