New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-05


Arriving at Rioverde, they imposed a contribution
OF S2oO on each ore able to pay that amount, and
exacted II at the point Of the bayonet and by virtue
Of the lash. One old man, respectable foreigner
by the name of Frederick Reither refusing to pay,
was ordered 10 do 80 by the project under the
penalty Of having $500 more added to it. He still
refused: the addition was made, and he was or
dered 10 pay the whole amount in fifteen minutes
or receive 20 many lashes. He would not comply,
and was accordingly stripped, tied and whipped,
till he consented to pay the money, which he did.
couple of days before the above event, they
went to the town of FL Vale del MalZ turned the
authorities there out of Office, and put those OF
their own clan in; imprisoned various OF the In
habitants. robbed the Custom House and several
private dwellings, fogged an old lady. and commit
ted other outrages before leaving the place. On
one occasion one Of the principal officers of Uraga
was arrested, and they were fools enough TO send
bin TO San Luis Potos on parole. OF course he
violated it and went his own way. Uraga's troops
still hang about some of those defenceless towns,
ready for anything that may suggest itself TO their
minds, and they hold the inhabitants in terror.
Several arrests were made lately in the City Of
San Luis POtOs for cOnspracies against the Gov
eminent. One of the persons arrested was found
circulating clandestiney the revolutionary procla-
nations Of Uraga.
A severe disturbance took place, according to
last accounts i'll chihuahua, the occasion of the
leaving of Angel Trias, the late Governor Of that
State under Santa Anna. The people instigated
BY partisaDs opposed to the Government, collected
in great numbers before bis house. unanimously
insisting on Lis remaining as Governor notwith-
standing a new one Urquidi, had been sent But
Trias refused. They then went to q newspaper
establishment that of the Asperges, and attempted
to demosh it, and twenty five persons were killed
by those in charge of the same
On the morning of the 10Th inst. battalion of
al in hnrelis disarmed other
battslions, and marched through the streets,
shouting, Down with the imPious, and long live
Uragal" They let out all the prisoners in the
city, robbed the public treasury, and attempted to
take the principal officers prisoners, but they
escaped, and uniting the populace and few troops,
succeeded in driving the insurgents out of the city
There were several killed and wounded. Order
is reported to be restored there.
Uraga was in Queretaro in disguise few days
before the arrival there of Ghilardi. He was try.
ing to obtain aid, Of course. His companion and
that of Haro Tamariz, Doblado of Guanajuato
is here | suppose he is endeavOrlng TO entaDgle
COmOnfOrt still more, or make him appear to be
coadjutOr in their reactiOnsry schemes. Degolla-
do. the Governor of JaliscO, publicly qualities
Doblado as a coworker in the movement of Urags
and Haro Tamarz but the President still ap
pears to trust him, though TO his own detriment.
decree has been issued by the Government de-
claring that Santa Anna is traitor, and subject
ing him to the jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court
for having sold the national territory for not hav-
ing subjected the Mesilla treaty to the examlna'
ton of bis Council, for having appropriated ~ his
own purposes part of the Mesilla treaty money
for annuling the eleventh article of said treaty for
having sold the Indians of Yucatan into Slavery
and for having ordered the atrocities committed
during the late war in Guerrero and in Michoacan
His property is to remain in the custody OF the
Supreme Court, to await the result of its final
=. Al Iata mini
nors aud cOmmanders-general are to be tried by
the same tribunal. The military chiefs who acted
with inhumanity are TO be tried by court martial
The late governors and projects are called upon to
give an account of the money received and DIG
bursed by them during Santa Annals administration
The papers eulogize this proceeding, and hope the
Government will act with energy in regard to this
business, and be brief about it.
I accidentally omitted to mention in former
letter that when Gen. Alvarez left here he took
away l3 eco stand of arms, all the mountain how
itzers and immense quantity OF ammunition
When he arrived at Cuernavaca he imposed a
forced loan of $50, 600 on the inhabitants OF that
town and proprietors OF the rich estates IN lts
vicinity al Of 500 mules to carry OH his plumber
From this fact / presume he is determined 10
keen the State Of Guerrero to himself and his fam
ily in any event And as Santa Anna in all the
pienitude of bis power, could do nothing against
him. think no else will ever try TO upset or
interfere with his sway in that State. lie still
calls himself the President of the Republic, and
notwithstanding having resigned the power, APP
pears 10 exercise il also himself, else how could
he impose the forced loan above mentioned
The State of Guerrero has conferred the title OF
1.-THE city of the free" on the town OF Ayutla
newspaper has been established in the same State,
called The Star Of the South.
The Omnibus of this city has been subjected
to fine of $500, under the new law regarding the
Eharfv of tho preee rpDrintlng article nTst
published in another paper. 1t was quaIihed as
disrespectful to the authorities. The Judge held
that it was first published before the law went
into effect, and it's reproduction afterward, rem
dered the last publisher responsible.
d. Benito Juarez, the late Minister Of Justice
and now Governor Of the State OF Oaxaca, has ar
rived at that capital and reports to the Govern
ment that all is quiet there
The roads are full of robbers and scarcely
stage or solitary traveller on horseback escapes
being robbed. The stage from Vera Cruz, due
here Yesterday, was detained on the road by the
reyolutionsts, a part of them being on this side OF
Puebla on their way hither. They have also
severed the wire of the telegraph So we get no
news by that means. On the 18th inst. Guitlan
commenced his attack on the City OF Puebla, but
the Government reports that he was not success
full From the latest accounts they are making "a
good defense within the city and part OF the
reyolutiouist forces are in San Martin, twenty
leagues this side of Puebla, marching toward this
capital. There is a good deal Of activity mani
tested here in the preparations for defense and the
Government appears determined to hold out
strongly TO the last.
The City of San Luis Potosi has also been at
tackled and is still besieged by the forces OF Uraga
or part Of them.
A large eOndueto arrived here this morning from
Gusnajuat