The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-15
TEN DAYS LATER FROM MEXICO.


InsurTectiOn In San Luis POxosi-SnOw
storm In B1exico-TerribIe Hurricane mt
Vera Cruz-TwO War Vessels and the New
York Bark Nenuphsr Wrecked-NearIy a
Hundred Lives Lost.
[From the E Diario de Ia Marina OF havana, Jan 81
By The steamer Mexico receipt Of news papers
from Vera Cruz to the 3oih utmo from which we give
the following ozracis:-
Puebs suuep dered on the 4th ultimo by cspituaton
under copd toS which bad beor accorded the pre-
vous Cay the place and w garrison being put at the dis
creton Of the government the armed force to deliver up
their arms At poins de.spated and tho 0ouutrymen
Ing allowed to retire to their homes The chief Of tina
eoverDm ent guarantees the lives Of those persons VINO
took part In the revolution All those c0nneced With
army wbo In March last had retuI ned country
ntn ira rsnos) IN consequence OF the anterior revolu
on, 10 be sti cunsdsred suob and allowed u their
capacity as true coun'rymen, 10 retire-those
corsioeTed ss chiefs sud officers being obliged -
wait the government dsposal-servants and re
sidences suitable for their health and substance to be
assigned TO them. Theee last conditions, embracing srt
10 and IL Of the captuation remained subject the
spprobson of The govern mert which, N seems
Of their excessive cemency agreed then only in
part by the declarations made by Ministers Ia
Congress One portion OF the press expressed itself ia
but another section defending the Gene
ra Chief commanding the siege proves that toe latter
when he was to conclude the c.piulaon there wore al
the dssDce or but oHe days march from Puebla the
nsurrecopary forces OF Osolo Gutierrez and Cobos al
vaLciDg ip the dire ction Of the bsgnS army, and Il
not advisable for him to place himself be ween two
1res
How ever the excitement caused by the concession Of
general Moreno, was promptly ubsidng In consequence
OF the chief OF ali the pronuncados VINO PueoIa.
Orhuea together with followers having been taken
and Immediately shot ar the above me eatcned insur.
recuonsry ban Of 0soo, Gutierrez AM Cooos having
been 90 completely defested near tao small town OF San
Juan Cosco matepec that no snail nu mber Of poa,e
dvio uas were taken prisoner, and part OF them con
Quoted TO Vera Cruz.
govei successiul there in Sau Luis Po
tosi, on Toe 18th ut pronuncauiento by the greaer
Po,ss Lsnda and Echegarsy. TIE later suoceeded in
leaving The city with battalion and two oeach uents
ore reg ent ano one squsdron OF cavalry One hundred
men mole belonging 10 battalion CT rlsnen succeeded
la Withdrawing from the pronunca nento in which, is
said no csie took part although seems TO be beaded
by General Manuel Calvo, by whose orders Geusrs
Rosss LaDdG had been taken prisoner, aud erwards
allowed 10 leave the city. The number OF The
iionary forces Is not yet although con
siderable account OF the effect the produced
the capital and considering the dispositions after Yards
defeat them To that purpose General Pavodi hss been
.pcins entrusted with the command, although General
Echegsrsy had united troops to march against tho
that he movemen nj OF San Luis is decidedly less serious
than that OF Puebla That part of the division OF San
Lua which took 70 part in the nsurrecton marched to
The Country is overrun, in all directions By diff. ren,
bands OF rebels Of which that Of the called Juan vica
rio Had &c have been routed by the troops OF General
AveTeZ In the Terra Csiente.
In the city OF Mexico great sensaion seems 20 have
been created By the Of Senor Lerdo de rs1a
ing resigned the ministry Of nnance and being succeeded
by Senior Payne Up to the 2t.h utmo he continued In
his ministerial functions, no being supposed to have
yielded to the socaons Of the President. Nothing is
knosn about the real reason OF the dismissal OF Senor
Lerco but he Is generally supposed TO have been bad
sccorG with the CHER members OF tho cabinet aud to
have suggested 70 the President the sacrifice Of the other
ministers Tor the purpose OF retaining himself the
au hor CT the law OF disan,osatio senor Lerdo has ac
qured great mpo, lance in the counry aud Is feared
least ,ht cabinet might at last, be dissolved or couaders
oily reformed
On ,hs 2tih uiimo, in the morning, an carihq quske,
which lasted about ,nirty secoods Was ieI ID nexco
c,pary snowfall in that ory, and terrible hurricane In
Vera Cruz, subjon tt following detks IRON the Pro-
In the s0h n.tant there ragged coast furious
north gale. which listed for twenty four hour,, aud
ping. Amongst the dh ss'ers figures foremost the sap
wrek OF tho paoDal steamer ltuToice which deeply al
ecied all the inhabitants Of Vera Cruz in whose vary
sight the catastrophe took place Without beng by any
possitiy able to prevent a. The steamer hac three
chort fastened wEh very srops chains and although sne
was teen vigorously struggling against the waves, no
body thought, up to the Mt Of the disaster, OF
the probability OF her beirg torn OF IRON the au,hong
grouno - AB1tbaving lost OF her anchors by n violent
shock iron aEoiher ship which uaa thrown against har
by the icrce OF the waves and the anchor left ner
not being Sufficient 70 maintain bar she was driven by
the current the reef k1orn under the OF la
Iaverdera There In ffteen minutes, m,re less, she
was BROKEN to pieces and disappeared with eighty nine
persons o5 board beneath the waves
or all those board only were. In provi.
Dental manner, savet-succseding, after cngng for
many hours to some tmbers floating on the sea, in
reaching uc coast.
OF the other shipwreck,d vosses there are no
other losecs 10 be Amenfcd Than thoso OF their
holn aRd oagcss with the exception OF the North Amer
lean schooner Nenuphss, whose pilo, suodeoly died,
proosbly from o. Of spoplexy. she was ono Of tho
ssnng packets Of the New York limo
The steamboat Calhoun found itself forty miles
OF the coast when the hurricane swept the sea
and for ten hours drifting around the reefs,
struggling gganst the waves before being able
come the wind anc The ourrens, and 10 get free OF ner
dangerous position. Once this object was obtained,
she refistec In an admirable manner the storm,
informed by persons who board OF ner, and
who not ooubt that they their lives 10 the excel
A. uea1ii a ha sAf hus~
the low csbn, leaving the upper entire supported
by the pillars upon which II rested but the hull OF the
snip and her machinery unhurt, thus giving the e
OF &C mere, TO the fumors OF her insecurity spread by
per,ors who perhaps Interested In dscreiuE that
line 1he sea which tore the cabin Of the Cshoun
carried OF two scrvants and the butler who DID not
appear. Another misfortune happened on board the
ship consequence of the storm spsush passenger
took away his own lie by pistol shot he believing the
steamer would be lost without bcp, and prcerrng TO
lose bis life that way rather ihan BIO drowned
La Ndcior, newspaper OF the CITY Of Mexico, speaks
In u number Of the 2ls uiimo Of the there
thus-Las night, al half past ne O'Clock, heavy snow
storm began, which lasted several hours. Never have
this phenomenon, 90 commo In attitudes higher
than ours, In MEXICO before. excited, TO n high
degree, the curiosity Of tho Inhabitants OF capital
The thermometer OF ResupI dcgrce above zero
and nainained itself there during tne wnole night Tho
fat room OF the houses, the streets the hills which
round tho city OF the lakes and give her beautiful
aspect the public walks, all reminded us, this morning,
OF the frat snow storr, Witnessed, which
last fall In the United States and In Europe Mexico city
presented this morning truly picturesque sight, for
green leaves Of eternal spring formed q lively
trast with the fakes OF snow which dressed them In
attire 70 which they we're not accustomed.
News from Havana and Mexico.
OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENTS.
HAVANA, Jan. 8, 1857.
The Consptray at ne hle Of Pines- Mark Chaunorys