Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-23
Mexican Affairs.

| WAsmNGToN, May j 1 4-The last intell-
gence from tire city OF Mexico isvery favor.
able 10 the sdccess Of the Supreme Govern
,ment in its struggle against the reactionary
elements which have threatcned its dcstruc
ton. The time and place for a revolution
had been fiXed, and lis leaders were fully
prepared but the movement met with
complete discontinue. Thursday, Of Holy
Week, had been determined upo1 by the
Ecclesiastical party for grand insurrection,
.butit,qppeals ,h,,t the people had no sym
pathy wan thecause of fthe clergy, and the
appearance of squadron of government
cavalry and IL few scattering shots termina-
ted the hffhir. The Archbishop and n nun
ber ofpriests were arrested, and will It is
said, be banished
The Mexican Extraordinary, Of the 18th
uit says that the people properly "appre,
ciate the, wise policy which has undertaken
to eradicate, by n course of gradual reform,
ihatmonstrous monopoly which has weigh.
ed asa fatal incubus, for ages, uponthe po-
Iitical and material prosperity Of Mexico
Comonfort's goyernmentRppears now TO
be sufIicie ltly stable for the purpose of nc
gotiaIing treaties with foreign governments,
and it is robable thai our government will
avail itself very soon of the opportunity now
ofTcred 10 obtain a reasonable and sallsfac-
tory treaty for the adjustment Of questions
pending between us and Mexico. ,,s = -.
| The parties to The English question have
agreed TO submit the whole question at issue
TO the decision of the Supreme Court of the
country, but England had, meanwhile, as.
sumed a decisive attitude, by despatching
several fr'gates to Vera Cruz.
a letter in the Picayune from Mexico,
dated April 10Th, expresses doubt wheh-
er the Forsyth treaties had been sent back
10 Mexico, and conjeclures that rpeY are de-
tanned here ill the press of business in the
new administration shall so far cease as to
enable them TO consider the subject.
M Itis true that the subject is to be fully
considered and instructions in regard to a
new treaty agreed upon, But the loan pro
posed by Mr.. .Forsylh's treaty. is objected
10 by the present administration, as it was
Thy the last. ~ g 'H "7'' ":
@' Great Britain has, for long time, held
unbounded sway over the affairs Of Mexico,
controlling her commerce and her political
Fconnsels oreher own advantage. Now and
thcnsle threatensforcc, and. by this means
as well as by diplomatic bullying, Mexico is
| kept IN constant terror of her. She has a
hold upon Mexico, through the unsati> fed
British debt convention; and lin the mean :
time, while she presses the demand for The
four millions, she extorts from tho country,
through her commercial monopolies. douJe
that sum every year,
IEstPRooREss OF AMEaloAN1zArroN.-- The
~adsiees from Nicaragua show that the bat.
tie between the Commodores is still raging
there, although, ,presen, indications seem to
| show that Vanderbilt viii beat Law for the
mystery of that portion Of Central America
An attentive perusal of the papers and let
ters received lately from these, shows some
curious things. new paper has been
started at San Jose. the capital of Costa Ri,
ca, and another ut Granada, the old capital
of Nicaragua, and both ofthcm are printed
in English and Spanish. One language has
| become insufficient for the new order of
things there. Wenotice, too, in the reports
from the scene: of, war, that the names of
many of the most active men In the stirring
scenes there being enacted have a familiar
Saxon sound, while the 'ul press is filled
with praiseslof ther, decus, and reflections
on The inaction of the native allies. Even
tbe yalor of the 6llbusters is the theme of
| their constant remark and wonder. 4''.'
r These are the sure signs Of the rapid
Americani!ation oil, Costa Riea and Nicara.
qua. II little. matters who wins, Wander
bilt or Law, Spencer or Walker -lhs result
is the same, and those two States will fol
low their mahifrstdestiny:- ~ r. Heratd.
ILLNESS OF JUDGE BUTLpR.-Dy a, pri-
L -.
the deepest regret the serious illness of our
highly respected, and esteemed Senator,
| Judge Butler. Since his retnrn from Wash.
iugton, he has been an invalid, exhausted,
constahtly sick, and daily growing. worse,
and from our present accounts we much
fear that his useful life is drawing to q close.
AS he is one ofour most cherished public
men, his sickness mast be regarded as
public calamity, and as such we may be al
lowed the privilege of extending OH SYM
pathyto him and his family, in their severe
.afHictiop. TisYS, hsa qsts ,.f.,.. W., :
,i The excessive duties ofthe past session,
which he felt most oppressiyely, Induced
him to ask relief from those Of Chairman
of the Judiciary committee; but his request
| was not acceded to, in view of the great
value oflh personal ssfvssses.. Since tie
death Of the gallant Brooks, our friend the
Judge has never rallied, and tho shaft which
laid lowibat hoble spirit has 20 doubt
kgrieyeusly wounded--we fear fataly4-our
| valued Senator. While we hope that he
| may yet be spared to continuc His useful