Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-06-18
From the N. o. Picayune May 81
Late and Inter esting from Mexico

The Prussian Schooner Et:enns d'Oeire
Capt. Hansan, arrived here yesterday morn
ing from Vera Cruz, which port she left on
the 2ad of April. The dates received by
her from the City of Mexico are to the Goth e.
The news from the capital is of some in
terest. The reactionary party for long
time had determined to make demonstra-
tion, and accordingly fixed upon the Thurs
day and Friday of Holy Week.
The Extraordinary of the 18th says:
The issue was made by the refusal of the
Chapter Of the Cathedral to admit the Gov
ernor and Council of the district, on their
presentation, as is Gust tomary on feast days,
to assist at divine service. On being thus
refused admttance, the Governor and Coun-
Gil withdrew ,and the Governor Immediately
took measures to punish this overt act of
nsubordination on the part of the ecclesi-
astical authorities against the civil, by ''ar-
resting the rebellious caEons when they
should come out from the church. Several
were accordingly arrested, and the rest shut
thems lives up in the choir of the cathedal,
where they renamed surrounded by crowd
of excited people outside the railing, who
soon began to make sundry demonstrations
of sedtious meaning. Cries of vengeance
against the Government and death to the
heretics were raised-a woman was seen
taking part in the movement ar med with a
pstol-one man ascended the pulpit and
commenced furious denunciation of the
Government soldier of the guard, placed
near the door of the cathedral to preserve
order, was disarmsd and beaten by the mob.
Several men, placing themselves in the
door of the cathedral, raised the cry of Viue
la Religion Christiana, Muera sl Gobisrro.
The prompt arrival of guard of armed
police, which, with few blows of the club
bed muskets and the arrest of two or three
of their ringleaders dispersed the mob. put
u speedy stoE to this incipient revolt, which
was late more effectually repressed BY the
arrival on the spot os the Governor with
company of cavalry, who closed the doors
of the Cathedral and stationed line olsen
tinels around the platform. An hour or o
afterwards some groups of seditiously dis
p osed persons in the plaza having renewed
IilC Clt vi lCfOlt, IuC uAotui UduSC w % easily
put down by the discharge of few shots in
the air by the police. These trifing incl
dents were the only results of the meditated
attempts to get up a revolutionary move
ment against the government.
The Archbishop, the Bishop of the dio-
cese, and six or seven of the more prominent
priests were arrested on Monday by order
of the government and Immediately placed
in confinement.
II is said that the Archbishop upon his
arrest surrendered the church and its prop
erty to the keeping of the Pope's Nuncio
in this city, who Immediately solicited
meeting of the diplomatic corps Cor the pur-
pose, as rumor has it, or aiding him to re-
tain possession.
A decree banishing the Archbishop and
other prelates, has been published by order
of the Supreme Government. After re-
counting in round and measured sentences,
the decree concludes with something of this
sort:
'The Offense is of so grave character as
to call for the banishment of the Archbishop
from the Republic. this being the penalty
designed by the laws for such ceses, and
which in all times and various nations, has
been used with the prelates who set at def
ance the supreme authorities; but notwith-
standing the force of these reasons, the bad
state of the Archbishop's health, his advan-
tage, land the respect that his private virtues
deserve, have induced the President to limit
the penalty to Imprisonment in his palace
till further orters.'
The curates of San Juan del Rio and Ho-
chimlico were arrested and thrown into
prison for preaching infammatory and sedi-
:ious sermons.
!. Similar demonstrations were made in
Tacubaya and Puebla.