Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-02-08
TIN anvoLUT1oN m MEXICO.


The news received at New Orleans on the
2sth January. from Mexico. by the steamer
Tennessee, confirms the worst fears hat
have been entertained. We give the fol-
! lowing items from the correspondence Of
the New Orleans papers:
CRY or MExuco. Sunday, Jan. II, 1883.
lThe capitaI is barricaded and in arms
tths blood of citizens has already been shed
therein. and q general civil war seems now
TO impend upon this distracted and unhap-
py country.
| den and unexpected, as it was violent
All at once, on the evening Of Sunday the
10th. the CITY was thrown into commotion
by the appearance Of two distinct pro-
prammes, proclaiming resistance to the new
order of things, and calling the peop.e to
arms. One of these was in the name OF the
extreme radical or "Ultra.Puro" party, Of
which the Vice Presiden., Juarez. now out
| of prison, is chief; the other is that Of the
Santa Anna party, now headed, singular
enough, by IN Zuloaga, the very same man
who in augurated the recent coup detat in
the name Of CononfOrt.
The Radicals adopted a guerrilla sort OF
warfare, with a free range Of the streets,
which they barricaded as aston might
require while the Government party held
the balance OF the city. business OF course
was suspended. most of the shops closed,
and martial law at once proclaimed.
Proclamations were issues-intemperate
appeals designed to fan the flames of pop
ular fury.
FIGHTING COMMENCES IN EARNEST.
In this way things stood till about noon
Of Friday, the 18th Of January, when the
Government troops moved forward to
the vicinity of the convent of San
Augustin. Fire was at once opened up
on them, and returned with a will. This
was serious work, and the alarm now be-
cause general throughout the city, and the
fighting general. Two cannon shots were
fired from the Profesa up through the Gale
del Espiritus Santo and Gale Puenta del
Eepiritus Santo. From the tower of the
Profesa, also, a few shots were directed up
on San Augustin, and musketry were to be
heard in every direction, from the citadel,
the custom house, San Domingo, and in fact,
pretty much all over the city. The firing
lasted until dark, and forty-eight lives were
reported to be lost in the vicinity Of San
August in alone.
THE SECOND DAYS FIGHTING.
The fighting was not renewed the next
day, Saturday, the 10th, till about l p. NJ.
1t commenced in the region ofSanta Domin-
70, and the Custom House. From here the
action extended to San Lorenzo and the San
Ia Clara, and soon musketry and small field
pieces were blazing away from the tower of
PrOfesa and san Augustin.
During the night, barricades were erected
in front Of the bull-ring, and heavy cannon
commanded the Passed Sunday morning.
The flags of different nations were waving
from the residences of their representatives
during the firing Of Friday and Saturday.
TwENTY.FoUR HOURS TRUCE PROCLAIMED.
CITY or MExIco, Jan. Is.
A truce of "a hours has been proclaimed.
The armisticc is to extend until Z p. NJ. to-
day. One of the conditions is thai no new
works shall be made by either party during
the armistice. This, Of course, is no more
than a stroke of Mexican diplomacy. for it
is wei! known to me that, at the hour |
write Il 10 o'clock A. NJ both parties are
at work building barricades, endeavoriLg to
bride the soldiers Of the opposite party, dc.
The opposing parties had o conference to-
day, through their leaders. The Comonfort
(now Puro) party. proposed to the pronun-
ciados that their lives should be spared if
they would lay down their arms, and the
leaders agree to 60 into exile.
On the other hand, by way of bringing
things to a settlement, the Santanists pro-
posed to the Pnros, that they would forego
the anticipated pleasure of hanging them
(the Puros) if they would surrender their
forces To them and the Puro leaders agree to
go in search of knowledge in other countries.
You will, therefore, perceive the end has
not come yet. There is TO be another con-
ference to day, but / have no idea anything
definite will be arrived ut, and, therefore,
twenty-fOur hours hence we may expect to
hear the air Kissing with passing balls.
The condition Of affairs in the capital, as
you may conceive, is most deplurable. Ey-
cry thing like business is closed up. There
is nothing except building barsicades.-
These are in every street; and guus are
planted in preparation for the ending of the
armistice.
What do you unsophisticated, half grown
Democrats in the United States think Of
the style we have adopted here to express
our opinions?
There can be no question but Mexico is
now rapidly reaching a point when foreign
nations will be forced to step in and pro-
tee. the interests of their subjects. 1t is a
melancholy confession to make; but if
foreign influence does not show itself here,
in some shape, the condition will be awful.
WHAT THEY R FIGHTING FOR.
The Extraordinary (newspape) rsays:
A gentleman OF our acquaintance, who
was moved by curiosity to speak to an officer
at one of the disaffected posts, after listen
ing for some time to his dissertation upon
the wrongs the country was suffering, DC,
asked him abruptly:
well. my friend, what are you doing
hereY'
"Sir," says he, eve are fighting for"
and here the poor fellow broke down. He
had not been informed by his leaders what
object exactly was in view. But looking
wisely at our friend, he said:
W are fighting for-we are fighting for
ropinion !" (the opinion.)
The same paper says:
The most melancholy sight, to our mind,
is the deplorable apathy that pervades tho
great bulk Of the native Mexican inhablt.
ants of this capital. During the heat of the
firing OF Friday. the saloons, cafes, the pro-
tected balconies and the shady sides of the
streets, were crowded with we'll dressed
and geatlemanly looking men, who Whitfield
their cigarets and dealt in such topics of
conversation as were of most interest. ex-
cept what might be prompted by fear or
curiosity. The number of genteel looking
people who appeared to take real interest
In what was transpiring was really very
small.