New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-21
MEXICO.

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III. ..s,msh;n Tennessee, Cap. Forbes arrived a.
A.. I.vee late last night from Vera Craz, without
-; s her being in the river having been previously
in consequence Of the Balize Telegraph Lane
being down. - =, e... -, ~, .be exnress a.
., . ,,h met from the City o. Mexico ariNel az NeIa
60 10 time Tor the Tennessee, but bfougnt No Le"S
CT ne ccnducta was have left Mexico on The
o,s foI aivarado, Point Mocambo, me- the Island
When the Tennessee left Vera Cruz there were no |
foreign n,erchap vessels in port. Business at vera
en- gas dull, ard all was qlet.
The French and Spanish fleets were sti anchored a.
The Tennessee experienced heavy northers du'io~
the whole passage 10 Nss.Orleans.
the Spanish steamer Mexico aud the Eog,sh q amer
Trent lett Vera Cruz on the IAh inst for '.isv ana
correspondent favors rs with the folio wing uldef
date Of the 9TH inst.
0 This walled ci.y is e,n uudrr siege, and for the
last fortnight that siege had Deen made very close
from the fact tiRt str"ng force Of Government
troops is said 10 DC march az rCm tie interior 10 in
ves'i'. There are her, in garrison, about 1000
troops from the int .iOr, and The National Iari
made up Of the youn's men of the city, which makes
the whole defensive force of Vera Cruz about two
thousand strong Ii these troops prove true they
defend the city successfully, with the heavy bat
teJies there are around the walls, against 1000 or
SGC0 MexicsDs.
the very Sudden and mex pected arrival here Of
FIeuch ice {, under Admiral P6laod consisting OF
Mercnre and Olivier, with two others l)Oked for
daily with the presence Of Spensh fleet, consisting
Of the steamship Colon, ana the bfiss Hd6 inero
Valdez and Peayo, while three others the COrte~
EsperarZa and BarlOn, expected soon, make
things look quite warike Beside this, three British
war vessels are daily looked for.
IN ldam Kvlrcr is very blsy III the CITY as TO what
all this array means; aud nOoe give 81; sactory
account. 1t is said that these fleets came to e9crce
the collection Of the claims of citizens o. the different
counties they represent. TINS may be; but fifty
noun ne
blood osttf turnp about az easily as forty naval
fleets could at preseDt squeeze money out OF ethef o
the GcveTOments 81 Mexico.
There is active correspondence gong on be-
tween Admiral p6naud of the Navy, ana Mons.
(abrisc, tie French Mnister at Mexico which seems,
to the knowing heIeabout to indie ate something
more than the collection OF the few thousand dol
lars due 80 France. They take the very op-
perfume arrival hero of Spanish and French fleet to
mesn great zeal more than doArS and cents. IT Is
thought that Sp lii will declare war against *
leo spd at cace proceed to blockade ali the principal
NJ. xcan ports in the Gulf and that France will ST and
by to keen Uncle Sam from interfering IN the mus;
Will ENGLAND will remain perfectly neural but wink
at Sgrin and her great French ally, AID whisper IL
Uncle Sans ear, Where are your Monroe doctrines,
and ycur Ostend Convention
a. must admit that from this standpoint a. poll
tcisDs cay, things look little that way tins cine;
and the United States do not act in Moxicaa matters
very promptly well very firmly, the chances are
decidedly ia favor of Mexico's becoming q monarchy,
or something else very akin to it.
"Gnlriac the French Minister, is positively known
to be the very soul of the Znoaga Government, and
the French citizens throughout xico are very bitter
agaips: their Minister for it; in fact, they came near
mobbipg him at his own house few days since.
President BuchanaD's Message is looked for with
great interest here at this time 1t is hoped that Con
gress viii find time TO look abroad among the nations,
OF at least own continent and see what is going on
Ii members can see as far Mexico, just now, they
Will see q woeful sight, and that deeply interests
every American citizen. The United States must act
very in the settlement Of Mexican affairs or else
stand aside and let some other power act Tney can
4, lnpu not IN fhr
We have full fles of the Vera Cruz Progreso to the
Sth inst inclusive, by the Tennessee
In the latest of them we find published the copy OF
protest which had been transmitted TO Louis Napo-
leon by French citizen comp sining OF the manner
in which French ctzsDs are oppressed, ava parucu-
iary Of the searching of his house during his absence
by one the brothers Lagarde and three men processing
10 be of the police. Reference is made IN the docu'
mept to other outrages on Frenchmen: In one case
an aid of Zulosga is said to have called out Deat
to the Eenchman as respectable and 6onorapIe
enployee of the Secretary's Office passed along In
another Miramon and some tFenty other superior
officers including several Spsniards are SAID TO nave
assaulted three four freIchmen IN arestauian', III
a most OH graceful manner.
The same paper publishes private correspondence
dated the 29h ult, which IL is stated that the last
forced loan imposed by Zuloaga was not producing
what was expected of It, the lnactionists themselves
being either unwilling unable to contribute 10 IL,
his former Minister, Cuevas, even the lawyer, mar
tinez de la Sone and many others, being comPeied 10
psy or choosing to allow their property to be seized
rather than pay the money. The bankers, Jecher
and Others who had advanced large sums, on the
guarantee OF the clergy had not had the engagements
with them fulfilled, and were consequently stopping
the supplies so that in short time, the GoveInmen.
would not have a resource for single dollar beyond
what it could raise by force.
Senor Fsbre and Others who lad been condemned
death as conspirator had been pardoned, but the
whole proceedings with relation to them are rdlculed
ms merely fictitious, and never intended to be pressed
to the bitter end.
The French citizens Of the capital are said TO have
desired to send protest to Admiral Penaui, which
the police prevented because 1t contained strong com
plants agar IT the Zuoaga Government.
1t is stated positively that Mazatlan had been occu
pied 10y the Consttuonallsts.
For six weeks there had been no leves IN Mexico,
for want az guns to furnish the with, but during
the latest three days recruiting had been very scve