Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-25

LuEoAGA is n0Hinally the head Of the Mexican
Government Re is supported BY the clergy. Who
have paid him million and haif Of dollars for the
protection Of church property bat the misses Of the
people are opposed 70 bis contnuancs in power. rAe
government IS reduced 70 great eztremities. The
President LULokaA) ard his cabinet live from hand
to mouth draw their salaries daily from the treasury
sud resort to the mosa ridiculous expedienis TO
supply the defcieucy seir reyeaues, Among
other schemes for raissaf5 'z5Bsy . % ssiation
has levied tax Of ous pr cent, ORai personal and
real estate, at which the people already reduced By
the taxes Of helast administration, loudly complain
This tax is Of the nature q forced loan exacted
from an the residents < BE country, which, the
government proposes to return to the contributor in
the stock Of the national bank Air, FoRsEEH cur
minister has protested against the exaction Of this
contribution from American citizens in Mexico
To give an idea how the new contribution decree |
is executed, Mr.. MANUEL LzARDI, an American
citizen, sometime before the protest Of the American
Minister, made up his mind to submit to it, He
therefore made ais declaration that he waspessessed
Of $500 600 in the republic aud offered to pay his
$1,000 Zone per cent? a day or two Afterwards the
Commission sent him document assessing his quota
at sI8,5OO-the highest sum under the law. Mr.
LlzARD1 contends that $500 600 is very liberal
estimate Of his Mexican capital But," Gays the
Commission, 'syou have sugar estates in Louisiana,
and stocks, SC, in Englsnd-whioh is Fae-and
you must pay or them."
On 8he other hand, Mezioaus WORTH Sl00OOo,
have declared only S. OG0 and II has been accepted,
although their horses and carriages were worth that
sum. The commissioners have said TO others who
ought to pay IS OOO that If they would pay $500
they would be let off The law vas made to aeeoa
foreigners. The Church is expected from the con
tributiOn
Greet excitement exists among the foreign citizens
on this subject and they have cal their respeO
tive Legations to protect them againt this e1tOrtiOn
All the foreign ministers except Mr.. FORsYrH have
refused to protect their countrymen from the i'm
position.
The government is now in the act of trying to put
into force another sshes TO Feplenish The treasury
in small way, by adding 70 the existing tsriH on
commercial imports ct least fifty per cent This new
dodge has been protested against by Mr.. FORSYTH,
who. saws the Hsralds correspondent is going ahead
here in the estimation of everybody at such rate
that he soon will be the lion Of the capital if he
makes no missteps, ALREADY BY his changed course
has he made himself respected in the palace and BY
everybody out Of n
President JUAREz the leader Of the liberal party
is living N Vera Cruz in great State and in "mas
inactivity" he is utterly incompetent to lead
.ne forces which have been collected to OYerturn
ZulOaga's government CT to direct their movements
ZAmoRA the Governor of Vera Cruz is an able mani
and is in the interest of JUAREz.
Commerce is suffering cruelty BY the political diff
ference between Vera Cruz and the capital 1t issaid
there are 10000 packages of goods in the former
civ waiting for permission to come to the interior
ZAMoRA has collected the dates upon them, and the
supreme government will not allow them to enter
Echeagarys lines Meantime they suffering
damage from the climate, long interest, season for
sale, sc. No eonduetas of specie, Of course, go
down.
Our Minister lately made an effort to remedy this
distressing state Of things By trying to effect com
promise between the government and zamOra, the
basis of which wasan equitable of the duties
and the object free passage to merchandise and
specie. In this he enlisted the British and French
Ministers, and they had an interview with the Min
lister Of Foreign Relations. 1t came to nothing be.
cause it vas apparent that the government did not
care rush for the suferings of commerce, and its
only object vas to forge money out Of the merchants
as condition Of its letting the goods come up. In
other words they might pass if the merchants would
repeat large part of the duties the government;
and it was equally clear that the French Minister
was in collision with the government to effect the
end
Mr.. FORSYTH then called the attention Of the
government to the fact that his protest against the
exaotiOn of double duties from American merchants
was on the record Of Mr. CUEvAs department; that
the propositions of the government were inadmis
sable, and that it was quite clear that TIE purpose
of the government was continue its warfare upon
ZamOrs over the shoulders Of innocent merchants
who we're doomed TO ruin. The British Minister
was Of the same opinion.
The Herald correspondent says: NJ. De GABRAo,
however, was quite delighted with the governments
Iberality, and said it would be satisfactory to his
subiects-an assertion fatty eOntradioted by all
Frenohmen ever since If things 60 on much
longer there will not be solvent foreign house in
Mexico It is upon the top of state Of things like
this that the government piles a forced loan Of one
per cent on capital Do you wonder the foreigners
eroan and rebel!
The insurgent troops, under the command of
zuAzUA, are said 20 be 1000 strong having ooncen-
trated their forces after the victory of Zacatecas
zULoAaA has sent the government forces against
them with OsoILos at their head. osoLLOs with
M1RAMoEs division added to his ewn, is at the head
of well appointed army 1000 men, and is Occu-
pying San Luis Potosi. ZUAzUA with 900 men and
twenty pieces of artillery is marching against that
city and is said to be almost at the gates 1t is
tioipated that the struggle will be long and bloody
one.
Santa Anna, now on the island Of st. Thomas, has
addressed long manifesto to the country. alt
is" says the n Y Herald, both excuse for not
presenting himself within the territories of the re-
public and an attempt to get his COuntrymen to recall
him.
In this effort he praises himself and justifes his
past acts with boldness of assertion that it is al
most Witout parallel We shall not undertake even
to deny his numerous statements, but there is one
concerning the proceedings of the American army
in Mexico which requires a denial. 1t is not true
that the American forces took from his estate
large number of horses and killing many cattle
We have good reason for stating that when General
Scott was in want of transportation for the advance
from Vera Cruz he purchased large number of
horses and mules, and that one the principal sell
lers was the agent of Santa Anna, who received the
full value of every animal delivered to the army
If we may estimate the truth Of Santa Annals other