Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-04

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fuI! biast.-The New Orleans PicIAyne of 25th
ult., gives details of the breaking out Of civil
war in the capital of Mexico. We quote:
Gan at once, on the evening of Sunday,
the 9th the city WINS thrown into commotion
by the appearance of two distinct programs,
proclalming resistance to the new order of
things. and calling the people to arms. One
OF these was in the name of the extreme rad
lcle or ultra Puro' party, of which the Vice
President, Jurez, no " out of prison, is chief
the other is that of the Santa Anna party.
now headed, singular enough, by Gen, Zu-
Tonga, the very same man who inaugarated
the recent coup d etat in the name Of Com
monfort.
The people responded according to their at
tachments and prejudices, or perhaps the cir
cumstances of the moment. The Santaunis's
were fortunate enough in the beginning to get
possession of the citadel, the Covent of San
! Domingo, and that of San Augustin: the
Radicals adopted guerrilla sort of warfare,
with free range of the streets, which they
baricadel occasion may require; while
the government party held the balance of the
city. Business If course was suspended,
most of the shops closed, and martial lrw at
! once proclaimed.
There appeared, however, at first sort of
| hesitation to come hand to hand. Firing was
kept up all over the city, from the streets and
the house tops, but no combined movement
was made. The Santaunists contented them
selves with fortifying their position, and Com
onfort hesitated i'll the meantime the Radi-
Gals seemed to have the city all to themselves,
and continued to fan the flames of popular
fury by incorporate appeals.
In this way things stood till about the 18th
inst, when the government troops came for
ward to the vicinity of the Convent of San
Augustin. Fire was at once opened upon
them and returned with will. This was a
serious work, and the alarm became great
throughout the city and the fighting general.
Two cannon shots were fed from the Profesa
up through the Gale del Espratu Santo and
Gale Puente del Espirtu Santo. From the
tower of the Profesa, also, few shots were
directed upon San Augustin, and musketry
was to be. heard in every direction, from the
citadel, the custom house, Santo Domingo,
and, in fact, pretty much all over the city.
Balls were kissing through the air in every
direction. The firing lasted until dark, and
forty eight lives were reported to be lost in
the vicinity of San Augnstn alone-nineteen
government troops and twenty nine pronun-
ciados. The former were successful in TAX
ing the Hotel San Augustin and the other
points contiguous and important to dslodge
| the pTonuuciRdos in the convent
The lighting was renewed the next day al
l p. NJ, with musketry and small field pie
| ces, and from half past two to five o'clock,
balls were flying in every direction over the
| house-tops. The number Of deaths on that
day is not reported. Firing was resumed
again at ten o'clock in the evening, at some
| points, and during the night barricades were
erected in front of the bull-ring, and heavy
cannon commanded the Paseo on Sunday
morning. This was to defeat any movement
that might be made by the pronunciados in
the citadel
The flags of different nations were waving
from the residences of their representative:
during the firing Of Friday and Saturday.
BY the following paragraph from the Ertra-
ordinary 1t would appear that the bulk of the
| population take no part in the war Of the
factions:
1.-The most melancholy sight to our mind
is the deplorable apathy that pervades the
| great bulk of the native Mexican inhabitants
| of this capital During the heat of the fir.
ing on Friday, the salons, cafes, the protected
balconies and the shady sides of the streets
were crowded with well-dressed und gentle
manly looking men, who whitfield their ciga.
rettes and dealt in such topics of converse.
ton as were most interesting But few man.
Tested any great interest except what NIGH
be prompted by fear or curiosity. The mum.
Der Of genteel people who appeared to TAXI
a real interest in what was transpiring wal
really very small"
The latest adyiees from the city Of Mexict
Jan. lSth) state that an armistire had beer
concluded between the ooutending parties, L
last until Z, NJ, Of that day. The beliee
rents, however, were at work CONSTRUCTING
barIicades, aud ondeayor to bride each 9th
er's soldiers. The opposing parties had
conference on that day, but it was not expec
ted that any definite arrangement would b,
made, but that the lighting would commenc,
within twenty-four hours. The condition o
affairs was deplorable. Everything like bu
| siness was suspended.