New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-12
Later from Mexico.

Inc steamship Tennessee, Capt. Forbes, arrived
eafy yesterday morning from Vera Cruz, which port
'ne ieit on Sunday last Her lists Of passengers and
specie VIII De found In another part Of the paper.
Inc relative positions Of parties do not seem To
nave materially changed since the date Of our last
adVices. or the general condition Of the country
some leea can be formed from the following. which
we extract from the Extraordinary published in the
capital:
The commerce OF the country-its fe-b,ood with.
out which no government can be sustained ia noor
being subjected to pressure which it cannot long
resist. During long period the risks Of raerchar
disc on the roads has been great bat the risks of M
former times are rapidly becoming insignificant from
the new ealamities which are now befalllng ID For
the past month the exceptions in the case are those
cargoes Of merchandise which arrive here from Vera
Cruz without being robbed. Within the past week
we have had robbery after robbery committed within
one days march of this place. The condition Of the
roads not whit better in the Interior if we can
believe the reports that occasionally leak through the
sealed state OF postal communication. or course no
matter how affuent may be the commerce OF this
country an end will soon be put to both profits and
capitals unless the condition Of things improves il,
the country or merchants cease to import For the
loTmef we regret to say, there is at present little
hope and per force the latter will have to he resorted
TO by the commerce OF the country at once or rrep
bic ruin awaits their future.
No matter which side gains, there is little chance
peace is lost to the country for long time. With
the success OF the government certainly shall have
a maranding opposition an opposition strong enough
to defeat any measure the government NAV wish TO
adopt to preserve security in the land. with the
success OF the coalition we shall have dsseusions
amongst its cheftains, and in the event of these dis
sensions being compromised we shall have their poli-
teal opponents doing what they were for the time
COmonfort was in power.
Our actual condition. we repeat cannot well he
appreciated or Defined and what is the most wonder
fu to be Observed many people of this capital are so
lar led astray by their political preudices that they
are laborng under the impression that the couHtry
longing to past age.
While writers are endeayoring, with well turned
pens, to prove that we have passed from corr1nt
rule TO that OF one of purity and civilization we find
public security on the decrease and the evils that
ahlict the body polite assuming more malignant
forms.
The Government official prints, which alone are
allowed TO discuss the political news of the lav are
nea with reports the most satisfactory to the ulti
mate success OF the Government Six weeks have
now passed over heads since the last Government
ie IN tins capital and yet the advantages gained
to the trade and industry of the country are not ap
parent. How much longer this uncertain condition
oil affairs IS to last or how much lower we are to yet
remains to be told. The sagest shake their heads
when interrogated regarding our immediate future
From Queretaro we have a letter dated the 21th
ult', giving the position of affairs at that date As
iSteCi OonlO9 W US oIOkeu open, ana apparently
has been read and reread by some parties, we CON
ciude u cannot be obnoxious, and therefore extract
the following:
Before pass out of the lines of the Government
forces must write you line. | have got thus far
without any difficulty whatever and consider myself
particularly fortunate in finding private carriage
here ready to start to San Miguel Alende tomorrow
morning. or course have embraced the opportu-
nlty and, with three other fellow passengers leave
here tomorrow. The road is open, and people who
nave come from Guanajuato today report no diff
Guilty whatever.
-" No fighting has taken place yet at CeIaya, Do
blado Parrod Areaga and their forces are strongly
fortified in the town of Celaya. They have about
o'uOO men, aud some 27 pieces Of artillery. They
expect the Government troops to attack them BY the
Canino Real and have thrown up very strong forti-
hcations on that side of the city. Apparently they
they do that energetically they will give the Govern
ment troops much trouble. These latter are scat.
tered about the environs of Ceaya under their re.
speetive eommanders-0sollos Miramon Meiia Blan-
carte and Casanova With the reinforcement which is
now on the road they will number about 900 men,
ana with about the same amount of artillery as their
enemies. 1t is supposed that an action will take
place as soon as the reinforcement comes up l. e. in
three or four days. The men and materials are not
wanting for very serious affair." and should not be
surprised we heard soon Of of the severest bat
Ties which Mexico has ever seen.'
1t is stated that Gen. Juan Alvarez, at the head of
5000 men, was advancing rapidly towards the seat
of war from the South with the object of attacking
'he forces of the Zuloaga Government. Should this
De the case, the speedy overthrow of that Govern.
nent will almost certainly follow.