The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-18

Isars thss Dor.Apo attacked Leon with coo mcu,
aud aftcr some hard fighting, Mexican fashion, was
bestsn back with considers sbs loss BY 0en. woLi--
The lat latter followed mp b, yc.s,y .o co.ely th.. ne
but he msde successful entry into Ban Luis Potos,
which is considered vcry great advantage.
Gen. EsrrJo sailed o,n o. Vera Crus TO route
party u Conservatives ct C.rdova, but wss bostsn
and driven back
Gen. CAsrb "a, Of the MnAsor amy, with his
brigade Of 5000 men, has sdvsnccd from the city Of
Meuco 70 Jalspa and IL 10 tboseht his design \ 70
sta Vera Crus. However, some ~ shss b IN
tends to attack Alvarsdo, aud then Mnatusn, which
WI WI! sne nin nos two ports on the Gulf Ths e
ton and export Of specie will be froe from intsrruy
ton. IL would be signal vengcancs upon Vors
Cruz thus TO cut of all her tack vUutry iosouiccs,
with ut which she isi II If.
Gen. MAr,s passed through this place on the LIST
of September ON his way 10 Vera Cruz from WASH
frum M.T. and TnoApA. Both these Minister assure
JuAasz that bs ouly safety now s In tho immediate
rat,facaton Of the treaty: And there Is no DOUBT
but Re will scos de to the demaLd.
have just seen parties wbc have returned from
the mountains, and they report that the gold dig
pines have turned out failure, and all the miners
Al the property belonging 10 the Lousisns rehu-
sntepec Company, which ssised In the district Of
Juiobtan, has been sold at public sale At terrible
saotihce Fins mules, which wore imported here
from the United States, went At $40 and $40, and
other property at sgr ater sacrifice.
Another correspondent, writing from Vera
Cruz, tayt:
In sccordancc with his programme Of reform
JuARsz has decreed the aboton of all feast days but
ntne, a. foows; The first day otthe year; Thursday
aud Friday Of Holy wc-k, Thursday, tue day Of the
Resuisot,on, Independence day; the 10th Of
i" NJ. Il the % fats Who S died in the rsasss
and the 7Ith of December. I hal occasion In an
early letter to call your attention TO tho numoabls
fcalt days Witch crippled the labor OF the country
There arc In Mexico sixty stated days made solemn
aIcos by the Church and state, when labor be
done because some Saint died thousand years ago
forty ov, able ftasts and afty.two sundays In all
ono hundred and nfty.two days when Il Is q Unable
offence to work. when u is considered that thess
e. ast days but drunken frolos, which produce
that thor, src two Symdrd Il tbem, which leaves
but one hundred and zxty-hve working days In oil
the ycsr.
As cass In point, eontr actor Of maif,gany in
forms me that he lost hvo hundred dollars by
one feast day, In the following fasoion The Pson
ystem enables oonh actor., BY smAl advance pay.
mebtA to the Indians, to hold them ~ until
the debt 10 paid My informant had o,ntrsctsd,
after the manner, with . lsrgs number u Indians,
and his psons went to work. The 10th Of septem.
sG 10 his native town TO enjoy the day. 1t
| Is now the e6th Of September, aud they have
| already iost thres ~eets, f,r they quit wo L
miles TO the the village whsrc they live, and they
dispers over the country In every direction.
To ct them back he viii have 70 procure wnts Of
attachment, and hire officers to hunt down the do
bnquents. This II all expensive, and probably hs
will not onefouIth II them, thus losing hs
money, his men, his time, bis oontrscts and his law
fees The 18th Of September was celebrated with
beoompg splendor In this city. Grand lumin stons,
saluics, poems and oratons woe got on, and
sid rabe Of display took place in the military line.
President JuArx oommemorstsd Independence
day by general amnesty 10 all prisonos who had but
SIX months 10 soryc, and by releasing sx months
tune p.sS ers. IN oesSa sss % ss.
Government With church uiver to the amount Of
$1,000 The Frogreso, Of this c,ty, charges Mr.. Or