The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-29
INTERESTING FROM MEXICO.
Are the Americans Coming Tho acquisitions
Of the British Government on Mr.. Otway-
Gathering Of the Clergy and Gene
rals-TheC Coming Campalgn-BrF
tih Relations with Mexico,
&C.. &C., &c.


&C., &c, &c.
Our City OF Mexico Correspondence.
MEXICO, August 80, 1850.
Are Ae americans Comin9?The Mission Of Senior Lerdo-
Hopes and Fears Of all Payies-The British Government
and Mr. Ot,vay-Vhath ASKS Of Him--His Troubles 10
Reply, dc.
Are the Americans coming? is question every lip in
Mexico-lberas, conservatives moderados, priests,
and friars Lerdo Is gone and all eyes turned
upon him. If he gets money without ''the war goes
on, says nearly everybody The priests look anxious
and only whisper sWhat says Gabracs'' He looks mys
terous and tries to balance for the next leap He only
now privately confers with the clergy and of doors
only commits himself saying II don't believe Lrdo will
succeed"
Everything depends upon Lerdos mission, and before
that all the hhcr and thther of the contend
ing forces sink into the most sublime insgni1cance If
Lerdo obtains money and few thousand good men, the
process solving the Mexican question will have already
begun If he fall there hope for but to grin and
bear with anarchy until foreign aid through other
fundamentally. The fact is acknowledged here by all
for party must be beaten Beth cannot live without
war, and neither conquer by tselfthat is and give
peace to the country.
The wealth of the clergy not only abundant pay all
the expenses Of effective foreign contingent but may
also be made to pay all the debts of Mexico if be
honestly managed But, Notwithstanding this fact it is
well here there exists but little disposition specu
under the DEGREES Of Juarcz until the result of
Lcrdos mission is known Bonds of the interior debt ad
vanced temporarily aud twelve per for small
lots but have again recedcd TO eight where they will
main until il is positively known here whether erdo has
succeeded in obtaining effective aid not If he carry his
point bonds of the interior debt win go up to fifty
cxtv M IF in hut lord ocOma
back empty -pocketed and without men, these bonds
will promptly fall to six per cent, and perhaps even
lower.
You will therefore the great importance Lerdos mis-
sion has upon the destnes of Mexico 1t not be
estimated The clergy well know this, and conse-
queny ndustrously at work. both here and abroad to
dscred their wealth and place obstacles in the way
Of their political enemies II remains to be seen whether
they will be successful with the capitalists of New York
For my part, have very serious fears. Bishop
Hughes clearly lending himself to the Mexican clergy
His familiarity with and attentions to the baised Bishop
OF Puebla (abastdo) at the present tme shows more
than civities The Bishop of Pueba is one of the
cevcrest, most bgocd, and most dangerous OF all the
clergy of Mexico He Is in New York and writes to friends
here that he has Bishop Hughes under his thumb. 1t is
quite possible and you will do well to look after the pair
OF them.
Ere this reaches you the main fact that Mr. Otways
conduct has with the entire disapprovai Of his gov
ernlnent, will doubtless have been announced in the
of his have yet been made public and they
considerable importance will give you the main
features Of his last dispatches from the Foreign Office.
He first informed that the leave Of absence he asked
for year ago, in order 10 home and log roll for
other mission must be acted upon rs it has been issued
year He is told that his government have strong
political for urging him to leave here at once,
he with safety-meaning from the vomito
Mr. o. is next asked what he did the life poor
DIR. Duval His government say they do not believe he
could have saved poor Duva from the fury of the clergy
but they consider the odum Of the assassnlons at
continue recognise the government Of this capital they
therefore painfully anxious to learn what Mr. 0tway
did prevent the Tacubaya assassnations. The British
government also tell MIR. Otway that II should have
been question with him whether Dr. Duva
British subject or an American citizen He was a ma
tive Of Kensngton, London, according TO proofs
in the British Foreign Office and Lord John Russell says to
Otway if he had forcsworn his allegance and became
an American citizen in the absence OF American resi-
dent minister, Her Maesty's representative his ma
tural protector. You WILL therefore once on the re-
cept Of this despatch, demand proper indemnity from
the Mexican for the aid OF Dr. Duvas family -
The despatch orders Otway TO inform his friends
he blood thirsty priests that the British
n0td words strong enough to deprecate the arocous
murders at Tacubaya.
With regard the accusation of poor Selby yho came
his government informs him of their extreme
anxiety to be put in possession Of the proofs
is therefore ordered to furnish the documents
TO his government, in order that they may who is
right, Otway the too much abused British subjects
Now accordance with this budget Oway will not yet
CO. He has been again duped by Gabrac and the clergy
Spanish clique who hold TO him for their base
purposes He gives out that he will leave in November
but that bis government will have acted upon the
punishment cases, and upon that drtes Of all business
OF the conducta, and will have ordered Mr. Mathew
recognise the Juarez government, and Otway then
DO kicked of his place here and it is to be hoped
completely out Of the diplomatic service.
With regard to DIR Duval he did dohing except cheer
Gen. Marquee (thc butcher) as he entered Mexico in
triumph after doing his helsh work at Tacubaya say
he checred Marquez because saw him in the balcony of
the Guatemala Legation do He has demanded $25O
for the family Of poor Duval but at the time is aid
ing the clergy faction to make out show of proof thai
poor Duva officer in the constitutional army and
taken with in his hand. Fortunately ali this
perjury will not do. There exists abundant proof
State Department at Washington to show who and what
DR.. John Duval Neither Otway the clergy know
Of the existence of this proof and they therefore
going to try to prove that papers found his per-
son proving him an officer of rank.
He will also have trouble in the cases Of Selby and
Breckenridge. He accused them of guilt and that
his government demands the why he took such
harsh step against persons who should have received his
wamest support, he s in great trbuaton and is strv
ing To make up stories against them But he cannot
coed this for all Mexico knows both of the accused arc
among the most nonsive and quiet of the foreign resi-
dents persons who take interest in policies, and if
they did are quite incapable of making themselves for
midablc characters. They accidentally, and with
out the slightest charge being made against them by the
clergy anybody else, made the victims Of prestly fury
upon any other Of his subjects similarly situated In
tnung In opposition TO them he is only acting according
to the dictates of his miserable nature.
The Gathering Of The Czeyy-Counca Of Generals-Prieas
and their Wires Migrating from the North-News from
the Interior-Fr Preparations for the Nac Cnmpaign-7ne
Eofcatio's Of the Capita-Failures Of the Recent Erpe
misunderstanding Of the Young Mirdmom-Mr. o.
avays 7bast-his Early Departure, dc.
Like the dcnizens Of prairie dog towns the bishops,
priests and frars budding here from the Northern
States They fear danger from the programme of Jua
rez Like starved vuures the Generals from the advanced
posts the clergy domain ockng here in numbers
They scent money in the contributions and are com
ing here for their shares The bishops first in the
ed driven to action by the danger which threatheued
their long maintained but i'll gotten gains. It is now
nearly a month since these have been making n
fuss about the DEGREES of Juarez. At first they
were going to annhilae the coustitutonalists with
anathcmas but seeing this dodge would likely end
by making them exceedingly ridiculous, with their
or-v, M thcvt Ook in sail md hnyc finally ,ooi,aa