The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-03
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.

AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
| Tbs New Orleans Pis1eues, Of the 18th, fur.
nishss ful details Of intels3eucs from Mexico by
the steamship Tsnnessss, Hom Vera Cruz, MAJ
23d.
The news 10 Of the nrstlneorsauce. Santa An
Es has bssn formally invis Cd back into the coun.
try; his titles and honors and inmsnss estates
restored to him By special decrse; and an expsdi.
tIon sent 10 meet him on he eea coast.
The private claims Of British subjects in MexI.
CO, recently called for by tbs Minister, Mr. Otway,
has already amounted to 81. 900 600; and against
| sacre at Tacabaya his countftmen resident in the
capital bad made the strongdsf remonstrsnees.
An expedition vas also orgsn xing at the capis
tai, under the command Of cobos, one Of the most
notorious bandits of the republic, for an expedi.
ton Of rapine aud plunder TO the Isthmus OF Te.
hauntepec and other parts OF the South.
Too Picayune's correspondent writes as follows:
| Gen. Adrian woll has again left the capital, at
tbs head Of one Thousand MEN, to pursue the ex-
/ pedition against Tampico.
Rebodelio, the Governor Of Lower California ia un.
| der the Santa Anna admin istsasion has been shot
by Coronado, at MazataBs
Gen. Marques. tue assassin Of Tacubaya, reach.
ed Moreiia, on his expedition. against Dseoliado
on the 10Th of April, and after ievying forced
loan Of $4,000, left again on the Sd instant Cen
Huerta, of the Liberal party, re-occupyiDg the
place upon his departure.
| Zuioaga's quarrel with Miramon ontinues. The
former Is ambitious to regain the Presidency, in
| which he Is backed by M otvay, while on the
othor hand, Miramon elbows 10 inclination to re-
liuqui.h post which he professes to bold By the
free will of the nation, and therein he is backed
| by His Excellency Count GshFsc, of France.
| As last scco0nte; Zdicsg asst taken rsfagsa
again at the Brtisb Legation, TO avoid the pcrse.
cution of Miramon. It's said Zuloags has been
| seen from neighboriDg window with the British
flag around his shoulders, ia the office of the LIE.
CATION, with Mr.. 0twsy. -
In the meantime, Miramon has conceived new
plan to save himself and his country. And yet,
| this plan Is not altogether new oue 1t is to
| effect the speedy return # Gen. Santa Anna; aud
| ~ preliminary step, Q decree bas already been
issued res oring to him oil his former Donors and
| titles. 1t also extends to his Sereue Highuess an
invitation to come at once, by way OF Tsmpico,
where Gen. Woll is to meet him, at the head OF
| 1000 men This, the decree says, is only an act
of Justice to the hero of thousand lost battles;
debt, rather, which the satiop owes to of it's
most illustrious sons. God protect thu Mexican
| natiobl
Latest letters from the capital represent o
| frightfn state of things there-amos: q civil war
| among the Inhabitants growing out of the quar-
! rel between Miramon and Zuloaga. The former
had even threatened the arrest of his old confed.
crate, and WAS only prevented from putting the
threat into execution by the interference of the
diplomatic corps.
Another writer, audDg to the Santa Anna
movement, says that, if hard pressed, Mirauor
will openly pronounce for the old chieftaD thiok-
ing by the aid of the powerful name and friends of
the latter to keep himself iE favor.
As to military movements, We have this from
| the other side. The army of Degollado Was dis
| tributed about between Morelis Gus sjuato, Leon
and Irapuato, but doing nothing The General
himself Was in Coima-0en. 0rtega, the Cover.
| nor Of Zacatecas, commanding during his absence.
The reactionaries, under command of Meja, Velez,
CASANOVA &c, were closely following them up
with the base of their operations at Guadaajara
There had been another attemp. at revolution
| In Iucs'an, but it was unsuccessful. The war Of
races continued.
In Tampico there had also been political distur.
baGces but at last advices peace was restored
through the energetic action of Gov. Trevin0
who executed several of the leaders upon the spot
TRAGIC AFFAIR.-The Memphis Ledger, of the
Both uls, gives the particulars Of recent tragedy
near New Madrid, Mo, as follows:
A German pedar named Alexander samuels had
stayed Knight at the house of Douglas johnson
lowed BY johnson. snd negro OF extremely bad
character. named Gilbert. When they had gone
| about a mile. along path through the woods, the
negro In accordauce with the instructions of Johu
son. shot samues in the centre of the back with
pistol Samuels' horse jumped and be fell. Not be
atced and shot him in the side after which, he
was stabbed IN several places in the breast and
cording to the negros statement. finally beaten to
death wuh club johnson then took his money
from mis- pocket when the egrosa hat oh nson o
brother in-aw was seen standing off about 80 ards
| leave his (SanuelsO box of jewslry, which he gen
| orally carried before him on bis borse. Nothing
more % was done 11,l ri, next morning when they went
eight or ten oay elapsed. when the body was found
nearly eaten up By the hogs. 1t was buried without
! from his horse and killed. His coat. however was
eventually found with the above m sntioned marks
| of shots and cuts. his body was Iesurrected and
proved BY Examination to have received the wounds
indicated by tbs holes and cuts in his coat The
negro Gilbert had bsen heard to say. that he had
| found butcher knife In Johnson's field and that
he believed the pedsr had been murdered with it;
this, in connection with other circumstances led to
Confess to the above Theg tooF h@
| down to New Madrid. to the wharf boat for some
purpose when he took running start. and jump
/ ing into the river, drowned himself He in his con.
| tession had said that negro woman at JohnscL' 5
| knew shout the facts; abe was apprehended. and
Just as they were about to start for town. the mule
which she was holding suddenly wheeled and kicked
aer speechess 'he however will probably recover
| With the afair bnt is confined In a weil ruarded
jail in New Madrid
| FROM NORTHERN MExrco-Late advices from the
Rio Grande have been received at New Orleans
| The Delta says:
Gentlemen, we'll versed in Mexican affairs, late.
ly from the interior, report that at the present
the Republic, and ut the latest dates their iuris.
dction was confined to the cities of Mex leo and
Puebla. The forces of the Northern States are
| concentrating about San Luis Potosi, and are ex.
pected TO march, in union with Degoilado and
Alvarez against the capital. Zuszua (now Gene.
| raj OF the army Of the North,) has under his com.
maud 5000 men we'll armed, and Vidaurri was
constantly sending him reinforcements.
! ENCOURAGING OBITUARY NorIcs-Such au obi,ua.
| ry notice as this could never have been prodnced
| outside of New Eogland, where wealth and yirtne
are synonlmous, and next to being good Chris
tian man must be forehanded. We fnd 1.-THE
| kobituary-eredited to the Rutland (vt) Courier.
The reader will recognize how beautifully It blend
the idea of death, toming like thief in the NIGHT
win that OF getting together q decent little pile
| before be does come "He wss 3 native of Lowell
| Mass an unmarried man and had by his own In !,
| dusfry, accumulated properly of some $4,000
We should think his age a few Iees than fortv.
| Let the case encourage mechanics to industry
| economy ana perseverance,, and at the same time
remDd US all tbat 'there is appointed timoto die
| and that death cometh like a thiefin the night
| when least expected"
How THE BRIrBH SAILORS FrrL-A curiou,
| fact 10 related by some of the foreign iournals
20 the effect that great number Of 1ue able
| bodied iars have accepted the ten pounds bnunty
offered by the Government, and joined Her Msjes.
| ty's navy. large number Of the volunteers left
| Liverpool about the middle of May, on the way
| for London. During the progress to the station
| rhe gallant fellows we're loudly cheered, and on
| their entrance into the railway terminus tbay
gave three hurrahs-oue for the Queen, the other
| for the French Emperor, and the third for tho
King of Sardinia.
| SHOOTING ArrAIR.-0n Friday night last din,
Guilty occurred between John Lyons, a compositor
In the Banner Office, and q man named Tom Dan.
| iels During the rsucountre, Dir. Lyons was shot
through the left lung, and Daniels wounded In the
| head by a pstol shot. 1t is rumored that the
cause of the difficulty is owing to insulting lam
guage used by Daniels to Mr.. Lyons mother sereval
days since. Mr. Lyons was 10 very critical con-
diton last evening" and no hopes entertained Of bis
recovery. Dauielsis not supposed to be mortslly
iwounded.-Ndshpille G. zette
CRIME IN CINcINNAfr.-The Times of that city
says that the murder record of the city and COUP.
ty is greater In number, probably, than any sths