New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-07-08
! rrxIcAN coRR1sPoNDENcE.


MEXICAN CORRESPONDENCE
ArTpai u tAe Conducts At Vsr6 Cruz Result Of
Captoin Faryaeut's Mission - Re6les charges
Thirty 1xossaad Dolia,s = e " Ensa'sn and .,
Frsnck Money Prss-- Sihgsidr Conduct o. the
Britisk ConsIi-1xs Germans snder american
pfufeefson- Position Of Tie War lnecitability Of
War--Lodgs Of Nmat AfasoHs n Gudddta'
Their Dengns--MeH versus Women .ds-
Diront, for tke fresiaemcy -Reopening Of The
Campaign, ete., esc.
Special 70 the New Orleans Cssseentl
MNATIrLAN, July 8, 1859.
Ed. Crsseent. The arrival Of the United States
Minister and suite At this place puts me in possession
Of news from Vera Cruz later than that brought BY
the Tennessee or Indiapola. The long expected con
ducta has at last arrived, and will soon be spread
abroad over the world doing its mission Of relief tc
waiting creditors. There vas but ttleof it compare
lively for New Orleans the greater part being designed
for shipment to Europe. The amount exceeds in al
81 500 600 presume this is the last shipment the
merchants Of Vera Cruz wlever consent to- for they
are almost certain that they had fallen into the hands
Of thieves with this and but for Mr. McLane, think
their fears would have fallen true.
II appears that private interests have had much
TO do with the detention Of the conducta and If re
port says true the last detention Of it altogether
the work Of the English Consnl in Vera Cruz. The
merchants Of Vera Cruz Il mean the French and
English nero hants) thought to charter the Tennes.
zee to carry the treasure to Europe as in the present
time OF war our flag is the safest atioat, for we
are neither in the war Or likely to be. Nj. Clifford,
the Englsh Consul got wind Of the matter, and sent
OF courier at once to Mexico asking that the treas
ure be arrested Or 1t least it is supposed for when
Robles had actually given il clearance, the same
courier the Engsh Consul dispatched to Mexico re-
tnrned to Jalapa with orders from Miramon that the
money should b stopped and not allowed to proceed
to Ysra Crus. The reason il obvious, for II the Ten
nessee had taken the money, Ar. Clifford would have
loat his one and half per cent, and thus his pocket
would have suffered to the extent Of thirty or forty
thousand dollars. This is the secret Of therecent de-
tention that officers put in charge Of great national
interests to protect and commercial purposes
turn their pockets into means Of speculation and be
come themselves the vultures to prey upon the sub
stance they were sent to guard. s
However, We have nothing particular to do will
English and French matters, and only mention th,
circumstances to explain to your merchants the secre
Of the detention Of their money, for unfortunately
the speculations Of the English officials here, il
Mexico, are bound to result in injury to American
interests Mr.. McLane, at the solicitation of thl
American merchants of Vera Cruz, sent Capt. Far
rsgut, Of the Brooklyn, to Jalapa, to demand from
Robes that the money belonging to the American
should be restored and sent forward. He also mad,
the same demand on the part Of the German mer
chants, they having pnt their interests under Mr.
McLanss protection. Robles at once consented
stating that he did not intend to stop the American
money, and was then in some study as to the bes
way Of sending 1t forward. he also released th,
money Of the Germans, but he stated that he woult
not consent to allow the French and Euglish part
OF the conducta to go forward, as he had instruc
tions from Miram0n to see that it was shipped OF
board the English and French menof.war at som,
other port than Vera Cruz. BE afterwards altered
his mind in this respect and allowed the whole con
ducta to enter Vera Cruz on the declaration Of th
French and English Admirals that they would hav
nothing to do with it. he managed, however, {,
demand per cent Of $50 600, which was paid by th
merchants Of Vera Cruz for they were actually ii
dread that their money would be robbed on tn
road before It left Robes possession. In fact ther
is q strong suspicion that Robles actuaed intende
to end the affair with grand plundering fight. "A
the time the conducta was arrested, the first time
BY the dragons Of Robles, the advance wagons O
the train were in sight Of the picket guard OF Gen
Paris, stationed at Puente Nacional, or rather th
National Bridge which is the outports Of the Juare
Government. If little fight could have been e,
cited at that time, what an admirable excuse fo
thieving.l
The position Of the war has not changed MATERIAL
since the last letter wrote you, nor in fact sine
| the retreat of Degollado from before the city {
Mexico The Progreso, of Vera Cruz, states tbs
Gen. Zuazua, the new commanderin. chief OF I'll
Liberal army, is concentrating about Guapsiuato a
army of $4,000 men, with which be intends to r.
snme operations against the city Of Mexico nes
month, or probably the latter part of July hay
not much faith in the statement however for the Lii
era party is torn by individual iealonses tn sncb
extent that it cannot agree to ANYTHING There ara fo
candidates for the Presidency. after ,Juarez an
three or at least tive OF these candidates arc now
| the Cabinet-Lerdo, Ocampo and Depolado in N
Cabinet, and Zuazua and Alatrish in the army The,
mention because they are prominent Int there
little name behind all these which will come !
probably at the last with good success. T aIInde /
Gov. Zamora, of Vera Cruz, of whom have write
to you before now. Zamora is not only ambition
but he is daring and he is profouud-preat reousitf
to success. have seen letters from him. and hear
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