New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-04
Lively TOWN TO LIVE IN

An American soou-uias at Mazstlsn, Western
MEXICO, gives the following graphic account Of the
gentle msnuers Of the people indigenous TO thai eSh-
qusky locality:
in last letter % you stated tina, our city wac
declared IN state Of sega though the enemy or opp
sition party wss long way OF. Things remsioed "a
that condition until abont eight days ago ~ altl
,hen wss Informed privately, at about O'Clock IN
the evening, that the enemy or Liberal party bad
arrived WITHIN about two esgues OF the town, and IN
srde 70 stack the barracks and the quarters o. tbs
Govern CT that night. And as there would probably
he sack or xholesals robbery al the time, gave my
friend all my most valuable watches and jewelry
10 take care Of, bis home not being so liable
to attack as my Own. l fastened my doors and
went 10 bed as usual, hoping It might be .
false report. But | awoke about IL O'Clock,
and in few minutes after, booming OF cannon and
rafting q; small Arms coumetced was not iocG
IN bed you may be cure. My arms, which are si~sys
in rescIess were placed so tina! could ore ter0ogh
the door il the enemy attempted to break IN, aaA,
placing all the best customer watches and $ooin silver
money in my carpet bag, and eighteen gold doubooas
in my pocket, prepared for run cut Of my back
door end the top of my neig kitchen Toas
ready for lighting and running remained for moro
than two hours listening to the terrific roar and fsts
of these midnight gus. During the night some OF tho
robbers went by Yelling Ike devus sud heard others
breaking in the doors OF stores in Main street. bus
krew uothrg certain until morning., when country
man told mo that as the attack was made by
the Liberals the barracks, the criminals, seventy
in number in the calaboo,e were released by party
outside; and being joined by other villains from our
populaiOr, commenced breaking open and robiog the
etores on Main street. One store was Quilted,
the loss being $4,000; other stores were robbed
to the amount Ut 5000 or $3,ooo each. Arms
I, nd ammunition first seized aud then other
goods and even women and children were seen carry
ing off bundles of goods. Only one man add ono
woman among the robbers were killed, and soma
dozen or more wounded Ofthe storekeepes who vera
upprep, for the sudden attack, ssDe wero killed
IL. h oy,..I. ihA
cal who tried to murder me about year ago. he had
been sentenced 10 ten years at hard labor Inc LAD
erals failed to take the barracks, and retrested -
their camp before day break, without losng man.
In the barracks one was killed and four wounded
There was enough firing Of cannon and musketry v
have produced at le- st One hundred killed and ave
hundred wounded. The stores that were robbed al
belonged To foregners-French, Spsniards, Germaas
and Italians. There no American stores hero
except the drug store, at which the robbers gave
few blows but left for more attractive plunder.
AS the Liberals only waiting for reenioroemees
from Sonora 10 make an attack ON larger
scale the foreign merchants and storskeepers
have closed their places and have been removing
their goods TO their respective Consulates for proteo
lion. Every night they mount guard over their GOODS
armed TO the teeth. The French are the most numoe-
ous and have mounted two or three small cannon -
the parspet Of their Consuls house. The Eoglish
Consul sent word to me- the day after the night thai
could send my thiDgsto his house II 1 wished. ny
carpet bsg with customer watches and silver moneys
sc, to Beavers drug store over which few Aueri-
cans have holsted tue American flag. The vslasblss
l gave my friend before the light are now with BIN
safely aboard German vessel, anchored 40 miles
from the town. My chop is Of course closed: liz:
the rest and our town looks like city infected
with the plague. For eight days things have
been this way and in the mean time, all kisds q
rumOrs are current. At the last reliable sooosntS
the enemy were sixty piles from here, and arc
over~ helmug in plumbers so that hope oar stupid
Governor will surrender at the frat s0mmons, sad
thus avoid fgtt and is consequences; that tho
people and the garrison here here will pronoNnes in
avor OF Lbe rsisn, and thus put an end to the war
in these parts. Toree-fOurtns Of the p0pulatios,
foreign as well native, are aud always have bsen,
in favor Of the Liberals and this party ha1 been asg-
mened by the tyranny Of the Governor and his frssds
in making forced leans from both Msxcsas and
foreigner. He demands certain amount OF money
OF the persons whom be thinks has it and II hey d
not pay they taken TO the barracks and ooohne1
in room, with nothing 10 eat until they sabmit sn1
fork over. One misery old woman has been oostne1
three cayr though her friends without contivs ~ sup
ply her With little bread viii IN keeps body and soul
together! The demand upon her is $4,000 nov Is
it will end God only knows,