New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-14


Robber IN the FIeia--d Church General turned
Higlt,cdA1fatt11 Aasne throughout Qte State
General Netcs-17se Crisis In de United States--
What about Bo,ld!ed Goods In Neso York.
Special to the New orlesoa Crescent
MATAAoHAs, Feb. 8, 1861.
/ Mr.. Editot'-As wrote you in my last, the cleo
ton for President Of Mexico, as far as heard from
as yet, has resulted in giving this section Of the
country, including the State of Nueyo Leon, to cit
zen Juarez by large vote. These people have
tasted the benefits of weak General Government, !,
and are desirous Of keeping old Juarez in power,
for his past conduct has given assurance that he
has not the strength OF will necessary to enforce
obedience to the national will against opposing
State. Mark me, do not desire that your readers
shall set me down for q coercionst-I am simply
speaking Of a State which accepts all the benefits
of a Government and will not bear her share of the
burthens. Tamaulipas is something like Massa-
chusetts, whose action heretofore has been to
nullfy all Federal laws which displeased her, and
at the same time she came in for the lions share
of the benefits of the Union. If the United States
had coerced Massachusetts, either to abide by the
Constitution or else leave the Union many years
ago, we should have had permanent Republic /;
but Congress did not chastise the insolence Of the
Puritan, and the na.ion suffers martyrdom for the
legislative negligence. Tameuipas is just such
another State, and her President is Juarez. be-
cause he will let Tamaulipas do pretty much as
she pleases.
However, the public attention is just now called
from the dangers likely to flow from o strong gov
ernment in Mexico to a more pressing emergency,
which threatens to bring more serious disturbances
to the very doors Of the Tamaulipecos. II ap-
pears that General Meja, who was one of Mira
mons principal supporters, and who has always
been influential in Mexico, has raised the flag of
revolution III the neighborhood OF Tula. in the
State OF San Luis and is now spreading consterna-
tion in every direction by the ferocty Of his war
and the uncertainty of his intentions. He lately
attacked the town Of Tula, and gave il up to the
rapine of his followers. The particulars of the
pillage do not detail, because they are unreliable
as yet. Large crowds collected around his ban
ner, and he gave out that he intended to march
into the Northwest, and attack and revelutionize
Nueva Leon and Tamaupas.
The news of this new pronuneiamiento, and the
rumor that Mejia was simply converted from high
officer in the church party to the head and front OF
q tremendous army of highwaymen, whose deter
mination it was to rob and pilIage until sufficiently
satisfied to leave the country, has created the most
intense alarm, and our people preparing to de-
fend Matamoras against contemplated attack
from this pretentious robber. He has signifcd his
intention to attack the city of Victoria the capital
of the State of Tamaulipas and it is feared that he
can enlist in his service sufficient number of des-
perate men, who are precluded from living in Mex
leo in safety, to make his attempt formidable one
Ii he should succeed against Victoria and become
popular leader, it would not be impossible for
him to turn politician again, and from the highway
diverge into the path of ambition seeker after
the baton of supreme power.
Gov. Vidaurri, of Nueva Leon, has become re-
concied to Juarez, and his last proclamation was
to the effect that the State of Nueva Leon again
submits to the National Government and consents
to have President Juarez exercise authority in The
| State.
| The clubs that are forming througout Mexico, b,
| the hundreds, portend another revolution. Th
| idea of reform has gained an impulse here, whicI
| hundreds of designing men will attempt to wie
for their personal benefit To do this certain idea
| are being advanced as to the rights of propert,
and the restraints of law personal liberty, whic
| are calculated to mslead the public, and thu
pave the way here, as in Massachusetts, for shallow
| theorists to advance to favor over the wholesome
| dogmas Of well recognized governments. From
the regime of military reYolutionsts, | am afrait
Mexico is doomed to descend to be the play-t
of impracticable enthusiasts and designing dema
gognes, as poor France suffered under Barras
Robespierre and Marat.
The most interesting question at present agitat
ing the public mind in Mexico, in connection will
foreign matters is the question of our future com
mercial relations with your city aud with New
York. It has been the custom with our commercial
| houses, many of whom are large European estab
lishments, to import their goods in bond from New
York, and thence ship the same through Texas Il
this place. AS a matter of course, the disruption
of the Union will destroy this arrangement, an,
require our traders to either have their goods sen
direct to this place, or else to have them sent Il
| your city and thence have them brought to tn
mouth of the Rio Grande. We are feeling som
alarm already about the goods stored in bond il
| New York, and we have no certainty that valuabl
cargoes shipped from New York under the Unite
| States flag would be exempt from seizure by tb
| Southern privateers which will undoubtedly b
commissioned if a war breaks out between th
| sections.
think the present aspect of affairs in the Unite
States promises decidedly beneficial results to Ney
Orleans, from the fact that it will neeesstate yer
| troublesome Cnstom-house regulations if we sti
patronize New York, and then have to ship on
goods through Southern ports. Besides that, yo
will at once reduce the tariff on European goods
and thus secure large importation of Eastern mel
chandise direct, which will stop our traders fror
going on farther than your market to make thei
purchases. Mexico has stronger affnities for til
| South than she has for the North, and sligt
changes would throw an immense trade into you
market from this valley.
The local news is uninteresting. We feel th
blessings of peace once more, and dancing is til
genius of the day Cor nght) We have not muc
hope however, that such will long continue to b
the rule, for Mexico can hardly hope to escape civ
war for more than one year at time.
4 DREADFUL. FIGHT BETWEEN A BEAR AND A HuNrE
/ IN GRITTENDEN COUNTY, ARR,-The following inc
dent was related to us yesterday by one who, bein
a hunter himself, is perfectly reliable: A strong
| short, thick.set Arkansas hunter, well-known i
| Crittenden county by the soubriqatet Of "Dee
| Siayer,n was returning home on Friday afternoo
4 with an ncautiously empty gun on his shoulder
| when he suddenly found himself confronted by a
animal not often seenin that neighborhood, a larg
black bear of the softer sex. The Deer Slaye
| being man of undaunted mettle, and having hi
1 courage reused byseYeral deep potations, resolve
to kill the brute, which showed none of that fea
generally displayed by his species at sight of tn
lords of creation. The bear lay right down, Iii
grim nose on his nrislV naNs and his ewes fiyad q