New-York daily tribune., 1861-10-31
MEXICO.
NEWS OF THE MONTH

I
clergy chiefs, got into San Luis Potosi on the 3d. but
was forced to retire after brief conflict portion
of the garrison joined him, and the whole party wen,
of to Caorce, where they succeeded in exacting
$4,000 of the inhabitants and carrying off several
foreigners who refused TO contribute force went
in pursuit Of Marquee from San Luis, but the result
ID not yet known. In consequence of this move
ment of Marquee Gen. Doblado went to San Luis,
but has again returned to Guanajuato. II Is expect
ed that he win march for the Sierra, where the
clergy forces have raised the Spanish ag in imitation
Of the royalists Of st. Domingo
The extraordinary session Of Congress has con-
cluded and the ordinary re sion commenced. The
acts Of importance we notice in continuation.
Gen. Ortega has left tbi. for the State of Zscs'e
cas- with all of his forces His command as chief OK
operations ia the Sierra, has been taken from hin,
aud Gen. Dobaldo named in bis stead. The with"
drawal of Gen. Ortega from the scene OF action here
has auieed for the time the bubblng OF tho Mexican
political cauldron. 49,
The state of relstions with England and France re-
mains the same. The President Of the Republic, ins
speech TO Congress on the 10th, states the cause Oh
the suspension of relations to have been The law q
the 18th July. This announcement has caused con-
adorable disappointment. to those who bad believed
that the measure of suspendng relations had been
based on higher grounds. Toe President exPressesa~
hope that pending digicnlties will be settled, nope
we heartily join 10, II the interests OF specaators
have been the On'y OOJectS oi rOhCise"S Va Wv
Ministers of England and France.
In continuation will be found the principal eventG
Of the month;
On the 10th the ordinary ssssion Of Congress WEE
opened The President on the occasion made q
s55eeoh not unlike others he has made ON the two
nrevjoss openings OF Congress in the present year.
The President by no means despairs OF the stlaou,
nor of carrying the Reform aud the CousuIuuoh 70
a safe mort. The actual state OF the country, we
consider ia described by bis Exceency In TOO Hat
terino eoors He thinks the enemies Of the Govern-
melt reduced to Mea and a few others, VINO aIe en-"
deavoring to keep alive the expiring spar1 oi .ho'
rao,tion,S In tho Sierra. We wish we eonll thnnx
,Sa ,novemsn,s of Mar luez, Vicario and the many
other chiefs Of the reaction, were without real irl'
porrance. For the first time the Pretident nas no,
iced the state of relations existing wlin Engian@
and France lie says, IN ofue; " tt~ .oeVnigish sni
reyenues and arranging their methodic distribution.
the Government bad TO Initiate measure IN the
middle Of July, the tendency OF which to morality
and order comprehenoed by the sovereign Con
fress and which iginated tie decree OF the l1to
of the same month"; But the representatives OF those
nations whose interests were temporarily affected
by this decree did not act justly, neither TO the cir
cumstances which made Il necessary nor TO the oo-
iects il tad in view, aud they suspended reis'ons
with the Government Of tie Rep 10 ic in consequence
of this measure. The sovereign Congress h,td cogi-
zsnce of tbs incident aud declared i.seh III recess
but nothing has tran.plred TO alter tue Poslon ot
this 0restion Efforts are being made 10 arrange
with the respective Governments, and that OF Mex
leo has reason TO believe that the question will have
satisfactory solution, &c. The language OF the
President is certaiuly encouraging, and We trust the
/ hopes for q satisfactory ISOLATION may be weA
! founded ,
In response 10 the speech Of the President Of the.
Repubhc The Presid ut Of the Chamber Of Deputies
made patriotic reply, containing nothing Of special
importance.
nioTTings since IN front oI oanta MARIA Wilnin tne
| wall Of the town.
In Tampico they have had troubles respecting the
newly elected Governor Of the State. The Cara
family are not willing that anybody else should in-
teffere with their monopoly IN 1amaullpas.
A party OF Government cavalry was lately defeated
near San Juan del Rio by party of Mejia's ea
The Government of Mexico has recognized the
Kingdom of Italy but has not yet the independeges
Of tie Southern Confederacy.
project for the canalinS of tho La2uns Of Cuyut-
Ian and the River Armeria, TO connect Manzaillo
with Colima, has been approved OF by the Lesisla-
tore Of that Territory.
Don Manuel Baranda, al old lawyer, and un-
doubtedy one Of the cevereet of biz craft In Mexico
died few days ago.
The fault OF labor 10 the Canton of Tepic, owing
10 the civil war has forced the authorities 10 permit
the Importation Of foreign -four Considering the coil
of Tepc gives two good crops Of maize in the year,
the evils Of the civil war clearly appalling.
As we have already stated, the National Congress
met in extraordinary SESSION on the 3Oth ult. lbs
prosessed object OF this session was TO take into cons
of foreign relations, military movements, &c. We
expressed beforehand the belief that the result would
prove that political schemes wonld form the real oc-
cupation Of this extraordinary sestionand so II has
proved On the 9TH ffty-one Of the Deputies signed
a petition 10 President Juarez, requesting HIN TO
withdraw, either temporarily or permanently, IRON
the Presidency.
On the same day that the petition referred TO was
made public, counter petition, signed by ifty-twe
members OF Congress, was presented TO Presideat
Juarez, begging him not TO reign, which reauest
President. Juarez seems likely 10 submit 10.
Since then warm discussions have taken place in
Congress- but without settling the difficulty Tbs
press have been about equally divided bus TO ehecA
the career Of the Opposition, the Government has
given caution which has doubtless allayed the vio-
lenee Of certain heated writers. As we rarely sur
render our columns Mexican politics. we shall not
emit any opinion the merits of the present para-
mentary quarrel which has many parallels in the
history Of independent Mexico. It was lust such
quarres that broke up the first national legislative
assembly at Valledold and frustrated the plans OF
the patriot Morelos. 1t sueh quarrel thar
made Iturbide Emperor, and such quarrels have
been the immediate causes OF nearly every change
from tie federal to the central system Of govern.
ment 1t is impossible to conjecture to what may
DO the results Of the late division OF the Congress-
but time WILL no doubt, prove them unfavorable to
the welfare Of Mexico.
Immediately connected with this discussion has
been the publication of = correspondence between
Gen. Ortega and Gen. Zaragoza, Minister of War.
1t appears from this that the 23d nlt. Gen. Ortees
was named Commsnder-in. Chief Of the operationn
against the reaciionsts in the Sierra To this sp-
pOintment Gen. Ortega made no reply until the Th
inst, when he did 80, complaining that he had nos
been able 10 move from this for want Of money and
other necessaries for the campaign but that he held
himself in readiness to the moment these wants
were aupplied. She Minister Of War has responded
70 this answer of Gen. Ortegs by withdrawing from
him the command of the operations in the Sierra and
oe aha Md ,orE