The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-21
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.

Drsadful state oS the Country-susp:n
sion or Diplomatic Relations with
France and EnRland-Mllitary Opera
cessss OF the Clergy Lssders...Dseth to
eignerS'-0emenfsrt An tao UAsAu,
&c.
Our last months compendium OF newa Tor abroad was
considered horrible account Of de number Of afro
cities we were called upon to record s;l tame and
mouth a. perhaps the events OF this msnth nay prove
when placed In contrast with those Of tho msnA to
and booomias moro noted in this ssunry This month
thsV have bees somewhat varied In character from those
Of the last Instead OF Kidnapping and holding for
SON. we have had AZ leading topics opss barsaced plum
der OF entire pspaations, varied occasions BY
Wholesale destruction Of property asa Instead
OF only instances Of savage warfare in the murder OF
opposing chiefs, have heard tho cry Of "Death to
Foreigners raised and tho manssd remains Of one
victim carried to the grave, and foreigners in
qnenoe drawing each other and arming In self
defence. Instead q individual complaints aganst the
government for bad firth In not paying debts long
due, we have now ono universal cry 0 the creditors OF
this natsu for the truth Is that the 18th inst the
government issued decree snspendng all paymeots for
Two years. virtual rspudationand tho most singular
Congress which body stood divided ll2 for to against
the measure Instead Of hopes OF peace which however
feeble existed when The last month cosed we md our
selves In the depths Of abect despair and the troubles
arising thicker and fAster all sides Gen Ortega has
been out for nearly month Ia pursuit or hsrqiex, But
has utterly failed 70 accomplish any thing MARQUEE win
OF Real del Monte and Pachuca TOOK sweep tnrough
the uaans do Apam, round BY ChOlua, 30 On 70 Aata
to the sosh and west of this valcydcscrbing In the
campaign Of month complete circle. General OrtegH
came up with his rear guard and cut pretty ws to
pieces After auctaatng for short time near us Mar
quez fell back to the lower range OF mountains that dr.
vide the plains OF Iguaa and Cuernavaca and spano of
towards Touca, TascO and the MescAa river He took
Iguala ON tho 10TH after sustaining short resistance in
which not more than twenty men were killed on both
hnQ bpYuu he
ing to the plain Of Iguaa and the only chance for Mar
quez to get of, without first fighting, Is through the
mountains into the plain of Toluca Marquee, however,
was at the last dates in very strong position he having
possession u the points known the Patanlo and Los
Amates, the former being one OF the most difficult
passages 10 make Ia the whole country.
Mea and Vsez in the meantime, hold the road TO the
interior at their mercy and have put period TO all
rcspoodence by the regular mails Their forces
themselves by razng to the ground the town OF Hucha
PAM and putting to death many Of the Inhabitants. Be-
Sueltos" Goose Hsh) who sancy their acts OF rapine
and murder by crying out "religon" AS II to add new
fuel to the fame another goblin tribune TO the mean
cation scene OF this expiring nation We now hear ex Pre-
s,dent Comonort ID already in the field The certainty
that he in the republic and his presence Mexican
soil tends little to consolidate the shky national fabric.
Comonfort has a good name and inspires considerable
confidence but fear he do come to the centre Of the
republic he will find is day after the farefor this
country is nesrly, il not already wreck.
The mail for the last packet had scarcely left this when
received advices of the occupation Of Pschuca by the
OIL Marquee. place on inc 2Sth Inc
small garrison Of Pacca attacked retired to
Real del Monte where they made temporary resistance
and then fled The second in command made prisoner
and shot, On entering Pachuca tho forces of MARQUEE
too much occupied with their enemies to devote
their time to sackng paging and outragng the popu
iation AT Real del Monte however, they had no such
obstacle and the consequence was that The place
thoroughly paged We hear OF many barbarties having
been committed upon the persons Of tho residents Dr.
Griffin, OLD and peaceable English resident is reported
to have wound in the face from
Marquez,s brutal followers Other atrocities OF stl
more alarming character said TO have been commit
ted but the fear OF exciting tho i'll will Of the clergy
party has prevented the truth from being told.
NarQuezs stay in Pachuca not long Gen. Ortega,
with force OF three thousand men, left here the
26th. On his approach Marquee preciptated his
ments, both military and monetary He took from the
Real del Monte Company $50 900 in cash and the same
amount In bills From other persons he got about
500 900 From the silver reducing establishment
he seized five hundred horses and carried Off all the
Pachuca and Real del Monte and has left that mining dis
trict quito paralyzcd and great want must follow unless
we have speedy restoration of order. The Real de
Monte Company alone employs over six Thousand people
annum
During the month one Of the events which has caused
most sensation has been the murder M FL NJ. Beae ono
the very old British residents of Mexico his resi-
dence at the village OF Naples The Of this mcan
Choly event reached here early the morning of the
7h and caused that degree of terror and alarm mot sur
prise) which similar events likely to create among
people who exist in state Of anxiety for their own live
and property The facts Of MS murder are as follows
About eleven o'clock the night Of the 9th force O.
some twenty-five On more mon horseback made thei
appearance In the village of Naples They vel
armed and came in with trumpet sounding Soon afte
entering the place--whch by the way is embryo
village of five or six houses-they made descent upor
the house Of Mr.. Beale which is the principal one, at
commenced TO fire at the windows and doors All tn,
inmates OF the house appear to have been bed. Mr.
Beae was awakened and is believed wounded by
the first discharge He at got up and rushing a
theyoom of an old lady (Mrs Wyie) who as stopping
with him. took her to the roof Of the house for safety
He then desc to tho lower floor and being unarmed
hA had
house, and offered them the liberty take what they
might WISH supposng as he had right to do, that he
could have no mortal enemies and that their object was
merely to rob- In reply TO his offer and assurance that
ne ha no arms, no was told that they only SOUGHT his
lie las foreigner their mission being to kill foreign
ers and not to rob This declaration WAS followed Nv
some renonsrances on his when he was struck upon
the head with sword and the work Of assassination
commenced, amid the mos. nghtfu oaths and cries of
''Death TO foreigners"
The death Of this unfortunate man has with reason
created deep feeling OF alarm amongst the FOREIGN re
suehts o. ths place, who cannot longer look upon their
sat'eh pat as precarious in the extreme. Had MANY
Others fallen as Mr.. Beae has fallen there might have
been some explanation d the act-that they had been
partsns medders with the affairs of tho country or
OF tho many base which have been
TO paiate the murder Of others OF countrymen But
here nothing Of tho kind be advanced Mr. Deale
was foreigner British subect land for being such
has been murdered The fact cannot be changed We
have not only the testimony Of child who witnessed the
murder OF Mr. Beae and heard the threats Of the
sins, but we have tho fact that the houses OF other To-
regners in the same place broken into Inquiries
made Tor the owners and when they found absent
the repetition OF tho Same cries Of Deah to Foreigners
ana threats to como back and murder them also II was
provGental that no others shared thu fate of Mr. Rane
Inc authors OF this atrocity supposed to be OF the
clergy forces scattered through the Valley This ,s nat
raj u SUPPOSE although tho truth will probably meyer he
KNOWN 1t matters little however what force or
ty ther are. 1t Is alarming enough know they have
urder one OF our oouutrymen and threatened to
all of us IN the way and that they are still at large
to do as the, please Nothing has been done 70 far AZ
We can learn bring the criminals to Justice and We
ear it will be thu fato Of this to pass like those Of
Saines Bennett On val Egerton, Bodmer and others-ont
wal Of horror hon. and hearth desolatcd or two
sorma pro sts and otorna silence Surely
we are an abandoned peoe But the most terrible part
Of our abandonment Is the axety-which no foreigner
can free himself of-as TO who DO the next victim.
This last makes twepty.thrce cas OF assassination Of
Epgiishmen On reof2 q tho LegatipN N this city, and
many others have fallen even withoat nS"ce.
Tacubaya Ia at last abandoned by reSpecta.le families
The murder OF Mr. Beso and tho numerous sttaoSs upon
the houses Of other foreigners havo sced to drive Eve
rytody into this city. Tacubaya has been several tbes
attacked Of late. The hoso Of Mr. Grant broxen into
the night Of the Both and many things destroyed and
others carried or Fortunately, Mr. GRANTS family had
previouly moved into this city On the afternoon Of the
9Th Tacubaya was again occupied by party OF robbers
who sacked several houses and shops and then fed A
large force at Chsputepec at the time Comment In
not necessary.
tho 9th those people attacked the paper factory OF
Belen situated near Tacubaya and belonging English