Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-18
THE EVENING STAR.
TuE 0TUATIeN IN MEY1co.

the slTUATI0y IN MEIJCo.
Amid the Gin OF wars alarms IN our own im-
mediate ps1Sh oorheod, we have Tor q tnns lost
siuht OF the conflict y lica thrsssens 10 dism~n-
~ our sister republic; and France, taking I'd.
yanta ~ Of oar es-trs etion steadily puehee for.
ward her iRsquitous invasion. ~ the last
steamer we have adyiees from Vera Crus 70 the
fst or eepseYnber, and from them We learn that
The Amy of Gen. Lorsnesx I'D not experienced
another hostile decentralization on he part u the
trcops OF Jsars<, nor was such ching con
remains where he is-Sa the stroaK and hsaltAy
position Of 0rizsha, which wss obtained from
~ xsricAhs ty sroa aisaouor.S.e Hss} ~
Seras 10 have becn for Q moment believed IN
~ Fran camp that Gen. ZArsGosa w0sie
Fspo,eon) By q decisive athek on their en-
fsnchneat; but The day pa~sed ever without
any dszaonsTation ON tbs Part0f uae AeKieans,
30 The French abandoned thcRsetves reariessiy
10 The celehrstim Of The fste Of ~. Napoleon.
IL A. stated that the Mexican army Is COM
pietsfy discrganized, and that ZaYagoxa can
scAresly ooliext &, 600 elective men. The per.
mission granted 10 thsR TO carry en warfare in
snau bands-which suits them far better than
q regular csInpsign-hse eomiisssd the DO
morslisadon Of an array which never had any
real cohesion solidity; 90, at isaSt u stated
by the French correspondents. II u not an.
likely, however, that They have been deceived,
and that 1t Is the intention 81 tbs Mexican gen.
erals to adopt the guerilla system, avoid gen
sral action, harsss the French on their march
TO the capital, and attempt TO cut on sAeir COM
nanieaton with Vera Cruz and Pueblo II
THIS Be 20, II Is easy 70 account for the apparent
DISCRIMINATION OF Zaragexa's army, which is,
In fact, no disorganixation 1t all. 81 =
We think that this guerilla warfare would be
the best policy, for She Msxfcans can hardly
hope TO contend successfully with the French
n the open neld- Long practice during their
fntsrminable civil wars has made them first
Sis.s gnerilisr, tor PARTISAN raasers," as JEFF:
peeuliariy suited to that kind Of warfare. No
orSanized Resistance, therefore, would be en-.
ployed until the arrival Of the enemy 1t the city
Of Aexico, and perhaps even there the govern
menf may refuse TO make a stand, and retire to
hOrelia, leaving IL TO time, to isolation, to the
difficulties Of a prolonged occupation, and to
partial or occasional risings In the provinces,
TO wear cut the patience of France.
This plan, said TO have been suggested by
Gen. La Lave, is likely to meet with no obsta
Gle which will render it's execution impossible.
Inls rs the increasing discord which prevails
both In the government and in the country. The
Misunderstanding which has SO long existed
between Juarez and Deblado has degenerated
into an open rupture. The latter sent in his
resignation on the f4th of August and retired
into Guanajusto, taking with him the military
contingent Of that State. For some time pre-.
fiousIy ne nad formed sort Of Pretoran
guard, in the middle Of which he lived at Ia.
cubaya, not daring to trust himself in Mexico
where he dreaded some evil turn from Juarex.
He is evidently preparing pronuneidmento, and
II Is ruInored that he has made overtures TO Al
monte ''to concert measures for avoiding the
Snusion OF Blood or, in other words he is paw
ing court TO the man he deems the rising one,
the protege Of France. Moreover, IL is announced
that the ports OF San Bias and Manzanilla, on
the Pacific, have declared themselves in favor
Of French Intervention; the city of Collma has
done the same, and is said that a similar move
ment is contemplated at Guanajuato. The con.
tngent OF chihuahua, which was marching to
the capital, revolted when half way, and dis.
persed,. At Puebla eleven artillerymen have
been shot, in consequence of the discovery of
plot among the garrison: and bands of cuerillas
in no 1T of Tal IN,
range, San Luis and Guanajuata by the part.
sans of Almonte.
The French correspondents assert that there
Is growing feeling everywhere in favor
OF the intervention, especially now ii is known
that really-strong army is to reinforce the
corps of occupation. We by no means rely
upon their statements; they are evidently open
to the greatest suspicion. 1t may be, after all,
that the mexicans are endeayoring to lull their
enemy into false security; and thus the asser-
ton that general movement against Juarez
will break out soon as there IS any certainty
of efficient protection from the French army,
may have no other foundation than wilfnl mis-.
representation. Yet we cannot help fearing
that the MeXicans will fight at very serious dis.
advantage, if it be true that so much discord
prevails among them; indeed, they will rush to
their own destruction unless united Us one man
AGAINST their powerful and interruptions foe
We do not hear of their making any general
demonstration of support to the Government.
which at such a time ought TO be the first thing,
just as II has been with u.s. We should have
thought that they would have laid aside, i'm the
presence of the enemy, all their contemplate
1eaiousles and party animOsities, to rally round
the flag of their country.
The French reinforcements Ia We begun to ar.
rive. a corps of $500 men disrmbarked ut
Vera Cruz on the I'D August; its destination is
the interior, and il will be EMPLOYED in clear
Ing the road from Vera Cruz to Orizaba of guer-
HAS The remainder of the IS 600 men destined
for Mexico will leave France in the course of
the present month. Among the miscellaneous
news we learn that q Mexican resident at Vera
Cruz, Nj. marquatt, had been imprisoned for
thirty-six hours, and condemned TO paw a fine
otS251, Tor having thrown stones at French
band which was passing before his house
Also, that the seat in the cabinet of Juarez left
yacant BY the resignation of Doblado, has been
nlled by Don Juan Antonio de In Fuente The
yellow fever is raging among the garrison Of
Vera Cruz and among the crews of the French
shlps OF war, and has carried of many victims