The New York herald., 1865-01-06
Our Havana Correspondence.

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Our Havana CORES spondence.
HAVANA, Dec. 81 1864
The Political Situation Of Uneasiness and Diff
culses Of the New Government Terrible Affair." at San
Lssss-What II Epictcnces- Wholesale RemoraJ Of off,
ctals- Want Of Faith in The Psopie-Aaitary Matsrs--
Artcaga RaLyng- Recapture Of Mazatlas-O Occupation
Of Various Ports Cortind Atire and Kicktag--Im-
pesial Cabinet Changes Financial Difficulties, dc
We hav~ interesting from Mexico by the
usual Span mail, which brings dates the 18th from
the capital, and TO the 23d from Vera Cruz
POLITICAL SITUATION.
Now that heavy military operations are an end in
spite Of the extraordinary statements Of certain
paper correspondents the attention of the Mexican gov
crnment turned the condition Of The country
and the administration Of cval affairs No could
pect 10 find either in Hourshing condition. after the
ruinous series of which have desoa,ed the country
for forty years and almost the people unfit
any life but that of the freebooter hghwayman
This the actual State OF things, and it will
take long time yet accustom the Mex-
cans to government OF law and order, and
especially to teach them the stern necessity sof
obedience to such government in fact to any The
trials TO which Mexico has been subjected are falsely
supposed TO do good and hear repeated every day
the phrase that natious of such like gold
purified by fire On the contrary, nation thus too
severely tried loses all political virtue and degeneates
II is therefore fair 10 charge The government Of
Mexico, though IL is republican one, with
Of the evils existing in that country as have
lately done IN New York papers. Matters
canuot be expected 70 20 quite smoothly at irs
particularly when the character Of the Mexican people,
notoriousy unreliable, s taken into consideration In
the news now before me find many evidences Of this
On side Baron Neigre, the military commandant
OF Guadaajara complains Of the treachcrous conduct
| OF the people Of that city and neighboring
| towns, who lately received Maximilian with so
many outward demonstrations OF respect and
| attachment On the other drunken quarrel
the city Of San Luis Poto alarms the authorities
much that before the Of the disturbance is
known three hundred persons arrested, and five
other accounts say thirty hveare shot the spot with
oHt, OF course, the slightest forrnaiy in the way of
trial. The Soctetad Of the capital this harsh
and hasty proceeding by rcmarking that the town OF
Tequisquapan where tho riot occurred had always been
notorious for It's disorderly population, and reminds
that Santa Anna when passing through San Louis his
way TO open the Texas campaign was Obliged to send
brigade, with artillery TO keep order that turbulent
town. That is all very true, but nothing justify the
unnecessarily conduct the authorities on the
occasion in question: when tie most summary court
martial would have found no cause for IT, But the
thing o,,. an evidence eS;,,o o. The as r ye fsh,
Tampico something mot yet ranspiredD has occurred,
which has Obliged Colonel upn to deprive the political
prcfect Mexican named Marquee, Of his functions
several places persons who had obedience the
new government, who mad at least promised live
quietly arc accused of being faithiess And finally IL
has been proposed 10 change all the political authorities
the departments Of Vera Cruz, Jasco Puebla Tlascaa
and the districts ~ Tlalpam and Jasya Then look at
the number Of executions for highway robbery murder
and the Lord Knows what would suppose The whole
Mexican people nation Of villains, fearing neither God
nor man What has brought such state Of things abcu
s ~ the ntcrvenon less than three years old, the
empire & Of AL, lew lew mon.hs; Or 's & = due TO , The
Is II new thing born of the intervention for the Mcsi
cans TO rob and murder the high road is simply
an nveicrate habit, almost rfescriptve right which
former governments have never inierfered with
geiicslly for fear Of raising storm about their earsa
is certainly thing 10 have many executions IL
Mexico and wonder the whole population, newspape
men and all stand aghast at such unheard OF energy
And there plenty of people who hope this energy
may raise storm about the government which will
upset The fabric and opple IL Do not indulge this
hope, my friends The time has come for the world To
behave itself We cannot permit things 10 go back 10
the days of feudal lawessnes advance
| guard OF prosperity and liberty.
MILITARY nTrATioS
Amer his defeat Lake Chapals tho 22d ult,
Aricsga continued his retreat through Michoacan ON
three hundred cavalry Echcagarny next in command
said 10 have rather Hess than thousand men, with
guecs with another thousand, moving about In the
State Of Michoasn, with what precise object II
known, though the alarm In Morelia became 30 great
fearing attack from him, that the city declared
| q state Of siege, the guns fourteen in number got
in readiness, and the garrison hastily Increased;
bot there attack made. The forces I
have named formed paris Of Areagas army, and
other PORTIONS numbering, u IN supposed, twenty 1--WE
hundred men, and reunited at the towns
| Of Tacambaro and Aro-bo,b IN Micboscan Many
Of these members Of guerilla parties, that
either fpd II safer concentrate else do In obe
diencc 10 Arteagas orders some suppose We may
conclude then that The republicans can still muster four
five thousand In the state of Michoacanto be
again and Dispersed In all probability by couple
OF hundred Zcuaves They have already retreated
cordng ases, accounts 70 the town o Hueamo, where
Arteaga is expected 10 establish his headquarters
Col OsmonL Chief OF General Staff announces that
the impealsis operating In the States Of Durango and
the republicans losing thirty killed. forty wounded and
twenty prisoners
The port of MazatIan reoccupicd by the imperial
lists under Losada, who entered the place about Novem
Der rs after ten days campaign during which time he
skrmishcd constantly with the republicans who, he
tered Tepic the 10Th where he was received the
papers say, in triumph, on his return from Mazatlan
On the 18th Of the same month Marqucz entered and
occupied the port OF Manzana IN the State ~ Jasco
and on the I'd inst entered Colimn
The town Of TAcoulam, In the State of Vera Cruz the
centre ana ralying point Of various guerilla parties
more properly think highwaymen VAS taken by the
imperalsts about the 18th l4h inst, without much
trouble, one party flying out the other entered
large quantity Of arms, ammunition and provisions were
captured, together with printing press thirty horses
and about thousand head of cattle About hundred
and nifty prisoners fell into their hands The mpcriass
lost one captain and ten men killed with about the same
number wounded Tho republicans left Feventy.thrce
dead on the Geld, and many wounded
Concerning Cortina, whose defeat and summary exccu
ton by Canaes was announced In correspondence from
Maamoros, And nothing Of ~ but rather the
The latest from that quarter IL published In tho
Frontier Monitor, of Matamoros December i0-many
days later than the correspondence IN Quosonand s 10
the effect that, after hts defeat by Cortna, Canacs
tired TO Picdras Ncgras whittier Corna following
him and where he most likely 70 be captured since
the whole district had just declared for tho empire
saw somewhcrc-T cannot recolcct where-hat Canales
had managed TO escape into Texas where he had pub
shed declaration that be would night more having |
had enough oi " but would turn his attention " Dcaec'