Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-11-10

MEXICAN AFFAIRs.-A letter from the city
OF Mexico, Oct. 10. in the y. Y. Herald
says
The estimate Of the expenses Of the empire for
the coming fiscal year is 10 be issued to-day.
The military branch will require eighteen mil
lions Of dollars and the civil departments thlrty-
nine millions, without reckoning the interest on
the national debt The revenue scheme present.
ed by the Council Of Stste, snd to which 50
much time has been devoted, consists in doub-
ling sll the internal imports and customs duties
upon foreign articles.
Morelis has been vigorously sttseked BY the
liberals commanded by Arte,ga and Regules. who
have taken q considerable number Of Belgian.
prisoners. The State OF Vera Cruz is in = state
Of complete revolution. the coonists settled there
being obliged 10 abandon their property
The lbersl. have taken Huatusco BY daring
attack, routing the Austrians who attempted 10
defend the place. The imperislists are very
much alarmed IN consequence, and are hurried
ly certifying the cities Of oriEaba and Jslspa in
order to impede the rapid progress of the
Jusrists.
Ugade sod Frsgsro, with force Of Eve hun
dred cavalry, have oyerrun large portion Of
the States Of Mexico. Morelis and Queretaro
" Of their movements.
At Halpam, nine miles distant from this CITY,
a complete panic prevails The political prefect
Of that district had the recorder o. the
municipal body shot upon mere suspicion.
Lodgers are not allowed to be received in any
house without the previous permission OF the
authorities, and persons seeking work in factor
les are required TO prove good political char
aefer. This system Of inquisitlon and terrorism
is being followed in other places, with results
quite opposite to those anticipated by its pro-
jectors, as the Juarist forces are daily increas-
ing.
In the meantime Macmillan is wasting the
nations money. In addition to the salary Of
ten thousand dollars allowed him the imperial
household costs two Thousand dollars for SER
wants alone A concert given at the palace
few days since cost forty thousand dollars, and
seventy thousand dollars are about to be expen-
ded upon the construction Of theatre in the
palace for the especial recreation Of their MAJ
estes.
Gen. Aguirre. military commander of tho
State Of Coahuila for the republic OF Mexi-
CO, has arrived in New York city. He states
that General Escobedo was Ct Cuatro Ciene-
gas, In Coahuila, about SIX hundred miles
west OF MaiAmorss, on the 10th and 25th of
last. WITH MS lOrcee scattered all
over the State s7d New Leon. acting entirely
on the defensive, and only haras-Ing the
French by bushwhacking.
General Aguirre also states that Canales,
Cerda. Leon and others, were more than one
hundred miles from Matamoras, and were
waiting the return Of General Carvsjal with |
the means and elements oil war. he asserts
that the reported defeat OF The Liberals at 4
Natamoras, if true, must be Of the bandit |
Cortina. who has no flag. He says that the /
whole mass of the Mexican population will 4
rise and exterminate the French as soon As
Il ey can get arms and ammunition, and that
President Jusrez Ne in NJ danger.
One million and halt in gold and silver
'oin is about TO he brought 10 Mstamoras.
escorted by fifteen hundred French troops and
i've hundred traitors
The five French officers captured and sub
equcntly hung by the Liberals, W re sscri-
iced according to Maximilian's own method
If doing business lie was promptly and
,f6cially notified that - be had hoisted the
hack dsg, they would DIAL With the Impe-
ialists just as tbsy should dsai with them.