New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-29
MEXICO.


IMPERIAL Accounts frsns the Pacific Coass-En'
xagements Between Hmrerinlisis and Li0er-
ais as Observation-Disclosures Crueittes OF inc
Liberals.
SAN FRANCISCO Thursday, May a. 1866.
letter from Uermoslo corroborates the account OF
the atrocities which the Liberals committed at nat pace
and states that stores were transacted cn
laid under contribution all who could not pay murdeIeu
and all the women violated.
entirely set aside and the whole population o. s0nor"
The Mexican Imperial Consul has received ohcaI as
patches from Mazaan of May 6 stating that the Liberals
attacked the garrison OF Hermoso on inc l,n INST. anu
Imperial forces subsequently arrived, and after killing wv
of the Liberals drove out the rest and reeaptned nearly
all their booty. Mr. Ansa, American citizen and Don
ID. Gonzalez who refused to give $4,000 . the Liberal
cause cruelty murdered together with IL Americans
The mperas defeated Corona at Sngaloa, driving him
IS miles, and killing 1870 men and capturing large amount
OF ammunition.
Several wealthy families arrived here the steamer
Continental who fed from the liberal rule. $50
Published accounts say that at the sack OF Hermosio
the Liberals murdered 80 foreigners and 500 citizens VINO
helped to defend the town.
strong division Of Imperiasts started from Mazatlan
on the 18th inst. in pursuit of Corona.
Arrived, bark jean Pierre Pierre Bordeaux brig key-
ing, Billings Newcastle.
Mexice-The City Under the Imperial Gov
ernment-Greas Innux Of Fsrcigners-Per-
soual Appearance and characteristics Of
Mnximiiian-R esamc Of the Political situa-
tien-The Mexican Benevolent society-Whnt
10 To he the Future Of Mexicos
Correspondence Of The ~ y Tribune
CITY OF MEXICO May ). 1866
have often wondered since my arrival here that more
Americans do not visit Mexico, considering the facility
with which the trip nov be made Two steamers ply
regularly sem.monhly between NewYork and Vera Cruz
in
yana while from Vera Cruz TO Mexico the distance OF 800
miles is accomplished by railroad and stage in three days
The travelling arrangements between Vera Cruz and this
city are certainly commendable in view Of the generally
disturbed state of the country This is partly owing
10 the promptness of the English managers Of the
railroad between Vera Cruz and here, Of which b
miles are completed aud in running order from Vera Cruz
The present inland terminus Of the road Is the town OF
Paso del Macho to which point the fare Is 81. There
the stage line commences which, for $2 lands you in this
city safely barring the possibility but not probahyoia
visit robbers whom not all the vigilance OF the gar
ons along the road prevent from occasionally making
sudden dash upon the diligence from out some wooded
Iavnc and the otthe ROADS: ineso
fellows however are very reasonable foo'pads az tnln.S
considered They inuTe the passengers II no resist
ance is made conentng themselves with quietly renewing
their victims of such articles OF iewelry as they may nave
been mprdent enough 10 keep in sight; sppropnang al
| the loose coin OF the party, and very rarely
taking the trunks of the boot, so fearful are
they Of being interrupted by the patrol or over
ever consisting mainly of native Mexicans, Is generally
al convenient distance behind The robbers in taking
watch purse, generally say very politely Con Pem'so
ScAor; and if you are wise, you Will reply, n sn
dsDo,ieion anigo' The curtain generally drops very
quickly on this little DRAMA which is followed by tho
farce OF the arrival of the escort just as the eraP OF the
thieves are disappearing in the chappara chorus Of ex-
cited voices breaks out some fuousy bold as the
danger lessons Others ancaly amentablc at the loss OF
some nke Which was supposed 70 tor sSon Ty and
woke their patron saint. " Que Castimd signs one
Cosa moy estraAq =" calculates another Caramba ~
says third. by this time, the sage-dnver, taci-
| turn unexcitable mest=o who, perhaps, knows more
about the whole affair than he is willing to tell,
suggest through the whis ofhis cgareO, Pne Seaores
uamouosP adeantamos Ia cruz ~ There is after all
nothing il but 10 ahead with the cross which we
proceed to do thanking stars that matters are no
worse. The Belgian ENJOYS who were attacked last
Winter would have escaped unhu but for the mpdence
of spirited young officer who fired upon the robbers from
the top stage. The result was yolley from the
thicket, killing one Of the commission and woundng
several Others. Mr.. Beverly g. Tucker Of New-York
celebrity had more prudence when attacked en- route from
some clothing and small articles of no great value These
raids upon passengers however, are the exception 10 he
rule and one may pass between here and vera Cruz
dozen times and meet with robbers who by the way
particularly institution OF latter years. but have
been recognized necessary evil nom time mmemoa
and for whom travellers generally go prepared
with some loose change, which is taken as sort
of tribute for safe conduct over the remainder
of the road Macmillan has adopted the plan Of shooting
these rascas ct short shf which has probably added 70
soldiers of the Republic'every mountain robbe, in
bands or single assuming that sounding appeation
II you are not tired of hghwaymen literature, perhaps
the manner in which half dozen French Zouayes lately
dealt with band of them may be worth recording.
These robbers have their conederaes in the capital who
inform them the intended departure Of travellers likely
TO afford q good haul Two wealthy merchants being
about to start Vera Cruz Marshal Bazane filled the
rest of tho seats inside and out with dozen disguised
Zouaves, some being dressed women. The news was
duly sent the band the road and on the attack being
made the Zouaves at given signal eaped like cats from
the vehicle each selecting his man. aud of band OF about
twenty nearly every butchered in an instant.
Crnone did good service that occasion at least.
1t would require space than can claim, even from
the columned TRIBUNE TO describe the ever
scenery along the road from the foothills OF the
Mexican Cordlea the capital In three days as many
climates will have been passed through with the attend
ant variations in foliage. From Vera Cruz to Paso del
Macho the climate scenery and yerdure are all tropical
The landscape scehe and glow under the heat OF
torrid sun whose rays, gtering in thousand curious
forms of dense foliage and strange plants and howers
render the country vast hot-bed, bursting continually
into new forms of life and beauty. Fastening through
this enchanting but unhealthy region the cars soon bear
us to the commencement OF the stageravel, where in
yertable Concord COACH and'drawn BY nine horses bar
messed as only Mexican knows how We enter the foot
hills of the Cordera, aud by night have reached the
temperate region where peaches grapes and the Northern
cereals flourish side by side with the tropical fruits and
cotton cocoa coffee rice and tobacco At Orizaba and