The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-22
Tho civil and Political Condition
~ of Mexico.


oorrosnondent OF the Cincinnati Ga
..,,, writing from the City Of Mexico
Nav 2. gives an interesting account oil the
condition OF that distracted country a. tho
,resont period. from which we take oriei
extracts, regretting that we have not space
for the whole letter;
Ie. ali those who have pandered 70 I'm.
,,a.,alism for Mexico during the space that
os eiansed since the collapse OF the reDel7
lion. take down the map OF MsxicT s3a a'I,sn nVw,
and ace where the empire OF maAli,,'I maAhi,,
~ aay stands: without money, without
,or,itorv. mints closed. plantations unwork-
ad and 'the Liberal chieftains sweeping One
country from border TO Doruei' =, 81.
The Emperor Maximilian' III all ms .sot NJ
tions of late shows that ne mas pi. ,L. ,na asso
oo,fdcnce that sustained him months ago
~ben he ordered all the heads OF the pe-
,r,n,ents ont of the palace into otner
bniidings that he might renovate tne PAL
ace of Republics, and give u roys, w
nearance. Last week the work stopPeI,
and Yesterday the Emperor says s.SJ tllIousIJ
thot II will be necessary 10 delay the re-
nairs os the palace until the treasury Is III
p"nd,tion 10 supply s50OO0O, the amount
NOW necessary TO complete his piahs'
uov MAxIMuIAN and his crown now
stand, he says: .z.,o
Tho war designed as one of exteIinlna-
,ion has not had the civilizing lnnuenv,e =,
that the German Arch-duke p%el,Iscu pen ,s ~ ~
wSonld Parras and its $50 beheadedn ~ prencl,
troops Rincon de Romas ana us IVY us,iH 80
nnd massacred Austrian ana frehS" ~. 81
diers Tlapam and its 400 massacred Lou-
avos under Count de Thone-tell us now
h;s Rlack Flag decree was met Dy th9se W he
condemned to death without trial' hvely
effort has been made to keep up a SNOW vi vi
order mt Vera Cruz and mexlco' s,,oar a,su M
along the great national highway DetWSen @
This city and Vera Cruz. Maxlmlilah ma
Ino,vn from the beginning that here ol
,his line the Empire would De mosty
indped that correspondents ana ir, nisGn
wonld only make this line OF ms Enplr'
their special source OF comhenn,S n,at thos,
rxertion to show off Imperialism AZ tnss
,,oints. But even this has failed. kopDerlNe N
and briqandage have been triumpnaht al al
along the line. How will lmperiailsts ac
count for the fact that never an lIisVtliS ,o
has occurred that an American mas o'o
injured along the liner
The Mexicans have had as good an op
nortunity as the Americans to appreelat
what effect state of eodr has upon thel
necuniary welfare, at least in the way
taration. on this point he remarks'
The taxes under the Empire are so emo
nous that capital has TO secure ltseli II, I, q
manner of secret ways to escape tne s,gi
of the tax-gatherer On al propesso! sos.ao .ns
IL first, according to Maximilians oecree
February G. A tax of Is per cent. OF u
volne Of ali real estate, bonds, &c AS
result. no native or foreign residehts W
invest in any OF the projected raiiroaus ,'1
other corporations, which promise iar
dividends. There Is no system, eisner, h,n ~
the taxation. The man who gives ms he
for SIOO must write it on stamped pap
which costs twenty-five cents, whiie ioi
S5.OOO note only thirty-seVen anu an
cents are paid for the stamp. Inc owuer
n small tiendd or grocery Is oDiSeu s W =
four dollars a month license. ny ~,
of a bank, or other large business ho,'
needs only pay twelve dollars per mon
nroyided the capital employed Is not m'
than 81 100000. Each pane OF glass
Moved is taxed six and one-fourth Genus
nually. . .. .ho Anstr
agent of NAPOLEON, in estapiishing
BILE monarchy, he boots at it, and thus
Indies to the late reverses which his army
emissaries have suffered
General Porfrio Diaz, who unlteu
forces with Alvarez in December last
left the latter, swept Guerrero, on tne
nifc coast the Valley of the Balzas ~
omS Iil~e the armies of Italy of olden TIL
rushed down the mountains OF Gueri
aud Ooinca. captured Oaiaca, capital OF
state, and its garrison. raised S3,3o0,Oo, S.
forced loans, made on the sympathizer
the Empire, garrisoned it with orders
its vaccination as soon as a large lmpt
force is on its way. while he goes iorw v
to join Figuero' the lnvihe,ple rn,di Mann N,
Southeast, who now is on Mlxtah NOUN
reorganizing his forces
All in all, there, it looks clear that IN
is. at this time, farther off the goal OF
,n,bit,on than when he first landed at
Cruz, and there can be little doubt Una
Groom is an uneasy one, of which he
mortal danger of losing at no distant