New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-12
We copy from the Times, also, the following j.
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A transient meteor in the sky
This soul, immortal as its sire
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III iii TIE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH PACKET. 81
III The French packetwh sailed from st. Nazaife
| on the 18th December, arrived at Vera cruz ~
Wednesday morning. Senior Jose Hidalgo chieI @
the legation at Paris, is one Of hef passens 10
| She brings 500 French soldiers fl7a
We are Informed that the track iaylng psyon aa
Guadalupe, on the new line, mas coInMeheeu anu
| is now progressing finely :
This department gsir several s
fn VII IN nlanting and mining. This is one OF the
richest departments 81 Mexico.
| !. " SAN Luis RoTosT.
It'srso, rrrexino On the 26th of December last,
An, isfeIv routed d band Of dissidents at Salinas
yicteTfa, killing six. taking six prisoners, theT
arms and money, and fifty EIGHT horses
1 b3ss VERA CRUz.
/ 4 friend writes us that the recent earthquake
DESTROYED many houses in this city, and Killed
The weather was cold, and the norther terrible.
No boat could for several days communicate from
the shipping with the shore Several attempted
it, but all were swamped. f4gy4
III PETROLEUM is IN GREAT DEMAND.
This article is in great demand in Mexico.
Nearly every family In our city uses il. Mexico
can take all the petroleum produced in the
United States in the course Of time. We
nov using soeoan a,.bon o. sary many
grant, has the serious objection Of all vegetable
oils AZ soon as commerce with this Empire is
extended, il will be replaced By coal-oil, which
last has equal yet discovered III the lighting up Of
streets and public and private houses. The pro-
ducts Of the silver mines Of Mexico are here III
great abundance, ready to be exchanged for the
products Of the petroleum wells Of the United
States. # IL H
Fresh ARRIVALS FROM THE UNITED STATES.
Gen.J. a. Early, Virginia; G. @. Cute and
family, Georgia. Capt. Price, South Carolina; DR..
1. q. Hasseil Senior Shelly and wife, Charleston,
South Carolina Col. Il. 4. Douglas, Virginia.
q We have received letters recently from Seniors
Price, Shelby, Perkins and Harris, at Cordova.
They are all well and doing well, and delighted
OF Guadalajara, and Col. O 'Bannon, of st. Luis
Potosi; both are we'll Senior Jno. Henry Brown Ia e
of Texas, is in Yucatan, and corresponds for the
Times. II is our prayer to God that He will bless
each and every one of the exiles in this thriving
and prosperous Empire.
s. SAN aNDREAs cHALoHIcoMuLA.
The recent earthquake did great damage to the
houses. No lives lost. Et
# TEcAMALuGAN.s
Four persons persisted by the earthquake of the
RouT or GARCIA cANo.
On the 4th instant, Commandment D. Aware
de Preuder, with one hundred and fifty mer
Of his own command, left Toluca and attacked
Garcia Cano, the dissident chief, at San phiiipe
del Obraje, routing him completely, killing many
wounding q large number and taking Is prison
ers, with a large amount of horses, arms and mu-
nitions of war. On the 9th instant, Garcia Cano,
attempting to escape alone in the diligence, was
recognized and arrested, having on his person
500 dollars in gold. He was taken to prison in
Toiuca, and is now guarded BY body Of Belgian
troops
8 t48 THE CRY or MEXICO.
Weare pleased toseeour city 50 full Of strangers
from all parts of the world. Mexico is attract
more than any country on earth. The English,
French and American capital and skill and enter
rise are building our railway and our telegraph
ines and inaugurating our express companies.
hundreds and thousands OF laborers are now engag-
ID in the noble work of internal Improvements.
he dull, but loud sound Of the powder blast and
he click of the pick-aXe and the merry song of
he hard working peensycan be heard all the way.
rom this city to Paso del Maeho. Our Emperoris
d earnest. He means what he says when he
invites capital and labor and skill into his Empire.
Dur excellent Minister of Fomento is in earnest
when he laid down for his platform, Good roads
md imngrations'' Already even In this capital,
ne daily see the march Of Improvement. The old
and churches are being pulled down and
splendid commercial and private houses made OF
their ruins. All the public edi6ces, and many pri
gate mansions have been repaired and beautifed,
and this great city is to-day more splendid than it
L FL this Ray ,n ss 81 as hand h
work SO well begun may go On, till Mexico and the
word shall proclaim 1T is the Empire that has
done all this. tits the Empire that has redeemed
this beautiful land's ~.
We find in the Times the advertisements of sew
sral theaters also an announcement that bull fights
takeplace on the Plaza every Sunday afternoon
at4 o'clock. s !tj
The Times publishes the list Of uncalIed-for
etters remaining in the Post Office Of the city Of
Mexico. II ta