The New York herald., 1866-07-09


mrano Of the State or Guerrero the most eloquent man
IN @H0o' Ia. ana leader OF the liberal party IN
indian Blu. Sess ara oOns is = full SlGcdsd
who have been educated showing what Indian ma
tnre may become BY cultivation The large majority,
enduring fe-not living-with stoiid indifference and
whose sole ambition is . drunken froc on feast DAYS
nne p, nat ana exemption from labor They are merely
They are scattered over the country from the Rio
srande 20 Central Americaspeaking over hundred
onerent idioms IN many districts the Spanish tongue Is
unknown and in the interior OF Yucatan the Spaniards
are obliged to learn tho language OF the Indians in order
to utter word OF the Spanish language The Aztecs
or Mexcans far the most numerous OF ali the Indian
tribes and exhibit the different parts Of Indian Character
tqa greater degree than any Others Thav have amonr
tiem many families Of wealth, intellect and education
though the tribe Is prolific in poverty, vice, and
human beings nearer allied TO the brute creation than
can be found among the Azteca, specimens OF whom
most deadened sense OF mcality This people OCCUPY
the valley Of Mexico extending their lines the Pacific
coast 70 the Gulf Of California and to Vera Cruz
TO the north OF the Azecs Mchoacan, the Taras
Iotonoes and Huxteoos have the northern part the
the country bordering on the Pacific south Of Acapulco
and the Mayos are In Yucatan. These the principal
Indian nations; about ninety other smaller tribes each
out the rest Of the empire. There are over
twenty distinct languages-not mere idioms, bat
part. q Mexico What happy sms csnddass FOR
the Presidency would have stamping this country and
addressing his felow c!tissns'' in twenty dinsrent
conquest n II wonder, then, that Indian nsurrec.
ton s feared the empire overthrown er that rcpub-
hcSn institutions have proved failure in Mexicos
Tne condition OF the Indians In Mexico has been fro
quent source OF comment TO native writer's but the one
million OF white and mixed breeds who live as whites
have boon tenacious power a. to refuse 70 listen 10
all propositions for the relief or advancement Of their
fellow countrymen. Hence government has taken
proper steps to reclaim them. The only favor ever
hoQ hoan fA Savn A~~.
the elective franchise gift which has even been made
the means Of keeping them in ignorance and darkness
and which 1t Will ever continue to do long
million OF people have the control over seven millions
Don Francisco Pmontero. one Of the most learned
10 Mexico has recently published work upon the
aiton OF the American Indians which contains tho fol-
lowing remarkable passage:-
Gas long as tho natives remain in the condition in
which they now Mexico aspire to the rank OF
nation. properly SO called. nation is reunion OF
mon who profess the beliefs dominated by one
and the some idea and aim at the object Where
CUSTOMS usages interests and language differ there can
DC neither union, force nor country. and nation
foreign TO itself II is not possible long 70 obey
the same government and 1.-Two under the same
"a laws there Is not among tho Inhabitants
whites and the Indansp The former speak Spanish and
French; the latter have more than hundred different
is Catholic, or indifferent to religion the Indian Is an
idcNater The white man Is proprietor the Indian a
pauper The white man Is rich. the Indian poor and
miserable. Tho descendants of the spaniards have
within their reach all the knowledge OF the age and all
us scientific discoveries, or which the Indian il perfectly
ignorant The white follows the fashions OF Paris while
tho Indian goes about almost naked The white lives
IN cities and In magnificent houses; tho Indians home
Ia In the fields, and his dwelling a miserable
hut This is the contrast which Mexico presens and
Humboldt was right when he said II Is the country OF
Inequalities There are two different peoples upon the
same soil, and two peoples to certain degree are
enemies Hence those words which sometimes escape
even the least reflective men, the Of races Yu-
and still more tho haccndas Of the north and the de-
partments of the frontier. Those Indians though hum
give quarter 70 nobody In the moral in the physical
world the reaction is equal to the action II true this
war OF races would be- as always has been, favorable
TO the whites bat Il would involve ruin upon the
country"
It plain that with such ncongruous people, such
Mexico never prosper unless Il retain the one man
powcr or be placed under the protection power
which will keep the astocracy Of the country in check
and advance the true interests OF the majority II Ia
almost hopeless TO expect such justice the hands of
the small minority which processes bs the Mexican
nation"
Interesting from Matamoros.
GALVESTON, July Z, 1855.
Carvajd In his proclamation assuming command 1t
Matamcros, says:-I happy 70 salute you in peace
The hostile forces kept up by the mlserables who s
tanned the socaled Mexican Emperor have disbanded,
and admit you 70 tho maternal bosom Of the country
Of Hidaiga.
Queen, N. Noras and tho other Matamoros merchants
not imprisoned but sent back BY Escobedo win
the assurance that their claims for their captured
property would be satisfactorily adjusted.
Tho train at Reynosa distributed and Cauaies had
twenty wagons for his share Lanes rorodos ies
all the properly behind, and escaped beyond shot by
swimming nver
Mejias division left Bagdad on the 10Th In two char
terod steamers and thrce schooners conveyed by the
French war steamer Adonia Tho blockade would be
raised the same day. All the Catholic cergymsn were
put in prison. but released the next day by Carvsja
who agrees in considering thsm non combatanta
The Union ticket has been elected along the Rio
0rande BY two-thrd vote.
The Retreating Imperialists from Mato.
moros Taken on by French War ships,
&c.
New 0mzAxs, July :, 1885,
Bagdad letters say the imperial troops wero taken on
by French men-of-war. The officers wore their side
arms at Bagdad.
Tho liberals were occupying Matamoros and pursuing
tions Of the renewal OF with Northern MexIco as
the whole country was opened
General Bassine's Commercial speeu.
lations.
WASHINGTON July 8, 1s66
Letters received hcre from Vera Cruz under date or
the 25th Of June from q well Informed commercial
house, state as follows:-
There arc many here who believe that the Frcnch
expedition will not be Withdrawn as announced for the
that General Bazainc, who protecting certain
commercial houses who importing goods In his name
without payment of duties fhc being Interested thcrein
is using all his influence 10 delay the departure Of the
troops It appears certain however that arrangements
have been made with the Transatlantic Company for
the transportation Of the forces and TINT the rst
steamer for that purpose is shortly expected
The late measures Of the imperial government are ex
trcmely severe upon the commerce OF this port which
has bear the burden OF ali the imports and bat
little commerce is being carried any other place.
Unless some change soon takes place the commerce
here will be entirely ruined for In impossible bear
the additional charges that constantly being imposed
The latest tax In the shape OF license which obiiges
each commercial house TO pay from to three thou
sand dollars per for the privilege of doing bust
ness All who Can do 70 are closing up their affairs and
Withdrawing from trade.
ARMY BUILETzN