The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-08
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QUA SAN LUIS pOTOsI CORRESPONDENCE.

tain nm Armed Neutraltty-Peace and Secu-
rity for All bat Politicians. &c. 4
SAN IuIs PorosI, MSIco. Dec II, 1850
The condition OF things has not changed materially
since my last Meja is stin here and 10 very i'll The
French still here and from what and learn
they expect 10 remain Mea about TO levy apo<ner
forced loan OF $50 00o which viii make The IevIes OF
this kind $4,000 in two months upon this city alone
An American citizen imprisoned for the last oan he
would not pay, and was put Ia the jail with the worst
characters Of the country Tho order his arrest spec
Acd that there crime alleged but only failure to
pay bis quota Of the forced loan He remained there
Twelve days. and only released Al the instance OF
Abe French The gentleman Ia nsuiedMr Charles Moore
hoad Of Now York city There wore other instances Of
cruelty and barbariy The family Of General Degolado
asd their furniture szed thu house pilagcd and the
young ladies ocered be sent 10 the prison ~
women OF bad repsse, Simply because they could not
nay $500 which hsd been eved upon their residence as
part Of the forced scan Eie all this was going on within
the city, the lbss under Naranjo were advancing upon
Bccas situated upon the Monterey road twelve leagues
distant and gsronsd 81 the regiment Of tho Empress
under the cemmaDd Of Lieutenant Colonel Gonzales.
Haranlo routed this regiment and killed and wounded
seventy men belonging to It saw them when they
entered San Luis pot,sL few days afterwards there
was general advance Of Mejias fsrce including the
French The liberals, under Naranyo 1900 cavalry,
Aguerra 800 cavalry aud Trevinio 200 Infantry 70.
tired and made attempt defence. The French
AIRY, however. came up with 200 Of them and killed
seventy
Since this movc-nen. Meta content await hts
rslnforcemcAts md to have Mramon cooperate with
him from GuadaiAara The liberals concentrating at
Charcas upon Ito Monterey road end attempting TO
sanzo and discipline their forces and also 70 quiet tho
0rega faction, at Rio Verde under Escaudon and Cen
sSal Rivera They have made enc attempt upon this
faction and have failed EscauAen and Rivera have
nounced their determination 70 eight IL necessary for
eyega against Juarez any Of their common foss The
example Of Canales at Matascros, has had very bad
influence upon the liberal party. fear that many
others will follow his example and only breed discon
rant and divisions In the party TO such extent that
sheir strength win be wasted upon themselves, and the
Mechos win quietly step in andp put the survivors 70
death.
have made second ysi. to the liberal lines saw
SAeiR troops and their commanders. ! the brigade
Of General Naranio pass Hefonda he had about two
thousand cavalry. Each man seemed 70 have led
horse. There six hundred pack mules with them,
loaded with every kind OF plunder, from fryngpan
feather bod. Tho wives and children Of many OF
the with the pack tram, ard was forciby
reminded Of the Biblical description of the
Of tribes Of the children of fsrae Every hacienda
saucho pueblo, and city north OF this point has been
levied upon by the liberal forces and they now fur
zshing supplies Of horses, mules and cattle upon
promises to pay as the republican government.
b established in The city Of Mexico The debt which is
now being created In this manner wiz reach several
millions, and will cripple the government 10 soch nm ex-
,ent that they will never DO enabled TO meet their
foreign liabilities for this reason. .sss.I, N,
New York capitalists 70 beware how they invest
any Mexican securities whatever The liberal ocers,
from corporals 10 generals are opposed TO sending
S and eoro and
IT. and they also opposed TO the cess.cn o. any
Mexican territory to tho United states Ssked tho
question what they wanted, and they replied that
want the aid OF the United States and loan Of
$50 COO 900 They propos. to gvo no security except
mont - coon reestabshed and they their
cAdlike innocence and simplicity, suppose this 70 be
adequate security for SUCH an amount.
me merchants o. this city are with three exceptions
9pauiards The haciendas ranches and mines are almost
al owned by Spanish subjects and the pure Mes,cans
moneys OF the country The Is true OF ovory por
son Of Mexico which have seen The large m'nls in
ests ara also found every part, that can b said
with truth that nnetenths oy Mexico and It's property
are owned by Spaniards English and Americans. Tho
interested persons OF these ua,onaes have said TO me
shal they the United States government TO annex
,as country north o. line a. nn, anS
San Luis do Ia Paz thence along the rvor cmpyng into
Lake Ch6paa; thence along the santiago river TO san
Bias Pacific the country south OF this 10 be formed
the republic Of Mexico This division seems 70 have
bees made BY nature The planis people and animals
north OF this ne entirely different from those south
81 II Tho maguoy and other plants which grow we'll
south Of this line nnprcductve north OF IT. the people
south are different In their habits, customs and tases
shs animals south arc moro ferocious and unproducve
fer purposes OF industry This same distinction was
drawn BY Humboldt; and any sensible man who will
over hits part and examine II win come 70 the
came CONCLUSION Humboldt also mentions the feasibility
q connecting the States Of the Pacific and the Gulf OF
Mexico along the line which have traced and my OBJ
servations confirm this opinion.
General Miramon win soon establish his headquarters
Sons Neither Gnadaiajsra nor this phase can be taken
without siege. which will cause the war Of tho liberal
Spy s he their ppcs
and Imerey repeat the opinion Of all Uniformed
persons when say that neither party is strong enough
liberals come into power the Mochos win go into the
mountains and larry on exactly ths same Kind OF war
far a. The transpy and psscs Of the country are con-
ssrnsd docs ns matter which party 10 In power the
! wss moch smussdsks other DAY 70 ~ Ne Commits
ssry Of the liberia, forces eng rAsne 70 Ne men he
:. ssan soldier sws,. o sesi p, az =
fhcusAnd pounds Of besf asksd him Why he did tina
and he sad Il was the order Of The General 70 enable
fAs dIIigsncse leave here three times week for Mex
Nsaxy every sp they are stopped BY robbers jus. out
side he city and ths robbed Of I'll money and
Nv" u x. isres cities ana earn thar living By ths
The police system 10 defective that they are
not caught and in many instances no EFFORT 10 made 70
N. French arc making Great Efforts TO &c. the money
claims and OWING 70 the seizure BY force Of the
Custom HOUSE IL Vera Crux BY them the generals COM
msncng IN the Interior win not permit csnductas OF
money 70 leave without rs paying the two per cent for
circulation duties and the six per cent for The export Of
silver They thereby she holders OF the money 70
Ns!esn sa,hoIs. :, The point Of departure aad
Il the port OF Vera Cruz.
The following manifesto was issued In the drst week
Of this month by %. corps known a. the "anxil,ary
corps OF the army" In union with The civil authorities
u Che Department OF NayArit--
Tirstfhe Department Of Nayart declares itself neutral
regards political pare-. Second--Said neutrality
shal be maintained and strictly enforced until the cesss
sion Of our civn and until the government recog-
nized by the nation shall have been inaugursted.
rhirdThe neutral forces Of towns shall b armed
she arms and equipments 10 be procured a. thar own
expense Ia such a. the commander may
deem least onerous for the public treasury. FOURTH
said orces being volunteers under arms for the sole
purpose Of securing their safety shall receive
pay Fiffh-The state treasury shall bear the srpenses
necessary for organizing the artillery and for the manu-
facture Of the necesEary ammunition. S,xth--The