New-York tribune., 1868-05-16

MEXIcO, Aprn "A, 1863
The local wars of SinalOa and Guerrero are
Mt end. In the former State the regular forces of
Gen Corona have put the insurgents under Martinez
20 rOut. In the latter Gen. Jimenez has to an
understanding with Gen. Arce, the leader of the
Government forces, and viii visit the President. 1t
is have predicted though abundant reports have
gone North to the contrary. There is sti an nsur-
rectOn in TobaScO Of recent date; but the Governor
OF the State has been gran ed ample powers ana VIII
put 1t down. Excepting this instance and the pro-
DQncamentO of Negrete at TulanSingO the states oI
Mexico are pacited. Highway violence must, also
be LETT ont of the question. IuanSlng0, whence az
last reports, Negrete had retreated into the nouh
tans. pursued by Government force IS one t Oh I1o
districts of the central state OF MeNCo 49,
was a leader of some prominence during lnC wa
against intervention and for a short time was
member of the Cabinet of Jnarez his iOrtuHGs nave
been at desperate straits, and 10 Io0ks ~ II nc u
pronouucpd AGAINST them and himself. Inc GONtIH-
inent publishes lettertound IN tue aIcnEes OF NaN-
iman, in which II Is maze plla Idt SslC'o i ii'u
sold himself 10 the Empire pIoHeIlng MS services
either 10 create q diversion in favor OF COrtega 0raS
an InDeralist outright. There is reason TO believe
that his recruits are bandits PTOnunciamentOS are
for tbe most part only rayng cries for hlghwaYmen
and villains of the meaneSt KIND In witness OF tllS,
Noriegas band, who have declared for Negrete ana
Ortega have robbed q hacienda within a dozen
leagues of the capital and arOciOuSly butchered hye
or six of its inmates. Negrete had pnVale Spte 10
wTeak. and II Is not to be at once supposed It Io
has left the gambling table TO pronounce for another
stake: but this is the way with many OF the Vermh
who are in the habit of prOnOuncing. Now that the
Government is about To be free OF other troubles
there is ground for hope that il will treat the robbers
with an iron hand. -,
Gen Gonzales Ortega, who has heretofore denied
the Legitimacy OF Congress, now recognizes III so lar
as To make "A plea Of about thirty columns Tor new
trial Saving the thirty columns, this is sensible
OTtega has in his own right, no great strength Win
the people and not to acknowledge their KNOWN
leaders in Congress would be TO annul ms cause
Though comparatively quiet IN ms easy prison lor
little less than year, he has not by nature the con-
stitution of a martyr. The Government Is at liberty
TO make him one if chooses, and keep him IN prison
six months longer. His statement appears IN me
GIOB0 evidently by consent Of the authorities, aud,
as Orega himself says just four months after 1t was
sent to Congress 1t has gone through secret session.
has been talked upon. has inspired the newspapers
whose editors sit IN the House, and AT last mas come
into PRINT inst abOut when the. Ortega pTonun-
ciadO, Gen. Miguel Negrete is reported beaten III
The sum and substance of Ortegas declaration is
already known to You. He styles himself consttu-
fiOnal President and calls the present government
dictatorship. Hedeclares that Nh. Lerdo bambO0zed
him into leaving the country when he ought to have
remained He Tecounts his arrest by order OF Shen-
dan-whO he says, had determined 10 oppose all enc
mics of JuareZ for the sole reason that Llcentlate
Tor lawyer Juarez is the only friend OF the United
States in Mexico He says that when, 10 all puT-
poses imprisoned in BrazOs Secretary Stanton heard
of 1t and ordered him to be freed Bat how could he
De placed at liberty when Canales was al MatahQIos
and did not recognize JuaTezl Ortega says that
it was then determined that Canales should be de-
stroyed. Canales after having beaten EScObedO was
notified by Gen. Sedgwick the American commander
on the Rio Grande that he and his troops must deliver
themselves up prisoners OF war. Canales would not
admit the intervention of foreign power, and de
ivered himself up to EscObedO; This satisfied Sedg-
wick Ortega further asserts that millions OF DOnds
borrowed in the United States helped toward his
arrest there that the present Government OF Mexico
were ready to aenate Its territory; but takes pans
to say that he does not blame the people OF the
United States. While acknowledging the great
service which JuareZ has done his country he points
10 the example of Roman whose previous good be-
haviOT did not save him from being hurled from the
Tarpean rock after he had committed crime against
,fl fNrcrtr Mo res
visible effect The Sigl0 and GlOj0 think that he
ought TO be tried, For the present nothing else IS
said. 0rtega declares that his petition Is now four
months old. and going on hye.
In closing former letter merely alluded to the
ease OF one Gen. n German, who was sent out Qt TUG
country on the general ground that he had served
the empire and still nuisance on that account
The reputation of Zefman is that of an adventurer
and it is supposed that he connected himself with
certain officers of the Empire such as Nidaurr ana
0HOran, 10 advance romantic claim founded on
.sOme service that ought TO have been done TO the
Liberal cause in ComOnfOrts day, but never was. /
nm informed that the note OF the Hon. T. J.. FlnlD;
the American Charge d'Atiaires was unofficial: and
represented that German was ylctm OF paralysis,
that lie was unable 70 DO further naInl, ana tlat
his removal might cause needless pam ana scandal
He was removed, however and il is charged that,
owing TO the harsh dispositions of the Governor of
the district, he broke down on his journey. lie bore
hr. Stewards passport as an American bngadler, but
the Government strongly asserts that il has good evil
dence of his having served the Imperial cause after
having received that passport. II IS generally be-
lieved in the capital that he served the Empire, and
on other grounds he is held IN no esteem mus
stands the
Affairs in lie States severally have miscellaneous
interest. ln NuevO Leon and Ilascala alcabaos are
abolished. and systems Of direct taxation on property
incomes, and so forth, are TO supply their place.
Some other States, Vera Cruz for instance, propose
the same measures, which are steps Of decided pro-
prcss In the latter State a worm has almost de-
StTOyed The cotton crop. In AguaSc9hentes an ~
dustTial fair to take place, and the feast OF san
Marco will be observed, as usual, with bull-bghtS
and gambling. OD the other hand, one or two -
><ne States have followed the Presidents lead in
abolishing the bull-ight; Puebla Among them The
income OF the State Of san Luis is still not enough
to cover expenses, that bad management must
exist somewhere. Zacatecas, one of the best OF the
States, complains Of the classification OF taxes as
nard upon the States individually and It's voice VIII
20 TO procure the needed reform The Legislature OF
Iamauhpas has not decided who shall be Governor
though Cara has majority Inc SITUATION mere
repeats the gubeInatonal case OF fueDla WIlch u
reported quiet al all points, saving IN respect
20 robbers Ia the State OF Mexico the haclen-
dadOs OF IulanSlngo are onerlng thelr services
for the suppression of bandltt, large NUM-
bers of whom are believed TO have joined
Nccrcte. whose rowing bands are committing robbery
md murder NeQete has retreated into the noun
talus. and may do harm by seml-guerrllla warfare
In Guerrero of the officers OF Alvarez Is sald 10
have broken the understanding between HIM and
Jnnez, and accordingly their quarrel IS suppOsa 70
have been renewed but this IS more than doubtful.
In the State OF Oaxaca, and near to 1ehuacan,
party OF bandits assisted the military escort OF dill
gence 10 rob IL. They caught and shot. In the
CITY OF Mexico over 800 persons were arrested IN
the month OF March, and Of these SIX were cOnspra-
tors A robbers two kidnappers. 115 thieves. These
statistics probably include the crime of the popuous
federal district OF which Mexico Is the headquarters
They show as well as anything else that the common
people are in a state OF poverty and degradation.
Drunkenness furnishes the largest proportion OF ar
rests, but the number Of stabbings in consequence
thereof il hard to tell The customary face Of the
CITY is nevertheless quiet. By late return 1t IS
pleasant he made that the schools OF Lacae-
cas tOuriShng. thanks 10 the siAnt OF lts gOOd
Governor Mr. Auza
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