New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

The State Government has IL Is reported put the OF
tenders under arrest Whether their ease has moved
the Tumor that secession had besn talked OF IN Oaxaca
is not known, but the rumOr lacks the elements OF
probability. The appended summary, nade from the
newspapers of the Capital, viii indicate the con;
dtion OF the yarious States. includes the news OF
| the month of November up TO date:
| The expulsion Of Convent OF Sisters OF Charlty
| from Puebla s remarkable IL not In oil respects
pYasewortby event. Its was as gnar as the
effect for i is related that the nuns had given shelter
child in order to obtain 5000 from ite mother and
placed the child in the convent. For reasons unknown
Notwithstanding IAN official and lawful demand,
| whereupon the charity sisters were declared by the
Legislature peruicious, and expelled. what the
Sisters have TO say is not manifest, but it Is quite
possible that the eccesastic and monastc interest," Oh
Puebla has nowise improved A poor man OF that
city lately took child to be baptized Ihe priest
charged him q so; tho man not having more than
seven reals offered his sarape or shawl IN pawn Dut
the priest still refused and the child remained I'M
chrstened. The story appears In PRINT from Jaiapa
| that priest of that place, having been summoned
TO attend the deathbed of LIBERAL declared that no
could not grant absolution unless the dying man re-
nounced certain anti-eccesastical acts and gave
sum of money TO the church. His wife tacitly 40.
cepted the terms. and when absoution was sent
declaring that grace could not be bonght. cannot
vouch for all the facts In the case but the present.
statement has appeared in half dozen papers, from
which learn that instances OF arbitrary and un-
| reasonable conduct are by no means uncommon on
the part of the Mexican priesthood
The newspapers of the Capital report that resol.
| In Congress on behalf OF the Mexican people. The
case of Gen. Carlo now three months old, owing to
defects Of thS Mexican judicial aa s
| ejs9D Of judge 10 that affect. The statement Is
made that lie appeals again and 20 another way; but
| il is more probable that he will be remanded, as Is
announced, to the civil courts in Durango, where he
| committed his extraordinary crime. KIDD
| as ,'r - SUMMARY.
| GENERAL GovRRNMENT.-The measures for the
free expectation of and the exemption OF salt TO-
A. 1,4ao snf ha Vara m
| were welcomed as beneficial and progressive: Gov
ernment disposed TO give subyenton TO the teie
| graph between Tampico and Vera CrnZ, and TO take
s9S Geo worth Of shares in the Talpam Railroad The
Zangroniz Railroad 10 Vera Cruz. On enthfpf1se in
which great amount of capital had apparently not
| been enlisted, had stopped, pending the promised
subvention money of the Government.
II was remarked that both the ingress and egress
OF the federal treasury had been largely reduced on
account of the lowering OF certain imports and the
paraIygstion OF business Federal taxes were almost
nulhed in some of the States most given to finan-
cisl disorder In some of the Custom-Houses strict
attention had not been paid to the directions of the
| ministry, iwhereupon the President had issued an
| order The Custom House Of Acapulco had yielded
nothing TO the treasury OWING 10 the late local war
A member of the Commission to revise the tariff
declares that does not accept me iden that the low
ering of the tariff Indispensable TO the progress OF
| the country. Other things than commerce, he re-
marks are needed 10 make Mexico hat sho should be-
Her maritime onght 70 be increased 6y ten per cent
but he believes that the system OF prohibition ought
| To be abolished, and that general Tree export
should be allowed The Commission Is about to pre-
sent project for the equalization and reform OF the
The Minister Of Justice has been arguing in the
| press the proposed reform OF tho Vfcions law OF
Amparo with the Procurador-Gcnernl OF the he
public. Mr. Mariscal earnestly approves The system
Of legal appeal pursued III tho United states. not
| vithsAud'fg the Gmpdro granted 10 the murderer
Canto the Judgment given in the case has been over
Hled through the eIertions and influence Of the
Minister OF Justice anu rial Is sv ciy "opr 70 '0 i
Several members Of the administration aud OF
Congress have been accused before that body. Gen
Epacu Iluerta is charged with conspiracy III
Nichoacan: Gov. Monteverde Of Sonora with having
violated the night of petition; the War sseietaIy, NY
budget the Secretary Of the Treasury Romero, with
| Encouragement OF the public funds. Pew OF the
nj IL accused by discharged official Of very doubt
fu character, and the public verdict bears against
the latter who has been summoned INTO the courts
of Justice by the Minister, and now IN turn accuses
the Minister before Congress Of which the ex-otcla
Zambrnn0 il "a member. The Government wholly
| sustaiDs It's Minister hr; Dayila, n Congressman
undcr whose orders number Of ate5ted outrages III
Monterey were committed, Is not yet among the ac-
cused. .,
from the payment of anchorage 20 substitute stamps
for the oppressive scaled paper; to remit tho Fed
era contributions Of iseverh Of the States TO have
trial by Jury 10 abolish tho death penalty TO con-
struct railroads 10 Pachuca and from the Atlantic to
Port Angel; TO reduce the standing army; to have
Custom House inspectors for lowering taxes on for
eign flour for Joint liquidation in all the States; for
the erection Of new States Of lidalgo Moreos Valle
and Tepic for the general regulation OF railroads;
for augmenting certain customs 80 per cent; for
lighthouses in Guaymas and Mazatan; for declaring
Jmperiasts from holding office Various popua-
tons of Tamaulipas have petitioned to bo joined 70
the State of Nuevo Leon. Proposal has been made
10 give the Evangelical Protestant Society OF the
capital free church. The rumor Of motion TO re-
open the arena Of the llight has been treated us
Joke in the papers Of the capital; "
IL was understood that resolution would be Of
fered in Congress giving the congratulations OF the
Mexican people 10 Gen Grant on his election 10 the
Presidency OF the United States. The project OF a
new Pacific Steamship Company, composed of resi-
dents in California, Mexico, was also before COM
mittee Of Congress.
10 an inconsiderabe extent, has begun on the Vera
Cruz Railroad. Projects for branch railroads from
Otumba and Puebla had been offered. railroad
from Touca TO Mexico was still urged Public spirit
was manifested in Puebla with reference to the
building Of roads. and Vera cruz was forwarding the
telegraph to Iampico. The telegraph from San Luis
posed to build one from tho capital Of Guerrero to
Acapulco, employing his soldiers IN the same enter
prising way as Escobed0 has DONE. The Zapgyonz
while the Government subvention was promised or
forthcoming steamship line between the ports Of
the Pacific urged iniiuentally. Other roads and
railroads projected or proposed In various guar
ters, but none Of these were under way The Tehu.
antepec Company wero ready ito 30 to work IN full
expectation OF fair concession.
TIE MINRs.-The general law for the free exporta-
ton of ORE lately passed by Con gress WINS hailed
o measure OF true progress and benefit The reduc-
tion Of taxes on gold and silver in GuanaJuato had
resulted i'll marked increase OF coinage. A new
company had gone TO work at the old La Luz mine,
but beyond this no activity was reported among
the silver districts. Several uns OF Pueba coal had
Extensive indications of petroleum were reported
from Port Angel, on tho coast Of Oaxaca, where 1T
was said California Company had peen prospecting;
but the report needs development. Nine new mines
were registered i'll one Of the Sonora districts.
The per cent upon silver, the A per cent upon
gold the tax Of rial Do min1la tho duties OF assr