The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-17

Monterey. This n hardly probable. Another report
Zacatecas to arrange his private affairs; while a
third maintains that he Is sick in Saltllo. This,
| think, is most likely to be true.
Congress has been c0nvOked by the permanent
deputaton for the 5th of this month today in pre-
paratory session. The ordinary session will COM
| mence on the 10th. According to indications much
OF its attention will be occupied in discussing pro-
jected railroad concessions and works Of improve
ments In the various branches Of industry.
General Antili0n, Governor OF Guanajuato has
had several noted highwaymen shot at La Caera
Nsors 5rs This may yet Lead nun second time
Several foreigners, considered pernicious to the
tranquility OF the country are now on their way to
on at the irst opportunity Division General Cutler.
rez. OF the late imperial army, Ia also to come here
to be lncarcerated In the Castle OF san Juan dc U0a
The Queretaro Legislature has refused to approve
| OF o Dil doing away with capital punishment
The specie tram which left Mexico city with
$4,000, 600 arrived here the LIST inst The amount
Of money was increased by $780, 900 taken on at
Puebla Most OF this specie IL now ready for ship
| ment by the English mail steamer.
The Vera Cruz State Legislature Is at present In
M % % ocr IN Of the
different bills presented for its consideration have a.
| yet been adopted
nounces that hereafter Onehaf Of the price OF pub.
nc lands must enter into the national Neasury ana
cording TO the law OF classification OF revenues Of
May rs, 1868, thus dividing the amount which is
| payable In bonds-One-haf belonging TO the state
where tne sold lands exist and the other nall 10 the
| general government.
The citizens Of Michoacan State think Of grapes
ana WINE, as well of mulberry trees and SILK
| worms and are devoting their attention to their
production In Morea and vicinity several vine-
yarus nave been planted, and they are giving very
favorable results. One individual planted six thou
| sand and another seven thousand plants.
,, Generals Escobedo and Corona have both asked
the government leave Of absence for six months
the nrst for the purpose OF attending to personal
affairs and the second for that Of going to San Fran
| cisco. CAL, on business. No doubt but that the
demands of these generals will be acceded to- and
thus in short while the four grand division COM
manders-Diaz, Regules, Escobedo and Corona
will be out of active SERVICE General Rocha is said
| to have been proposed to relieve General Escobedo,
and General Donate Guerra is spOken of as the pro-
| BILE reIap'dcant OF General Corona.
Bars OF silver to the value OF $50 900 have been
| robbed from the hacienda Of San Loreto, near
Pachuca. That neghDorh0Od Is reported IN q ter
| rible state of disorder The disturbances of the
| Puebla Sierra having terminated 1t is believed in
Mexico City that very soon military forces will he
sent 10 nunt down in active manner the robbers
and maleactors that now endanger the public
security of the northern and northwestern portions
OF the State OF Mexico.
| The rainy season still continues. Vera Cruz is
becoming healthier. Commerce remains very dull.
and the arrivals OF vessels are STEW and far between.
The American steamer Grenada, expected yester-
day, has not yet arrived. Her Britannia Majesty's
steamer Niobe Is at the isla Verde anchorage
Scarcity and General Distress Consequent In
neutrality-suspicious. of the Rebellion In
the Peninsuii--The Indian Campaign
Church Bell Ringing Obnoxious to the Leg
islatOrs.
MERIDA, Sept 4, 1863.
The great topic OF consideration here at present is
the shortness OF the crop OF the Peninsula. This
being the real star OF life to our inhabitants you
may well believe they take immense interest in the
subject Governor Cepeda Pereza has Issued an adj
dress to the people Of the State advising them to be
sparng in their OF and to cultivate as many
vegetables as they can. The Legislature, now in
session, has voted o small sum OF money for the
relief Of the poor, and has passed law
abolishing all kinds OF duties on the introduction
OF foreign corn at Ssal for three months. 1t
has also relieved all vessels bringing in the corn
from all kinds OF tonnage dues in proportion to the
cargo they bring Three barrels Of -four. OF 1876
pounds each, can also be introduced free OF all
duties, in conjunction with every 900 pounds Of
shelled corn imported. This law awaits only the
appreciation OF President 60 into operation,
q national law OF 1866 permitting all State Legsla-
lures In times OF scarcity, to abolish all kinds OF
duties on corn, national otherwise within their
limits, without the Intervention of Congress. The
Legislature OF Campeachy has been equally prompt in
| passing q law to aid the people In obtaining
duties p on the article for four months month making
similar provisions to those Of our State legislature
relative to tonnage dues. Furthermore 1t has voted
| a bounty OF twenty-five cents every one hundred
pounds OF sheled corn introduced into the State to
be paid from the State Treasury. These legislative
ing through the trying crisis. one good result already
noticeable Is that here in Merida, Valadolid Tizimn
and other places In the State corn has ceased adj
| yancing in price.
suppose you know BY this time that an insurrec.
tlonary movement at Espita, IN this State, headed
by Colonel Jesus Imam, was suppressed by the gov
eminent troops, under Colonel Traconis, and Imam
killed. A number OF his followers have since
been shot One Of them, Captain Manuel
presented himself 10 the military authori,
| ties at valladolid, wounded In the right knee,
| and being strongly recommended for Executive
| clemency by Colonel Traconis The ex-imperial
Colonel Manuel Liorente. has surrendered himself
TO the authorities, and asked for amnesty He denies
| having been engaged in Iman's Revolutionary move
ment He Is now IN prison awaiting . decision from
| has placed outside the law Don jose l.. Guerra,
| PEDRO Gomez and Francisco Puerto. He has also
had some forty more citizens summarily arrested
and these with few already imprisoned, have been
sent or 10 Vera Cruz, no doubt TO be there released
since nothing can De proven against mem ana the
mary proceeding to ret rid Of their obnoxious pres
ence for at least few weeks or late this Citizen
Goyernor' has been very high handed aud arbitrary
| in all his measures Despite this rigor he
is far from confident and assn ed. In
| an address 10 the Legislature he complains
bitterly that majority OF the prominent men Of the
| insurrection OF last December remain in the State
HID aud says the same true OF the troops most OF
| whom have 80 far rejected the amnesty pronered
| them. lie concludes that rs long as Ortoll, Nava-
| rette, Quilano. Canton and other insurgents are
| known to he in Yucatan and maintain c0mmunica-
tons with the refugees and sympathlZers M Havana
the eight hundred men of the regular army he has
NJ nlH tHUoSiHou VIII not tuliCe inc lli fc-eS-
| adjustment of peace ana tranquility. The Governor
also speaks dolefuly OF the situation with regard to
| the hostile Indians. He fears surprises and dis
| asers He IL no doubt right IN both matters. The
state IL indeed Threatened ut present with revolu-
| tonary outbreaks and Indian inroads So much for
| having such man as General Manuel Cepcda Pereza
at the head OF lie government
The Legislature has petitloned Congress for troops
| and money TO carry on an active campaign against
the Indians promising tha the state will cooperate
TO the, utmost OF III financial abilities. II Is ques-
tionabe whether the troops and money solicited Will
| ever he forthcoming. Nv the 10y, while speaking of
! our famous Legislature. let me inform YOU that 10
| consists of nine members of whom six are prac-
tlsing physicians surely the states health should
be IN better condition than II Is NJ present. Per-
haps the multiplicity Of legislative doctors IL the
cause OF The people being too much physicked with
! bad laws. VINO kn0wsp
ON August - the state Tribunal OF Justice null.
fed the election Of lawyer Jose NJ osorio to the DIS