The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-04
MEXICO.
Murder Of Frenchmnsr-C0stom House
Seizures Of Goi,i nj MatamOres-The Cabi.

mel Crisis.
MEXICO, June IL, 1868.
With the hope that brief communication may
catch the French steamer condense.the news since
the 10th, which was the date of my last letter. The
IBERIA says:-"On the 18th OF May, at an iron mine
near San Rafael Frenchman named Esteban Blaise
was murdered BY some of his neighbOrs He was an
honorable ana hard working man, and could possibly
have had no enemies. and was only sacrificed be-
cause he was working mine TO which some neigh
bors laid claim" The Sigio -YTY. Of the nth has
the foIowing:-
CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES, =
MATAMORos. May q, 1863. !
Senior PEDRO GALvAN, Administrator o. the Mari
time Custom House Of Natamoros, Meyico.-
the seizureant detention OF one hundred ounces of
Mexican gold, or $1,000 beloncTing TO DR.. W.. L:
HUTCHINSON citHen 81 the tritnd states, ana !
amount to said men''oncd ;7aie.nan am. re-
specially.
The following is the rerg:--
C,'sTSS Horsr o. M.rAwokoS. May %. 1885,
received yesterday your communication which
you drcctsl 80 me, dated the 2lst OF this month
ton OF hundred ounces OF Mexican gold belong
ing 10 NJ, ". j.. Hutchinson. You also request that
| return said amount 10 said gentleman. In your
communication there occurs little error. There
were not one hundred ounces, but ninety-nine, Mr.
Hutchinson having secreed in mis- pocket one ounce,
which was wanted to complete the one hundred
ACCORDING to official Information which have re-
ceived The seizure Of the same was made
the 10th Of this month at the gate Pueras verdes
through which the road passes from this city for
BOca del Rio. Mr. Hutchinson did not exhibit the
documents which would have made legal the carry
ing hence OF the money; 1t was, therefore, sezed
and it was right that I should investigate If the
money was about to be carried away with the per-
whether or not there was occasion to impose pen
atty for the act 1t is SUFFICIENT for to represent
that the money seized shall be returned and that it
s not possible to stop the proceedings OF Judgment.
Meantime 1t is not possible for me to take into
consideration your protest. because the O1ce under
my charge does not take into its consideration
questions Of this nature, have q superior to whom
win give an account of my conduct; that superior
Is the Mexican government to which you may direct
your protest through your Minister In Mexico The
law which determines me nature and extent OF the
public is that Of November %, 1859. also call your
attention to our fiscal laws and to the requisites
cessary for the moving or interior transfer OF silver
and that one which determines like the present.
All Of these laws will make 1t clear II the position
taken by you in this business IS such s nature de-
mands. assure you with the motive OF my dstin-
guished consideration.
Independence lya,;as ana liberty PEDRO A. GALvAN
Negrete and Ex-Governor Mendez is rnmored,
and desires that the DtGrto 0fctal will say
something with reference thereto. The Repista
Universal published communication written by
'varous friends of jastice'' in which they deny
not being responsible for the shooting Of the young
physicians and peaceable citizens OF Tacubaya.
IT G8s as IN the PSsUa
which Will inspire the confidence Of the country and
in which the liberal party wrl be well represented
the only one worthy of the President Of the repub
lc." There are no Indications at present of new
has filed under Mr.. Lerdo de Teiada in the once of
Foreign Affairs the position OF Ofcidl Mayor,
win for the present perform the functions OF
Mr.. Lerdo Of the Chief Justiceship The opposition
are far from being satisfied with the evidence that
his Cabinet and may renew their effort to force upon
the government some demonstrating action.
government toward American claimants against
Mexico WIN be to refuse to adjudicate pay their
comes to some understanding with Mexico and
makes itself responsible for predatory acts commit
ted by the late forces on the Texas bOr
der. The ruinor that the Real del Monte Company
had failed Is not true. General Aatorre has arrived
at the capital from Yucatan.
Comments of the Press on the Cabinet Crisis
Gas for Mexico City-The Suicides-Who
Pays fOr ROmerO's Reception--Seditiom
Proclamation.
MEXICO, June 10, 1868.
The GlOoo OF the 14th occupies its first page with
long editorial upon the Ministry" written as If
with pen Of fire. Its paternity is undoubted, as
Mr.. b. Zamacona, the leader of the opposition in
Congress to the Juarez government, is the acknowl
edged editor OF the GlO6O. He declares that the
Cabinet is demorazed and yet that the President
is in the midst Of alarming CRISIS and yet the gov
eminent seems to think that we enjoying holi-
day; that at this critical moment the Ministry Of Rela
lions Is without head that just when Congress
has adjourned and persistent labors of the Execu-
tive and his Cabinet needed to save the country;
its travelling Minister Mr. Romero, is voyaging in
foreign parts. and the Treasury Department is in
consequence without head, that Minister Bal
carcel the useless head Of the Department of the
Interior, is as usual, doing nothing or committing
sad plumbers in the wake Of Mr.. Lerdo; and finally.
in regard to the remaining Minister General Mejia
1.-The tree is known by its fruits" He closes his
corrosive comments with the most pointed warning
exhortations that those men who now happen to
be in power should be awake to the critical re-
sponsibilities placed upon them, and neither de-
ceive themselves nor the public as to the true
condition Of the nation. Prieto, also of the op-
position, In an editorial In the Monitor invokes
the most bitter sarcasm and irony, saying that
that Minister Lerdo, the man OF talent energy and
intellect can no longer remain In his family or Min
signs President occasionng, OF course SORROW be-
cause he was the chosen OF the people. At the same
with Of the ah uSTel
not absent, but was even dead, would the nation
perish on that account Would the sun change its
position or the earth cease to rev0lve its axis
among Wo sah. millions Of mere people 1 who an Is
Of KeiationsS In other times there have been
many. There were Ocampo Lave, Dobado, Fuente
and others, men really great, whose names have
given honor and fame 70 their country" Mr.. Prieto
continues somewhat at length In this strain. But
single Mexican newspaper Of this capital has thus
far commented upon the Mexican creditors meeting
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on the 18th OF May last.
Mr. Zarco, OF the Sig'o III, on the 18th, com.
mented upon it, and, after INDUCING In n
little thunder and lightning, cooled OF by say
ing that II 1t be true that Mr.. Romero had
failed 10 see Mexco's creditors properly
satisfied he should use his influence with the nation
70 correct such an act OF Injustice.
The astounding fact Is chroncled in the city press
that the Common Council OF Mexico have voted In
the year 1868 to try In the streets and after va
rious maps Juan Jose Baz has signed the contract
This Is wonderful when we consider the number OF
families which have lived for years upon the 'ol OF
the city street lamps, and especially when IL Is re-
membered that Juan Jose Bay has been so long away
from New fork-about year or little over.