New-York tribune., 1868-03-18

THE CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP TIE PRESIDENT
THE HISTORY or BOND TRANSACTIONS IN
THE UNITED sTATES-GEN. FREMONT AND
GEN. SANCHEZ OCHoA-THE CARNIVAL.
Prom Our Own Correspondent
MExico, Feb. p, 1863.
By intermediate mail you should have re-
ceived the details of plot TO Kill or kdnap the Pres
ident and his chief advisers. The conspiracy was IN
imitation of that Of Booth against the life OF Lincoln
The President was TO be caught and disposed of com
ing from the theaer though il is said less credby
that he was TO be pognarded in his box. The plot
teTs had likewise preadvised themselves OF the
whereabouts of the ministers on the night OF their
bad project week ago. All that Is further known
of its details is that its leaders Col. Adalid
an Imperial officer in command OF part ol
the city's garrison under Maximilian and
Cara, a Spaniard, at the head of a regiment
whose quarters are not far from the palace.
Some Mexicans and a few foreigners were
in the plot the prompt arrest of which is due 10 the
energy of Mr. BaZ, the Governor of the Federal DIS
tIct. The Government is now trying the whole
affair with mysterious secrecy, and III time we slal
probably learn what We almost knew before tni'
the conspiracy has TamicatlOns among the Imperial
lists and that the fascination of theylng grand
scale operated very powerfully on the minds Ol one
at least, Of the nnglcadcrs The TarNackng OF n
number of the richest houses in the city was reported
part of their plan which, II seems now, was gOod
many rods distant from success when discovered. Oi
course, the project was insane, especially
as the Government commands large
garrison, receiving lis pay IN advance.
policy more impecunious might have offered
a dangerous bid 10 the demorallzer Report comes 10
hand that the affair comprehended kidnapping rather
than assassination, and the Government does not
deny, apparently, that this is the case kidnapping
the President 10 demand a round ranson Of mn
lion or so from Congress. This wOuld, indeed. be
pl0giariO grand scale-an act of more disastrous
force than the tragic reputation Of tbe RcpuDnc
could endure. The knife is far more dramatic than
the bag. Ii is hard, Therefore, 10 conceive
plot against the President which wOnd not have
for its object the taking OF his life: Yet IN Mexico
where kidnapping has proved so rCh teasIDllN, ~
is possible The papers take note that the President
has of late walked the streets unguaTdcd. The pO-
lice of the city are DOgbeTys own on account Of
poor pay. What will be done with The asSasslnS OF
kidnappeTs i'll custody IT IL Impossible 10 pIedlct
kidnapping at large is bad enough To provoke an eX-
ample on the side of justice but IT VIII not he as
founding If for State legal reasons they 20 un-
shot.
The diplomatic documents relative 10 the contracts
made in the United States by Gen. Sanchez Ochoa,
and in particular the with Gen. John G. Fremont
are now passing through the columns OF the 0thcal
paper. They make curious history of financial per-
pexity and Acknowledgements, of hard bargaining on
one side and simplicity on the other, rescued not
moment too soon by the representative of the MeXi
can Government at Washington. In no other official
history will be found recount OF financial mis-,
fortunes quite unique regards rccklessness and
credulity in the papers relating TO the OchOa aud
Carbaal bargains. The most immediate effect OF the
publication of the Ochoa documents, in connection
with an array of charges made in Congress by Mr..
LeTd0 has been the rejection OF Ochoa as deputy,
by vote of 40 against 81 The gravest OF the acclSa-
tOns brought by the Secretary OF State against Gen.
OchOa were not financial but to the effect that he
had allied himself with Ortega and absented himself
from the country contrary TO orders, which, as sol
dier, he was bound TO obey. These charges still ex
istng, QchOa was subject TO trial. and his rights OF
citizenship therefore suspended.
TO make clear the nature Of Gen. Och0as bargains,
il will be worth while reviewing them in connection
with the kindred negotiations attempted for the
benebt OF the Liberal cause. Gen Sanchez OchOa,
then reputable soldier came TO California i'll 1866,
commissioned to make loan to secure munitions
and vessels of war. and to raise for his Govern
ment. lie at once put Mr.. Samuel Brannan of San
Francisco to the expense Of $43 S in issuing 000
900 Of bonds, which were hypothecated for the for
mer sum, and were dead failure in the market.
These bonds, which cOuld not raise enough
money TO pay the one-hundredth part of
their value, had one-hah of the revenues
of the Custom Houses of ManZanillo, Mazatan and
Guaymas pledged for their payment. So bad bar
gain determined Gen. Ochoa to try his fortunes in
the East, where Gen. Carbajal another Commissioner
of the Mexican Government and respectable patriot
and gentleman, had already taken the field in an
encounter with the notorious Daniel WoOdhOuse
The character Of Mr.. WoOdhouses operations is
toleraby well known, He had persuaded
generous foreigner that he cond insnre
prompt loan of fifty millions from
the bOundless capital at his back, and would lose no
time in having it guaranteed by the National Gov
a Co. received pledges for 2l36 mines of fifty acres
each the sole right TO construct double track rail
way from MatamorOs 10 Mazatlan, with branches ut
all points; the payment by Mexico OF all damages
incident 10 pght OF way together with the cost OF