New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-04-25

lIEXICO.
HOLY THURsDAY-THE JUDAsES - PRONUNCIA-
TIoN-THE BRITISH AFFAIR--THE MILITARY
CHARACTERIZATION CONCESSIONS-GOMES
FARIES-FAIR CONDITION OF THE FINANCES


FARIES-FAIR CONDITION OF THE FINANCES
LORD STANLEY's DICTUM.
Prom Our Own Correspondent
MEXICO. April 10, 1868
Yesterday and to-day, Holy Thursday and Good
Friday are, of course among the great holidays Of
the Mexican calendar. The crowd in the streets
yesterday greater than any the stranger has no
ticed since the day of Gaudaoupe though feastdays
have been plenty as blackberries. On the plaza in
front of the Cathedral rabble and people conge-
gated. and here for the whole of the afternoon the
toys for which Holy Thursday is famous were sold
on all sides at rapid retail Worshipers in the
great Cathedral at all stimes numerous and the
principal shrnes of the churches were shrouded with
velvet or hung with the costliest draperies. For
once the mOcbO ladies were conspicuous, dressed III
impenahSt green, and seated upon the floor OF tue
Cathedral as is the custom.
From the theaters and other public places these
ladies have been persistent absentees; Dut We oCca
sion just past being a day OF days Tor the ChuIGn
with the Empires chief mourner. The principal toy
of the day ont of an innumeTable variety SOLD III the
streets and pOrtales, was an eigy 0i JUDAS niaHe
yariOusly ont of red clay or wood. his toy is the
religions Gun of young Mexico. lie is stu1ed ana
fest0oned with powder, perforated with shooting
crackers, and is as ugly as the most earnest LUIi9
Judas bater could wish. There is great delight III all
parts of the town TO see him go of, and an end,
less explosion of Judases at all points and
in all ways, to the edifying OF youth and the giory
inc of the chnfCh. More reason and amusement Is
doubtless to be found in the way of joking Judas
than i'll exploding Guy Fawkes, according 10 an Old
English habit. Ii would be deplOTable however, IL
Judas were iii any danger of being made popular by
the reaction of pity for fate dreadful and we'll
merited his. As of the worst OF pronancddorS
nothing could be too bad for him. m
News comes in point that the escort of the dill
gence from PcTOte to Jaapa have pronounced and
robbed its passengers, after which they went 10
PerOte and tried 10 seduce the garrison there The
garrison heard them, and put them III prison, and
already the rngleader has been shot He proclaimed
Religion, Negrete, and Marquee which IS as nearly
as possible like combination of milk, brandy ana
poison. But another story pnrpOrts that the Judas
of Perote in favor of the plan of Negrete what
this NAV be is not known. Both the Monitor ana
Globe 1.-THE latter the organ of the opp0siton), deny
that Negrete has pronounced. The Government
manfeSts no fear upon this head.
The military situation somewhat improves Gen.
Corona continued his march in Snaloa and II was
thought that the rivals, Martinez and RuDl, were
willing TO cease hOstites on the basis OF an arrange
ment for new election OF Governor III sonora,
600 Indians having assembled under flag OF truce,
to treat of peace by invitation OF the Mexican Col
Bustamente they were ordered 10 give up tDelr arms
They gave mp IS arms, ana for each piece man was
placed at liberty The prisoners, trying 10 escape,
leo Indians were killed. In JaliscO the Government
troops have been beating down the bandltts very
handsomely. A party of robbers having despolled
custom house in the State of Guanajuato the local
authorities took them in hand, and, by direction
of the Government shot the principals In uuerIel9'
Gen Jimenez manifested a disposition to treat with
the General Of the Government, and 10 come 10 some
understanding with his rival Alvarez kumors of an
open quarrel in TamaupaS, growing out OF an
Tie Minister of Foreign Affairs has illuminated the
affair of supposed smuggling by the British steamer
Danube by declaring that, after all, It's captain was
not so much TO blame He was willing, IL seems, 10
have the boxes Ofspecie export examined only stpu-
lating that some one from the house exporting them
should he present at the examination. lie Govern
ment knows of no order gwen to IRE on the
outgoing vessels. As the company owning the
vessel discans responsibility for the captain of the
Danube the Government will only demand satlsiac-
ton from him. No trouble whatever VIII arse ont
of the case nor will the British vessels of the Dan
ube line be prohibited from exporting. And so ends
matter over which there has been some useless cX-
element, and which would be better discussed III
Vera Cruz courts than in Congress.
The new and reformed amnesty bill has been pre-
sented by the Commission OF Congress This comedies
amnesty 10 all rebels up 10 date OF the publication Oh
the law returning coniscated property not disposed
of by the Government. 1t liberates prisons, ana re-
mits fines not vet paid but does not allow eX-rebels
TO hold Government situations. The principal ON
cials Of Macmillan; officers OF the army
by competent judicial power, and those who
in a civil or military character in any way
contributed to the imposition OF the penalty on
death upon any Mexican or foreign defender of the
republic-are excluded from amnesty. All offenders
are required TO present themselves within eight days
before the regular authonties, falling which they
are excluded from amnesty. Those excluded by the
law are not TO be tried by the severe decree OF Jan
uary, 1862 which lost their power since the IecStaD-
ljsbment of constitutional order. Doctors attending
benevolent institutions schoolmasters ana municipal
fnctionaries and employees arc declared not TO nave
committed any fault legally punishable, but they
cannot Oh this account, pretend TO natural employ
The debate on the Vera Cruz Railroad concession
continues Several gentlemen oil the BQDaull species
have run wild of the issue by making the concession
the text for some ill-naturcd remarks against En-
rOpcans One of them argues III plain terms that the
concession should be abolished ana that Mexico nel
self should construct the road, III order TO show 10
Europe that she does not want ITS money Members
of Congress who defend the road from correct and
nractical motives, have been inconsderatcly stig-
al no cha of
tives Lately. Mr.. Castaneda an lntellgent iTen1 OF
the road, having been accused OF becoming an I'm,
clishmau made the spirited reply that he was indeed
an Anglo-Saxon in his love for work But there are
undoubtedly strong Arguments against the c0nces-
sion as it stands. The Government gives $4,000 an
nuay for p years, or altogether sum OF sl4O1OVO
Add this to Is per cent of the duty OF mqords mate
riales and 100000 worth OF exemption from dnty
of specie expectation. and import duties on building
materials and there is total OF SD,OOO,OO.
The completion of the road, 1t Is sald
will cost only about SLOOOOO, ana
GoyernmctIs thus generous at the expense OF eleven
or twelve surplus millions The Government owes
the present company sum of debt inherited from
the original Mexican concessohisls, anu, V Wt
this in mind these figures are less surprising Wtha
il is quite certain that the revision OF the concession
which Mr.. Juarez took pains to grant at once under
his ample faculties, has delayed most Vltal ehSer
nrise The road ought to be built III two years.
and every month of that time Is precious To-
make some amends for the default. IT
is announced that contractor Is about 10
To begin work on the line between Mexico anu lux
pan. The Government has just returned the Jalapa'
Puebla and Vera Cruz railway concession TO Con-
gross with many observations made in the absence
of the veto power. 1t is a stringent concession, ana
shows that the government Of Mr.. Juarez has been
wiser in its lberality with regard TO enterprise tDan
Congress in its disposition to stint, contract and
consume time. ,
Congress has just ordered the name of Comes Fayes
to be inscribed upon its walls. Fayies, forty years
ago, proposed religious liberty, independence Of
Church and State. the abolition of exemptions the
absolute liberty of the press, trial by jury and the
4 of he
was at the head of the Liberal party IN 1888, and
encouraged his countrymen 10 resist the United
States in 1916. He signed the Constitution
of 1857, as President of Congress. This Con-
stitutinn is the one i'm force. Ihe Church denled