New-York tribune., 1868-06-12


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Prom Our Own Correspondent ,,,v,oo N,o, % 1870
its the old story with the prOnouncers, barring
some few GOOD discounts. Negrete, who commanded
f,rcp obout as large as a band of robbers. and of
about the same character has been badly beaten in
the mountains of CuachichQuila, escaping i'll his
shirt and drawers Young Gen. AurelianO Rivera,
whose recent peevish outbreak created minutes
sensation has scarcely handful of followers and is
destitute of svmpathizers. AuTelanO is an instance
of what is hitherto been oftteld tale among the
little leaders of Mexican feuds-prCnOuncing liter
ally, before knowing how to spell. And now 1t
seems to be all over with this dapper, active httle
man. whose confession it was that he could fight but
couldn't read, and who may have had more trouble
than anybody knows in making out the terms Oh MS
?ronounciamento To pronounce is TO gamble on the
high road and Rivera has gambed childishly. lie
was last heard of in contact with the townspeope OF
Tianouistengo who beat him off. and as gatherer
of forced tolls from the poor and honest anieros-so
that the hero at the guerilleTOs is now no
better than a footpQd. There is another
Tep6rt that the bandits have demonstrated
badly in the Sierra of QueretarO. No one IS
surprised to hear that they have declared for
Santa Anna and MARQUEE it is as If they have pro
nounced for the last brand-new murderer, ana LOT
more crimes IN the name OF Liberty, ana
for the sake of plunder., The Sierra country
was the home of the lately executed Gen
Mciia. and is stronghold of the Church.
The extent of the rising there Is no more than few
hundred men, and there is nothing on the face OF 1t
that warrants any success. Both the General ana
State Governments have taken prompt measures to
put il down, and will dispose of 1t ere long. 1he
united force OF the various DahdS OF pIohuhciauos
throughout the Republic at the present time cannot
amount to q regiment OF men. Snaioa, GneiTeTO'
and NuCatan are Queted The Governor OF IaOaScO
has efficiently met the bandit emeute IN that IOcaty
There is n small trouble the Texas border arising
from the raids of Indians among the st0ck-breederS
These facts mp the situation so lar as IL relateS
to strife. Convert the term pronunciation INTO TOD
berry and conceive the worst evil which Mexico has
to endme-the sum of various petty evils
nounccr robs; the rObber prOnOunces The
former levjcs forced loans to carry on his revolt;
and the latter steals IN order TO MAINTAIN system OF
plumber With ctherof these classes such things rs r-
form liberty and the Republic are only phases oi pub
lie stealing and Government is simply national re-
cepace of stolen goods. In short steals and the
other ro5s. Obviously highway robbery Is not IN
trnSlCally great crime Ill this country as III any
country of well-estabshed institutions, and OF de-
cGsothe want Of Industries and Of schoois-and it
means besides that the country has been quarrehng
even as practced by bandits, has ceased TO be awful
The Governments present task Is to, sup
press this fevcriSh evil, and it knows
that every blow that silences q pronouncer,
is dealt on the head of Tobber, and just in propor
tiOn as it finishes the thieves public virtue and
credit will rise The troops shortly expected 10 ar,
rive IN the field from garrison duty in 1ucatan ana
elsewhere will greatly help IT to harvest the late
small crop of prOnouncers. This work may be done
in the interim of Congress- and give TO the next
sion of that body during the Fall and Winter
months n stimulus which has been wanting The
whole of the Governments great task viii not OF
course. be finished even then, but 1t is high aSsur
ance that il its way. and difficulty III present
prospect IS likely at all to divert IT. Ihat the Gov
ernment has popular basis, and that the people at
large well meaning might be inferred from some
late remarks of Brownsville paper which quote
because the ho Grande press Is not G0nsldereu
as favorable to the Mexican future. The masses
in Mexico" says this authority, have as gen
oral rule a high respect for law. The people
are dOcile and tTactable. They soon become dis
ciplined soldiers; they obey orders with prOmptneSs
and eXactitude The present condition OF Mexico is
not dependant on the corruption and demOralizaton
of the masses. This has been the result OF the am
btiOn and corruption of their rulers and leaders.
For many years after pnblie men had lost that mgh
tone which characterize the patriot. the common
people were uncOntaminated, the heart of the nation
was right" Surely, then, the people by nature so
dOce and tactabe can be put to school and trained
in the way they should go. They desire nothing
ScbHolmaster SSn viii lie their best poHceofcer
Congress has been debating finance, and has just
passed the budget calculating the .lngresses ana
the sum of $S00O0O0 to pay the interest OF the
national debt This does not include the interest on
the eNtingnished English and Spanish COnyentOns,
the debt of which is now being llquldated by the
amOnedas or public auctions. Minister Lerdo, in
the course of debate argued that the creditors OF the
conventions had lost their right TO recover interest
that the amount of the conventions only were due
them: that such has been the case with holders of
bonds in London; and that proceedings by auction
were even arranged for some branches OF the
foreign debt. Minister Romero has just
a
bOndhOders. stating their wish that the Mexican
Government would enter upon the payment of inter
est and pedgng their efforts ba ed upon faith in the
honor of that Government, to secure renewal of
treaties between Great Britain and Mexico. This is
significant and encouraging and dspOses of the idle
story that England intended to assume the attitude
of an armed bully with reference to Mexico and its
discredted treaty. Congress has likewise de-
bated and passed bill for the classification of rents
greatly desirable a reform, whatever be its meas
ure the present condition Of the national business
Ii suppresseS the buTdensOme taxes of real per
mark, and three per cent on silver the duties on
mortgages and on circulation, on the conveyance
of property, and on other items The full de.
tails of the bill are not at hand, but
believe that ii does not touch the question Of alca
balOs-thOse employed by the Government being in
diSpensable TO its present fixture of revenues. But
in three of the States at least these interior Custom
Houses have been suppauted by direct taxation. In
another State their abolition has been resisted simply
because the bill of substitutOns was clumsily
tOrO system of finance lately set up IN San LUIS
State which, by the way, has gone into desperate
straits for money and which, along with other needy
communities, Will no doubt be relieved materially by
the bill classifying State and Federal rents.
The railroad chapter in Congress is about to be
the modification of the YeraCruz and Mexico railroad
concession proposed by its owners and now II would
seem that Congress has no other course IN right or
than to pass the bill for the road and thus
respect not only the earnest want OF the country,
but the earnest act of the President of the Republic
in granting the concession. This concession with
the one given to SaDgTOniz for line by way of Vera
Cruz and Jaapa to Puebla, and that authorizing a
road to 1urpan, all the enterprises of this kind
which Congress has thought 1t worth while to favor
Mr. AnsOn Bangs whilOm the agent here for project
to connect Mexico with the United States by
means of a. line from Preside del Norte
Guay@as and Mazatian, with branch to Mexico,
has just gone home with the Railroad bill in his
pocket. The objections of the Committee reporting
against the bill centered in the statement that
its proposed Commissioners were all natives or resi-
dents of foreign country. ana beyond the reach of
the Mexican Government. The Committee also say
fhat hat fha(