New-York tribune., 1869-01-04

much to say that there is no revolution nui IN .ne
of this fact is poverty not easily ucscfpeu ~
would be hard TO show that the su,Gtlon - e~sse.i ~
ally worse than II has been, but the hoeu
now stand revealed they never were before lneie
is peace but il would be absurd 10 contend lhal IL
the peace of manif life ana Health hope so, J'
il is the hope of struggling men, states iiIe eIIT,, M
but no more money and commerce are wanting; ne
present situation is perhaps the most dstIesslui tdi @
Mexico Will and, III certain ItspeG.si C Tan II
the questions general than individual Ean IA m ~
with safety cOntinuef The MeXicansare enabled ny
their hard destiny TO undergo all the misery that
falls to the fate of man. and IRON one pot Oh view
IL l. IN he expected that the administration OF Olr
Juarez Will last as it has lasted over the chrome anu
current evils of the Republic. But the real question
i not as 20 endurance, but rather rs TO Improvement
The legislative activity of the States for the IaSt ~
days may be readily summed. Puebla ana others
report slight Improvements ot inance' Slnloa @ has
taxed cargo of merchandise az MaIatllIi hoS lcss
than SSO OOO and has sent file OF soldiers TO enforce
the draft The subject Of education had been some
what regarded in COahua and Mexico Schools were
being shut in other ports for want OF money. lne
Governor of Sonora urged bis Legislature to promote
education and finance San LUIS had estaoHNleua
benevolent society In half dozen states new laHes
were being imposed in part as substitutes but mostly
as additions Bull-ighting occurred as usual III lhe
central State ms clsewhere cockhghtng was aDol1
ished by legislative decree III Iacatecas III seNeIH
Sfotps be raising of volunteer forces against robbers
was being urged with more than usual earnesthess.
Trial by jury had been decreed IN pIaisewOlthy
manner in Sinaoa. Zacatecas. by decree, compels
its citizens to wear trowsers instead OIL drawers as m
outside garment and though the act orGlnalliy Woulu
appear rather welcome and callet Ior uo loI hnom
what legislative measure can force men 10 keep
money i'm their drawers pockets. In the shamelui
cheapness of this garment rs compared 10 DIeecneS
there is industrial not to say politiea ana soci
disgrace but unless Zacateeas from It's position as
one of the busiest best ordered and enngnteneu Oh
the States can leglsate work and wages. III VIII pc
come a matter of donbt whether pantaloons IN rags
are better than drawers in tatters Messages had
crossed the new telegraph line from Mexico TO san
Luis and the line from Vera Cruz to Tampico was
being advanced Caags roads We're peng oIaTetoro fo
proposed savings bank, ana the Governor Oh seIa
Cruz was urging the same novelty Tor me Denento Oh
artisans. Chihuahua was slowly DONG goodn gnoGSs S
amortizing its excessive copper money. Vlnage
in Puebla had been sacked by bandits, oWrhg
to the pusillanimty of the inlabltantts s.;,nd dndd
pecuniary ability of the Vera Cruz h"Iiioirn i'it
Eonnany for pToDlpt work was under doupt.
nssiIIe an American company should take hold of
r. In the hands of men Of res0lute enterprise the
railroad would lie its own safeguard and, OF course
The best speculation in Mexico Tor whatever be sad
of the onawry OF which the COMFY a fbere i not
enough of il to prevent the locomotive III us way 10
and from the seaboard. This much assured; much Is
done. The proposed railroad to Port anger on @ tnt
Pacific has great deal in ts favor not least the Iact
that the country through Which 1t VIII run Is 70
great extent the most tranquil anu uusIWVitny ~
ing of whic VAS fayorlte project OF Ten. ForhIlo
Daz is one OF the most promising, by natural advan
tages of any in the republic being the coast ioWh on
Oaxaca perhaps the most prosperous state IN az tne
republic. When the inter-ooeanic railroads OF Mex
leo are built there can he doubt as 10 the growth
of her commerce, so that the present problem Is TO
the building of railroads. More guarantee
than the fact that there shall not be revolutions the
adventurous business men who have had 10 90 win
Mexico for the last decade do not want And 1t ap-
pears that regarding the capacity TO put down re-
volt the republic do what 1t has done alreaCy'
that is TO say, keep its army paid. While the Gov
ernment is doing its general part as defender
against conspiracy and revolt, II seems 10 be pocy
TO leave the invalid States to hObble up for thoIn
selves 1t may be hopeful symptom that four OF
the State capitals propose 10 erect not oyer-costy
statues to their heroes; but apparently the MeXloans
have not vet reached the difficult wisdom, SO rare
even among happier nations that the schooihouse
and the workshop are the best monuments they can
rear in memory of their champions. Not the least
mel1orOus of their ideas of celebration IL the prOpo
sition 10 put mp statue of Lizardl Mexican nov
elest and essayst of forty years ago. who dId more
than any Of his kind TO instruct the mind OF the
nation. - -,
Gen Rosecrans. the new United States Minister,
has been received in Mexico with the extended social
and official welcome due TO remarkable, ana. i'll
respect to the events of the last six years, hlstor
cal man. He promises TO be popular minister, and
il need not he said brings at once TO Mexico the eX
pTession of honest good will on the part OF the people
of the United States To-day, in public reception
L. Plnrnb late Charge F9gdires. was some time ago
rendered a complimentary dinner by the Mexican
Premier with regard to the fact that this gentleman
will leave for the North about the nTst oi next
month. h. oD'