The New York herald., 1869-08-16

make confession, and 1t is said that one Of the
Frenchmen has admitted that he was TO nave been
Juarez has customarily ridden from Chapulepec,
where ne has been spending month, 70 tne psace,
paid for kidnapping or assasanating the President,
ne did not exactly know which. VINO are the
praCRss wal was IN "a ths plot who supplied the
The friends OF the President and Cabinet hint that
Negrete was At the bottom Of It, and that be and hts
the government as at present organized, and new
election OF Congressman, accompanied by first
possibly are chagrined at the failure, declare that
there was no plot except In the imagination OF q
meeting their deserts without therpostponen1ent
Ex-General Andrade, and his nephew, ex-Captan
Saros A csv were % dsy before YESTERDAY
Belen, where they are destined TO have leisure to
reject upon what they might have been had they
succeeds IN cOnvlctng them.
The fact ia we have had enough of this sort Of
ton, and all hghmmded people here, OF whatever
nationality, will congratulate the government upon
the Just conviction and summary punishment Of Its
yet to be taught that to c0wardy take away the life
even OF known enemy by the steathy stroke OF the
ing the body to torture such kidnappers resort TO-
Is to deserve the execration OF the human race and
the horrors Of a thousand deaths.
While such Is the condition OF politics and morals
that OF commerce s scarcely better. the deporabe
results OF q throttled industry are daily becoming
more evident and the indications are numerous that
most II not ALL OF our heavier business firms will be
swept away Day before yesterday one OF the hea-
west hardware firms found 1t necessary to ask an
extension and every day we are looking for the
downfall OF many more houses well known Abroad
pne question v as to whether ne renewal
creditor debtor is understoou to be extremely
doubtful one. Houses which formerly sold goods to
the amount OF $4,000 per month are now selling
$1,000 or $4,000 per month, and in anticipation or
increased taxation, made perhaps unavoidable 6y
the emptiness Of the treasury, are contemplating the
closing Of their establishments and the investment
OF their capital elsewhere.
On the Southern and western border different
contest Is waging. In Chlapas war OF races, the
savages against the Spanish Mexicans. In Jalisco
standardization against property. In Chiapas two
battles have been fought recently the vicinity OF
San Crlstobal las Casas between the state troops
and the savages, in which the latter suffered loss
| Of 800 men, and although defeated retired in good
order, having inflicted heavy loss ton the trOops)
in men and officers. While the Indians declare that
they have taken up arms 10 resist unjust and unlaw
rul imposed upon them, the "Gefe Poltlco"
Of the Department OF Chlapas, NJ. Cenobio Aguian.
| has issued the following proclamation
published the dpy before yesterday BY the citizen
Sove.nSr Of tie state you viii have seen ,hn.
battles have been fought and the government has rumphed
black standard q has been hcistea the town q
5oSa be- defeated
cety. Fellow citizens matter OF defending this
T s Il Of ays
babarsm. This can Be obtained by union without which
M "e
rw I . Be sne % an ene M e sos s HSs
take those who cannot assist with their
aence This viii insure Us Victory win be our
honor and we shall society, which 40 mnch de-
| sired by your fellow citizen
We ape daily expecting to hear OF other aud more
| bloody battles In ChIapas
In Jallsco, LOzada, defy1ng the authority OF the
! general government, issues his barbaric DEGREES
| against civilization. invokes the passions OF his
seml-civllized followers and rewards industry ana
capital by rObbng Its lawful owners OF them and
their FRUITS dividing 1t up In small quantities among
his red and banketed followers, reserving amply for
his immediate friends. The central government is
too weak to naugurate measures OF prevention and
protection being mindful OF the message OF Lozada
year since, that he had 900 men at his command
ana he hoped the government at Mexico city would
| not make 1t necessary for him to take the field.
happy until other men gSe her desttnes y The he
Gooe says the independent press is tired asking the
municipal press to explain what Is the legal status
OF the canton OF Tepic, and what kind OF relations
| its chief has with the general government.
The rumors which prevailed here week since
| that the American colony at Tuspan had suffered an
attack from the natives resulting the death of a
dozen or more, happily proves to be mistake. Fol-
disturbance occurred among the Mexcans solely
| which resulted In the death of one or more per-
sons here. twas purely an election riot and pos
the meeting OF the electors Was illegal. as quorum
| was not present and the probability is that Mr..
hardly be considered as an ornament to any party.
The press OF Mexico like that OF the United States
wi or can be tried and the opposition are making
use or the delay In his case, presenting 1t an ar
Of Cauto himself tnat he was acting n 'n ander
orders.
The number Of members elected to the new Con-
gress Is SAID TO be unusually great although many
districts now In revolution will not be represented
The reflections are not so numerous as it was at
first supposed. This will occasion considerable
wire-pullng and management In order that good and
complete committees, or heads Of committees, may
Sanchez Ochoa, whose history IN California and
New York as the original agent to elect loan for
the Juarez government is well known by the reader
OF Mexican news, and who has been In prison nearly
TWO years for having exceeded his authority and for
having as alleged refused to obey the orders Of the
| President has just been set at liberty. He mas
| agreed to return to Popocatapetl IN the sulphur
works OF which he has pecuniary interest He
harbors q bitter feeling against the government
Colonel Mayer formerly of the United states Army
who was promised speedy and fair trial months
ago. still remains IN prison without any apparent
probability OF being soon at liberty. Mr.. Enklng
arrested some time since Is still in prison. Lopez is
also IN prison and not allowed intercourse with any
Mexican Treasury
The alarm which existed at and before the arrival
OF Mr.. Nelson Is now somewhat abated, after tOle-
rable calm survey of the Minister and The discovery
that he is not the fiery monster that he had been
supposed to be- sent here by General Grant to wipe
out and consume the republic OF Mexico. By mis-
modest career and his n0nnterference with the
government or Its officers limiting his intercourse to
that OF purely diplomatic and social character ne
Is, without studously seeking TO do So rapidly find
ing place In the hearts OF this people.
Mr.. Gorsuch. the American engineer who was
employed by this government to examine and report
upon the feasibility OF wagon rail road from the
tableapd 70 t9e Gulf 4t or near Tyspap, and also
to examine the lake OF Tamahua and lis connections
with That port and Tampico with reference to steam
boat navigation, has returned to this city. Mr. Cor.
such was one OF the first engineers employed in |
survey OF route to San Francisco from the Mis- |
sssippi, and has had large experience as an |
engineer. HIS report therefore, when will soon |
be presented to the government. will be read |
with great interest. The section OF country through
which he passed during the last four five months
Is exceedingly fertile and will furnish the world |
with an abundance of valuable timber, dyewoods,
&C, and Is rich in mineral wealth. As European |
funds are now rapidly leaving the country Mexico |
need only give ample protection to American capital
by encouraging Its owners to construct railroads
here. This be done by concecAng liberal grants
of land right OF way &C., and by subsequent liberal
protection. Extraordinary efforts now being |
by cansLructars of the Puehla branch raad |