The New York herald., 1870-04-23
M e K 100.
Message Of President Juares to Congress Gen.
eral Condition Of the Country-Tehuantspec
Ship Canal-Financial Matters-The Free
zone-Aristocratic Thievss-Ths Revo-
luton General Intelligence.

Mexico. April 4, 1870.
The following is the Presidents message to Con-
gress, which opened on the LIST inst. II will OBJ
served that the canal question has become an
important one The message IS In general similar
to previous ones:-
peases to-day to Consress upon the re-
opening OF upon BE day fixed BY tue
promptly sscta.y rapes.sd can With
$ ns pDs
Some psrson aat excited iir Sy their passcas
S o Ys
any yoa .'s .s 1 . q % the
1s people saiSs
Th si Sss Sa Ss1 ONLY IN
deserves national Ssyag ds:!reysd
:1s Is:;
Congress conferred upon The Executive VARIOUS
faculties. and sssr.sd .As .a.psa.iss
Of po S s @ e SG m
has made ths least possible thereof qih
a, " r 5 to s . a %
Eanizaon Of the army snd In declaring the Of
Individual rights intac. full liberty tic
sasSoris the
Sssi:s ~
ss
a s SsHg @ %s al he
making any irregasr sSasoas, without sasipasnx tic
and sd yn "ls making any contracts or CON-
public Tor IN
Railroad AZ the same mo the amounts oa for s
Of new telegraph lines have been Sc, apart
order 70 meet these obigatons among the sreater Of which
es Sss as q Of s Sss
during those month. Of the which s greatest amount
sqaa.aslon Of s NATIONAL revenue. EVEN with the ma a..
snion 6 conges this perioa
ss
OF not disresadins the various branches OF administration
casioasd which will bring about Immediately painful
@ r e be ana s ns nds 20 M
Ct hghwaymen and kdnappeIs has served eaec.uay in
Thee yet Snappn
public opinion that he should contnu
ance OF the law tor another year; ,.,.. =, a.,
greatest npotance is the opening OF canal through the
ncaon between the two Oceans already
On this subject and The ESecMye re-
the present period Of its sessions. ' ''' ''s -''
report has boen pPe.onoa with efesncs 70 consa
the Sesyes S w n nS the
OF the republic in the future.
gree. soO
prosperity may bo Obtained.
The reply OF the President Of Congress was the
usual one.
General Escobedo has recently arrived here from
the front to consult with the government the fu
ture movement OF his forces. Abraham Plata, with
flty-dve rebels, has submitted TO the government
lately published tedious article, from which 1t ap-
pears tnat In the month OF June OF the year 1865
General santa % Anna mortgaged the hacienda @ M:rn Of
Whitcomb, Of New York city, who have proposed to
f0reclOse the mortgage on account OF the nOn.pay.
ment OF the moneys lent TO Santa Anna, and they
desire the government to put them in possession OF
the hacenla The folio wing Is the result OF the dis
cusslon of the case by the government, and may
be OF interest to some OF your city readers:-
SECTION The President has been informed with refer
the sS sn rs to BE- nat a. the the
q Henry NSr,on u. ana A. yr
SAINT. Anna security for hs amount Of a s56.Oo5 f.
asking every or the transfer Of Gals property
other p3sition Of which the
might be able g make be suspended and the
Sompsnyina comp holds this opnion % p 90. '4' ''
E..hat the properly which belonged 70 Antonio Lopez
ION Of 1855 acsordanes win the Che results Of Tie
definitely s sonasoa:sa sss in
%egass Il: Ssssads Esssfo va ~ S:y NV
acting = Illegally ss;hs s is was moi the
TomTha. the invalid Of said act resulted not only
the mentioned, from the fact Of such mort
& Mexico Is Which only ones applied
Which R
IN tn tine ina % Of Of a os ns w
toned therein the President
& with M s made in bel. behalf hs Of
highly ,tpg to aisnss ,h The property called Essero
independence and liberty. ROMERO.
MEXICO, March %. 1870
Tnc Revista says:-"More than twenty families
| abandon Mexico and leave BY the next French
steamer.n This makes room for more Americans OF
enterprise aud capital. The COi7eo de LOtare,sto
Vicente say the hidden treasure OF Guatim0csn con-
ssts OF 500 "varras OF gold valued at $4,000 0eo
The excavations nave revealed nothing as yet.
A Protestant religious paper has been established
in the capital called La Esrea de Beien which Is
| TO he the spokesman OF the evangelical movement
IN Mexico, which continues to make progress among
Secretary Romero's Treasury report is published
Among the topics discussed the following IS found
In the free ZOlae:-
Congress proper at the last session to approve in the
@ zona IN IN The State q Tsmaapss It's extension into Ss
ecatiSs on this delicate subject was infinitely Con
during the discussion which took place at that time
judgment Of The House. upon discussion
on, win think proper decree The aboshnent Of the
I'm such the interest OF the Treasury and
trade require.
On the subject Of claims against the Treasury Mr.
Romero announces tnat since the 2Sth OF February
last the total amount presented for liquidation and
payment has been $50, 1921 OF which there have
been recognized S. 054 o47 and OF watch there have
been rejected S5396395, leaving pending SIS, .4s4
The above claims, of course, do not include the
foreign debt, but rather pertain to the domestic
debt. On the general subject OF the public debt
your correspondent must for the present content
himself with giving you Mr.. Romer0s text, for
warding you his sermon in later letser:-"From
circumstances known to all the publlc credit Of
Mexico Is truly amentable" Vlde report page 10,
ppf 46J
The scanjalous fact has just come to light that
some OF the sons OF the nest wealthy families OF the
capital have for some time been associated together
band OF church robbers, and some OF them 1t is
| supposed. have accumulated fortunes thereby. A
| week since several Of these broadcothed gentle
men were arrested, and among them young
Manuel Bentez, whom the Paris readers OF the
| HERALD Will remember during the occupation OF
Mexico city by Bazane and his army. At his pr-
vae residence on the principal street OF the city,
several gold and silver objects pertaining to the
churches which had been robbed were found, and
| subsequently large number Of accomplIces have
been arrested and all are in prison awaiting srial:
1t Is said that the mother of Manuel Benltez Ohered
tue officers who arrested him $4,000 II they would
let him of. The ordinary virtues oi ire are Dec0m-
| ing rarity.
| The rumor reaches us that Placdo Vega had
finally succeeded in collecting considerable force
l outf tuQ nOr nj