The New York herald., 1878-01-14

prison His dark faco is set OF BY lengthy beard In
| which the gray prcdomina,es over the black. He
| looks TO DO over SIXTY although hc informed Inc
slender bud, he appears to the casual observer
like respectable old gentleman; but catching, now
| and then, glance from those small, sharp snappy,
restless eyes is TO feel com iorlabe IN his
presence HIS curved upper lip, too, though covered
with a closely curmustache snd overshadowed by q
long, Hat nose indicaiive oil any thing but midness
depressed my delight at seeing so famous man as
the General who had been, no doubt, so basey SLAM
dered.
He accused all sorts Of Grimes but his accus
ers had failed to specify time, or place. or circum-
support OF thcir accusations Bad men had,
under his name, committed crimes which were now
lad at his door, Old charges were rakod up against
him. dsting back to remote period as 1S4S, when
he was acting as military COMMANDER IN tho line OF
DUTY IL was absurd TO bring up now what happened
30 long ago He thought no would be set at liberty In
he was as comfortable as he could be under tho cir
cumstances, out he would prefer TO walk about the
streets.
and whether knew that MS friends there bad put
large prize upon his head.
Well, he aid not think he would 60 to Texas. He
had interests thero now. An for the prize
upon his head he did not care that much ;snapping
his lngcrs) for It, He had great many enemies, but
he hau also some good friends IN fexas who knew he
had lied aDont, and he charged mo to toll the
truth about him IN the HERALD
IL was useless 10 prolong an interview with man
persstonty innocent and SO grossly slandcred SO
/ shook hands with the General, expressing hope
deserts.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
Or. Skton, the United states Consul General at the
City of McKee, has sent ms annual report, bristling
with STATISTICS, TO the state Department..
Mr. Romero tho Minister OF Finance, has injured hrs
health by overworH. Consequently he mas asked and
obtained months leave Of absence which he will
spend ut his Guy, Oaxaca. HIS assistant Mr..
Fuentcs Muiliz, gentleman with AN American educa-
on and graduate OF ST. Johns College, Goshen, y. Y,
will IN the intcrva1 probably NIL his iun ctons.
Shooting ARRAYS are rival matters IN Mexico, but
tho recent shooting aud killing OF corporal named
Guerrero by General Flores, tue military commander
OF Tampico, created something like sensation.
Ii appears that Guerrero mot Geaera Flores III the
ter was temporarily soJourning; upbraided him for
having kept HIM imprisoned during several months
on OF OF INSTRUMENTATION. and finally
struck General in the face, whereupon The latter
shot tho audacious corporal Dead and tor his deed
viii probably only have 10 suffer tho iuconveniencs
OF snort trial.
MEXICAN PNAIcgs
The following soiuc Interesting statistics re-
tho sca year 1S77-7S tho sum OF $l9 900 (which
includes ST. O0O 900 Tor the army have been appro-
priatcd according 20 the estimates Of the buageL
The coffee export, which Tor the year 1873 amounted
only $465 000 during last year 10 ABOUT
$780, 000
There was no export OF sugar during 1873 but 1t
amounted last year over 500, ,0O0 Next In point
oi importance as article OF export wis vanilla
beans for about 5000 OOO anu hides and SKINS
for auomt S40O,000
About S2l, 600, 900 silver money aud $500. 900 gold
coined turing tho year ending June, 1877.
The total earnings OF the Mexican Railway tho only
81, 100000 Tho total operating expenses TO
$l5OU 900. about sixtytwo per cent of the gross
Tne following are tho telegraph lines in operations
40 Offices, private with So Offices and railroad
line with 26 oiiices.