The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-29
MEXICAN ITEMS.
Two Republics,

A band OF robbers is marauding In the
nelghborhood OF Culiacan, Sinaloa.
| Two petroleum springs have recently been
discovered near Papantla, Vera Cruz.
Schools are soon to be opened in all the jails
in the District of Leon, Guanaiuato.
Rich deposits OF saltpetre have been discov-
erel in Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacan.
A costly monument is to be erected In the
city OF chihuahua to the memory Of Hidalgo.
! The scarlet fever prevails to an alarming
extent in Culiacan, Sonora.
The FedernIisla states that there are several
| bands Of robbers In the Stite OF Jaliseo.
The Cienaga gold placers in Sonora are to
| be worked by on American company.
! Gen. Vicente Mariscal has resumed his du-
ties as Governor of Sonora.
| 1t is proposed to demolish the walls which
surround the city OF Vera Cruz.
The funeral ceremonies of Pope Plus TX In
Vera Cruz were very imposing.
Immense deposits of tin have recently been
| discovered in the State Of Durango.
| Times are SO hard in Mexico that thieves
| are driven to stealing paving stones
| The DtdIio O1icilL st ties that Mr.. Sabas
Lorneli, who raised the standard Vt rebellion
in Jaiiseo has been defeated and his force dis
| persed.
| The elections for members of the Legisla-
| ture in Tamaulipas were not held throughout
the State on account OF the apathy Of the peO-
pie:
OF Hidalgo have delivered their arms to the
Government.
| A lady called Mrs. Micaela Hernandez has
opened printing office in Mexico where only
girls are employed.
A woman called Maria Josefa Pacheco died
in Chapultepec on the twenty-fifth ultimo at
the ripe age Of 100 years.
Two old women were recently fogged in the
public plaza of Nuevo Laredo on q charge OF
being witches.
The tobacco crop in the State OF Vera Cruz
this year is very large; that Of coffee Is less
than the average.
Several State Legislatures hive ratified the
constitutional amendment which prohibits
the reelection OF the Federal executive
The Federal courts continue TO release men
who have been forced int, the service against
their will.
Two trains collided few DAYS ago between
Boca del Monte and Eepesanza and nine enl-
ployees Of the railroad were killed and two
wounded
A planter In the State Of Vera Cruz has just
gathered his tobacco crop, which consists OF
5000, 900 plants.
An actor in Orizava whose part was that OF
a murderer, actually killed his man on the
stage few days ago.
The Governor Of the Federal district has
issued a decree prohibiting games of chance
in this city after the first Of next April
The 4Men8dgerO asserts ttat there exists in
Mexico in defiance OF the laws Of reform,
convent Of Jesuits.
Several large commercial houses of Monte
rey have recently closed their doors ON ac-
count of the hard times.
Twenty Of the criminals who robbed the
convoy at the Bata hac nda have been ap-
pretended, most OF whom have made full
confessions.
A military mntiny broke out in Zamora,
Michoacan, a few days ago, but vas promptly
suffocated.
The band of revolutionists headed by Col.
Lomeli in Jalisco has been completely dis
persed, and Lomeli has surrendered.
The railway from Zacat cas- to Villa de
Guadalupe Is TO be supplied with rails made
at foundry in the State of Aguascaientes
The construction of railway from Vera
Cruz 10 Afyarado is proposed, and will prob
ably be carried out
The law making education compulsory in
the State OF Puebla is to be put into force inn
mediately.
The carnival has been a complate failure
this year in this city. In Puebla there has
been more animation.
Several diseased persons who for sanitary
motives have been forciby sent by the au-
thorities to public hospitals, have appealed to
the courts for protection.
Since the shipment Of $4,000 Of donation to-
wards the payment of the American debt,
S47,226 Is has been received in the Montepio
in this city.
In one day last week 122 soldiers of the
Twelfth Infantry asked for writs Of habeas
corpus, on the ground Of having been forced
into the service.
The Gefe Poltico of Lower California,
without any authority of law or instructions
from the Federal government, declared the
port OF Mexico" open to commerce.. AS this
proceeding was an usurpttion OF power, the
Secretary Of the Treasury has officially pro-
nounced the act OF the Gefe Politico null and
against by judicial action. The port Of
"MeYipO " therefore ia c1ocad