Year: 1859

MEXICAN CORRESPONDENCE.


he Arehbishop Of Merieo Of The Libsrd Pariyys =


Fdnaticism Of the P1iests--Death to Foreigners-


biography Of a Terrible Rascal--.An Incident of


Life IN Meric0-C0ntrast bet,ceen MEXICO in 1859


and Spain IN 1908 Catechism of The Monks -


Another C0ntrast-iSale of Padres.


Special to the New Orleans Crescent.l


VERA Cruz, August IL, 1867


DHessrs. Editors: The complication into which
matters seem to be gathering in this capital would
puzzle Philadelphia lawyer. The Government
seems to b, energeticay at work carrying ont the
DEGREES of the 18th and 18th of July and already
over half million of Church property is in the hands
OF the commissioners. The Governors Of Oajaca and
Tobasco have sgnified their willingness to abide by
the law and from Tampico the intelligence is good.
The DEGREES were published there with all the cere.
mony observed in Vera Cruz, and the firing Of can
non and flaming lights at night attested that the peo-
pie either felt interest in the law were play
ing the hypocrite very extensively. The Progreso
says that the Government ia in possession of news from
all parts of the Republic calculated to impress it with
the popularity of the law but as this is the Mexican
side Of the story, prefer to take common sense
view Of the case Three hundred millions of dollars
worth Of property is at stake large revenues great
power anu Lle hCtual uVluRS Vi tuOuSauQs VI
are put in danger of total revolution Will all this
property, revenue, power and living, be allowed to
subsde from set Of hands into those of another,
without very bitter strife, particularly when the
tona army is at the command of its present holders
Juarez not only revolutionzes the position Of the
priests and the Church, but he also threatens to re-
form the army in a manner almost as summary
This consolidates the Church party and the army on
a ,e ,o1r .3ocon a.
already commenced. The only drawback upon the
Church at present is the stupid head it has. Mira.
mon is too heavy load for any party to carry, and
until he is thrown overheard the Church will do
nothing energetic Several attempts have been
made to accomplish his DOWNFALL but the absence of
Marquee from the capital has frustrated every at
tempt. This latter seems to be the only remaining
officer in whom the padres confide and if he had
not been kept off in Guadalajara, the revolution
would have overthrown Miramon long ago. In fact,
Mramon is frightened, and this has paralyzed him ;
he do nothing for he knows not who to put faith
in. His residence is fixed at the Castle of Chapulte
pee, where he keeps his guards, and makes himself
despot because be is too craven to be ruler.


As said, the Archbishop of Mexico, who exercises
the same power in this country the Pope, on ac
count of quarrel had with the Holy See long ago,
has formally issued bull of accommodation against
all the Liberal party, its aiders, advisers, sympa
thizers and supporters. 1t is heretical to feed,
cothe, house bury President Juarez or any OF his
faction. This solemn act was consummated on the oath
ofJuy Sunday in the Grand Cathedral in the City of
Mexico at 10 o'clock in the morning in the presence
of thousandso people, and with the utmost gloom and
reverence. The holy father rehearsed the acts of
heresy and the manifold sins of the guilty schisma
tics, and then deliberately gave them as worthy
Of the kingdom of darkness. Poor fellows they
must feel very bad, thus shut out from the light of
that rich living promised to the faithful hereafter
and without the chance of investing five dollars in an
indulgence which would be more powerful than the
nay of st. Peter. really feel for them m


When the ceremony of excommunication was over
the monks and friars circulated freely amongst the
lower orders, aud by distributing money rather lber
ally, they managed to raise quite an army of the
eprous devils who rob and steal in the city, and at
the head of this disorderly they spread them
selves over the city, crying out Death to the Lber
ais Death to the strangers Hearing this cry, and
seeing that crowd many foreigners locked their doors
and shut themselves out the way Of the mob, while
others left the city. At length Miramon caught the
idea that this might terminate in pronunciamiento
and he gave orders to corps of the army to march
in and keep the peace The lazzaron, who only
hoped for plunder fled from the prospect of fight,
and thus, says the letter l have read another St.
Bartholomew was averted. That such might have
happened is not hard to believe, when we consider
the character of chief OF police in the city of Mexico


BIoaRAPHY OF MANUEL LozADA.


This man was born in the town of Topic, and early
gave evidence of the depravity which has since made
him terror. His first act of barbarity after being
expelled from his native town for his manifold villa.
nies, was to organize party of bandits and at the
head of them he one day captured the Governor of
the town. Conveying him to an out of the way
house, he ordered him to be thrown down and bound
securely. Then taking knife, he scarrifed the
Governors feet until the soes were penetrated in
a dozen places to the bone. In this condition he
was forced to dance before Lozado, and when he


tagged, his tormentor would urge him on by prickpg
him with sharp sword. Then he hung him up by
the feet until he dead, after which the body was
hewn to pieces and thrown to the dogs. Riding away
from the of his cruelty he called at the house
of a widow woman, and because she shut the door
when he brandished his bloody sword, he burst into
the house and run her through the body His next
act of ferocity was committed at the farm called
" Magaras," when he burned down the houses
killed eleven persons and violated three girls one of
them the daughter Of the overseer. This last named
person was called out and made to deliver all tile
vauabes about the place, which he was told to carry
to tie edge of the wood. This service done Lozada
actually had the poor fellow SEIZED and then scarri-
fed his feet so that he could not walk. This ranch
belonged to the brother of Don Carlos Rvas who is
now Lozadas military chief His band augmented
to eighty men. attacked the village of Santiago,
which contained three thousand people, when he sur
prised the town. the people fed, with the exception
OF few men who made stand in strongly built
house, and who at last succeeded in driving the rob-
bers out. The whole district Of Tepic became
alarmed, and the terror was not decreased when
few days after he attacked the village of Rosa Mo-
rada on the borders of the State of Jalisco when he
burned all the houses, and did not cease to destroy
the people until all were fled to the mountains. Cen
Blanco was at that time Governor of Senaloa but he
made no movement to arrest the bandits. San Bias
was twice visited by the robber and the inhabitants
only saved themselves by flight to the shipping in the
barbor At last the public appeal for safety reach ed
Guadalajara, and column of 800 men was sent to
put end to the confusion aud robbery COL Lleras,
its commander attacked the mountain stronghold of
Lozada, and counted himself victorious because he
took eleven of the robbers prisoners. Lozada fled,
but Immediately after he recruited his force up to
one hundred and fifty men, and threatened Topic
with its twelve thousand SOULS The alarm spread in