The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1848, Page 1

Whole Ho, 501. ' NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1848. ane ee ought to direet the delicate operations of a minister of finance.” id Gen. Scott has again petition of purchassrs 15, 1847, has very wisely put an end to this absurdity, by | ed of, but not on better terms; directing that “ the levying of duties on the transit of | put the monopoly up for the co same way the reosipts for the fiscal year 1938 | animals, goods, or commodities, whether of foreign or do- | But until it is conducted on the same principles and FIELD NOTES. Thompson, in his “ Recollections of Mexico,” thus brief- | given ashe might incline. As the creditor in ly gishehes the story :— all cases was anxious for his money, influence 1¢ Swiss consul resided in the street of St. Cosme. | was brought to bear upon the minister, and this Tn t CONCLUSION OF THE About twelve or one o’olock in the daytime, a carrie fea af y and ‘39, being $27,515,517, are accounted for bj / The a a é ’ y another | mestic growth, from one State of this republic to another, | economy adopted by the Viceroyn, it will only bea THOT Grove up to his door, and threa men got out, one in the | WSS Often of a pecuninry value. The creditor, | Minister then in office, in July, 1840, aa followsy—" if the | 0 " if any city within the | sance, injurious to trad STATISTICS, OBSERVATIONS, AND JUGHTS | Greae of'a priest ; they were sdmitted by the'porter, and | desirous of having his debt liquidated, would | Dropress or supmontotion inaicas a 1a toe the Fopubllo, will oma and after tke bopiaa g of the ensuing { either hate manisied oe abate oe ate on THE the door olosed, when they immediately so’ ay The importance of this monopoly may be understood avo the power to enforoe the prohibition.” This order | by the following table prepared by order of the Mexioam ly tions of trade, and give | government, commencing at thi a Tho aleavate | when the monopoly was frst ona ile treating of this | was not of much importance to the general government, | Years. Sales. Profits. Years. Sales. joria”” of the department | except in the city of Mexico, but was retained along 1203 'to Dale, Goals. Doles, 9°" pale Waals Hee a 916,21 and gagged | Offer a sum asa bribe, and the minister would | ques were real and true, ‘ight cherish the hb b the United States fo him, went into the house, and robbed ant pron st gO accept $1000 for himself, in consideration of his | soon arriving at the period forget roe aistre x Pb 1 ings weypeape ody + “af CIVIL CONDITION OF MEXICO, consul. The only clue for the discovery of the murderers | agreeing to pay out $10,000 to an honest claim- | ments of the {reseury covered ; but, unfortunately, it H . bebe . — ions wih ms sme aiane ~ blue coved be ant. ids there was no cash on hand, a draft pees ue | Lol adel — Pi are still distant from th: a se. & y, | tao » which was foun: ached in the fin, would be given on a custom house, on the tobac- | ¢P9ch of national happiness. . RAMSEY, VU. S. ARMY, BY COLONEL ALBERT C, RAMSEY, ARMY. | the murdered man, and which he had torn from thecoat | 49 company, or on some other source of reve. | !mportant part of th SpE - of one of the robbers. Suspicion at last rested upon a ’ 4 under my charge, | would wish not to - | with lerived from old 17,846 4 239,097 4 1799,, 6,243,182 ** Give me frets before your common s: nse.” soldier, who was seen with more Lone i then hecould | 2U¢- < a she Were subject to a further dis- ceasity cf ting what the Pinkie eee ences Spal ‘yeaa Se eevee SUE eA 6 m He 3 0 Dr Franxuin, account for. His quarters were seatched, und the coat | Count from brokers, before the cash could be re- | dea me have represented ; which is, that the revenue | ‘I'he products of the gold and silver mine! 6.235.344 7 3,397,965 = from whieh the button had been torn was found there. | alised; and thus the honest man, trusting to pe put down in the general account of receipts, is not the | able revenue to government, and are the objets of 185.636 6 3.426.817 ‘THR JUDICIARY. He was convicted, but he relied with the utmost confi- | lic faith, was cheated sometimes out of half the | Feal and effective produot of the revenues of the treasu. | much rolicitude, “Au erroneous impression prevaile ia Gotta 6 sass Be pear in | Mexico that the agricultural staples of the country can 526,351 7 general account under that head, all actual ex- | never rival in value the richness of the precious metal: The civil law being introduced into Mexico | dence upon » pardon, as Colonel Yanes, the favorite | amount of his claim. The effect was, that all Ra nor are the items of expenditure, which soon after the conquest by Cortes, its forms are | alde-de-camp of President Santa Anns, was his accom- | contractors with government had to calculate | the fy stil retained, unimproved by time, as in other | plice, He was brought out to be executed, and had ac- | the risk of protreoted ord penses of the republic.” ‘They are the fruitful source of speculation,and the frult- zr Countries. “Not possessing the inasculine vigor | tally teken bis seat.gn the fatal Bench, with the oollar | funds, and tarse aceurinaieia isin Menrenisied To add to the confusion of these accounts, the distinot | ful source alsoof individual disaster, Mining is there i of the common law of England with the trial by | $9\Sinom he auld" Hold’ | wil dsslase who are my ae- | Hence the goverament was never supplied at the | for'she your 1800; the department of faamaeand Sct | MRS ee aa eet rs ending to aucoeey Doe 96 a jury, it is more suitable for administering and | Somplices—Colonel Yanes is the chief!” ‘Th current rates in the market, but at double prices. | astical affairs is merged in that for ihe minister of the | been made surpassing in extent our ide ior individual aa te 3s. Sosv area ewasta OMotTae ching the house of Yanes, The recipients of executive favor were never | interior; and in the same manner, al ar 1933, | wealth, and the same fortunes sometim: enforcing equity in commercial transactions, Sion was suspended, aad on jen than preserving the personal rights or protecting | a correspon: her was discovered, which fully es- | few in number, nor limited in their wishes. To \d marine are jumbled up | in the delusive search for new mii J 530.614 the lives and liberty of a free people. The trial | tablished his this and other robberies. anes was | them contracts and jobs were given at suns so LA ibe rincipally retarded t e rapid 784,971 by jury is the only safeguard a freeman can have | the peramour of a woman in Mexico very nearly rela- | enormous as to astonish ug, if not startle our be- 0 can therefore wonder that the ment of | increase of the gold and silver mines, are to be found in ra ts 4 . eel : * . M —with a band of pecul in, \vor- Wes, @ unset ondition of country, wi 447.4 hand, or the invasion of his rights of person by | inst reliance was placed for @ pardon at least ; but | TU, was one of this character, which is said to | ites—a host of monopolizing contractors und. am avtoy | the insecurity us well os stoemoe Of capital, aad: above S10'980 individuals on the other. Under the civil law | she was not disposed to trust to ti ‘and let her lover | have been constructed at a profit of a million and | of the judges are not only the exponents of the laws, | gutter th pape conviction; she ar ny of custom house employ: re —with a systematic contra- | all, the high price of quicksilver. The remarks which | ‘ nt to the judge | Ahalf of dollars. The tobacco monopoly was | band trade b: smugglers, and ecinaliee stematio pnlna have heretofore mi 4 on the insecurity of life, liberty Total ia forty-fone ye but also possess the powers of a Hate over the | with wi cipher had bsen pn ited, which fur- | anotherrich reward givento acompany offriends, | ling by public ofllcers—with depreciated and protested | and property, are peculiarly applicable to the mining | he direct taxes, including the monopolies or rents facts. In the most enlightened republic and ad- | nished th dence of the guilt of es, and offered | by whoma much larger sum was annually real- | drafte—with ruinous discounts on loans—with cash | districts, where law aud order are very essential to en- | on playing cards, stamped paper, lotteries, ke, are va- ministered by the most incorruptible of judges it | him a large bribe to give it up. He was honest man, | ised. Smaller favors of the same kind were | charged that has never been collected—with disburse- | courage large investments, and for ample retur T tious, and embrace so many objects of a domestic cha- would still be dangerous to liberty, being suitable and an upright judge; he sternly refused the bribe, and thankfully received as opportunities were daily | ments credited that have never been made, andaccounts | uncertainty and expense of explorations and experi- | racter, that their cm enumeration, without stating only for a monarchy or despotism. Semly esisted the mento of thie} powerful woman. In | presented. mixed up, with @ careleseness that would not be tolera- | ments, aro enough of risks in such business; but added | the assessment on , would occupy too much space. In thus permitting the judges to blend the law | ‘‘guveassor was appolated of principles lees aterm, who | , The number of employés (clerks) in the custom | “tne principal revenues for the fencrai government of | robbery when extracted from tho orety acd the absence | goverment ouiy, | havo, omitted rome whieh ge ve the ant the facts in a cause bere them, it to de- | aocepted the bribe, and promised to destroy the paper; | houses, was much greater than the public service | Mexico are derived from the duties on foreign gooda at | of all legal redress or military protection, one would ima- | cities and States. direct taxes are synonimous cide upon both, a wide field is given for oppres- | but when, in confession to his priest, he disclosed bis cor- | required, but the executive had to retain the | the maritime custom houses—the acavals or interior | gine thatthe temptation should be great to justify any | with contributions, and have principally been imposed sion and corruption. Their power becomes un- | rupt conduct, the worthy man prevailed upon him if he | force in thes? establishments at a filth of the | duties, the mi certain rents, and the direct taxes. | investment of capital. on the people by executive decrees without the sanction controled, while their proceedings are shrouded | had not destroyed the psper not to do 80, and he did not. | amount collected. In the custom house of Mexi- | In order togive a g 3 The prefects, or other wllitary commanders, sent to | of Congress, under the plea of some state necessity, from observation and public criticism. Amidst | Yanes, in the meantime, was informed that this evidence | oy there were 180 employés ; in Puebla 80, and in | “eFived from the maritime custom houses | will endea- | preserve order, and watch over the transit of the metals, | which made it imperative on the fovernment to raise the forms, the law and the fucts, enough can | ould not be produced against him, and that the prosecu- | ora Cruz General Svott has very’ wisely | Yor to present the receipts for each year as correctly as | are often secretly engaged in ¢lundering the trains upon | funds, and equally imperative on all classes of citizens always be found to screen the guilty or punish = — = any, a ord oe Lye 80- | closed the two former; and in the latter, tour peggy same wo from the statements accompany: | the roads, and sometimes they m ‘ thefunccent. Allis, within (be breasts of the plice. Upon the trial, wi ¢ habitual air of com- clerks ate now found sufiicient, with the collec- ing the lemorias’’ of the Ministers of Finance, and | ing confusion into the mines, onsidered that every object susceptible of A n t mand of an officer, and the habitual fear and submission > from them copied and adopted by various persons as | capitalist, by sweeping the ms to beembraced in schedules of the de- rially assist in throw- | to contribute. bringing ruin on the When it i borers into the army to | taxation judges, as absolute as the inquisition, and as ter- | of the common soldier, Yanes browbeat and confused his | tor. ea ss or authentic: serve as “heroic volunteers.” This was the case when | crees, the amount collected must be very large. The rible as any despot might desire. The barons of | accuser to such a degree that he felt secure of an acquit- Another piece of favoritism, and of injury to ED FROM DUTIES oN FoneiGN Goops | Santa Anna marched through the mining district of | National Institute of Geography and Statistics, in 1839, England knew this when they extorted the char- | tal. At this moment the fatal paper was produced, and | the public, was exhibited in the terms on which Me Custom Houses, San Luis Potosi to give battleto our army at Buena | calculated the whole yearly production of the national ter at Runymede, and preserved their rights and | be was condemned and executed. His not less guilty | loans were negotiated with those whom they a Salaries Net Vista. ‘The laborers were forced into the ranks against | industry to be at least 300 millions. In 1817,{t was ea- liberties under the old common law, to the utter | Paramour still resides in the city of Mexico.” wished to gratify. Don Lorenzo Zavala, in his gross and yearly their wishes, and thus increased the strength of the | timated at 227 millions of dollars, It is within s rea- e Riceipte, _ Eapenses. Producte, exclusion of the codes and pandects adopted on | , The forms ot procedure in criminal cases is,I believe, | \ ork on the revolutions of Mexico, gives the ce alanthnoniesn” athe p army, with a celerity wholly new, and no less astonishing | sonable calculation to assert that two per cent on the the continent. They were unwilling to place somewhat ke the following: After, the following examples" ot leans ‘nepuused, and Ten iamanths previous © ai ey beslbssatphs 1 Bs scedl vista ob siinh lal aeeAWee 2 the | EE ee themselves under the forms and laws created by | fore a judge, who is present to conduct the proceedings, | With whom, viz. ‘fom Juue 30, 1836, t OMSL T -HTNO8S G.AN,9852 | ont part, by the pricedemanded forquiokailver, When | ‘The taxes imposed by General Seott on the respeo- Doll's June 30, 1897 From Juue 30, the despotic emperors of Rome, where civil li- | anda notary to record the evidence. The testimony i Loan of $400,005, of the 18th of June, 18: Pe. 8,019,398 6 221,199 27,829,544 3 this article, 80 tial i xtractii the pure metal | tive States of the republic, under date of December 31 berty did not exist, and where all rights were at | reduced to writing. and being certided by the judge and | Doll's. rs. g 0 5 Seale, NO. epgensal 18 EXSERCSIDS. pure metal / tiv public, 8 from the dross of the ore, was purchased at $187 the | 184 4 amounting to about three and one-fourth the ‘merey of venal courtiers anda servile judi- | notary, is transmitted to another court, consisting of | 235,247 3 3 paid in old governments cred- une 30, 1828... ... 5,912,126 1 220.099 4 5.695 925 1 quintal of 100 pounds Spanish, during the years prior to | millions of dollars, can very easily be collest- ciary. 7 three jud, ho are to determine upon the guilt or in- ‘at 85 per a eee p 182 Fi ie} borne 1600, the ‘mines wore not of inuch value. In 1750 the | ed in those States’ where our arms” have extend- This was the code introduced into Mexico | Rocence o! cused. Here the cause is argued by | 125,002 1 11 do. tobacco credits, at par. t x 195:922 4. #290763 1 quintal was reduced in price to $82, and subsequently, in | ed. This tex is a very light one, and will not to the court, from the evidence as taken | 75.042 4 2 do. oash..s.csseceue hint notary, aud sentence or acquittal follows, ne 4 1772, it further declined to $41. From this last men- | bs considered opprossive. Being left to the Mex- from old Spain, and was one admirably adapted | gown bj FIMGLS 9 7.898299 € | toned date to 1800 was the periodof the greatest success, | {can muniolpal authorities in tl tothe hands of the viceroys who came over to | asthe judges may 0 — ee : oe q vy direot. 43: 21 4 295,391 6 8,789,893 5 to be followed to th 1810 of the highest prosperity. | to collect the sums deman govern and grow rich, but not to administer jus- Time and opportunity are not dolore, 4 during the | The first item of $235,247 341 Pp ONE opted oy a = After the pe duion the walne of the ined products d to them, honest tice. They ay pointed the judges at pleasure, and | progress of these proceedings, to enable the accused to | in old credits, before the Independence, & reo began to decline, as the price of quicksilver increased, their own blessed laws, never could conirol them at will. A viceroy could | arrange matters with the adverse witnesses or notery, | sort ofcontinental money could be bought {zeal @ 19 | belmg obtained from Spain. The wars ot the Peninsula | tation for plunder; and raising the amount make law and facts bend to his word or wishes | nor is the inclination a in most oases on their part. | at 5 per cent, and would cost the con- in the courts, and the judiciary became the, pliant | If ® witness cannot be prevailed upon to remain absent, | tractor only.........+0++ ; tools of his power. After the revolution, the ju- | °° to testify as desired, the notary must be approached | The tobacco credits were worth about 50 dicial tenure was changed to that for life, ma- | ftmanasvascement can’ geuerin he ade wo that tis | q Pezcene, ip the market king it, very properly, independent of the exe- | testimony will be taken down in @ manner“ warranted | 1° “iB belng added the cash. . GHbtas 66° | interfered with working the mines of Alma 6 726,698 26 | contributed, among other causes, to enhance t! le 6,726,698 26 | Subsequently the Rothschilds rented these mines from e tribute for ‘the perfidious Americans.” There is , fi the Spanish government, and now having the entire | no respoasibility, nor accountability, except sa to the 6,646,418 221 384,360 3 2 6,262,057 719 | monopoly of quicksilver, refuse to sell under $150 the | amount in the General’s order, all beyond that being Itis worthy of remark thiat the revenues were steadily | quintal, olear profit. and | manded, they will not forgé themselves, as a salvo to dl wounded patriotism, in thus being m to collet 11,762 35-100 i 4 From 3tst Dee 62,501 2-7 < 75043 4. 9 | [231st Dec. tlt " cutive and its patronage; but the courts remained | not to kill.” Sometimes through neglect or miscalcula- | \igker x: i t increasing up to the year 1827, when a tariff was esta- In this manner that house regulates the annual quan- | The memorias prosented from year to year to the in their forms the same; the radical evil was not | tion, both witness and notary do theirduty, and the cor- | “SKe® An cxpenditure to the contractor of |. | | | bilshed om the probibitory systemto the utter exclusion | tity of silver permitted to leave the mines of Mexico, | Mexican Congress, exbibit the following table of cured; still existing, to taint the ermine with | rect statement reaches the higher court, where the mat- | And for which he is entitled to receive in of many artieles of importation, such aa coarse cottons | ‘I'he richest ores of silver yield only three or four ounces | into the treasury. But it must be borne in mind wi corruption, as formerly it was sullied by official ter becomes serious, and requires attention. cash $400,005, and yarn through the custom house. The three subse- | of pure metal to the 100 pounds, and the quantity of boen explained as to the credibility of influence. If judges could no longer become | , These judges are but men, and as such are to be | Another loan was contracted on July 23, 1828. quent years, therefore, exhibit falling off which was | quicksilver lost in many inatanoes was twice the amount ‘ treated. Negotiations with them are not as difloult as | 75,096 2 9 paid inold oredits at 80 percent 60,077 0 7 | Fightly attributed in the memoria of 1830 to the extra. | of silver produced. ‘There are some prospects of success Receipts in the Treasury. powerful under a monarchy, they could become | «’ ‘conquering & » but they must be conducted in a rich under a republic; and a did not fail to lia- | mog, equally diplomatic. The party most interested ie Seo00 ; a bs : oy ee canes ay res $9,770,371 3 0 9,720,771 4 6 . 30014 7 11 | Vasant imorease of the rate of duties. ‘There was some | inthe two native mines of San Luis Potosi and San Blas. 35,000 0 0 | Modification of the tariff in 1830, at the urgent solicita- | Should the supply from these prove abundant, and at ten to the whisperings of avarice. The tone of | keptin the back ground, while some brother, relation, |’ _—____ 2)” | tion of the manufacturers, who discovered that, like the | cheaper rates, the quantity of allver will be much aug- | From Sept. 1, 1826, y 1, 3/848.207 6 0 society was low; venality was common, and in | or convenient friend, sends a valuable present to $140,112 8 $125,002 0 6 | Romaw virgin, they might be crushed under the load of | mented. From June 30, 1827, to June 30, 1828. 11,640,787 1 10 the judiciary, especially in its inferior tribunals, | one of the learned Thebans, with a delicacy | [he old credits were worth 6 per cent, | favors heaped upon them. In fact, the contraband was The sunual yield of the gold and silver mines can} “ do, '1828, do. 1829..,12,615,000 3 0 that bane to justice, honesty, and the moral | end apparent propriety truly commendable, whion equal t0.....e.e sees ce cees ees o$3,70480-100 | Undermining legitimate business, and nothing saved | never be ascertained with accuracy; in consequence of | “ do. 1829, 1830, . .12,200,020 1 2 sense, was soon infused. Tovetnaasa tuntraiemonad, eae ph sooernne f The tobecen sreaits ‘at 50 cents,would cost... 15,007 4 0 paeripd pastioinetion rate Earshei vending the the smount avccaly exported, to avoid the expert and| “ go. 1830, 1631 i iW 356.083 9 ‘ 4 instituti 0 5 REET 0 K . ransit duties, unknown, as well as from juan- Ls) jo. . . 338, a This institution of government, go useful to the | thet character, are common, but in instances where | “24 ‘be cash paid was »_ $5,000 0 0 | “There was no memoria published for the fiscal year | tity retained in the country without being coined or put | “ do. 1832), 1833 1834, , .19,798,464 3 cause of public liberty and the happinessand | i¢ jg gu, 4). the |. old. disciple of Jastialan wiahise, , 1832 » “ is 8 | It cost the contractor only the sum of... .$53,711 4 and °33. but it was understood these revenu poe ian i errno lpaeld ae va seraer ce ane vA Solomon, a is ipeetrates eared ae For which he was to receive $125,092 Ors. peed) ¢ Oita ys ene 3 rs. a0 Be, us or Gk gipe and precious metals of Mexico. is that of M. 8¢. Clair “e do. 1834, 4 3 okvianuire der or private eacsens venee! impure, here became | same be bya ay “ihse eet chammioning, OF isbaroe; volt the Memorta of Finance for 1834, is described the | rally nore accurate than Is disposition to ps ci iis ie Tare me Amine vied ive annsalenes nite ferieelaee 337! i791 rotten to the verycore. A republic can no more | | do not, myself, believe passes as an article of barter, | oen,°t PElsGete, vend ouing in 193 Ay Al bar coarwesaee mparing Jt oe pears m4 ae Be caters He estimates the quantity of coim made in a “ 1838 4 ers, as follow ’ .. +H i i yet such was my information. “4 self of the exist without an honest administration of law, as follows :— who would suffer by a full statement of the condition of | Silver. + $12,731,747 in circulation. The most authentic work on the mines be do. 1833, aero . ‘ ; 2 | | ‘The lawyers are reputed to be the most learned body | * : than without an executive or legislative depart- | in Mexico assuming for therost part the professorahipe | Ces received... sssesseses $2,963,956 66] Mexico. The next year ending in 1634, was one of still| Gold. . ... -. « 2751058. ment. f en the judicial ceases to periorm b im the colleges and other institutions of learning. They | '2 pede ge paper, vis: bills of com- larger receipts, Dat Ie evinced one of more willingness on | And for the year 134 waacer a oe proper functions, the co-ordinate institutions be- | sre gentlemen of liberal i ‘a8 well as of liberal educa- recep: itary divisions. protested the part of the people to purchase, if the duties donot | The exports of the precious metals, annually, he states come paralized or seized with an unnatural vigor, tion, which in the distracted condition of the country, | drafts on the custom houses, salaries prohibit it, than the actual amount of cash received in | as follows :— alike dangerous trom imbecility orenergy. The them to appreciate tn many instances, the value of members of Congress, &c , current the treasury. It was a yearof “virtual” payments, in | Vera Crus $3,500,000 | nues annually : ol +-. 3,123,660 4 1 | consequence of the great quantity of government drafts | ‘Tampico. . whole frame of the body politic undergoes a | our institutions would be to Mexico. Some of themhave | _ Pensions, ke... .. +... .. 0-5 3 6,500,000 | From th y Ls On old oredits, before the indepen 2/469,058 5 9 | put into circulation the Jeet previously, during the do- | Matamorad, &o, ‘ 1,000,¢00 ses. 7,800,000 | From ¢ import duties. .... +... 0.5 ruties, ke , om gold and silver. . e tobacco monopoly. . thenge; the result is disorder, and the govern- | beemarrested and others threatened for their too free mente-what it is in Mexico--worse than-despo. | ‘pressions of opinion in our favor ; but lawyers will searapie 7a | muale daturbansys of he republic, where revolutions | The ports on the Pacific, . tism. talk in every oto and in that government they can- are more common thanearthquakes. ‘To this cause also —— From direct taxation, rentes, kc. . ne ‘A few honest men, such as Pena y Pena, the not easily be silenced. _ si ? Midi Sorormment rogeieee te mium on sree, can ghee tn the PC esped of = spies of $18,000,000 5 . 4 . While thus entertaining these favera' opinions of which amount 0 a grains, mi from time o1 uses, in the mem for ry chief justice, may be found with unsullied repu- | their learning and independence, I should admire them | all $9,500,048 5 0, which was repaid to the lenders in | the year 1634 and 1636," @ revolution took place and | ,,0/ these eighteen millions one million iesent to Chine, octane om ts) aiores mat nes tations and legal fame that would do honor tothe | as a bright spot on that moral horizon under the tro, bills upom the maritime custom houses, the mint, and meee ty. rope, and thirteen millions to Englaud. To this can be Mr. Copeland, U.S. Engineer, delivered his pics; ; f bench inany country. But the Supreme Court ‘but corruption, | fear, from what | haveheard, that trail | the custom house of Mexico. The it bad to merchants purchased foreign importations libe- second Lecture before a large and attentive audi . 1840 far Temoved ifom the, current and multi. | o¢thesnpat "ia oar tom ail” Tang arempin tue | alloy epreminn of ehaney, of #10n041 0 upon the | rll but pad ane Uuieg tn Gepreciant crvorumectal | wadch ay afy be ceguaiod, slo nth ie Sante | euce at tho NY. Societybrary, last evening. farious business of the inferior courts, and with | Si 78 ONG Ya tor members of that fraterqity. It is | twoper cent on thewhole nominal eum loaned. As go- | present demand, and remalaed undlsposed of until the aden éro millions Grae mais ope cep laeme| Wetec fatty Ronee gy pre meter ted only an appellate jurisdiction that a resort to it go- n can. seldom, Bat hedeaar sredrben as the dilatory | posslble that sometimes we have not, trested them as | yernment paper was worth about 10 per eent ofits value, | next year, when the supply from abroad asked for was | “"Tho taxes and duties on the gold and silver, are of | sation. It was, however, mentioned to me after- c . q profession and sent ta would warrant at 5 000,000 of such ind credits yurchasable in | not so great, nor ernment paper so abundant forms, the expensive fees, and restricting laws | hands under the imprenion tat Aon pelunged to that fee tae tor seckase ne ied ein | ‘with which to pay the duties, ‘The ‘foal yeer ending Tirlous Kinds, and have so often been changed es to ren- | wards that I had neglected to explain the phe- are sure to interpose obstacles in most cages. ancient and henorable body of good fellows, the friars of | _ There was another loan of two milllonsof dollars made | in 1636 shows a falling off in the revenues of three mil- | sents conceded, that when they were low, they were | qomena of water boiling at a lower temperature dict or St. Francisco. Sometimes, too, these | in 1940, in the name of the been made answerable for the sins of the | ry, Nicoll & tlemen, under the same misconception of the | Cash, ‘The causes instituted in which a debt isclaim- | st. B ed, or damages, for some wrong inflicted, are so | friars dilatory in their proceedings as to almost amount | learned ‘aglish house of Montgome- | lions. But this was not all; goods were cheap im the than the boiling point, 212 deg. In some market, and the sovereign panacea, further protection, Bene ene srrephaneeeeek gf} orleans ces I believe even as low as 90 deg. In a subse- ++++ $920,000 | was again called for, and further protection again given. | fraud in the returns and exports. Under the tariff of | quent part of the evening he took a flask about : ; 2 ' | clerical garb. SLCTTL2 1,080,000 | ‘The diminution of the receipts for the year ending in | tq, : ré : ; a » | in these unhappy times; and agencies from the church, $2,000,000 | tables containing the custom house returns for the sub- | ties wore subsequently increased under the tariffs of 1937, | bottom of the flask commenced boiling. The at- founded on triendship or a bribe, the whole af- | prot sequent years t published, but the estimated MK the fair becomes a fraud on the public. The effect of this is | faust be nocoptedto atford them a decent sapport, What | gq This BOPer cout the lenders about 15 per cent, and af- | Seints given above may be relied On, The tariff of 1942 | of 1842, and of 1843, and are now on the gold and 6% | mospheric air had been expelled by the steam, to cause the innocent client to pause before trusting his | would be thought of our LLD. dealing in segars, or 8 | themselves the meat little maa of $100 009.) Ts | | mean the Mexican tariff of that year—worked wonders | Perpent.,and.on theallver 6 and 7 per com that part of the flask where there was no water, - te com, ,000, claim to such unsafe hands, and to rely more on the in- | professor ? in again deranging th th f the | rhe transit duty trom the mines generally charged | jing filled with steam, on the application tegrity of those to whom be gives oredit tham upon the | orcs tiga, te ny) cavpe conn bee The ruinous rates at which temporary loans have gain deranging the revenues, the commerce of the | nas been 5 per cent. These duties (the export and-| "C!ns PP been contracted, and sometimes by legislative enact. | Country, and the profits of manufacturing. I regret | transit) will be slightly medified while in our ponseesion, | 1 suow it was condensed, and the pressure of na Moped pp oo eT ne If 1 might here be permitted to pause,in order to con- | ment ‘regulating the interest, would soon Tender any | tbat could not find any series of complete tables pre. | as] MnJoratand, af Vera Gruz,to 4 percent vor ‘east | the atmosphere being removed, the water tls, Mab tron OF Ee ics Gxcinen are existing £0 Poe one question which often arose in my mind, it is | country insolvent, if they did not indicate of themselves oan al” y pes pak fad a Bot | been io u and 5 per cent for export duty. In addition to these, are | boiled. The most simple application of steam, “prevent aat-tiee b cxcheuges, This in | Ve whetes Pierre apps lorie eee ae persed a close approximation to it, in the depreciation of pub- clgin woe Feet enhibh pegboard oT he tovokg, | those duties at the mines (which are somewhat uncer- | says the lecturer, is in heated houses, baths, nny well constituted sock \d be considered an evil | teria, which are estimated eens caine tes lic credit. Frevious to 1832, loans were contracted by | tions ha i revolu- | tain)—the melting, assaying, and coining, and to the | cooking, &c. These are done by pipes, a still made paper plenty, and with that almost all | St) liege of mines.” The melting’ &3. are d ofthe first magnitude, but here it is of misorimportance | of mo: . | Paying e monthly premium for money of 3, 4 and 5 Per | the duties have been paid. Mineria, or college of mines. The melting, &* are done | or worm, or a double bottom vessel. ‘There a i; when compared with others to which commerceis sub- | Anite ecrechaeeoraetiaas ewe aaa; tony} esoual HD. Sink ind with great diMoulty procured at thess prices. | ‘The effeot of the tariff of 1912 has been to injure trade, | St the mints, which are seven in number, fs the depart: | a great many other purposes to which steam is Jeoted while it continues to lower the institution | erty. England, under the reign of Henry the Gth, was | a marter‘of boast thet ho eee eae te aig | Without benefitting thelr hot-bed manufactories. The | City six of these are leased to the British mining oom, | “PPlied than those I have mentioned. Herehe of the judiciary, 1t assiste to raise personal integrity and | not reputed to be out of the pale of polished nations, | per cent, and even I rere’ ne gee rece eoney st 24 | unbleached muslins soldin the United States at 5 cents | ONJi4g hat | could not learn what were the rents paid | gave an account of the arts inwhich steam was honest dealing into what capital is elsewhere. being christian ; and in Mexico the resemblance to | °°rhe contraband trade altos another evil which per yard cannot be procured there under 15 cents, and | Pints important concession. This delegation of one | used, and the manner of the application, such as ‘The judiclary is more pernicious in other affairs. Itis | that period in history is in some respects striking. terially affects the financial prosperity, This viclation | *allcoes worth 10 cents cost 70 in Mexioo. All valuable | orthe rights of aovereigaty ought to be rescinded by us, | in the manufacture of paper, glue, &c. I shall an obstacle in the way of e proper observance of thelaws | | There still romain in the 19th century, the usurpa- | ofthe revenue laws respecting the importation of foreign | Srticles of less bulk, and which are more tempting for | a it involves no violat.on of public law, or private pro: | now resume the consideration of the principel pu M irpose pote dlepicelntn il Gdtenb dhe fa betrrmaghe Tbmat td Hons of goverment, the imprisonment of parsons at goods, has been the sabject of constant auimadversion ie’ ei Hee rete ee eet aa as | petty; for although in the nature of a contract, it does | to which atean is applied, engines. ‘The first kind of band trade, and the consequent vicious principles desse- | Romish clergy, the bribery of the judges, tho Palace | years. Every. annul "wemerte’ ((eeumare ‘report) hep | De bad atae fair prices as in ourown markets. The van. | Sot," Tete Mineria there is a duty of one Teal On tie | model. was extibited, showing the form of the boiler minated among the’ people in regard to frauds on the | and prison under the same roof, the clerkly dress of the | Jailed the atzention of Congress, fo thie Cauerto legit, | cllisting, policy of the government in regard to the taritt | fark silver,* which is equivalent to 1% per cent ‘This | the cireular holes through. which the steam passes, eustom-house, The effect of high tariffs has been to on the church doors,and the bright | mate commerce and to the nereenee eon ee io eit i ause among many for the estrangement | Seminary of learning wasinstituted for the education of | and ‘the pipes which ‘brought. back the. steam’ induce the evasion of duties by the smuggling of foreign it heads of lances, foating over all | best modes for ite Dor therleet rap genet har hed merchants towards their country, and a corres- | Young men, to prepare them for the conducting of min- | aither over the top or side of the boiler. A. boller goods, the chances of success overbalancing the risks of | and bidding deflance to all, who do not strengthen and | interwoven with the manuere and customs of the pee, | PoRdiDE admiration and preference for the United States. | fry oserations, and also im other respects to Tacllitate | for ‘cooking was also exhibited, whieh Mr, C. said detection, and the well known act that when the goods | make their houses, not in'alegal flotion, but, in fact, ple, as tobe carried on ae systematically as any other An attempt has been made by some <o estimate the | the working of the mines, and has been eminently use- | was on the same principle aa the locomotives on rail- attempted thus illegally to be introduced are seized by | iheir castles. The illegal contributions demanded, the | business however levitin probal ipts in the treasury for tue future, by ta- & \ ate. fal. Ths English, however, prefer agents brought from | ways From the bridges and tunnels in railways, the res cinf etammeny thane int ecigceayen | forced loans extared, the contempt for trade and the | “im reading those’ memaris, one wil be astonished at | NaF we arerage receipt forthe pas. That ike caus | Great Brtaia.or Germany, where there i» another oot | Shinney amt be made tall nd couneyueaiy rom lan ‘ 5 » e wisdom and knowledge of the science ef political J J lege of the same character. has to be adopted for producing « y 6 gerbe Popular belief chat the judges can be, fora certain | nopolies granted, and fortunes made by favorites, all economy displayed by statesmen, on revenue laws, while | Yowld be unsafe to use it in ianticlpating Lowen “fhe exportation of gold and silver in bars has been | by turning the waste steam into the furnace, which has ' s contribute to form the parallel. ours at home were yet only beginning to understand the | ; inances. A constantly vibrating system of ta- | always prohibited, except st Mazatlan and Guaymas, on | that effect, and is the puff, puffing which you hear on the laws, and to soreen the offender and his goods, is not | ““Ir Kngland had her maritime facilities on three sides, | true riffs, and equally constent alternations of peace and, war, ‘ ; prineiples of commercial exchanges. But one will LWat, | the Pacific’: and at these porte, cn paying 12 per cent on | railways. ‘These are called the plain cylinder flue Withcut '« solid foundation. The fact seems tobe estab: | so has Mexico; if one has mines, s0 has the other; if | be mote astonished at the stupidity of Congres, fa uni- | Tite,e8 inflation and depression of current funds fer the | oly, and 10% on liver. ieneral Seott has prohibited | toler. in our Western country, where so many ecci- Hahod, anid has. fom. tes) way Seve Omagh Temes, O80 | cap bas her products, so has the other; andif one had | formly negleating to adopt any of the views and sugges- pe oy ma ot ely onl nage Ailexportation in ars, until farther instructions are | dents take place, and so many steamboats are blown up, auimadversion. ‘Thus in, the © Memoria” (scnual re- | her commercial population to respect, so has the other; | tions, proposed and enforced with so muoh ability, ay ‘ench during one of received from Washington. these boilers are generally used. ‘The boilers must port) of the of Finance to Congress in 1840, he | and yet England never had euch wide spreading | rho teriftaystem of Mexico, h ’ seus, | Celioen bean eoemem ahaa win ‘The whole amount of duties and taxes heretofore im- | filled about two-thirds with water. The neglect of this ve he ats ts Oceanis on her shores, such mineral wealth in her | 44 on the principles by whlolt I real be ood ot | Cantpan house revenues, which are not to be hoped for in | posed on the products of the mines, has been variously | produces almost all the accidents which take place. The hi Fee eee eerie: tne Chevctewc: | CezFitory, nor such abundance in the variety of | the most ‘revenue to the aveteeete Pedi ree | pe future. Pitimated, and many have informed me that these exac- | boiler burst or the tubes collapse, that is, are forced to- BEDI ta led talon Shey need staples as the extensive soils of Mexico oan produce. | Protective in its polley, mith m scale of du + eee ES pea? Neale aad specter tions were #0 enormous and complicated, as to render | zether, so that nothing oan pass through them. Here and irregularities which are committed, to the defraud: | 4 few years now work changes greater than formerly seout a Wien ont on tokeinn SooaaT utes 3010.000 ws. in 137, would give ® yearly arerege of | mining unprofitable. ‘They assured methat the charges several small model tin boilers were shown, and tbeir sient of ule saeted interestect the see eeorrected. | that of centuries, and the time may soon come when a | 9 nia ehoeped tate one cone ‘i bi ‘= Kenly ey les by: ey Vexttiesst Nare adhe ote ig | Were eaual to 20 per cent on the gold and silver of the | several peculiarities were pointed out. In some the ata the «treme revit whion pier ent tolls | Rew preblem will be solved, when the roc of true civil | the ayowed” principle bs it Ga atic masa | De ceeueee s, to prov that the legitimate beret should | mines. [have seen some authors who avert they are | steam paesed through the boiler twice, audin others three the tremendous evil which destroys, public | iiherty in populous country is iret touched, and to ob- | Hiturvs” with dothes carte we acest noe cane pe yf nay more if contraband bo lo were SUP- | more than the one fifth, but their explanations were | times by meansof tubes, When boilers burat it ia the out ToT eee ee oat oe inhrenoc apon tig | Serve ® perpetual stream of human improvement and | cone ou ‘the prices, and these om articles mbet | pant that on Antonio Garey states in his memoria Of | more statistical than satisfactory. It must be under- Hidewhich is rent by too much pressure, Sometimes It cial autority has a direct influence upon the | happiness gush forih. In our countty liberty was first | Sent eqs ne bcices, and these on articles most | 124, that the maritime duties “ may be pronounced t0 | stood that the fachilty with which the precious metals | rents from Une, and in these cascs there is no blowing up; Jog condicn punisbinent to Helivadente end therapy | Planted in the wilderness, to blossom like the rose, a8 | fisrefore, could austaia itself under the protective du.’ | Sierray Hoses, ia a notentied co tha cmesacie for 1%5, | 08m be concealed, has enabled them to be smuggled out | the dainage in easily repaired. 1 have known cases ae euive the eases ent Vosh of he apecalatey | “te arts and commerce grew slowly around it; but there | ties of 40 per cent, it surely oould flourish most vigor. | asserts that nt lenct ome-thitd cf. the Goods fa valas im, | of thecountry, after evadiog the inland duties, and thus | where an accident of that kind was repafted without the preventing the efforts and endeavors of tho epeculstor | these slements of sostal amelioration slready exist in a Pr , it surely ourish most vigor- | asserts, that at least one-third of the goods in value im- | Chuumowal toxation “The mining districts ore yet in | passengers belag awore that anything had oocurred.- a league with the employée, faithless to the government | ; * | ously under the prohibitory of 200, ‘The resuit was, se | ported is contraband, and Don Mors, in 1896, alread ete s se , und the nation: “Lat the judges preoeed. with impat- | stor {nih premier awaliiog. suly the ‘ight and treo | SBE baYe been expected, the revenues diminisbed | noticed, estimates thal ofthe foreign goods, two-thieds | pometsion ot the Mexioan, army, ond Genera! fort 1 | Chere are three teeming, che low pressure, nd the high tiality, let the law be applied with severity, and only #0 | airof our institutions to arouse them Into inatant great- | While the importa increased : the goods smuggled were | have been entered without paying duties. yay : ressure and condensing. ‘The first time we hear of will be arrested the progress Cf wcancer, which, under | ‘0 equal in valus to those entered in the custom house, | ‘These are all good authorities; but. the misfortune is, miny etet, while I come to tke conclusion, that the | Steam being used, was ebout @ century before our Se- the shield of impunity of crimes, is already eating into and consequently not one half of the legal dues was be prem earn mang enol gy me mincosanuot, as we are at present situated, produce us | ylour, by Hlero. it was very simple. A ball with one the very entrails ¢f society. THE FINANCES OF MEXICO. collected which even ministers edmit are fallacious. It js not | in the way of revenue, oma? iaatlions ‘of dollars. In fact | tube attacked to either end, snd by the resistance of the In the criminal juriadiction of the courts nothin, In attempting to give a satistactory account of | _ These facts, with the consequences, were constantly | easy, moreover, to tell whether they allude to the re- . fe escape of steam. produ ro baling cnn be hoped far, and: something worte wil be | che" financial aflaisa of Mexico, 1 andertake a | S4%ezted to in oMolal reporta without efoct, and the | specie years in which they wrote, or to'a series of | the whole Aysem, of taxation on, galt and alter y | atnesp nee eet pplied to no prastied purpose. Ths found. ‘The writ of habeas corpus is unknown, nor is | task which has never yet been successtully ac- | CoBtraband trade continued, to the great detriment of | years prior. If they intend the former, the revenues | thy metals ought nor to be different from those in rela- | Marquis of Worcester, in 1080) wrote s book on inven- there any other resembling it, recognised in their code | * lished, by eith beta ‘or fi y legitimate commerce. ‘The hg encouraged smug- | might be computed to yield upwards of eighteen milliont; | tion to the agricultural staples. Tho exports from the | ions, and he gives diagrams of a steam engine But his of laws, Liberty onunot exist without this important | COmplished, by either native statesmen or foreign | glin, face of ponitive laws: the judicial tri- | if the latter, somewhere about twelve millions. But on | proquote of the mines in Great Britain are five times | description is not clear, neither did be attempt to apply writ, by which any person having another in custody, | bankers; and which must, therefore, be imper- lained, were influenced in its favor, | the whole, considering the inaccuracy of revenues re- | Deeater ia value than from the mines of Mexico; and if | it to any useful purpose. Another atteropt waa mado by is compelied to produce him bsfore « judge, to have, on | fectly described by me. Before our invasion of | and, Inst of all, the oustom-houre ofioers themuelven | ceived from the cash and “virtual” entries, the enor. | Sroser tm ene an Ck the melts oct on | savory in 1698. He used itin raising water from mines demand made, the legality and justice of his imprison- | the republic, its national finances were in a de- | participated in its profits, Mr. Wyllie states, that in | mous annual variation in the amounts, and the uncet- | ionreg vere ‘applied to this source of revenue we would | This is animprovement on the other, Engines now are ment enquired into, and if improperly held in custody | plorable condition; its treasury was bankrupt, | °ettain custom-houses, ce, was “on the | tainty as to the extent of the contraband trade, it will | Gerive annually more than $5,000 000. brought to great perfection. High pressure engine to berace him and there seemed to be no hope of retrieving for- | Sfival of every cargo, the merchant and the cmployé- | be admitted that an estimate of Mexican maritime re- | “A Tnistaken opinion prevails that the books of the cus- | boilers bear from 30 to 200 Ibs., and, sometimes, in our ‘The want of this beneficial power in the judiciary was | mer solvency and prosperity. Many causes were | (pgether, made out @ fall sslculation of the whole du. | venues must be very far from mathematical certainty. | tom houses will show an exportation of gold and silver, | western country, 250 Ibs. per square inch. The most very apparent oa the arrival of General Scott at Puebla, 4 y ration to produce this result-—cand | “te leviable thereon, the total amount of which was di | 1 bave given the subject a careful attention; and taking | {5the amount of 1800) 000 annually onl k peseeive this simple engine in the rotary engine, and wae the ons in- ‘There were discovered more than three hundred unfor- | |" active operation to produce this result—and | vided into three equal proportions, of which, the first: | all that! have read, seen and heard into consideration, | | 4ita is taken upon which to oniculate revenue for the | vented by Hiero. Indeed, the only difference from his tunate prisoners incarcerated, in half | for the purpose of comprehending its resources, | the merchant hed to pay to the employé and his coadju- | am inclined to believe that, under our jurisdiction and | f But could never discover any official state- | rotary engine to what we use now, is, that ours is en- the cases, appeared on the t any | revenues, expenditures and liabilities, and the | tora; the second to the plunder jate, or ‘Patria ;’ | revenue laws, now in force in Mexico, that the maritime hs 1 the lec- charge noted ae the cause of thelr detention. ‘They had | means by which credit can be restored—some of | and the thirdhe kept to himeelf.”) duties may ‘be safely computed at chirteen millions of | Te"vistomhouhe, its trus Ganeral Thompson asverts | tures exhibited’ models of tess, theee hinds of ercine, been imprisoned on the simple order of some prefect, | these causes must be briefly explained. i The corruption above developed in the collection and | dollars annually, Don Antonio Garay asserts that the | (14; official returns, as registered at the custom | and explained their mechanism, which it is impossible alcalde, or officer of police, on an imaginary crime, The absence of integrity in the administra- admin lon of the public revenues, must convince | custom houses, ‘if properly organised on @ prudent oal- | + ouses" acknowledge this amount; but with all due de- | to do in an intelligible manner without diagrams. [lo which, when understood, was an offence offered to the | ;j Py . any one, that causes do exist which would forever keep | culation, may produce more than the government (Mex- ede: q tity of fuel by suffer- dignity or politcal opisions of an oficial exeetieney: pp Aid bed A ee the government poor, if not bankrupt, But these are | ican) requires, aking — oe fact of the value cf legal oud ilagsl axporte; boing $190 | tag the heated water to eacepe. ana pamp into the Bol- ‘d’be arrest and imprisonment were not = be did degradation of the republic; nor is the executive a i as yh ing in this brane! a ae na ie “, PRESS of 000,000 for an official exhibit. If eighteen millions passed | ors cold water. Perhaps some may say, how can this Meteo ten aes te resort gave ‘being ‘coutrontea | department free from the vice of corruption, so | repletering sogouate tm the treasury; wiiich is almost a8 | Alvarado, Campeche, fe. 3 through the custom houses, it would leave no margin for | be? and what loss is there’ ‘The loss is easily seen imprieoned for years, without once being feast , ch ng ~ wif Mob ~ 1 Dongs nt pas aH illegal exports, which all concede to have been equal to | from the fact that cold water 1s only sixty degrees, with the accusers, and they would have remained there, | Contaminating and so prevalent in all. In the | injurious to the public interests as the corruption. The custom-houses on the Pacific. the regular exportation, rete heated ‘water ie from, 100 deg. to 200 deg. had not our arrival opened the doors to meny who were | church, in the judiciary, and in the various fac- a ned errer in [a Si ow he keeping ; vies in saan Tobaceo’ monopsly formerly produced a revenue | The amount can be calculated thus: Suppose the heat- without ohatge preferred or » prosecutor eppeering. | tions composing the legislature, I have endea- | Bet Presenting somewhere » final accountability in some hap ana to government, well worthy of their attention and of our | od to be 200 deg , that is 140 deg higher than cold wae | tn this feature in the institutions of Mexico which | vored to exhibit the pernicious principles pre- | 0B¢ Pt the ofices. | They are opened with all the parade | | It seems impossible,for many reasons to obtain any G8: | serious consideration. The cultivation of this article | ter, and suppose the amount required 1202. If we di. has xo effectually crushed the free expression of opinion, | vailing, and the want of patriotism and common | Abd beauty of the most expert orivenere and account: | ta upen which to calculate the value of the imports end | of luxury was prohibited, except to a certain extent, in this by the 140 we find that is about one-eighth of and engendered thet treachery and falsehood #0 fre. | honesty, so essential among all classes of citi- | Saiirme ney, t°, not Dalamor, nor, ie there any clue Oy | exports of Mexico. | Time would be mlepent in giving | a limited district of country, and the state became the | what is necessary. Ia other words, the party who does quently met with. Every man is at the meroy of hie | ona fovery administration: has successively | qe cnehe skein of intricacy oan be unravelled, oF insulated etatements which could only show how little i# | Durehaser aud vender of the crop at ite own price. Be- | this, if he uae four tons of coal @ day, saves one-half « neighbor, who may at any moment prefer a true or fale | |,000 derelice in ite duty ty the poplin igen ly Lee ay a figures satisfactor: een ew | oe ‘i ‘oan eaperts Som Vere Cres Save Me oo Princt- | fore the revolution the monopoly was entirely in the | ton of coal every day. Ths proportion may be less, but accusation against him, and have him a nteogeae posel- | i its duty to the public, in permit- | sible to ascertain, from @ careful snsmient vont Bere’ jeg gold and silver, jalap, aniseed, sugar, Indigo, oocht- | hands of government, who paid for the tobacco in the | the principle is the same. The high pressure steam en- bly for an indefinite period. if he be without influence, | ting, countenancing, and, in tuct, participating in | documents, or from any other reoords, the amount of | neal, vanills, and sarsaparilis ; from Templo, gold and | ieye the aalaries of tho clerks, ko , the carriage of the | gines are also more fitted for steamboats, as they aro nothing but hope remains for his liberation. And his ee and frauds; which would forever | 09#h in any one year received, nor the amount actually | silver, sarseparilla, indigo, Dagon yee ides, and | tobicco, the rents of houses, materials, &c., the alcavala | got so heavy as the others, #9 that theso boats can asil Mile, steter, of daughter is compelled, as i9 common, to | have blasted the character of a minister in any “ion ines bases in toena Rende 00 teden Se aye uss from Matamoras, eau Sree ig a for the article purchased in Havana and manufactured, | with a very small draft of water. Im England ths seok the cffloial personage, whose word is law, to melt | other country. This laxity in public morality | "y, taat ins been bd ts lands as “tne sate an j, and from Tobasco, thee gr i teg coos, be- | ‘for the paper ured, sea freights from Havana, and the | weight on low pressure engines is from7 to 5 lbs, but Lim into meroy with their sorrow and tears. A portion | has never had a superior or equal to Santa Anna rensury, that are anticipated but not rece! i o| be sides some tobacco, eoffee, cochineal, hides, pepper, va- & the manufactures, &o., &o. The profits, of | here from 20 to 30 lbs per equare inch. Of oooh omatel, day is set aside for the hearing of this | whose proverbial avarice and rapacity are nei- | Solested rhe eccesnegnce’ Les boon tune entries, are | cho aest coe oe aevtnbbed aaiound , were very large, as will be showa by the fullow- Copeland cousiuded amid great applause strange Kind of legal limporeanities from thees relatives | {her denied nor palliated by even tine Gen partic | ent on one eregoence, Hee boon stat entries ore he next souree of revenue has heretofore been foun g table, But, after the year 1910, they began to de of the prisoners. Peis net always without effet, nor is | ther denied nor pallated by even hie own parti- | made upon the books, of what the ministers cnll ‘vir. | in the alcavala, an interior or consumptive duty Impon- | cline, and are now almost Hominal, although there is n0 | According to the altanao published for the year 1348 at theaame time always with justice. ‘The practice ts | 8! he republic, t vaneriie clings affairs | tual, Cy both sides, wit! rane eared ons ere | supok he foreign goods rae. sishian’ ontered | réason why the government should not realize as much | by the Academy of St. Petersburg, European Rusia strange, the pri = i is bad, and the government iscul- | of the republic, have generally followed in the | received, or disbursed, ever being In han sie neyo and paid duties imposed at the a hime cantor now from the saies as at any fermer pexiod. This wo- | comprises a surface of 90,117 aquare imiles, with ap pu- Pablo, where such discretion must be tolerate footsteps of such an illustrious predecessor ; and | qently these drafts are pro Cy bape stg bay ‘This consumption duty ey rete and le ect, | BOpOly, Owing to the miserable state of affairs in the re- | iation of 2,000 souls; the kingdom of Poland, an ex- {tis a common — that no one will be punished | the wholesale plundering of the treasury by fa- | the statements of the next year, which, if pa A ri the Szaoent first paid at the sae ee ls oul’ | publia, had fallen into the hands of individuals who | tent of 2320 square miler, with 4890,000 inhabitant» wie tog snaed, iO Mexion cnqiultitude of sins, if | vorites, is enough of itself to account for the the winds all oot $Be aqawal repcet of « pete Lewy ae d —y aerate ne the | were ia receipt of princely fortunes, which ought to have | and the grand dachy of Fialand, 6,544 square miles, aud properly expen |, ia my ico ; and they are ge: y | nation being bankrupt. penses and receipts of that year. syed tate goo Ve Once been opened in one , 4 U belonged to government. Gen Thompson remarks, that | 1,547,702 inhabitants, Acooriing to the last cencua, St. forthooming whenever the emergency requires. It is It was often that a small sum was in the trea: It is thus that the minister explains the receipt : ty per cent duty paid, it does not exempt them in the event | i was gold to o private company, they agreeing to pay | Perarsburg possessed @ population of 443,000 Im 1346, many years since # murder has been punished,where the A A ~ | Sscal year anding in 1896, being swollen to $20,478 509. | of their removal to another from paying over again the | 45 jo) per month, was rubsequently re- | 1 667 poods of gold (the pood Is 40 1bs.), 1 pood of pla acoused was a man of wealth. Col Yanen was the only | SUry, as the demands upon it were far greater than | Heremarkr, “From what is shown above, is deduced the | cicavata charges. feinded.” Since then it has the second time been dispos- | ting, aud 1190 pods cf silver ware extracted from the exception, and there the circumstances surrounding it | the receipts; and at times it has been represented | extreme necessity which exists of rendering all xocounts Free trade seems to be so odious to Mexicans, that it s% mines of the empire. The public debt is estimated at drew au unusual attention to the crime. He was exeou- | as Wholly destitute of funde to liquidate the cur- \d of arranging 00 pletely partment of | does not exist even between the different States of the ‘Thompeon, inhis “Recollections of Mexico,’ liver roubles (a rouble te Afr. 259.) Bille of uniform, an the —s tod on the garote, and bis osee ie yet talked of. Generel | rent dralts, From this circumstance, the oredi- | Sseounts, for up to the it day It only to & | republic, Generel Seott, in general orders No, 976, Deo. | giares that the percentage, which js 4) cents upoa every mat i ve reas © re Paid tore of th 1 were pad or'uot pald i | pee soprston oi id mort as = ibe gk Meare ip Tease unten othe amon of 2u8 187 8 int Piven atvadicnone | Rac tence pena eng | creme sr ea a a pond ni wlan made d to Ms Wi in |