The New York Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1868, Page 4

4 ———<—$___-- ExIco. Official Account of General Patoni’s Murder. Eruption of the Volcano Ixtacihuatl. The Outrages on an American Citi- zen at Cordoba, General Patoni’s Assassination—Officiz! Ac- count of the Marder=Prompt Action of the War Department Against General Caute— Press Comments—Stetch of General Patouim ‘The Nebetlions=A Shock of Earthauake. MEXICO Crry, Angust 29, 1868, The happy Gay has at length arrived (God speed that it may ve @ lasting one) when pronunciaméentos are no more in Mexico, There yet only remains the still too frequent robberies and kidnappings and such lesser crimes as pertain to all cities and coun- tries, The record which your correspondent had hoped to make of the condition of the country and the indications that peaceful pursnits were becom- ing more popular, has been sadly blotted by the recent foul assassination of General José Maria Patoni under the most aggravating and sickening circumstances. And yet as this mur- derous afvair may prove to have been the result of some private quarrel not yet well understood, and as tt meets with the disapprobation and denun tion of ali political parties as w ment itself, it would perhaps be just t suspend judgment tn regard to it untii it shall be seen what the authorities shall do towards‘ the punish mt of the perpetrators of so horrid a crime, The Heratp readers will remember that General Paton! was of ing the entire intervention, fol- of President Inarez, wholly his talents to the downfall of imperi: country Upon the return to his ral Gonzalez Ortega General Patoni | rouna taken 1 still sustained by Many public men, among them several members of Cong: General Ortega was the constitutional f the republic of sted and has suff He was ¢ 1 imprisonment, together with Ortega, for over a year. Some months } since he was tendered his freedou tion of his promise to report h ties at suc! niself to the authori- time as he might be called upon to make such surrender, Contending that he had been guilty re, of no crime against the St and that he was wrongfu imprisoned, he refused to accept any other than an unconditional reicase, so after many Months of confinement he was at length uncondl- Uonally set free by an order of the President issued a short time since. By the same order General Gonzalez Ortega was given his liberty, upon the condition such as Patont had previously declined to accept, and it was generally supposed and positively announced that Ortega was on his way to Mexico city. Such report proves to have been premature, as it has since transpired that Gen- eral Ortega likewise declines to secept such con- ditional r ¢, preferring to remain in prison until the final decision be made by judictal authorities as to bis guilt or innocence. The sequel to General Y © can be found inthe following, which the Diario Ofivial of Av died tn this capital ed at this city late eo from fanetionar ¥, of the ed t of the vil noting as hf to asic in tion, Mr. Patont could be found: At three te wentt: at Dali mediate di Criminat ¢ H tres were imn kA. M. the facts, andT fnostivny ted to it ately of Police ‘repor above fnvestigntion, a whi eh 1 appears of ir a . astcing ¢ Also begging him eutlurties the » knew tng of the and offerc 1 Ing to him tremely. caused very which Inte vernment to thie lamentable eveny ail Hs power to ring to Justice the FRANCISCO G, above ontrag uh M . lieovery and tus hellish or WAR AND Martyr, ) « ast 24, oes." § » General en to, Gene f the Fourch a! Benigno Cauto, com division, ia the fu Meers of the beimae parsassinated Don Fore Maria Pecout y taken bisa from to be a military ert of tas of the govern- | upon the condl- | ntre | oned in | —_—_——- at rion anne ang the government received the following oh ‘rclock A. M.:— tn at oar gidlook, Tetela was oo- vPro Xs surrender bare surrender shnat eugene we been hovering about = “at Aisuqul and Teslatlany $e aiuh, “All post: stoned forthe the been abandoned, Great credit is due to “Ailetotre tor bis valor and prudence, and tobisarmy. J. R, GARCIA, Goveruor of State, ‘all the attention of ibe nation to the above." This was delivered to President Juarez while at a ball given at the a og map Exchange). le was 80 gellgpane he called several of his friends and whispered to them the news and invited them to drink to the news of the ed that “the government victory. fmol Was very strong. The rebellion in the State of Vera Oruz under the proved an utter failure, fave not been killed or captui have been reduced to an cant number by capture, death and degertion, On the 17th an encoun- ter. took place between the government troops under Colonel Marquez and forces under Dominguez, the latter losing a few men and twenty-five horses, In regard to Prieto the Siglo XLX, says that on the 18th of August, several prisoners from the command of Prieto and Spohn Dees arrived at Vera Cruz and were piaced at the ? sposition of the military court. It is with great satisfaction that the boca gee the urgent measures taken by the government in decid- ing that those who rebel against the State by acting us officers over rebellious forces shall be shot, whether Mexicans or foreigners; that Mexican privates shall be placed tn the ranks of the government troops, and that all foreigners found in the ranks of such rebellious forces shall suffer the penalty of death. ‘The 20th of August being the anniversary of “Cheru- buseo,” it was duly celebrated, as one of the city press Temurked, “as a just title of nattonal glory and pride. There was taken to the battle ground and buried with military honors the remains of the never to be forgotten friend aud patriot, Luis Martinez de Castro, who was an honor to his country for his virtue, his talent and -his heroism.” ‘The Diario Oficial of the 22d said that on the 20th there was celebrated with great enthusiasm the triamph which the national hieved at Cherubuseo over the foreign in- Vauers (AnM ans). ne venga Ia luna ‘omntendo su tina, 1. very literally translated into Engiish, might 1 sthat the moon has come tv eat pea- ch planet may have iniuenced the above B of Septem) r, the anniversary of the independence of Mexico from Spanish rule, Railroad matters remain unchanged, It is beeom- i ing yore tain that the Ministry of Inter- nal Lnprovements and ‘Treasury will urg |; upon Congress, which is soon tom some extraordinary measures to insure t hasty co’ suds now in process of being built on of some system- uch other railroad domestic energy apd capi. It is quite contidentuy believed that ton will be taken in ryard to the ud Vera Cruz road, W ference to the Toni, Vera Cruz, Mexico va | made an appropriation and t instalment of which the Ministry of internal | tmprovemeuts has declined to pay, a commission | has been sent by the government to examine and re- | i port upon the portion compieted, The commission has returned, and, it is said, has given @ favorable report. ‘The papers announce that Mr, Zangroniz is | luceting with new diMiouities resniting from the | pulling up of the rals of the road near Vera Cruz | by the laborers, Wiiose business, they claimed, had | been or would be injured by the innovation of rail- rods, Damages will probabiy be claimed from the State authorities, Mr. Le Sere, wiio arrived here | about a month before the end of the jast session of Congress, sutfered the ne fate as other ratiroad projectors. He came asking some modifications in the concession granted him for the Tehuantepec read, Mr. Cunha Reis came on a similar errand, and reached this city during the — second week of May. Congress adjourned the st of May, and however favorable tts action might have been had the business been reached his proposition Jor modiiications to the concession already granted for the road from Mexico city to Taxpan, presented four days after his arrival, sutfered a like fate and went over to the September session, now 80 near at hand. ‘The ratiroad question promises to be an im- portant question in the coming legisiation. It is also hinted by the Siglo YLX, and others that Congress may have much to say in regard to recent treaties said to bave been inaugurated by Mr. Komero dar- ing bis recent visit to the Uuited States. It is to be hoped that no serlous objection will be made to them and that they whi be confirmed. It may be expected that an effort may be mule to secure the sittings of the commission here in Mexico rather Uhan the United States, ‘The government has been busily engaged of late in organizing the military colonies on the northern frontier, Suicides still are frequent, Love, poverty sity of brains to be predisposing The Revista Universat ares that a lost a food of lava, Your correspondent will and a sea causes, 1 look afte On satv M., Mext rihquake. west. ‘The Custom Honse receipts of this city upon pulque, the Mexican drink, from J 80 Lo Aust | 20, amounted to $170,289, being at the rate of a iil lars per year. Augustin de la Kosa and Timoteo de ia Trintdad have recently been t Tecamachalco—guilty of robbery and assasst- Siglo XLX., of August 26, publishes the follow- | ing from Pachuca, August | The situation here ts lain tug works of | large quanuty Co! Oscillations from northeast to south- abie, From the smelt- reto there has already been robbed a silver; the amount exceeds $5,000, pletely paralyzed and many mer- ve failed and others are closing up. There wourity within or without the Robbertes » ruad to Keal del Moute are frequent and kid- ng the order of the day. A Mr. Prieto was Kilnapped near Pachuea: also a Jawrer, Mr. Fran- ie. cisco P. Arcinrega, as also a Mr. Arvich The Monitor of the 19th says:—G one of the noted kidnapper and rob! and was tried and sentenced to death, ) penalty he suffered in Maravateo on the 1th of August. With refere © the outrage committed upon Mr. Peiree, an American citizen, at Cordova, it | ts sto has latd his case before Mr. Plumb, and the goveruuient will probably make inquiry into the matter, The eruption of the volcano of Ixtecibuatl, if ¢ has heen any at all, was of exceedingly bric ation, Nothing new has occurred since the 20th | of August, the day of the so-called eruption. I send | you the enclosed report of the chief of police of | Haejetzingo, a nelghboring village, to the govern- ment of Puebla, On the whole the condition of the country looks for the moment more promising, and (he future de- | pends much on the action of Congress, if this body itself earnestly at work to pass laws for the ng of railroads, and giving nd property away from 1 Mzation of al whieh has th pula ation, itmay be bi on sped away to other at and Buropean capitalists may find in ) xico @ fe and protitable investment for their | funds mi the building of reads and the development | of the vast mineral wealth now hidden in Guerrer Michoacan, Chihuahua, Puebla and, in fact, every }e he Union. Cuervo, ¢ that capit le of enterprise may be called back, and U vernor of the State of Jatiaco, nd restored to the gubernatorial tral of th spiraturs who attempted proposed the wes jon of President Juarez | some month since, commenced yesterday. A’ “con- ) ducta’’ is reported lo be stuck in mud near Cordova, Kruption of the Volenno of Ixtacihuatl. » Gefe Politicn of Muejotzingo sent the foltow- T NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, wt preparations are being made to | EPTEMBER 17, 1868,—1'RLPLE SHEET. ling him not force would arrive ®@ cent of such the arrival of Telanntediately ie immediat ered to dismount Mr. dirty his horse. more armed men, demanded Mr. Pierce’s pistol, which delivered up, On being ord Pierce refused, on account of the but was soon violently forced from Be saittay then ae back to ee os ie comandante using most vile I towards Mr. Plerce, abusing him and his nationality, and concluded by ordering him to be made prisoner for the night, whereupon he was taken to @ negro hut, where a fandango was go! ‘There, with a sentry over him, with orders to shoot him tf he moved, Mr. Pierce was made to sit all night in his wet clothes, abused and insulted by the crowd of drunken revellers, who kept up their orgies till daybreak. All application for comfort was refused by the comandante. During the night one of the sen- tries placed the loaded musket to his breast and threatened to shoot him if he did not give him haif the money he had in his possession, and that if he did #0 he might escape. Mr. Pierce called the attention of the commandant to this, who treated the aifair with derision. During the night guarantees were offered to the commandant for Mr. Plerce’s appear- ance nextday, but all to no avail, the officer stating that it was the money he required, and unless the sume was paid he would tie the prisoner and drag him on foot to Cordoba, &c. Early next morning mmandant again demanded the $25 from Mr. » Who still refused to pay any such unjust de: the man finding at last that he could make | nothing out of this prisoner by threats or other- | wise Teleased him, with ordera to return at noon, Mr. Pierce then walked home, changed his wet clothes and returned as agroed; his persecutor again demanded the money ; on being again refused he ordered Mr. Pierce to re- turn in the afternoon at three o'clock. Mr, Pierce waited there during the rest of the day, and was at last set at liberty, the commandant refusing, how- ever, to return the pistol. The driver of the previous hot making his appearance, the civil authori- ties had nothing to say to Mr Pierce. From My. Prerce’s statement it appears that the Teason of iis detention on the part of the command- ant was solely for the purpose of extorting mone knowing, as he did, that Mr. Pierce had @ consid able sum on his person, Mr, Pierce was well known to all the authorities on this part of the road, and had duly given his parole to the Judge aud the “Posta” to appear in due course to answer to any charges agaiust him, It is, therefore, to be supposed that his imprisonment aud ul-treatment by the com- mandant Was agross abnse of authority, and an uu- doubted attempt at robbery. Mr. Pierce duly made a representation of his case before the higher authorities in Cordoba, in whose hands the affair suil remains without his having ob- tained the slightest redress, The Commandant still remains in charge of the “Posta,” while Mr. Pierce, fromthe nature of his employment, is ever liable to a repetition of similar treatment from this person- age. Mr. Pierce is 80 well known and respect along this part of the Vera Cruz road that great in- dignation is felt by all his numerous friends at the ‘ross iil-treatment, ipardoulany, as no foreigner here is safe from one day to another from ijike treat- ment on the part of such authorities, Mr, Pierce’s health has been much impaired, and is still suffering from the effects of his night's expoaure and from the frequent knocks and cufts of his persecutors, and we believe that the gentle- man has made a representation to his Minister in the city of Mexico, asking for some redress, and claiming damages from the authorities for the loss of his health, &c. Mr. Pierce states that a few days after this affair he caught the driver who occasioned his arrest in the act of stealing property from his re- sidence. He handed him over to the Judge of the district, who knew the man a8 a bad charucter, and ees 4 sent him to the authorities of Paso del Macho, Mr. Pierce’s case seems to be a grave one, and it 1s hoped that the proper authorities will make a thorough investigation so as to sutisfy all parties, 7 The Rebel Leaders Still Hiding—Government Victories in Puebla=The Impeachment of Governor Cuervo—Movements of Ortega Toteresiing Licms from the States, VERA Cruz, Sept. 5, 1868, The insurgents of this State have not recovered from the disastrous effects of their defeats at Medel- lin and Antigua, A portion of them are reported to have gone tn the direction of the ‘Tierra Fria, and the governinent has seut a body of cavalry, under Col- onel Cabras, to pursue them. The expedition sent from here against Tenampa and Veretepec has returned, having come across no enemy, but hav- ing found and captured some arms and am- munition that Dominguez had hid in the mountains forthe purpose of arming some of his followers at Antigua. Prieto and Dominguez remain un- caught. Nothing is known as to the whereabouts of the former. The latter is said to nave passed through Cuesta del Cabailito, with a small force, on hisjway to Chalchicounula, The Quimixtian troops are closely pursuing him, Melgarejo remains in the mountains, with but few followers, and avoids all engagements with the troops operating against him, A number of prisoners taken from his command have been brought to Jalapa. Dominguez’ secre- tary, one Francisco Tornel, has also been arrested and brought here. He is to be shot. Altogether, the lately extensive insurrection of Vera Cruz State may be said to be in its dying embers, A few days more are likely to witness the complete extinction, Commander Agustin Ortega, of the rural forces of this district, was yesterday murdered at Medellin, where he had gone to arrest soime of Prieto’s oMcers. A number of arrests have been made, but it is quite doubtful whether suMicient testimony can be brought to bear against any of the men now in prison to warrant their conviction. It is now known and confirmed that the insurgents of the Puebla Sierra have been badly routed and the government's sway re-established in the districts where tt was lately rejected. General Juan Francisco Lucas, the commander-tn-chief of the revolutioniats, fad General Bandala, the leader of the National Guards of Teziatian, have both surrendered uncon- ditionally, to General Alatorre. They have both been indulted from the death ‘penalty by President Juarez, and senienced respectively to one and four years’ imprisonment. Negrete and ex-Governor Juan N. Mendes have thas far suc- ceeded in escaping capture. They are reported to have gone to the Lower Sierra, to be in communica- tion with Tuxpan and Tampico, no doubt with a view of leaving the country, An active and vigor- ous search for theta Is being Kept up. This suppres- sion of the Puebla Sierra insurrection was effected only after considerable hard fighting and the loas of many lives. Resides the small engagements which Thave aiready recorded, two really severe battles were fought. The first ‘occurred ‘Rugnat 14, at San the Governor « het | ing report om the Ist iust. to the government of the perpetsa estes oflicers of th } that on ‘The constitutional alcalde of the re of N secretary tnfort «| poaico, in this municipality, informs’ me, under cease wees Many eleven | Gute of the 2ist of July, that ous about see aX. ot “| ten o'clock In the morning, > had been over the | heard im the mountain called © * that who has ‘) a few moments afterwards it acrved euive it: ty e } the mountain vibrated and ope at tia most Self before ' tod point, toward the east, with an tr maodiaiely : : th called ELC until oe oh Deron, unl the fate are ecto Bs camtbne alte eee S Gamer pe down ‘the sice ‘ol Neri it ped large tress in ther jer an t imtiitery have had t that they xre involved t # againet the uted, You wh The Presi ni to accept Dia liberty wit General Paton! weet was man of rare hin miliary defection #0 fas escape to the inte ontest with the eneriox e rocks could not be 1 0) CAME OUL OF Lie Era am of water having (ue dark color, and in away the dam, preen 1 sau time a huge str of sulphur, of a quantity that it carrk of the sor village of Nopopoateo, destroying te ayucduct ia au instant, and sollowed iis cou tothe river Aleececa. On the same day, f ord examination of the localities, when it we fed on hearing the 1 ot having time to aave t by the current, and up to the of moun tai aroong them were carried away present cme | have not learned what has becor those unfortupates, who, | have becu told, are natty of tie village of San Mateo Osolco, muntcipalt i. in The district of Chottia, ‘The Oucnge on an American Citizen at Core doba, Convosa, Augnst 8, 1868. tnteresting to your readers here and United staves to learn how American citi: are treated, or cathe maltreated, in this part of the republs Ishall, therefore, relate the par | ticulars Of a gross outrage that waa perptrated on | Mr. John Pierce, one of the contractors to supply wed this acti stone to the government for the road near this ga For ta | place, It is ba pexhibition of the mannor in which palace ln Monte ene y | Justice ts dealt out by the rej tatives of the ery ghinset Mexico. | government here Aid another eave of the abuse ae ee revel ot Durango be orcs ceivatet | Of authority to extort money. It appears from OF le Maling expressed abova is Inaruth the sentiment que | HO AtaveMent of Mr. Pleree, the geutiemaa universal, for the entire con ty is horror stricken at (x6 | Feferred to, that on Sunday, the a7th of June, vocurrence and await witb a: hoped will be fummarily in he ditieulties im threatened to becom count t upon the gam Thay Mth have go ton and expensive affair for (i ation ie indebted for thi u inated, aud | ant GS ceneral Corsiga, whore history on the Northern bor: x of Mexico and in Texas ie familiar to The follow! a, despatch was rent to the governmen! by be on tie id of August, at Wwenty minules past the moratug:— To the MisisTER oF Wane ni; Day before yeaterda: 1 Cortina achieved a vic over the enemy in Tete! », taking from tb tMilery, ak uous mauaiious ui War sad way prisvucrs, soven o'el0ek ii y the punishment wich it is | raph from Apam heir ar Jast, he went from Atoyac wo Cordoba to make his Usual purchases, Muring the afternoon he sent ahead his cart, and a short tune afier followed with & cousiderabl me TO his Surprise and disgust he fouad hig cart and mules «| Stuck in a ditch along the roadside, his driver aslee} | alongside very drunk. AF. Meree. god. ol ia | the delinquent neck and sottiny K wit! the assistance of o extricate his cart. During the two ployed in mud aod rain the drunken driver had been abusing and | Waceateulag Mit. Places la We View Waauuer, QU e 4! the amount of water coming out ¢ € | opening Was quite smal, aud on the 22d it had ceased | > ; running altowether, H Several persons engaged in cutting ioe on th Miguel and the adjoining hill, called Loma Alta. Negrete commanded the insurgents and Cortina, | the same of Rito ittt fame, the | government troops, c ree brigades of ubout one thousand + battle lasted alt | day and the insurgents had the worst of it, mainly becatse of the treachery of a body of soldiers from ? ‘an that joined the government troops in the st of the action and thus gave them possession nportant potnt e at night abondoned his positions and rot tala det Oro, SLX days later, or on August 20, place was carried ment forces after a stubborn dght of rv daradion. No report of the loss of We ine ther battle has heen made, and, in all proba- will 2 ah, however, | publ he killed and yw that < must be reckoned by the nt and condemnation by € Tess aliaco, because of and laws of the » gemiaboritve. The {that is charged with the 1 in such enses, has just the Governor already sumetently pantshed pulsion from the gubernatorial chair, And “ Ge that he was foo is probably to be practically nul- eraor, since his friends now claim Hever ¢ pelled from the merely left jonihs to attend to his tgial, and that ty piration of his eonge he will again t ecutive of Jalisco, Be that as tt may, iis ndeniwble that the “milk and water” sentence of the National Supreme Court has deligited the good people of Guadalajara. General Toledo and Colonel Garcia Granados, of Sinaloa, bave Leen sentenced to death at San Luis de Potost for their participation in the Martinez re- bellion of last spring. Their execution has been postponed for soue tine, in order to receive am a@n- swer to their appeals for executive clemen Another vacancy aow existy in the Cabli Vailarta, Minister of the fnterior, having tendered his resignation to the President, the same has been accepted. Seflor Dunde, of Yucatan, is spoken of ag lila successor. General Gonzalez Ortega bas pndlished an address to the Mexican people, in which he reaounces all his pretensions, boll as President of the Supreme Court and as President ad inerim of the republic. He gives in his allegance to the present overnment, 8 the de facto government of Kiexico, roe Subversion must necessary entail { perils and harm upon the country, He says he 1s willing vf ifsach a step may be con- ducive to the peace and tranquillity of Mextoo, ig dated at Saltillo, August 19, Re} Ld the nt Aand future movements of the General are somewhat contradictory, One has it that he clanged his mind and resolved not to any longer ao- cept his freedom upoa the conditic LS oaleniad digk, aaa he Qow bask Ww le Monterey. This is le. Ant rt ices nara ee ona third maintains that, he 13 sick in Saltilio, “This, 1 para’ mence on the 15th. According of its attention will be occ jected rallroad concessions ments in the various branches of industry. nate hetero nit wae trial, This yet a Several under impeachment, considered pernicious to the frapanillite of country, are how on their way to this m the capital, tied up, to be shipped off at the firat unity. Division General Gutier- rez, of the late imperial army, {8 also to come here to be incarcerated in the Castle of San Juan de Uloa for ten years, ‘The Queretaro Legislature has refused to a) of a bill doing away with capital punishment, The specie tram which left Mexico city with $2,800,000 arrived here on the 1st inst. ‘The amount of money was increased by $400,000 taken on at Puebla. Most of this specie is now ready for ship- ment by the English mail steamer, ‘The Vera Crug State Legislature is at present in session with a quorum of members in attendance. Sefior Mena is the presiding officer. None of the different bills presented for its consideration have a8 yet been adopted. Ina circular of the 17th ult. the government an- nounces that hereafter one-half of the price of pub- ltc lands must enter into the national teasury and the other half into the respective Scate treasuries, ac- cording to the law of classification of revenues of May 28, 1868, thus dividing the amount, which is payable in bonds—one-half belonging to the State where the sold lands exist and the other half to the general government. ‘The citizens of Michoacan State think of grapes and wine, as well as of imulberry trees and silk- worms, and are devoting their attention to their production, In Morelia and vicinity several vine- yards have been planted, and they are giving very favorable resuits. One individua! planted six thou- | Sand and another seven thousand plants. Generals Escobedo and Corona have both asked the government leave of absence for six months— the first for the So Py of attending to personal affairs, and the second for that of going to San Fran- cisco. Cal, on business, No doubt but that the demands of these generals will be acceded to; and thus in @ short while the four grand division com- manders--Diaz, Regules, Escobedo and Coroua— will be out of active service, General Roe! to have been proposed to relieve General and General Donato Guerra is spokea of as the pro- ble renp!acant of General Corona. Bars of silver to the value of $50,000 have been robbed from the hacienda of San Loreto, near Pachnea. That neighborhood is reported in a ter- rible state of disorder. The disturbances of the Puebla Sierra having terminated, it is believed in Mexico City that very soon military forces will be -sent to hunt down in an active manner the robbers and malefactors that now endanger the public security of the northern and northwestern portions of the State of Mexico. The rainy season still continues. Vera Cruz is becoming heaithier. Commerce remains very dull, and the arrivals of vessels are “few and far between’? ‘The American steamer Grenada, expected yester- day, has not yet arrived. Her Britannic Majesty's Steater Niobe 1s at the isla Verde anchorage, Scarcity and General Distress Consequent In Suppression of the Rebellion to Peninsula—The Indian Campaiga— the Charch Bell Ringing Obnoxious to the Lege islators. Meriva, Sept. 4, 1863, ‘The great topic of consideration here at present is the shortness of the corn crop of the Peninsula. This being the real staif of life to our inhabitants, you may weil believe they take immense taterest in the subject. Governor Cepeda Pereza has issued an ad- dress to the people of the State advising them to be sparing in their use of corn and to cultivate as many vegetables as they can. The Legislature, now in session, has voted a small sum of money for the relief of the poor, and has passed a law abolishing all kinds of duties on the introduction of foreign corn at Sisal for three months, It has also relieved all vessels bringing in the corn from all kinds of tonnage dues in proportion to the cargo they bring. ‘Three barrels of flour, of 196 pounds each, can also be introduced free of all duties, in conjunction with every 1,000 pounds of shelled corn imported. This law awaits only the approbation of President Juarez to go into operation, a national law of 1856 permitting all State Legisla- tures, in times of scarcity, to abolish all kinds of reat but | is it was given A eh oR duties on corn, national or otherwise, within their limits, without the intervention of Congress. The Legislature of Campeachy has been equally prompt in passing a law to aid the people in obtaining a supply of corn, It has raised all the duties on the article for four months, making similar provisions to those of our State Legislature relative to tonnage dues, Furthermore, it has voted a bounty of twenty-five cents on every one hundred pounds of shelled corn introduced into the State, to be paid from the State bile These legislative measures, it is hoped, will assist the ple in pass- ing throngh the trymgcrisis. One good result already noticeable is that here in Merida, Valiadolid, Tizimin and other places in the State corn has ceased ad- vancing in price, L suppose you know by this time that an insurrec- tionary movement at Espita, in this State, headed by Colonel Jesus Iman, was scppreees by the gov- ernment troops, under Colonel Traconis, and Iman killed. A number of his followers been shot. One’ of them, Matos, is likely to be pardoned, having presented himself to the military — auathori- ties at Valladolid, wounded in the right knee, and betng strongly recommended for Executive clemency by Colonel Traconts. The ex-impertal Colonel, Mannel Liorente, has surrendered himself to the authorities, and asked for amnesty. He denies having been engaged in Iman’s revolutionary move- ment. He is now in prison awaiting a decision from Mexico city in his case, Governor Cepeda Pereza has placed outside the law Don José L. Guerra, Pedro Gomez and Francisco Puerto, He has also had some forty or more citizens summarily arrested, and these, with a few Cope imprisoned, have been sent off to Vera Cruz, no doubt to be there released, since nothing can be proven against them, and the Governor, in despair at this, resorted to his som- mary proceeding to get rid of their obnoxions pres- ence for at least a few weeks. Of late this “Cilizen dovernor” has been very high handed and arbitrary in all his measnres. Despite this rigor he is fur from confident and asaued. In an address to the Legisiature he complains bitterly that a majority of the prominent men of the insurrection of last December remain in the State hid, and says the same is trne of the troops, most of whom have, 80 far, rejected the amnesty proffered them. He concludes that as long as Ortoll, Nava- retie, Quijano, Canton and other insurgents are known to be in Yucatan and maintain communica- tions with the refagees and sympathizers at Havana the eight hundred men of the regular army he has at hia disposition will not snffice for the full re-es- tablishment of peace and tranquillity. The Governor also speaks dolefally of the situation with regard to the hostile Indians. He fears surprises and dls- ve since Captain Manuel asters. He is no doubt right tn both matters. The State is indeed threatened at present with revoiu- tionary outbreaks and Indian inroads, So much for having suck & man as General Manuel Cepeda Pereza at the head of ite government. ‘The Legisiature bas petitioned Congress for troops and money to carry onan active campaten against | the Indiens, promising tha® the Stave will co-operate f ta Anancial abilities, It is quea- the troops and money solicited will theoming. Ty the by, while speaking of Legislature, let me inform you that it nine members, of whom six are prac- sing physician Surely the State's health should be ina ition than it is at present, Per. ity of legislative dociors ‘is the being too much physicked wita nows? ) the State Tribanal of Justice nulli- ton of lawyer José M, Osorto to the di hip of Valladolid, A new election is t Whicit Osorto Is likely to be agatn elected. on Was based on his having been an | pertaliat, | | The government of the State has renewed its war. | fare against the clergy, most of whem oppose it. | Among iis recent tiliberal and repressive orders 1s one re‘ative to chureh bell ringing, whieh is not to exceed, accorting to the new dispensation, six minutes In duration for any single purpose save for fires and alarms, ‘The church priests are held lab! for all Lafractions. For the first oifence a ane of $2 Js 60 be Imposed, for the second $50 and for the third | 8X Months imprisonment, The Siate Treasurer in his late report estimates the | } State's Ineo for thia fiscal year ab $168,628, and | the State's disbursements at $148,288, ‘The Chief of Public Instraetion places the number of publte | Kehools in the State at only 42, with 166 teachers. | Rather @ poor showing for a State ing, according to 18 las! consis, 236,415 Inhabitants Recovery or Lost Treascna.—it will be remem- | bered tha’ in February, 1968, the magnificent steamer W. BR. Carter, of the Atlaatic and Missisaippl line, | | exploded, with fearful loss of life and treasure, about twenty miles above Vicksburg, on the Mississippi river. After the explosion the vessel took fire, and the upper works were partially burned, after which | the hull swung round to the Arkansas shore and | sank in Water seventy feet deep. On the vessel, in charge of the messenger, Mr. Gray, who was fost, was @ safe of the Adams Express Company, contain- ing $230,000 in national currency, Owing to the great depth of water and the usual deposit of mud under which the Father of Waters soon taid the wreck, the many attempts made by the company heretofore to recover the mnoney haye been in vain, But stil hoping against hope, and working with the ene perseverance that always characterize their movements, the company have the satisfaction of recovering the safe and con- tents, partially injured, of course, by their long. sob mergence under the waters and mind of the Missis- sip money, of which $200,000 velongs to the Uni isd Benton Treasury and the atadier i parties in Memphis, Was taken from the wreck afew days New Orleans Wrecking Company and | named even b | both Congress and the de artinenta, the agent of the company at Vicks ie services, But alas for human nature! ee wihole, Ae, INTERESTING DEVEL The Games and Tricks of the Washington Way Claims Are Managed—Advice to Claimants. An attorney of the Court of Claims writes to the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press the following curious and graphio account of the modus operandt prac- ticed by the Washington lobby for putting through claims before Congress:— It {s the general impression m Washington that no bill for the relief of a livid be without bril and lnviah waste of mo pe show how far may be true and to exp! how thts impression has been created I will relate a case Seat come up for, CORRE NROR OF Me FA session of When the war broke out there were living in Mo- bile, Ala.,two Northern men, L. Merchent and George W. Boyd, doing business as ship chandlers under the name and firm of L. Merchent & Co. Mer. chent had for several years been @ sea captain and EA Soakired a large fortune. He was formerly from jusetts and retained all the peculiar views of regard to slavery, temperance and edu- cation, He owned slaves, but hated the system and Was known to be an “abolitionist” In principle, and was only tolerated by the slave drivers of Alabama because he owned slaves to the value of over $50,000. When the rebellion broke out this firm was the owner of over $300,000 worth offproperty, consisting of merchandise, ships, steamers, barges, &c., to- gether with a slave property worth over $50,000. ‘They denounced secession from the beginning and were arrested and imprisoned. George W. Boyd, who was about forty-five years of age, left the South and went North, but Captain Merchent, who was then nearly seventy, remained to take care of his property. He closed | ‘his store, but was forced to open ey with his business under pain of forfeiture of all his property. The rebel governinent agents came to him to procure his subscription to the rebel loan. He told them he was a loyal citizen of the United States, and would not aid the rebellion either directly or indirectly. The rebel oMcer drew his revolver and, calling him “a d—d Yankee,” swore he would send him to hell in a moment, “Don’t do that,” said this good ola Union man, “lor yon and I would soon be neighbors again.” THe was dragged to prison by a file of soldiers, while the mob shoutnd, “Hang him, hang him.” To pay him for this contempt of rebel authority all his steamers and barges were taken for the use of the Confeder- acy. After being thus impoverished he was released, and immediately sold out his goods, pntting the proceeds of the sale into cotton, He had nearly a thonsand bales, and in spite of insults, imprison- ment and fines managed to keep his property. All this time he was secretly alding our forces by send- ing out information, an4 was the means of captur- ing many revel privateersmen and blockade rune mn and of getting Union men, lable to service, out of the Confederacy. But, to make a long story short, when our forces, under Genera! Granger, took possession of Mobile on the 12th day of April, 1865, is all consisted of six huudred’and forty-eight bales of cotton, which he had secreted about thirty mites: in the interior, where neither rebel nor Union ranger could find it. He immediately obtained’permission from General Granger to bring his cotton into Mobile, and was ores. protection for the same when within the Tnion iines. ‘wo days from that time the cotton was stored in Mobile, and a few days after Captain Samuel be JU) A. Q. M., took possession of all cot- ton in Mobile, and, not Knowing Merchent’s cotton to be under the protection of the United States gov- ernment, and having it pointed out to him particu- larly by several prominent rebels with whom he was convivially intimate, he loaded it first of all and sent it on to New York. Merchent was absent at the time, and cn his return was greatly surprised to find his cotton seized and loaded on a steamer, but, as he was told it was done through ignorance of the facts in the caso, he paid out $5,000 to have it insured and went to New York to attend to it there. On his arrival in New York ho ‘was told it must be sold, and that he would be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury. ‘On his visiting Washington for this purpose he was told by Secretary McCulloch that it should be paid within ten days. “The cotton brought about $150,000 after paying expenses. About this time the out- oe Untonism of the old man, Merchent, brought him into disfavor with both the President and Secre- tary, and they refused to pay any attention to hin. He then engaged two lawyers to prosecute his claim in the courts. It is curious to notice here that the unsuspecting old man was induced to engage an at- torney who was son-in-law to Stanbery and another ‘Who was at that time a inember of Congress, but on excellent terns with Stanbery and the President. He then went to Europe on some business and left his affuira to these two “professional gentiemen.’? But instead of entering the case in the Court of Claims they engaged several male and female lobbyists and attempted to get the claim endorsed by the Com- mittee on Retrenchment. The Secretary of the ‘Treasury promised to pay the bill, retaining twenty- five per cent of the claim, provided the Retrench- ment Committee recommended him to do so. This was agreed to, and two clerks Inthe Treasury De- ment were proniised five thousand dollars each for their influence with the Secretary! These con- ceasions, together with what they had promised lobbyists, amounted to over sixty thousand dollars. In addition to this they proposed to retain twenty thousand dollars for their own services. They then brought their lobby influence to bear on the Commit. tee on Retrenchinent; but fortunately for the ciai ants, and unfortunately for the lawyers, the head of the committee was Senator Edmunds of Vermont, who ts particularly down on lobbyists, and seein: so many of them eager for this case, concind they were either trying to cheat the owner of the cotton or the government, and put his foot on the whole thing and squelched it entirely. § About this time Captain Merchent returned from Europe, come on to Washington, and after about two weeks prying about succeeded in fioding out what bis lawyers had done, He then went to the Secretary of the Treasury and denounced the whole thing as afrand upon himself and part- ner, and gave notice that he had dismissed his at- torneys from the case. His statement to the Secre- tary was worthy the man who had openly and boldly proclaimed himself a Unton man in Mobile dartn the darkest daysof the rebellion—the man who hi said when ordered to work on the entrenchments about Mobile, “No, 1 will be shot before I will lift masket or shovel @ spadefai of dirt in aid of the Godforsaken Confederacy.” These words cost him thousands of dojlars and days in dungeons, troned like a common felon. He said to Mr. McCulloch “if the government owe me three-fourths they 01 me four-fourths; aud I will have all that is my due or nothing. Betore I will suffer the thieves about this city to have it I will let the government have it all, if T have not always b # loyal man then IT want none of it. Ishali openiy and boldly push my claim; but I will have no more bargaining to give away any part of it.” He came into my office abont a week after that and explained his affairs, which by this time had stil! (ure ther been complicated by these lawyers taking ail the papers in the cnse away from the Treasury De- partment, notwithstanding they had been discharged from the case, I was then retained onnsel. We couciuded to petition Congress for relief and to have nothing to do with any lobbyist or claim agents. After getting together the proper evidence we had Mr. encks, member of Congress from Rhode Island, pre- sent a petition tor the relief of L. Merchant & and then asked for a hearing before the Commitice on Claims, This was granted by the acting chair- mau, Hon. W. B. Washburn, of Massachusetts, than whom [may here say there lives not an honester, wore patient or just man in the United states, By this time the lobby had srot news of the claim and who was managing it. First came a long legged, smooth tongued fellow from Maine, who gad lived | by “lobby jobs’ for several years. He called on me | one evening and asked, “Are you the aitorney for In Merchant € Coy” “1am.” “Weill, iny name t¢ Major and T ean obtain the votes of at least sixteen M. ©.’s, and you can have my good will or my tl will in the case.” This was coming to the point with a vengeance; Dut | managed to remain so little overcome as to be able to ask how much the “ood will of se intiuen- Ual a lobbyist would cost,” and the reply was $5,000." “But”? said I, “what evidence can you give me that you are able to control these members | of Congress?” “Why,"? said he, “1 just come from Biaine’s rooms, and if you will go With me Ul re- turn there and obtain hia promise now.” Ldechned this and promised to consider the matier, aud tiis | was the result of my iuquiries:— Mr. Blaine, member of gress from Maine, whoin this expensive major had “just left” and had promised to take me to, was at the ime at his home | in Maine, and never knew this lobbyist in his life! aller was a lady, who e with a card n from an M. 0., by the name of Kopin. | son, from New York. |} wanted $10,000 wud roimised the support of Brooks, Wood, Voorhees, | tobinson, Munger and several other democrats. on j = gentiemen | sight, except ando Wood and Mungen. The idea was, if sie could obtain a writ- ten promise for the sum named and the bill passed, | she wonld be likely to get it, or a part at least, rather | partmen than have any diimculiy ta obtaining pay- | ment at the ‘department, for these lobbyisi« think (and rightiy in many cases (that have sumiciently impressed claimants to make them belleve they (the lobbyists) actually controt But in most ey are simply gamblers without capiial-—tak- ces on the success or failure of any claim they can get employed upon. ‘Tey advance nothing, Tun no risk, do nothing and then pocket tne | fees, if the case goes through. And all this time they make the incredulous claimants think a large share of the money promised them is actually to be divided among the Congressmen who advocate te bill. One of the lobby members came one day with the ftatement that he had the power to control Colfax, Wade aud Covode, and offered to do so if he was paid $500 down and $500 more when the claim was paid. On inquiry I found he was an ex Indian agent, discharged for stealing, and had not even & speaking acquaintance with the gentlemen named. Again, a well dressed lady, about fifty years of age, offered to induenge Senator Johnson and Congress: man Schenck so that they would zealously advocate the bill. She stated that she was the widow of Stone; wall Jackson and was reduced in ciroamstances and ‘was keeping boarders; that she had wired influ. ence through her knowledge states men in petier days, “before the cruel war came on.” She was very was an ut Christian woman to all appearance, and having gray hairs and a venerable appearance we were Inclinod to believe her, though we had no idea of sete On lug inquiries avout Uer we Ab last Saoveoded ta | Bi nding out, frst, (nat she was jt ing house; that she had roome (eee view fo n.finat test of our joke was the Fs agreed to do, More p ~ Bork 30 find out wae te a @ very smn: the “colored ipereuaston”® follow phn report hs meanderings. Boy came back with gery gone to the Metropolitan.” I then @ friend make bim out his object. “Well, what do you think it was?” Why, he had a confederate who was to personate Ben Butler, he ‘and all, and call on me in the evening and hastily say it was “all right? and de; ‘hen they found out they were disco- vered, instead of taking it to heart, they roared With peals of laughter, and almost went into con- vulsions at the indignant expressions of the old qeatenan, ‘To them it was a rare joke. They were joubtless LS a than they would have been had they su in black mailing us; but 1¢ was rare fun any way. To their credit be it said, these lobbyists deem it mean to get mad or to be re- vengeful when they fail in their attempts to extoré money or to be engaged to ‘work upclaima,” They will threaten, talk 1: ‘ly, lie outrageously; but as s00n As they see they have mistaken their man they are immediately good natured, and seem to like you all the better. By degrees it hecame known among them that there was no hope of any lobby plunder in the case, and that the only benefit they could hope to derive from it was by strategy to fet a bottle of champagne cracked occasionally by calling on the attorneys in the case in a social way. This they began to do in such a quiet, systematic way that it was impossible to avold doing the amiable, and in one month's time the wine bili at my hotel amounted to nearly $700. By this time we had an idea that so much company was not exactly legitimate and required looking into. The result was we found that it had been a regular game of these lobbyists to send every reporter, writer, traveller, Indian agent or good fellow generally to call on us, and they always managed it in 80 gentle- manly and in so proper a way, never in any way appearing like “dead beats,” that no one could take exception to it. The shrewd lobbyist never tries to influence Con- gressmen or Senators, He trusts entirely to chance. He knows if he approaches them he endangers the case, for no honorable member will help on a biif that Is in the hands of the lobby. If it is known thas the lobby is at work upon a particular claim, thas claim is sure to rematn at the foot of wie list. Not to continue this account too long I will say that simply upon the evidence presented the House Committee on Claims unanimously recommended the passage of a bill of relief. The bill passed the House unaniinously, passed the Senate in the same way, and became @ law without a lobbyist having been paid a single cent or a member of Congress or Senator having been offered a farthing. We were told by good, honest men that it would be impossible to get the claim through Congress without paying out at least twenty ee cent of the $160,000 involved to Congressmen, en asked how they knew this they would refer to such and stioh a arty who had to do it. One man who had @ claim for $80,000 paid $10,000 to lobby members. ‘Thus it {8 that @ set of vampires swarm around the Capitol and suck the bi: of poor claimants who come there for redress, pretending to sell the influence or the votes of Congressmen or Senators, but pocketing the cash themselves and laughing in their sleeves over the greenness of the claimants. It 1s very hard to get relief from Congress, and the reason is the Commitiee on Claims have to be cau- tious in view of the many bogus claims that are made and the amount of sworn testimony to baok them up. In one case a widow claims ay! for ‘prep erty destroyed while her husband was In the Union army, and all the evidence in the vase shows that her claims are just, And yet it turns out that she was never a wife or widow, and had been made such ad intertin simply to cover the case and get the pay- ment. Then comes a genuine case and one o! digtresa, General Sherman wanted a et ground for fort at a place in Tennessee. He found the ground belo the widow of a Union man who had been hung for his loyalty. He appraised the Grou and the widow and her two children (daughter sent onto Washington to obtain payment. for t! bonds. Six months passed away before they could get the department clerks to look atthe claim. In Want and sorrow the widow died, and her girls, aged sixteen and thirteen, remained in Washington three before they could get their claim as and then it was done ata sacrifice of a good re of it to fee some rascally clerk or claim agent. The committee have but one way to do, and that is to consider all claims bad until proved good. If your @atm ts an honest one go direct to the Committee on Claims or the department, as the case may be, either peiseany. or through some attorney whom you can rust, Never get the idea that you can “buy ups Con man” through the “lobby.” If there was an M. C, tobe bought he would prove a very poor investment. An open and bold stand on the merits of your case, trusting to the honest men in Congress, may carry you through—nothing else ever can. THE NATIONAL GAME. Athlete of Washington Heights vs. Champfen of Jersey City. The return game between these clubs was played on Monday, the 14th inst., at the Union Base Ball Lark, Tremont. The Champions having lost the first game by the score of 16 to 32 went in to win, if pos- sible, but came out with less suocess than before, The pitches of Collins was entirely too much for them, and, Indeel, the playing of the Athletes was in every way trast class The following is the score:— ATHLETES. 0. RF. Te RPT. 6210 it i riod it Crammit, rf Piette + 25600 ree $234 +4 2 03 j 4122 o 4108 30 a2 0 16 2267 6 nis¢é INNIN . it. Dt Bd. Ath, Gh. 6h, Th. Ate OM. 2:8 04383 0 8 4-8 oo $9 0 oO 8 @ ow ruax, Barry and Hopkins, ida, Union’ Base Ball Cluby Mor- 1D. Johnatone and J, W. Stritling. ‘Tiwe of game—Two hours and twenty miuntes. Base Ball Notes, The Tecumseh Club of London, ©. W., defeated the Maple Leaf Clab of Hatailton @ few days since, with a score of 69 to 15, The Empires of St. Lonia visited Alma, UL, fast week and played with the Lone Stara of that place, | defeating them, with a score of 53 to 14, The meet- | ing was the occasion of a gala day at Alma, ana St. Louis folks were almost overpowered by the kind- hess and hospitality of the Alma batters, The veteran Knickerbockers will have 3 grand rally tyre! on thetr old stamping ground. It is confidently hoped that the Rmpire nine will be on hand when wanted hereafter, They have work oa hand and should prepare for tt. Fun at Hoboken to-day, ‘The Mutuals go up to Albany to-day and will play their home-and-home game with the “Haymakers to-morrow, They leave on Sunday night for Phile- delphia and will play the Athletics on ag In the game for the jnnior championship of Maine, cl at Portiand yesterday afternoon between the wos, the present champions, and the North Stara, of Portiand, the Dirigos were victorious, ‘The score, orthe end of the fifth inning, when the North Star Clob threw up the game, stood 21 to % Matches to Come Of. ‘To-day—Empire va. Eagle. Athletic, vs. Capitoline, on Capitoline grounds, To-morrow—Union, of Morrisania, va. Eckford, at Vuton grounds, Brooklyn, EK, D. Mutual ve. “iey- meaner at Troy. of Brooklyn, INSURANCE LOSSES BY THE FIRE IN GLOUCESTER, M, J. ‘The total loss by the burning of the Gloncester (N. 4.) Manufacturing Company, on Monday afternoon, cannot as yet be ascertained with certainty, but will be gree ho doubt, than the amount of inaur- ance, The following companies, furnished ua by Rood, Kingsland & Hawley, have risks on buildings, goods, &e.:—On buildings and machinery—Citizens’, New Jersey, $10,000; Commerce, of Albany} Com- nionwealth, of New York; Capital, at Albany; x, New York; Cleveland, Firemen’s, New Connecticnt, Hartford; Enterprise, Cinera- Norwich, Connecticut; ' Merchants’, of Pro- vidence; Providence, Washington, Providence; Atlantio, Brooklyn; Continent New = York; Niagara, New ‘York; Corn Exchange, New York; tna, New York; North American, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; Attar Provi- dence; Yonkers, New York; Merchants’ and North America, Hartford; Reliance, Philadelphia; Narra- gansett, Providence; Lorilard, New York; Fuiton, Now York; Mercantile, New York; City of Hartford, each $5,600; eer New York; Phonix, Baritorey aud Attna, of Hartford, $10,000 cach. Total, On stock—North Ai Reliance, Philadelphia; Yonkers, New York: |, Worcester; Excetsior, Now York; Relief, New York! Home, of Now Hayon! Loriiiard, New York; Market and ‘Standard, New York, $5,000 . National, Boston; Putnam, Mart ford; Lamar, New York; International and Security, New York, $10,000 each. Home and Hartford, $20,000 each. of New York, $15,093 Pheonix, North British, $20,000, Total, $183,00%j—Phiiadéa. wide Ledge ‘