Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851Various
History
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851
Various
American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
From _Mexico_ later advices have been received,--to August 22d from the
capital and the 29th from Vera Cruz. The hostility of the government to
the fulfillment of its treaty stipulations concerning the Tehuantepec
Canal continues unabated; and it is stated that two vessels sent from
New Orleans to commence the work were seized by the Mexican authorities.
The financial condition of the country continues to engross attention,
but no one of the numerous projects offered for its relief seems likely
to be adopted. The ministerial plan calling a convention of the
Governors of the several Provinces, meets with very little favor. The
appropriation of the Church property to the necessities of the
Government has been warmly recommended by some of the public journals.
The estates of the clergy and of various religious incorporations amount
to $50,000,000. This sum, which has been accumulating in unproductive
hands for the last three centuries, it was maintained, would save the
country from bankruptcy and ruin.
The Mexican Senate has passed an act recommending a general
Confederation among the Spanish American republics. A plan for
accomplishing this object is detailed, of which the most marked features
are a general Congress, a uniform political system, a general act of
navigation and commerce, an alliance offensive and defensive, and a
tribunal for the settlement of differences. The project is a good one,
but there seems to be little chance of its being carried out. In
Durango, a popular commotion occurred on the 17th of August, in
consequence of the high price of corn, but it was quelled without
bloodshed, by an order from the government compelling the holders of the
article to reduce its price. In Vera Cruz, on the 21st, a very large
number of the inhabitants, including some of the National Guard,
assembled to ask of the local government relief from recent and very
oppressive taxes. Some of the soldiers were ordered out to oppose them,
when the people retired to their houses and prepared for defense. A
brisk action ensued in which several were killed, but quiet was restored
by the announcement that the local government had yielded to the popular
demands. President Arista's birthday was celebrated on the 25th of July.
He has dissolved a club formed for the purpose of regulating the annual
celebration of Mexican Independence, as some of its regulations did not
meet his approbation. An abortive attempt at a pronunciamiento in favor
of Santa Anna has been made at Guanajuato. The plot, which probably had
plunder for its chief object, was discovered before it had come to
maturity, and the leaders were taken into custody. A revolution has
broken out in Chiapas, aiming at the abolition of the internal Custom
Houses. Col. Munoz, commanding the battalion of Guerrero in Tehuantepec,
was ordered to proceed to Chiapas and aid the government party in the
suppression of the rebellion. His men began to desert soon after the
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