Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.Various
History
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.
Various
American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
From Mexico the general aspect of intelligence is gloomy enough. It
would seem doubtful whether there is sufficient vitality left for the
re-organization of society, without an infusion of a more fresh and
vigorous blood. The administration of Arista has not thus far realized
the anticipations which had been cherished of it. The country is
infested with predatory Indians and brigands. On the 15th of February, a
train of wagons was attacked in broad daylight, a few miles from the
capital, by a band of 15 robbers who drove off the military escort and
carried away a large amount of goods. The Minister of War and Marine
urges the establishment of military colonies upon the frontiers; and
recommends the desperate measure of incorporating into these colonies
the agricultural Indians, such as the Seminoles, who are accustomed to
the use of arms, and are disposed to settle in fixed habitations, so
that they may serve as a barrier against the marauding Camanches,
Lipanes, and Apaches. The highroad leading from Mazatlan to the mines is
held by the Indians. In Yucatan fears are entertained of the
extermination of the whites. The refractory Bishop of Michoacan has at
length consented to take the oath to sustain the constitution and laws.
An act of the Legislature of Queretaro, restoring the Jesuits to that
State, has been pronounced by Congress to be a violation of the
Constitution. The exclusive right for 100 years to construct a railroad
from Vera Cruz to Madellan has been granted to Don José Maria Estellan.
GREAT BRITAIN.
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