MEXICO.

Southland Times, Issue 1009, 24 August 1868, Page 3

MEXICO.

n (By Overlamd Teleyraph.) n ' San Feancisco, July 2nd. 's The English war-steamer Chanticleer, 's being at Mazatlan, the Collector wai b, informed that one of the officeis was ]. smmuggling gold on board. He wai n searched, and gold was found on him The Captain went ashore, and announce( re his intention to bombard the town t< ;., avenge the insult to the British flag \x Ultimately he consented merely t< i'J blockade the Port, until the receipt o v- orders from the Admiral. The United States war steamer Su d. wanee has gone to protect the Americai interests. id The war-steamer Juarez, presented t d- the Mexican Government by the Califoi nia, Oregon, and Mexican Steamshi Company, had arrived at Mazatlan. c- Gen. Corona had left Mazatlan wit A 3000 men for Durango, where the force

; will be increased 10 12,000 men, when he • will inarch against the Insurgents further ; East. j Advices from Lower California are disi couraging. Tne Government refuse to j allow the shipment of silver ban*, unless six per cent, duty be added to charges heretofore paid. The Mining Companies have determined to leave the works ; thus virtually suspending all business. , Several severe shocks of earthquake were felt at Cape St. Lucas on the 21st June. A Mexican correspondent gives details of a plan of annexation of the Northern States of Mexico to the United States, in which the Governments of England, France, and the United States are con- 1 cerned. All holders of claims against i Mexico, of whatever nationality, are to be j satisfied. The only hope of their pay- j ment lies in the United States, and the ! interference and assumption by our Go- ! vernment of all the just indebtedness of ; Mexico, in consideration of the transfer to the United States by Mexico of her northern tier of States. Great conflict of opinion exists as to which party is most to blame in the Anglo Mexican difficulty. Colonel Inclau, who had command of the Imperial Police at the execution of General Nicola Romero, has been sentenced to death, but has filed a petition for pardon. The execution of Romero was for the crimes committed on the French soldiers, and was ordered by a French Court Martial on the 18th. General Escobedo has taken field to root out the Santa Anna rebels in Sierra Gorda. General Cororra is reported to have gone to Sonora. Exequators have been granted to Mr Elmers, as American Consul at La Paz, Lower California, and to Mr Kennedy, as Consul at Jalapa, State of Yera Cruz. In the State of Jalisco, . the famous Colonel Chavez has pronounced in favor of Santa Anna, and the authorities have given him seven hundred guns. General Martinez, of Sinaloa, is again on the war path ; he has captured the town of Fuerte Tolentino. The proposition of Edward Stephenson to the Governors of the States of Mexico, for the construction of the Eio Grande, Pacific, and Mexico City Eailroad, had been favorably received. The crops of the country are a total failure. The United States Consul at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, reports the loss of the American schooner Growler on rocks at head of Vancouver's Island ; 13 lives and 35,000 dollars worth of cargo were lost. ■■