ary some months before the termination of the war, and when
there was still reason to hope that it might be brought to a favorable
issue; and Count Bethlen, another of Kossuth's suite, also states that
Szemere is a man of exceeding vanity, an intriguer against every body
that is above him, and that no man is more unpopular in Hungary than he.
Therefore, it is argued, his opinion is valueless, and he is utterly in
the wrong when he says that Kossuth is no longer beloved and accepted by
the Hungarians as their chosen leader.

The revolutionary disturbances in Northern Mexico have been renewed, the
government having unwisely returned to the old tariff of import duties,
which was the pretext for the first outbreak. Accordingly, Caravajal has
got his men together again and has resumed operations, of course with
considerable assistance from the Texan side of the line. Mexico is
generally in great trouble, not only from insurrections in this and
other parts of the republic, but from the fact that the entire political
organization is in a state of decay approaching dissolution. The revenue
is insufficient for the ordinary wants of the government, which is
unable to pay its civil officers or the army with the exception of the
troops in the field, to whom something has had to be paid, though not
all they have been entitled to. The deficit for the last year, exceeds a
million of dollars, exclusive of the interest on the debt. Congress met
on the first of January, when President Arista addressed the two Houses
in a speech, exposing the dangers of their situation, and calling on
them to come up to the sublime task of saving the country from the
destruction which menaces it.

From South America we have the details of the progress of the revolution
which begun in Chili in the last autumn, and is not yet finished. It
commenced with a revolt of the provinces of Coquimbo and Concepcion,
against Gen. Montt, the President, elected by a large majority in the
other ten provinces of the republic. The election took place in June
last, and the insurrection broke out on the 6th and 8th of September,
under the leading of Gen. Cruz. The government forces were commanded by
Gen. Bulnes, the retiring President, who put his antagonists to route in
a battle at Longomilla. The contest was a most furious and bloody one;
the armies on the two sides were nearly equal, eight thousand men being
engaged in all. Two thousand, or one quarter of the whole, were