Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-02-02
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Fhe outrageous AggrcsSions Of Mexico.

tAMexicaIl authorities upon the citizens and
commerce of this country. They are al.
most without parallel in the, history of
fmodern nations The New Hampshire
Patri0t contains statement of the ae!
gfessions, during the period from 1 1917 to
l945, which is made up from the docu.
mentsnow on fle In the department of
State. Those-o. the cases occurring pri.
or to Dec. Cd. -l837, will be -feund~in-
letter efthe Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary
Estate, to the President, which was pub.
lished with the annual message of that
i year. OF these cases embraced in the
letter oflMr. Forsyth, being 81 in number,
we give the following as specimens of the
rest: .mrIH smriIiI 3dF
No. g. Brig Cato.--This .vesselfwas
boarded at AISaradol on the .2sth of Au-I
gust, 1924, by some II men who ri1ed
her of 81, 70l in specie, ard ofnamerous
ether articles. After threatening the life
i Of the captain and wounding two of the
i crew, they set the vessel adrift by cutting
i her chain cable, which, with the anchor
wereslost. The claim in this case is for
! $3.544. bas ;13a0sm 9ldE SIS q iagLdna
| No, IS. Brig, Delight, of Philadelphia.
( A Double Claim.-This vessel in, March,
/ 1885, touched at San Bias, where the. of
iceFs Iofthe custom house compelled the
Conveyance of her cargo over mile to
the custom house stores, and its reship-
ment, The damage to the owners was
estimated at $3,7l6 rs. The same YES
sci entered the port of Sisal in September
of the same year, where she was seized
hythe collector with an armed force, part
of her cargo forced on shore, her matches
broken open, and the cargo taken TO the
custom house. Estimate Of damages ari-
sing from the condemnation and sale ofthe
cargo, &c, $I5,692s so. The Mexican
Secretary of the Treasury has assured
Mr.. Polnsett that an. order had been given
to release the vessel and cargo. Mr..
Poinsett pronounced this one of the most
fragrant and unjustiiable violations of the
property of American citizens on record.
!. No, IL. Schooner Fair American, of
Baltimorc.-This vessel arrived at Ruful
| go, January 4th, 1926, was admitted TO
entry, landed her cargo under permit, and
in part removed it to town, when the whole
was seized by. the Mexican Authorities,
and confscated and Sold, The Mexican
4 consul at Baltimore afterwards requested
Of his government that the property might
be restored and the owner Unidentified
Mr.. Wilson'S claim for damages is $50.
224 81, the justice of which was under-I
4 stood to be acknowledged by the Mexican
/ government To the demand ofthe Amor-
lean minister for damages in this case,
the Mexican government made. evasiVe
replies, and made no answer TO his last
4 note on the subject, .s.... ..s.-...I f:.,.
I No. 81. John BALDWIN an American
CITIZEN, complains Of gross and outrageous
treatment at the hands of the alcalde Of
4 Minotitlan in Guazeualeo.1l He asserts
which was brought against him by one Of
his creatures. Some alteration occurring
atthe proceedings before the aleaide, he
was ordered to the stocks. Hearefused
70 submit, and in attempting 10 escape
was shot at, and severely injured bya fall.
He was captured, made to stand IN the
stocks, and afterwards Imprisoned. The
4 Mexican government was informed sub
sequantly that the United States govern
ment. "would regard this a national .ques-.
tion.''' The reply of the Mexican execu-
tive was. that it was a matter of Judicial
Investigations &c. b9isGliisa = iso2 o1'ih
No. 20. Schooner opaz.--The mas
ter of this vessel contracted. in 1882, 10
transport l5e Mexican soldiers from Mat.
! amoras 10 Galveston, During the passage
the master and mate were killed by the
Mexican. officers, and the crew were fore
ed to run the yesselin.o Anahuac.w Here
they were imprisoned on charge Of kills
q ing their captain and mate, and attempts
were made by the officers above mention
ed to make them eonfes that crime. They
were at last liberated on their agreement
to be bound to tao officers to serve them
: for 8. years. One of them subsequently
I escaped to the United States, and testiGed
: to the facts above stated. He states that
! the Mexican officers diyidedthe captains
money between them. He thinks he had
$4,000 or $4,000. - e,a..,. adj -.
n No. 40. The schooner Harriet Eliza
beth was stranded near Matagordo IN
|. 1885. While in this sitnatioA she was
fired upon byia Mexican schoonef,a and
her captain, crew and passengers carried
z to Matamoros and Imprisoned. Repara-
: ton was demanded By Mr.. Ellis IN 1896.
!. bdthas never been given by the Mexican
goxeFhnenf. aq1s bawasb aas j I. sgii'ls
No: AZ. The brig Jane and four other
vessels were Idetained at Mataineres, il
. 1886, contrary to express treaty stipuIa-
! lions, and when repafaiioa was demanded
: the excuse rendered for f1be outrage was
that certain hostile vessels were cruising
81 IN those wstersgthat the orders BY which
/ the Jane, &c, were detained, were with,
!. out authority from the supreme govern
h1es,t No = Fafatfo,, WAS. l40Wevef gran