Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-02-02

'Houbl C.ouuSu loi tue SetZuro OF tntS YesSei
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No. Al. Mr.. Coleman, acting ~ consul Of
The United States at. 'fobasco, was sum.
'tnohed before the authorities in 1886, and
publicly :nsdifed and iiltreated, because
he refused to fegalize certain documents,
:hs resuit Of which would be TO defraud.
be No. as. The Schooner Aurora was
/ stranded ON the coast Of Mexico, in 1896.
A part of The cargo was landed by the
crew, when it was itarnediately taken pos.
session Of by an armed body of Mexicans.
2 On the. demonstrating against these
proceedings. they were insuFted, maitreat-
ed, and the mate seriously injured
Thereupon the crew proceeded to TOBIAS.
co, and delivered the goods, over to our
consul at that place, who, on taking pos
session thereof, found that over one. half
I had been splundered. AIo aiat1'
No. AT! 1t was proposed to sell the brig
Fourth Of July TO the Mexican govern.
.ment; but while the negotiation was go
ing on she was taken possession ofby the
MeSican authorities andthe Mexican flag
hoisted. Mr.. Ellis, then our minister in
Mexico, demanded the release of the ves-
sci, to9which demand 10 answer had been
returned r4s) yu1J ca3 fsasBas uus3
III No. 40. In 1886, William EssI.oa4 and
Zalmon Hall, citizens of the United States,
were arrested inihe streets of Matamoras,
by al armed force, who struck one ofthem
on the face, and took .7both TO the princi.
pal barrack. Here they were confined.
while a guard was placed at the door OF
the house of the American consul to pre-
vent his Interfere oc in the matter. The
house was searched for the consui him
eelf, and much of his property was stolen.
ii No. 81. The American citizens at Tam.
pico having requested that man-of-war
might be sent for their protection, Lieut..
Orborn, with a boats crew from the rev.
endes cutter Jefferson proceeded there,
when he was arrested by the authorities,
carried off and examined. On his return,
he learned that his crew had also been
arrested, and held for a long time in con-
finement. Gomez, who committed these
outrages, was removed therefor by the su.
preme government, but was subsequently,
appointed commandant at Vera Cruz.
No. SO. The schooner. William A.
Turner, of which James O'Flaherty was
master, was seized off Sisal, in 1884, by
an armed Mexican force. The vessel was
released after Capt. O'Flaherty had given
bonds for her value. In 1886, his vessel
was again, seized. himself confined, liber-
ated and after entering into bonds for ST.
200, his vessel released. Soon after, the
vessel was again seized, and the captain
confined in the cabin, from whence he
was sent as q prisoner to Fobasco. From
this place, where be had heea confined in
the public prison, he was consseyed, still
a prisoner,to Campeachy, and cast a Sec
onl ne into confinement. 81. -.t, 3.
q i. OF. is entirely ignorant of the
cause Of these repeated ind1gnities, and at
no time has any charge been preferred a.
gainst hin-. !: .t--e.,... s. .,-ss e..,l,
He claims, for loss. Of property, $ls,-.
OOU.p -, :, ,.-,sgf 49,. ~. ,r...l ~.
It was in reference to 81 cases of ont.
RACES like these that Gen. Jackson, in
1887, in his message, used the following
remarkable and emphatic language: 81
"That the length of time since some, of
the injuries have been committed, the re-
peated and unavaiIing applications for re-
dress, the wanton character of some of the
outrages upon the property and persons Of
our citizens, upon the officers and flag of
the United States. independent of the re-
cent insults to this government and people
by the late extraordinary Mexican minis
ter, would justify, in the eyes Of all nations,
immediate war. ..f-....5, !:
Twelve additional cases occurring prior
to December, 1897, were afterwards made
known. From these we select the two
following instsnces of the imprisonment
and murder. OF Americans
No. 81. Mary Hughes, widow of Geo.
Hughes, master Of the brig John, Of New
York. The brig John, lying at anchor in
the river Tabas.o in 1882, was boarded
and captured by an armed force, on a pre-.
text altogether unfounded. Capt. Hughes
was knocked down, cruelty beateR with
the butts of the muskets of the boarding
party, carried off and imprisoned, and the
cargo and stores of the vessel plundered.
Capt. Hughes subsequently died from the
wounds he received OH this occasion. pa
Mary Hughes claims reparation there
for. s ....'''
No. 6s. James Cochrane, engineer of
the steamer HidHge. was impressed into
the Mexican service together with the boat
in 1892 cruelty and ignorniniously treat
ed, and compelled to do duty as engineer
for two months. He claims reparalion fol
| the breaking up Of his business. and fol
false imprisonment. s'es.ssl ~
| All The above nae ntioned cases. of ag.
erosion took place prior to December,
1887. Since that time 26 additional ones
have occurred, making die whole nurnbei
los. These last acts were commiited chief