Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-10-03

EXECUTION OF COUNT BOULBON.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION
HORRIBLE INDIAN ATROCITIES.

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HORRIBLE INDIAN ATROCITIES.
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The New Orleans papers Of the 9Th ult.
contain later advices from the city Of Mexico,
brought BY, the steamer orissba from Vera
Cruz.
On the Sd of August, Count de Raousset
Boulbon was tried at Gusymas by council Of
War, and sentenced to be shot.-The sentence
was carried into effect on the 18th. !, It is said
that sehemst his death with great courage,
and ohristian-liks repented Of his sins :,
He asked permission T., stand instead of
knseling, which was. granted Goa VHHT
In his official dispatch to the Msxie an Gov.
ernnent, Gen. Yanes thus notices the execu.
! ton Of the unfortunate Count -.5a d ha
| a'He made his Will freely disposing of what
| ever article he possessed In this port; he wrote
several letters, spoke with one of his fellow
Vice Consul for France, to whom he recon
mended portion Of his last dispositions. Il In
| short, everything compatible with humanity
| and the circumstances of the case, was &C.
| corded to him. The consultations Of our holy
religion were afforded to him by the rector Of
the port, the Rev. Vicente 0viedo. sis q IS.
| FINALLY, On Saturday, the 18th inst carly
under arms A part of the troop, according
to my directions, was in battle array, not far
from the place of execution. Another portion
was formed at the latter point in the eustomar y
square. All being thus disposed, giving to so
important an act the solemnity and respect
which the justice of the nation deserved, the
prisoner was conducted to the appointed spot,
in the midst Of strong escort and there, all
the requirements Of the ordinance having been
complied with, the sentence was executed, q nd
Count CASTOR de Raousset Boulbon was shot,
he meeting his death with great courage, aud
repenting as Christian Of his errors The
corpse received Christian interment in the
cemetery Of this port" 100
| A decree has been issued prohibiting all
persons from crossing the RE Bravo, without
their passports being strictly examined by
the military authorities. Those who cross sur
| reptiously and armed will be treated as con.
| spirators.
large force Of cavalry had been despatched
from Matamoras in pursuit of the revolution.
lists, who, it was reported, had dispersed after
the taking of Cuidad Victoria.
A decree was promulgated on the 1st inst
ordering that all the towns on the frontier,
| subject to attack from the Indians, should be
fortified Immediately, and for their defence
levy is to be made in the frontier departments
Of all males between the ages of 16 and so.
A project has been started to establish line
of steamships between Nantes and Mexico.
touching at Santander in Spair, and the Ha.
| vana.
The most horrible of the unnumbered afro
cities of the Indians lately is one in which
they made hole beneath the chin of young
man, through which they passed cord, taking
1t through the mouth, and so hanging him up
by his chin to tree, and making him target
for their arrows! Another is one where the
wretches cut some pieces of flesh from the
launches of a poor infant, roasting them and
eating them while the agonized little creature
still lived. and another where they devoured
the greater part of the human body!
The Government claim to have gained vic.
| tory over the revolutionists at Sultepec. The
| combat is said to have lasted from the 18th to
| the 7th of September The latter are reported
to have lost sixty killed and seventy wounded,
while the former lost not single man, and
had only one slightly wounded. This is re-
ducing the science of war to pretty near a
tiving and not dead certainty.
Don M. Fernandez de Cordova has presented
plan to the Government for colopizing Lower
California If he will wait a little while the
natives of the country adjoining it on the
north will save all expense and trouble on that
score.
There have been several skirmishes be-
tween the Government troops and insurgents,
in which the latter have invariably been
wOrsted.
During the month of August there were
coined at the mint of Zacatecas 251 900 dol
lars; besides $4,000 in smaller pieces
The cholera is reported to be making great
ravages in the town of Huet lmo
| A naval academy has been established at
Mazatlan, and Gen. Pedro Diax Miron been
appointed Director in Chief --.