New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-27
LATER FROM MEXICO.

rived at tins port yesterday morning from Vera
Cruz, which place she left on the Esd, having
been detained one day by stress Of weather.
She brings the following passengers:
Itnrhde, Secretary to Mexican Legation, Washing
tom seres j.. Fay Badalde and servant, Mrs Shube
capt ". q. Campbell and four in the steerage.
| The news from Mexico is of littleinterest, with
the exception Of the official account Of the trial
| and execution Of Count Raousset de Boulbon at
Guyamas. The following iB the official dispatch
| Of General Ganez to the Minister of War, pub
| lished in the Trait d. Union;
Most Excellent SIR On the 9th inst, in
ordinary council of war, presided over by Brevet
| denerai Domingo Ramirez de Arellano, Colonel
| OF the Firth Battalion, and composed of Captains
Antonio, Mendoza, Juan B. Navarro, Domingo
Duffoo, Julio Gomez, Wenceslao Dominpuez and
dsidro Campos, the charge preferred in due
form against the Count CASTOR de Raousset de
Boulbon was heard. The council. after having
heard the defense and pleas ii mitigation Of the
accused, and having fulfilled all the legal for
| mailties, unanimously sentenced him to be shot.
approving this sentence, l(ahd after having
consulted the assessor, ordered, on the 10th,
that he should be executed on the SQUARE of the
| Mole at 6 o'clock on the morning Of Saturday,
| the 18th inst, at the same time ordering that
\ the prisoner should be at once prepared for his
| fate
| During the time that he had yet to live the
Count received all the attentions that his situa-
| ton demanded
He made his will, freely disposing Of what
ever articles he possessed in this port he wrote
several letters, spoke with one of his fellow
countrymen, with his defender, and with the
vice. Consul for France, to whom he recon-
| mended portion of his last dispositions. In
| short, every thing compatible With humanity
and the circumstances of the case was accorded
| to him. The consultations of our holy religion
were afforded to him by the rector of the port,
| the Rev Vincente Oviedo.
Finally, on Saturday, the 10Th inst. early
IN the morning, the garrison Of this place was
| 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 customary
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 COM
plled with, the sentence was executed, and
Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon was shot he
meeting his death with great courage, and re-
penting as Christian of his errors The corpse
received Christian interment in the cemetery of
this port.
With this Communication you will find the
testimony on the charges preferred against the
unhappy ~ de Raousset copy of his testi-
mentary disposition is also annexed and this
commandance general has caused it to be full
filled as far as it belonged to it to do so by col
Letting the articles pointed out, and delivering
them to the Vice Consul of France. in order that
they may be RENTED as the testator desired
God and Liberty
JOSE MARIA YANEz.
The Universal states that the Count requested
that he might be allowed to receive his death
standing, and that his desire was complied with
The same paper announces that with the excep-
tion Of nj. Desmarais and three officers, who
had accompanied the unfortunate Count, and
who were being proceeded against at Guayamas,
all his misguided followers taken by the Mexican
authorities had been set at liberty and sent
back to California
DR.. Ramon Francis Valdez has been appointed
Consul of Mexico at New Orleans.
Mr.. George Llanes has been appointed Con-
sular Agent for the United States at sisal
The Sigto says that the town of Santa Maria
de Villagran and Hidalgo, in Tamaulipas, have
disclaimed their pronunciamiento, which they
declare they were forced to make by the reyo-
lutionists.
The 18th was celebrated with great ceremony,
as the anniversary of the victory gained by
Santa Anna over the Spaniards who landed at |
Tampico in 1893.
The Restauratur of Morelia (Miehoaean) an
nounces that the insurgent chief, Estrada, had |
surrendered to the troops of the Government, |
and been pardoned
In Toluca, the insurgents have been routed |
with great slaughter. A large party of the |
rebels attacked the town of Sultepec. which |
was garrisoned by the troops of the Govern
ment, and after a battle of four days duration, |
were completely routed and put to fight with |
the loss of sixty killed and seventy prisoners |
Four Of the latter who had been taken with |
arms IN their hands, were subsequently shot |
Among the wounded, was the chieftain Marine |
Hernandez On the side of the Government no |
loss was experienced.
1t is said that Don Manuel Fernandez de Cor |
dova has presented to the Supreme Government |
a project for the colonization of Lower Califor- |
mia, on an economical plan. The greater part |
Of the colonists are to be Mexicans.
The papers are filed with accounts of the de-
struction of churches and edifces during the |
present and past month, by lightning The |
churches of Ayutta and Esquitta have both |
been struck by the electric fluid, and burnt to |
the ground.
The young poet, Miguel Losada, who has been
engaged in writing an epic on the battle of Tam
pico, having finished his poem, was few days
since presented to Santa Anna. After hearing
his patriotic effusion, the President compli-
dered that his poem should be published in the
Diario Official.
Accounts Of the cruel and relentless warfare
waged by the merciless savages upon the inhabi-
tants of the Northern States continue to crowd |
the papers, says writer in the Siglo.'' eat
the hacienda of Morals they ate an infant and
the greater portion of man. A party of saya-
ges advanced upon the Church of Alams de Par
ras. There they seized young man, tied
cord around his neck, and hanging him up to
tree, amused themselves by shooting arrows into
his body. They cut slices from the loins of
small child, cooked and ate them. The child was
still alive. 49,
DEMOCRATIC Mass MEETING There wassa
outpouring of numbers at the Demo-
cratic gathering on the evening Of the 18th in
Independence Square, Philadelphia, to COM
the adoption of the Federal Constitu-
ton, and the proceedings were enthusiastic in
the extreme. The delegates marched in process
sion with torch lights, banners, etc.. from the
various wards to Independence Square, which
presented beautiful appearance-the platform
being illuminated with gas lights, and decorated
with flags. John Robinson, Jr., presided at
the principal stand, and Benjamin Rush at the
second stand. The resolutions were read from
both stands by J. Murray Rush, and adopted
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gzH~ HOWARD ASSOCIATION, OFFICE No. 80
CAMP STREET UP sTAIRs-Appieaicns Relief INDECENT
Persons sick with the Yellow Fever will at The Office
the Association DAILY from ito and from 10 O'Clock.
aa2 9p2w d. 1. RICARDO. Secretary. |