New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-19
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81 January which Is "a Oil probability correct, as,
,tboueh has been published in the Mexican papers,
hs. met with contradiction notwithstanding many
are but little dppoeed do justice TO the eI-Pfesden''
occrRBrscy- or rnE CORN or JANUARY, 1888 Is
TBE CAPITAL oP TIE hEPCBLIc.
Atso'cIock on the morning Of the 9ih Of January,
is5s President General Don Ygnacio C0moh'ort bad
under bic orders SB met of al arms, and on tne id'
loving day. al the hour, hs Wa Obliged 70 ao4n-
don the Palace. because be coulf no longer reckon
upon even a email force tOsH,tin l.m win cer,ahly,
at that point. ,
This .uddeu and unexpected disaster has attracted
public attention without having been up 70 the pres-
tDt time satisart0ry explained. IL l. not accounted
for by tie yalOr Of The victoTs, tecad;e ma-t De
cnpc.ssd that the conquered not les va0rous,
nor BY ths force Of OpbiOa because i wa. ieat Oi
arm, a. 10 the result Of which the opinion Of the com
tstabts would e1ercise no Influence. Neither can r
De explained by the suggestion Oi lsck OF ValoI VI
skill 10 the Chief, bccause the whole country has seen
this man give EcOLte-tible proof Of -kI and yaipr
triumph with few resources, over more powerful enc
ies and succeed under more difficult circumstanc;s
How, then, IL it that MI. Comopiort has not been
able 10 sustain an attack Of few hOurs; and how J.
II that having forces and resolution to maintain him.
he has lost hs power il single day This mystery
will be cleared up by the simple relation Of the occur
r. nee. which we about TO make, in a few words.
Al II O'Clock Of the Goth it was known at the Pal
ace through an Adjutant from the AcOdada that the
PronuDcsdos, divided into three columns, and snp.
ported by two batteries, were marching upon that
icpeti,ien OF this intelligence, Gen. Rangel, with 400
men and one hece Of artillery advanced to reinforce
the points attacked but, they having already i4ilen
into the hands Of the enemy, he posted himself with
his column in the Alameda where he bravey sustained
the fire Of the bateries stationed beforehand for the
attack upon the AcOTdada and that Of two other
pieces which the Pronunciados had already taken.
Finding himself in this position, he sought Cen Ina-,
10 obtain from him two Of the three pieces which were
defending Sun Francisco, but thi- General no, being
found and the reinforcement asked for not having ar
rived Rangel could not prevent the Pronunciados IN
spite Of piOdgies Of vaor, from taking possession OF
his piece and the DISPERSION Il hls column.
Al this moment the President General with hs adj
iutants made his appearance in the PueDte de San
Francsco in time 10 check and to resather the ugi-
tives, whom he left IN the court yafd OF San frsncco
TO recover themselves, but where numbers OF the
ushcd from the grenade which the hostile batterc-
were hurliDg upon that point.
The President was engaged in supplying arnnuni-
ton TO the rest the column when along the parspets
Of the streets Of the Rebedes, San Juan and Santa
Ysabel the alarm was given, that two columns OF
ados advancing upon those points. His
EXccllency, with Gen. Irais started TO meet them,
and succeeded in repellng them.
Tie President thereupOn desired TO close again the
line Of the enemy, and 10 cOuDeract the prestige,
which the capture of the Aoordada had given them,
10 which end he ordered paapet to be raised in the
Puente de Sen FrancifCO a work intrusted TO the
valiant Chief Of Engineers. Gen. JusO Alvarez, who
carried it out at the imHine Mt rA OF his own life az
well that Of his engineers and labOrers at whom
the forces Of the PTOuncadOs continued firing long
the work lasted
AS soon az this was finished and to cover entirely
that point the President General asked of Mr.. Ra-
villa Colonel of the battalion of the Independence,
what was the condition Of the forces under his orders
and the of this gentleman could not be more
discouragiDg. 1t was that part of them were prls-
oneys in San Juan de Dics, the Santa Vera Cruz the
the Nariscala and the AcOrdada, and that the re-
maInder had dispersed.
While Mr.. CoinOnfort was receiving ths intelligence
in the street of San Francisco, Gen. Garcia Conde
arrived from the Palace to inform him that his pres
ence was requisite in the Plaza, TO check the de-
mOralizaOD of the troops which was beginning TO
prevail in consequence Of the losses suffered at the
Acordada and li,spiciO.
At that time the forces which remained in the para
pets under the orders Of Tras and Revlla, had al
ready been reduced TO one hundred and thirty men,
officers TO concentrate them in the Convent, and, If
tbey should be again attacked by forces which they
could not resist to retire then to the Plaza. These
measures having been taken leaving in San francisco
one Of the pieces and taking with him the other two.
to prevent their falling into the hands Of the enemy
Mr. Comonfort returned to the Plaza where he hastily
organized column to reinforce the Convent.
An hour and half had scarcely expired since the
President bad given those orders when the colulno
was dispatched; but the Adutsnt who conducted 1t
returned mmed diatey with the news that the Convent
was abandoned for he found nothing in 1t except some
aims and other material oi war scattered on lhe
ground.
1t was difficult for Mr.. ComOniort TO believe this in-
teligence since the reason for such an skt was alto
gether incomprehensbe, as no firing upon the aban-
doued Onyent had been observed. lie wished, there
fore. 10 convince himself with his own eyes, and
found il TO be sad reality. San Francisco was de-
serted the President covered that point with the
small column which he had formed to reinforce it,
Withdrawing some wagons OF ammunition whlch the
troops had left.
TIE President thereupon returned to tbs Palace to
acquire information Of the whereabouts OF Mcssrs.
Trias and ,Revlla, and the mysterious cause OF 80
many fatal occurrences began 10 be cleared up. Re-
villa was at the Palace because, he declared, Gen.
Trias had ordered HIM to retire. and besides it was
known that the latter had been at the Sansia, the
Merced, at San Pedro and San Pablo, aud other
poins urging their defenders to abandon them and to
place themselves in safety, for all was lost This ad-
vice. as fatal pcompeheDsible, was communicated
Ike flash ofghtniDg to all the points garrisoned by
the troops Of the Government, the result OF which was
that they were Immediately abandoned.
While the President of the Republic was at the
Paace receiving this discouragiDg news bold ,Gen.
RaDgel ncl0sIg by means Oi new fortitc ations
smaller permeter IL order 10 repel the enemy at the
dawn oi the next day, and thus occupied had not
noticed what passing in the interior of the plaza
and at the north south and east points of the city,
When the President-CieneTal communicated it to him
that he might concentrate IN the Palace the small
force which remained, with the object of there de-
Tending himself 10 the last moment, Rsngel gave him
a reply worthy Of hie intrepdity and heroism, but
urged him at the same time, in the most respectful
terms 10 withdraw from thr Palace, and from the
capital because resistance with the small remaining
force altogether useless This force was 80 small
in fact that at dawn Of the st scarcely 600 men could
be concentrated in the Palace belonging to the bat
talon OF La Libertad, m, and piquets of
fusilers of Touea, Ligero Active and Tehusntepec.
To the entreaties Of Gen. RANGE were united those
of Gems. Quijsno, Cespedes Garcia COnde and Pardo,
that the President should leave the city. He eit,
therefore at O'Clock the 2lst, accompanied by his
escort in the presence of immense multitude, which
had gathered in front of the Palece, aud strong
ton of the enemy which was advancing along the
street of Jesus toward the Plaza.
Thus concluded the Government of Gen. Don Ig-
nacio Comcnfort, by general and sudden detection,
against which could sval neither skill, vaor