The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-03-04

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y Havana paper Of February Z. saws
o. me late revolution in Mexico
nc 20th Of January was the decisive
Gay, \ strong column Of troops, com
manded by Generals Osolo and Mira
mon marched out Of The fortress and at
'aeAed The convent Of Ar0rdada with
great fury. This place was not able to
Withhold the attack for any length Of time.
ana II was very soon taken by assault,
When all The troops by whom il had been
garfisoned We're taken prisoners. This
seXent dlsheaneued and dlled with dismav
8ail the other garris6ns Of the Govern
mcn', wherever they were posted, and
general scattering and dispersion of them
all tool place. Ii was seven o'clock on
that evening when Comonfort, for the last
'lnle, gave his order to the army as Gen
eral-ln-Chief The troops in the convent
81 ~. Francisco were ordered to evacu-
ate that position. All the other places
occupied b. the government troops were
shortly atterward evacuated in the same
manner, and the troops which still adj
hefcd 70 The government were concentra-
red inone point viz: in the palace of
the government.
Tn tie morning Of the 21st the whole
city was surrendered bv Comonfort to |
ms opponents. During The night he had
lett the palace and gone forth fugitive
and an exile, with one or two followers
TN the same day, the fighting being
now ended Gen. Zuloaga appointed
meeting OF representatives who were re-
CURED to proceed Immediately to the elee
ton OF Provincial President The re-
suit was the almost unanimous election
OF General Iuloaga, the author of the
rebellion and Of the plan entitled .sThe
reform Plan Of Tacnbaya."
4 Having thus been elected President
ad snf7y,m,,Gcneral Zuloaga proceeded
to take the oath Of office before the rep
resentatives on the 23d of January, af-
Ter which he assumed the charge and DIN.
yes q President Of the Republic. {
~ the damage done the city durino ,
ne flghtmg, we have The following nara
ion:
IN the church of San Francisco, on
ne iurther side Of the Boulevards. three
'omb shells, which were thrown into thn
hnrch, exploded and did considerable
mage to the organ, breaking a great
inner q It's pipes. In Minerva the !
nd grenades did great deal of dam t
&c. They were thrown from the fortress
Ilth SUCH q welI-directed aim that four
| them fell upon the observatory, where Il
he enemy had taken a position in order a
Q fire down upon the church of La Con- a
eptlen. One side Of the hospital of Te- n
er5S has the marks Of FIVE different vol !
'ys Of cannon, seme of which made - =,
reach IN the wall and penetrated as far v
The shop Of Senior penuri. sN
Several hand grenades were thrown. u,
ith admirable skill in pointing, from the ot
,wers OF the governmental palace. One J.
these, which was thrown upon the w
cent 81 Saa Francisco, fell inside the II
s,an, = (the church, and killed instant
Tsn to dozen soldiers who were
ere, completely clearing away all the sc
nd banks which had been fixed m on W
9 tower for defense, not leaving so mi
neh as one Of them. &,
Besides various other damages, there
g quantities of whole blocks in the city
lich have been fred upon and large er
caches made in the houses, by the spe- tx
Al orders OF Senior Comonfort. ~;
One remarkable thing in all the ac- ".
pnts of the fighting attending the revo- III
Jon is, that nothing is said Of the dead ed
18th one exception, we have seen no tn,
'ntlon Of any one being killed. That OK
ception is in the account above Of the i.
rowing of hand grenades. y