Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-08
nailu NattonaI 1tmorrat.
mexican Outrage upon an American.

The Bulletin has been furnished by its
GDatitlan correspondent with a statement o.
nr / A. McKenney, setting forth the losses
su.tained by him at the hands of the Mexican
ns,ple. 1t appears he left the United State:
twenty. five years ago He was at the town
q Cindad Real when the war with the
Tinted States broke out. There he accumu
lated large fortune, but the government
troops robbed him of all his movable prop
.ortv-leaving him, however his houses. He
sben removed to the town of Comtan, and
AGAIN commenced business as merchant
He says:
The first robbery of my property only in.
spired others, for although | made reclama-
ton to the amount Of $25 900, the claim was
overlooked by the United Suites Commission.
ers through the neglect of my attorney, Mr.
Cox. The instrument of the first robbery
was an officer of the customs under Santa
Anna, named Juan Ortega, but who was sub
seduently discharged from the position as a
deiaulter. Ortega has always detested Ameri.
cans or foreigners, and since his discharge
from the custom house has annnyed my prop.
erty in every possible way. Since the revo-
luton of Zuloaga, he has been acting under
commission from the Church party. But
his main dependence is on the protection of
President Carrera, of Guatemala.
without partieularizing the various exac-
tons imposed upon me, shall come down to
the latest and greatest robbery and the one
for which shall make my complaint for re-
clamation to the American Minister at the
city of Mexico.
On the night of the goth January last,
about o'clock in the morning, an alarm was
raised in the public square of Comitan, by
the firing of shots and screams of tine alright
ed people running in every direction Rush
ing into the street, found a rabble soldery
breaking into my stores. a long line of which
ironted on the public square. Everything
valuable was taken out, and fire was then
applied, ana the cries Death to tie Ameri-
cans"-"Live the Church and its privileges. 3"
With difficulty myself and family escaped
through the back gate and proceeded to the
house of IA friend. The Centralists remained
in town until 10 NJ, paradng the streets
with the banners of Guatemala and those of
Mexico mingled together, and on each of
them was written in Spanish, "The Church
and its Privileges"
The people of Comitan rallied and drove
the Centralists out-for the Department of
Chiapas is Liberal in its poitics-and, by
midday, [ was allowed to visit the rufus of
my property. But everything was destroy
ed Tbs work of twenty FIVE years was
robbed or burned to the ground | could do
nothing bnt collect few debts and rely up
on my Government to exact reparation from
Mexico for the injury done to ne shall
proceed TO lay my claim before Nr McLrne
the Minister, and then shall proceed to
Washington City to put the Government in
possession of the facts. | estimate my losses
at $4,000.
After his recent great loss. DR.. McKenney
went to Minatillan, a refugee from oppression
carries with him in conformation of
his claim letters from all the Projects, AL
caldes Secretaries and Governors of the De-
partment Mr.. McKenney will soon proceed
to Mexico, to present his claims for acknowl
edgment to the Mexican Government failing
in this he will go to Washington, and lao his
claim before the American Government.