The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-05
The Civil War in Mexico.

! From the n. y. Picayune, of April goth.
Dreadful Atrocities at tie CAPITOL
CRY OF MEXICO, April 10, 1859
The acts of Barbarity which have beer
committed here in the past eight days
are of such an atrocious, wanton anC
blood thirsty character, that one shud
ders at the mere thought Of them. ]
confess, that in endeavoriDg to narratt
them, my blood chills and my heart sick
ems to think of these deeds-m ade L. ore
odious and aggravated by the apathy
shown by those who should, in the name
of humanity and civilization, have come
forward to staunch the river of hanan
blood, and stay the hellsh feast.
! On the lFth inst, the Federals were
driven from Tabucaya, partially By dis
play of force, but principally, it is beIiev-
ed, by the trcactery Of some of their Own
general officers. The affair cost the Gov
erpment very dearly, for every brave
blouse who bit tbs dust, at least dozen
Of the Government troops went down to
rise no more. The battle was a saDguin,
ary one, and was gallantly sustained by
the few fighting men of the Federal army
all the Pintoss having run OF at once.
without firing gun, and thus exposing
| about 5000 of their comrades to intend
with $500 Government troops and forty
pieces Of artillery. The battle commenc-
ed at seven 10 the morning, and lasted
until after ten, when the superiority of the
Government urtillery told fearfully upon
the rifemen Of the Federalists, and they
were forced to retreat, carrying nearly
all their sick and wounded with them.
The Government troops entered Tacu-
baya at about half past eleven, ard 6nd-
ing but few of their wounded oppone L I; =
to reyeugS themselves upon, they com.
meDced most merciless persecution oil
all and every defenceless person in The
place. The soldiers were given aguardi
eDte to drink, and soon becoming wildly
drunk, they fell upon all those who were
at all suspected of having aided the Fed
erai>ts. and carried them off, in the
most brutal manner to aces of coBfne
ment. The surgeons who had volunteer
ed their seryices to aid the wounded of
10th parties who had been brought to the
hospital, we're, while engaged in their hu-
mane work, dragged to prison, and still
more worse, on the same night, shot like
dogs and afterward nakeily exposed in
the patio of the Church Of San Diego, in
Tacubaya, for the qualification of those
who believe the cause of God was served
by this fendi-h brutality. Several gal
liant officers, who had beeu cut of and ta-
ken prisoners, with several quiet citizens
were SHOT at the same time with the Sur
geons. The work con menced that night
has continued, with little Interruption, to
the present time. How many innocent
lives have been thus ruth lssly cut of
God only knows. The general order is
to shoot and not report" learn from
person who has right to know, that O.
ser one hundred persons have been al
ready sacrificed and still the work goes on.
Where these brutal murders are going
to end no one can tell. Iu the meantime
Government papers make no mention of
these atrocities, practiced upon persons
not IN the least degree compromised with
the political affairs of the country, nor
with its internal strifes-most of whou.
have been of the laboripg class of popu!a-
tan. Bot notwithstanding the silence OF
official organs, | have been able to collect
the names oftwenty fve persons who have
been butchered in Tacubaya and its vi
cinity in the past week. As several of
these are foreigners and American citi-
zens, will give you below the list as
have obtained it.
Physicians-John Duval american
Albert Lamon (American,) j. Portugal,
q. Rivera, Manuel Sanchez and his broth
er, and j. d. Covarrubias. The latter
was young man Of talent, whe has al
ready at his early age contributed much
to the literature Of his country.
Oficials-Gen. M. Lacana, Col. j.
VilligaD, Col. J NJ. Artinga, and Lieut.
J. Sierra; a.
Private Citizens-M. Mateas lawyer
A. Jaurregni, Qawyor,) T. Rodriguez,
q. Esquivayo, Chavez, S. Tellichia. 4
Bicerrill, 2. L. Vargas, d. Lopez, j. NJ.
Lopez, J. Keizer German, locksmith J
M. Neryis, and two American boys by the
name of Smith, one fifteen. and the other
thirteen years old; ID. Altogether 25
Several of these citizens were dragged
from their houses and were not allowed
even the melancholy satisfaction of COM
muDicatiDg with any one before their
death. As for trial of any kind that was
bot pretended. They we're, in truth, shot
ike dogs amidst the jeers of the drunk
IN soldiery and the curses of the Priests,
who were urging them on This may ap-
pear incredible, but | am assured that
Priests were seen 10 their robes stimula
ing the soldiery to destroy all the NAL
ooqs (accursedD
The two American physicians had
cone TO Tacubaya with the Federalists.
md would have retired with them had it
Tot been for the prayers of some women
sho rcproached them for thinking of
eaVing poor creatures suffering while
hey could render them aid. 1t was said
O them that the Government neonle conid