Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-12
Farther from Mexico.

sal bua - City of Mexico, April 10, 1859.
oi The acts Of barbarity which have been
committed here in the past eight days are
of such an atrocious, wautorf and bleod-
thirsty character tbatrone shudders at the
mere thought Of them. II must confess
thatin endeavoring to- narrate, them my
blood schills and my heart siekens TO think
Of 1hese desdsTTmade more odious and ag-
ggaEated tbyii the, apathy al shown BY those
who should ia, the name Of humanity and
cisilizatioD, have comeI forward to stanch
lhes riyer of hpwpans w n blood and stay rtthhe the
heliish, feastss,9 "a hssd sia or hIed eli
tf.Oa the 4 ith inst, The sedsEalS @ were lf
driven from Eacubaya, partially blythe, eds dis
play Of force, but principally, it is believed,
BY the treachery Of some of their own gen
eral officers. The, affair cost the Govern
naent very dearly for every blue blouse
who bit the dust, at least q dozen of ! The
Government troops went, down to rise s,lo no
mere The battle was a sanguinaly. one,
and was gallantlg sustained byla few fight
ing mem Of, the Fedei all army, all the PIN
tos having run off at once, without firing
a gun, and; thus exposing about zoe Of
their comrades to,contend with 1, 800 Coy
ernment troops and, forty pieces of -artilIe-
ry.,o- The battle commenced at seven in the
morning, and lasted until after lea, when
the superiority of the Government artille-
ny. told fearful upon the igifemen of the
Federalists, and they were forced to retreat,
carrying nearly all their sick lex and al wounded
with them'sM bTa,ieia biea r.daqnsH.,
The Government troops entered Iacuba-
va at about half past eleven, and, finding
but few of their wounded opponents to re-
venge, themselves upon they commenced a
most merciless persecution Of all and every
civil person in ) the place. The soldiers
were given aguardienie to drink, and soon
becoming wildly drunk, they fell upon, all
those who We're at9all suspected Of having
aided the + Federalists, and carried then, of,
in the most brutal manner, to places Of con
fnement, The surgeons, who had yolunr
teered their services. to aid the wounded Of
both .parties,who had been ,broughtto the
hospital, were, while engaged in their rhu. hlurl
mane work, dragged to prison, and, still
worse, Iorsthe same night shot like, dogs.
Several gallant officers, who had been cut
off and taken prisoners, with several quiet
citizens, were shot at The same time with
the surgeons The work, commenced that
night has continued with little Interruption
to, the present time, % How many innocent
lives have been thus cut of God only
knows. The general order is to :ashoot
and not report 1 learn from q, person
who has right to know, that over one
hundred persons have already been sacri-
feed and still the work, goes on: no Where
these brutal murders are to end no one can
tell. In the meantime Government papers
make no mention Of these I atrocities, prac-
tieed upon persons. not, in the least degree
compromised with the political ! affairs Of
the country, nor with its internal strifesM-
most { Of whom have been of the iaboring
class of population. But notwithstanding
the sileucefof official organs, Iihase been
able to collect the names Of twenty-five
persons who have been ,Butchetedfin Faevt
baya and It's Vicinity 80 the past fweel!..ds
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