Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-12-12

d GIFTED atlast ~ Drealn piiSeiy frliae to
am'urland the throne raised by Gereal
furrry, In such circumstances it is not
strange that people should ask willy they
hear nothing yet about the return OF thf
French army, however painful the separa-
tion might be between the liberated and
the iberators. TINE something uoY and
then oozes out which makes one suspect
that the picture given in the Monitour is
too highly coldrel The city Of Mexico
has its Gazette GRcialle, and in the last
number received here may be found the fol.
lowing proclamation:
Pursuant % the orders Of the Marshal
commanding in chief the expcdltionary
fcOrps, measures have been adopted to pre-.
Vent fresh attempts against the French sol.
diers, and against the allies of the inter.
vention. The Commandant Cousin, whs
Is invested with full powers In the district
Of Tlalpam, has issued tho following or.
der. .U.. 49,
The superior military conmahdant, p,li'
tcal chief of Tlalpam, informs the inhabit'
ants and prOprietors of that city that
Article l. The niicial powers and those
OF the civil authority are temporarily sus.
pended until further orders.
Art. 2. The superior Gommandant Of
Tlalpam is invested with all powers in tie
district. a 41
Art 3. As chastiscment for the uSsas.
sinaion OF the Loaave Muller, lne Of
5000 plastles is imposed on the city Of
Tlalpam, the whole Of which must be paid
in within four days from the date Of the
present decree. erlL
Art. 4. The individuals Of that city who
have been arrested and sent to the capital
shall anSwer for the lives of tho French
soldiers, and for those of the honorable
citizens who have given their adhesion to
the new government For every honora-
bic citizen or soldier assassinated at Thl.
pam one II the above mentioned prisoners
shall be executed by way of reprisal. I'D
Art s. All the inhabitants of Tlalpam
shall obey strictly tho orders given by tho
Superior OoDmandant In case of resist
ance, the Marshal will be under the neccs.
sity of adopting measures Of rigor,
The Paris Semi-olIiciAl paper says that
the Mexicans are greatly struck by this
order ! dare say they are. The Archduks
MaxlmIlhn may also be struck with it aud
retiecI that u country can hardly be consid
cred obedicnt and enthusiastic where mes.
snres 80 rigorous are obliged to be adopt.
ed to protect the lives Of its liberators =
The Mexicans assuredly have a strange
way Of showing their enthusiasm.
Whether the Archdukc has misgvings
about the state Of affairs or not, it is ru.
morcd that his Imperial Highness hesitates
accepting The crown offered him by tho
Assembly of NotabIes, chosen by tho
French Minister at Mexico. The ratfca.
tion Of that offer Ivy means of universal
suffrage the French General will of course
take care to have properly executed; so that
on this score there will DO no difficulty
| The other point, that Of the guarantees,
deemed indispensable by the Archdukc is
mt so certain To guarantee the integrity
of an empire and Lean at the same time,
are obligations which, it is to he feared,
the French Chambers will not very willing.
y assume. Hitherto the Mexican war has
not been viewed favorably by any one, and
q proposal 10 guarantee a loan or 10 guar.
aHtee he throne against Kdnkee aggression
lcould not, Think ercite much Enthusiasm.
! lftlie A chnduke does not accept, tho
Emperor will probably llok out for another
candidates. but, in the meantime, the army
mu-tremaln I'LL the edi6ce ofMexican rege.
nefation is crowned by the election Of
sovereign, Many people are ofopiniln that
the best taing tile Emperor comddo iS 10 an.
oer MeTlco al once 10 The Crown of Frame.
1t would require, NJ doubt, a larger army
than is now there, The thirty thousand men
already in possess 90, command the com.
munications between Vera Cruz and the
capital. They have not gone much into
the interior, for the very satisfactory reason
given by the general in commando that the
rainy season which has hitherto rendered
the roads impossible, retards the complete
humiliation Of Jnarez and his brigands.---
The hea. and rain which pravaled from tho
vernal equinox 10 October are, however,
by this time over Judging from what has
occurred ia Algeria, where for years an
army Of 100, O0O had to be kept it would
require from the vastly larger territory OF
Mexico at least twice as many. The I'D.
vantages of annexation would perhaps not
be immediate, but they ,could come at last
and, however unpopular the expedition has
been from the beginning, The Faeach ,coudd
most probably feel proud Of possessing a
great Transatlantic empire tesmiag Nth re
sources. ,.a7,,.,o
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