The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-02


Additional Par,tcaiars about the Cape
tare OF rnbsscO ny the Lib~ rails, SC.
gentleman who his j'i.t arrived from Tahasco lsan
Juan BSuktal has furnished rs with soms nddnioraI
Of tho siege and capture OF that place by the
liberal forces He says that tho siege begun thu
l3th Of January. rhe literal forces consisted only of
the militia from the smaller towns and villages, and who
relieved every week amounting sonnet mes TO eight
hundred and at other times eleven hundred me only
i've hundred of which had guns the rest only pro
vided with mccAa. "a kind of sworf. rhcy had Ave
small cannon and two .wen.ytoar poundersi eu. were
place. near the river banks, aid supported by four men
OF war OF which three named In Tourmcntc Ia rsque
a. lzarro were French g1nboats, and tho Con-
ser vador Mexican eunboat, .he artillery which
they ana shore altogether amounting 10
weuty twenty-one guns, with plenty Of AMMUNITION.
when they rabasco their forces were threo hundred
aud nfty we'll armed pressed hcxicins and en-
listed foreigners, commanded BY csnerai Manuel
de N Vega, and about two hundred and Gfy
French mariners. without taking into account the
crews OF tho gnnboats. On the nrst days OF tho
any advantages, and received gsautly by
tho poor Tabasquian sboers and countrynen h,t tbcy
did not dare :" essay the same gam arn hese wcrc
erals advanced fighting house by house ad street ~
street, the beseged IN the meantime con enssns sbem
buildings rs they moved along The borais, Win one O
their twenty tour onders gave the rouruense niue .el
directed shots but beng thcn without ammunitton,
they and kad their pieces when any twenty
tour pound balls from the Mexican sanboats wore
hoases In front OF the bessesed, and thd
rsi attack the barrcades commenced she order .ss
given the iortirat0us The French axila-
res Vegas troops then embarked In great hsse
leaving tho place and eleven cannon on shore 70 the hbe-
rails down tho river IN the village Of Frontcra.
Tho explanation given by the Frcuch of this curious re-
treat IS the following: Vega having refused 70
make sore with and French mariners under
his mmand and offer battle 70 the encmy he was ask A
II be could do 80 with trench reinforcement, of ,wo
hundred and ni!y men oa. ns having ans~sre" "Qsiss
The liberals immediately entered the o,tsl. and Gov
eruor sierra again os,ablished the CO ravas
ment which Tor more than i've s~ ~.
country in peace and proso" IN nine months Of the
Insrven,ion: assg' .ule, more has been dsssoysd
sess, rhs euus budget q sns STATE $4,000 The
s1os -sy's Governor, D. Eduardo Arreb.o, extortcd
s S: sa. more .s ana s' ss ':
ties conm.ted By HE officers and msn ssrpassed q. cus
:s:f S & ~
y sees the body n THAR Governor, who hsd bssn shot,
a = o -. done Ss css sss y %
mas general, Ampudia
nty Of sbe prominent Msx'csss os the plscs
had taken sides with the French, o. the ampeachy
.So very moment when he liberal. Of III sssls we're be-
s 70. suS sss
Chiapss liberals, with nve hundred men, drove back
or.sga % the capital. and s.,sr'ae y - hla
eastern part Of the state Of Chiapar. He asrveA
Afterwards with $50 In Palenque. and WHEN the
liberal approached LETT this race. and toek refuge
In Garments territory. General Salinas tneu marched 10
join the liberals Of Tabasco In the siege Of thar ospea1
(an Juan Bautista but in Teapa, town orns thkey e.
forty miles distant he learned Of the capture q ohA
place, and returned without visiting II.
Two executions took place after tho occupatoa ~ To
capital Of Tabasco-s young Spaniard coavissoh og
having himself during the siege shnoiinG oeran
from bis employers house door, he NOT being solAter
that the liberals found when they entered
tho city. would have bceu utterly impoeso1s N have
hanged thirty Mexicans, while the numbsR "a those
Who take sides with the Freuch In the whole STATE of
rabasco could scarcely reach half that sum.