Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-11
From the New York World.
MENFCO.

MENICO.
N1T.HHiga's Decree ef Otglq57-g-
ter from ". ROMe9- CJrr6spoHde
BctT6e7 NE G0ueTUEleIits II ttC Ji7fol
States and ErIuce-T T1lD0TsdHf .S1tS
ule3ts 5V fhe French MfEiste- for For.
siga AFG5rs-ErdHcc DisCLgiHIs dt
ResD0Hsi5Titg f1r Hgr'uIiIH's Acfs-
-tFdirs "a Aeric0, r-c.
WAsTDsGToy Jan. l. Ist5.
There has Just been issued from the
Pebble Printing Bureau, the message Of
the President heretofore transmitted 10
the Senate, in Response 10 q resolution
asking for information on the subject Of
8 decree Of the so-called Emperor of
Mexico Of the third Of October last. A
copy Of this decree has alfeady been pub
li-het- and MF. Romero the Mexican
Minister, in calling the attention Of Sec
retary Seward % ii and other papers in
October last, ssrs:
I'm the u~uruer's proclamation Of the
second instant, the Duke suPp0=es con-
trary % the fact that the Constitutional
President Of the Mexican Republic had
abandoned the national territory, and
from this false hypothesis he concludes
that the defenders OF independence,
whom he calls % bandits I'm obedience
To order, received from the French. have
no leader. + is nothing new for the
usuTper 10 cell those patriots who sustain
the cause Of independence and the insri-
tuti11s Of Mexico " bandits nor is il
new 10 him to treat them as such, with
severity that would BE- called excessive
i applied % criminals Of the lowest o--
der He showed the same determination
in his proclamation of the third OF No
VEN Der last row MaNimilian wishes %
regulate this established system OF ss~sS- .
siua-io1. hv a decree issued on -le .
third instant, creating the most informal .
zliilaTv tribunals, extending their .
jurisdiction % every person in the coun- f.
try found armed without license from his F..
So-cauel government, regardless Of the .
numbers and character Of :he party .
he belongs to. Ia this decree, eNciu- I
sively tyrauicsl, he condemns 10 death .
every armed man who Is not s. French .
soldier l- traitor aud even those Who .
viii u-s-ler Information which wiz and
the defender, Of their country, and sane
lions severe usuailies tlr the mere agr Gf-
coucesfIuZ q patriot OF circulating slsTu-
ing news and iu has been carried our by
his French directors, who have Uetu- by
the system of court martial, sending 70
the -csEaId the captive patriots, called
gllariIas, and even military officers 81
Aa.E AA4-Ai|NA-aH AA.t 'a+-.t -a..- a-N
called So. IHi~ extraordinary severity
Is iu open couiTaveuJjon ID the studied
mild promises made In the first prlcia-
nation ON landing at Vera Cruz, dated
Nav the twenry-JhiTsl, eighteen hundred
and -iXcy-fJgr, etc, etc.
Mr.. Romero I'm another letter To Sec
retary Seward. dated November twenty
fourth, says:
This bsrlarous aud bl0oiy decree, the
most cruel ever vet seen, has already be-
gun to be executed. Il Is now my pain
fIl duty % inform you that on the tuir-
Ieeuth 0f October last, tine Gems. Arteg2
and Salzar, aad Co.'s. Di8z, P8racho,
Villa. Come, Perez, Niieeuia- and VIZ {
lauos. FIVE Lieutenaut-C0i0nels, eight ]
c0mmandauts. and a number Of sHb0rdi- {
nate 0flicer-, were surprised and taken
u-i-ouers by the French forces in the
town ~ santa Anna Amatlau, state Of ]
N'thoacan. as appears from the official
dispatch sent - tHe u>urperr Of which ,
] enclose a copy in French Those Cen
erals and Colonies belonged 10 the regular
army OF the Republic, We're officers of ,
efucati0n and profession, and have
ftu,bt f5r tie Independence OF their
country from the time the French first
landed in Mexico. These distinguished
Nexicaus were executed iu accordance
with the above mentioned bloody decree
Of the usgrBer of Mexico. ] have mlor-
nation Of the truth of which there uu-
happily is NO doubt that the two Gen /
ersr- aud four Coleuels were barbarOusiy
sacrificed iu fagrant violation Of the
laws Uf war and every principle Of gus 4,
tice.
Il further appears from the documents
that on the tWenty-elghth OF October
Charge ti' A Affaires Corw,h informed Nr.
I'm resfnfaHfa.l
ciuy0f Mexico for the three preceding
dsys, snl generally believed, that on the
tweuty-fGst Of that month Gems. Ortega
and -aiaZar and the four col0nels were
shot at Uruqusn, but that no official re-
uort Of the execution had been published.
Mr. Corwin also refers 10 the hrst article
Of the decree, showing that 81 those be-
longing % the armies fighting FOR the
Republican Government VIII be shot d
taken prisoners by tne Imperial troops.
Nr Seward. 0n the third Of N0veiuleF,
addressed letter 10 our Minister al
Paris, saying:
ana directed by the President to re-
quest YOU 90 ask the serious attention OF L
the French Government 10 the military
proceedings iu Mexico. by which native
Neyiean-. taken captiVes while sGhermg
in war % ;heir own Republican Govern
meur. are denied the rights which The
law Of nations invariably socOrds 20 prs
ouers Of war.
And on the tuenty-eiEht of the same
month SIR. Seward addressed another
letter % Mr. Bigel9w- saying
With reference TO my dispatch OF the
third instant, 10 is now my painful duty TO
Errusiur vou tHst information has been
received fr0m the Minister of the Repu5-
1Icsu Government OF Mexico, accredited
70 this Government, 90 the effect that
the sauguinary policy referred % ~ y
the above named dispatch has ac-
tlally been iEargur8ted by the
execution of several distinguished
officers Of the liberal forces, who had been
surprised ami captured by the lmperi-
alist- in the town Of Santa Anna Amat-
Ian namely, Gems. Artege and oolazar,
and Co.'s. Diaz, P0rschor Villa, Gomez,
Perez, MilecUia, and Nilianoss ave Lieu
teuaur-t' t'Olouels, eight commanders, ana
q number of Subordinate OlHeers. Tt de-
wolves upon me 30 instruct you again 10
cali the serious attention Of The Imperial
Government o. this subject, and 20 in
form NJ. Drsuyu &c LhIys that these re-
ports have been received with the most
s-ureFu nv the Government Of the uited
States lTUp1I invest cation they h0uld
prove, as there 3, too strong ground for
believing that they are Wei founded. We
cannot suffer ourselves 10 d0Jbt that 50
far as tle Government of France Is con-
Ceruei, it can never V9uutensuce pro-
ceedinEs which are go repuCnant o. the
senlmeui-ui modern civilization and in
slincts ot huIasuity.
Mr.. Bigelov, under date Of Paris. Nov.
thirtielh, eighteen hundred and sixty (
five, writes t1 Mr.. Seward as follows
Sir. He N. Drouyu o.. Ibuy-I here
referred to the representation I lad :
made an regard % the shooting Of the
Mexican prisoners taken in war. ana
also To The case OF Madame dc Iurbiie
WHY he said, do You not 20 10 pre.i- Z
DENT Juarez We are not the CoyelD-
raeut Of Mexico and sou DO u- too much
honor 60 trust Us as such. We had tc .
20 10 Mexico with an army 90 secure
certain important interests but We are
not responsible for Macmillan or his
Government. He is accountable 70 you
rs TO any other Government II he YiO-
lates its rights, and yOu' have the same
remedies there that we had.
Mr.. Seward under date OF December
tanth. informs Mr.. Romero that the lat
ter's dispatch and it- aoc0mpaniments,
for which ne tenders his thanks, have
received the consideration ~ which they
were Justly entitled by this government
Proaiinenf Liberals Taking the Gath Of
Allegiance 80 the Eut pfre---as "a \ ifsttiasih
compliments she ELnpEess 81 Era1ce---
UsaIde Defeated ~ Ansther Liberal
Chiefs
VERA CRUz, Dec. =. 1876.
There appears TO be an evident DISPOSE
tion 70 take advantage Of the amnesty
decree OF the Emperor, which has been I
extended fifteen days. On the eighth
inst, in the district Of Oriziba, Don lg-
uacio Mendiziyal, commissioned by Ju-
arez as commandant of a squadron Of
cavalry, presented himself for pardon 20
one Of the chief justices. This person
had exercised considerable personal IN
fuence among the people-more in
deed. than many Of lnuch higher
position-frOm his elevated personal I
character and his unseilish patiotism. 4
Gen. Manuel Ruiz, Minister Of the Su- I
preme Courtof the Juarez administration, I
delivered himself up 70 the commander,
Biliot, al the Rio Florida, District Of Du- 4
raBgo. on December first, declaring him /
self separated from the Republic, after /
having forwarded to President Juarez |