The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

WASHINGTON, JAN 4-There has just
been issued from the Public Printing Blu.
reau the message of the President, hereto
fore transmitted to the Senate, in reference
to a resolution asking for information on the
subject of decree of the so-called Emperor
of Mexico, of the Sd of October last. A
copy of this decree has already been pub
lished, and Mr.. Romero, the Mexican Min
lister, in calling the attention of Secretary
Seward to it and other papers, in October
last, says:
This baTbarO1s and blody decree, the most
cruel ever yet seen, has already begun to be
executed. 1t is now my painful duty TO in
form you that on the 18th of October last
the Gems. Arteaga and SaIazar, and Colonel
Diaz, ParachO, Vella, Gomez, Perez, Mile
cuia, and VillanOs, FIVE lieutenant eOl0nels,
eight cOmmandants, and a number of subor
dinate officers, were -urprisd and taken pris-
Oners by the French forces in the town of
Santa Anna, Amatlan, State of Michoacan,
as appears from the official dispatch sent to
the usurper, of which inelose copy in
French Those generals and colonels be-
lOnged to the regular army of the republic,
were officers Of education and profession,
and have fought for the independence of
their country from the time the French first
landed in Mexico. These distinguished
Mexicans were executed in accordance with
the above mentioned bloody decree of the
usurper Of Mexico. | have information Of
the truth of hich there unhappily is no
doubt, that the two generals and four colo
nels were barbarOusly sacrificed in fragrant
violation of the laws Of war and every prin-
ciple of jnstice.
1t further appears from the documents,
that on the 28th Of October, Charge
Afaires Corwin informed Mr. Seward
that it had been reported at the City of
Mexico for the three proceeding days, and
generally believed, that on the 2lst Of that
month Generals Arteaga and Salazar, and
the four cGlonels, were shot at UruquOn, but
that no official report Of the execution had
been published.
MIR COrwin also refers to the first article
Of the decree, showing that all those belong
ing to the armies fighting for the republican
government will be shot if taken prisoners
by the imperial troops.
Mr.. Seward on the Sd of November, ad-
dressed letter to our Minister at Paris,
saying; " am directed by the President to
request you to ask the serious attention of
the French Government to the military pro-
ceedings In Mexico, by which native Mexi- |
cans taken captives while adhering IN war
to their own republican government are |
denied rights which the law of nations inva-
riably accOrds to prisoners of war. And |
on the 28th of The same month, NJ. Seward !
another letter to Mr. Bigelow |
saying: & With regard to my dispatch of the |
Sd inst, it is now my painful duty to ae-
quaint you that information has been receiv- ]
ed from the minister of the Republican Gov |
IF MavicO acoraditnd fO this. trov-
to the effect that the sanguinary |
policy referred to in the above named dis !
patch has actually been inaugurated by the |
execution. of several distinguished officers of
the Liberal forces, who had been surprised |
and captured by the Imperialists in She !
town of Santa Anna, Amatlan, namely |
Generals Arteaga and SalaZar, and Colonels |
Diaz. Paracho, Villa, Gomez, Perez, Milecuia |
and Villanus, five lieutenant cOlOnels, eight !
commanders and a number of subordinate |
officers 1t devolves upon me to instruct 1
you again to call the serious attention of the |
Imperial Government to the subject, and to |
inform NJ Drouyn Dc Lhuys that these re- |
ports have been received with the utmost
concern by the Government of the United |
States. If upon Investigation, they should
prove, as there is too strong ground Tor be- |
lieving that they are we'll founded, we can |
not suffer ourselves to doubt that so far as |
the Government of France IS concerned it |
can. never countenance proceedings which |
are SO repuInant to the sentiments Of mod |
ern civilization and the instincts of humanity. !
Mr. BigelOw, under date Of Paris, Nov.
Both. 1863, writes to Mr.. Seward as follows
Sir:-He { M Drouyn de Lhuys } here
referred to the representation ] had made in
regard to the shooting Of the Mexican pris-
oners taken in war, and also to the case Of
Madame De Iturbide Why. he said, do
you not 90 to President Juarez2 We are
not the Government of Mexico, and you DO
US too much honor to treat us as such. We
had to go to Mexico with an army to secure
certain important interests, bat we are not
responsible for Maximilian or his govern
ment He is accountable to you, as TO any
other government, if he violates It's rights,
and you have the same remedies there that
we had.
Mr. Seward, under date of Dec. 10, in
forms Mr.. Romero that the latter's dispatch
and its accompaniments, for which he ten
ders his thanks, have received the cOnsidera-
ton to which they were justly entitled by
this government.
MEXICO.
DiDlomatic Co7TespOndence-Lc Letters from
Aarimiiial to the President The letter
RetJvned-The French GOUe1nDe1lt Told
that the Attempt to Establish NariHailia1e
IS DisaILOlcabIe-Reco asked and
Catergorically Refused
WAsHNGTox, Jan. 9,-The following mes
sage was received IN the House to-day
10 the House Of Representatives.
In compliance with the resolution OF the
House of Representatives, of the 18th ult.,
requesting information in regard to steps
taken by the s0-cailled Emperor of Mexico,
or by European power, to obtain from the
United states recognition Of the so-ealled
Empire of Mexico, and what action has been
taken in the premises By the Government OF
the United States, 1 traRsmit report from
the acting Secretary of state, and the paper
bv which it was accompanied
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, Jan. 9Th, 1866
CONTENTS OF THE CORRESPONDENT
The first Of these papers Is eommuHica-
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