New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-19
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TO just Indignation
The SOciedad that letters from Guaymas con.
firm as not at all exaggerated the previous accounts III
the horrors OF the sack of Hcrmoso, which were wit
messed by multitude Of persons OF various shales OF
opnion. and that the sacrgoug ourages committed IN
tie chapel OF the Virgin OF Carmel had not even been
reported. The official journal Of ures lsonora on
May H. contained long account OF them, ~heh La
Socead reproduces. II states thai all Of the garrison
who could escape were assassinated ana herI .u
to pieces that the women appealed ~ VAN 20 ' ~ a
leaders who refused restrain their troops ha even
children Of tender years butchered with nslIl ana
moeey; that for twelve hours not two as stated p tue
Prefeet the vicors, with the activity q. Satan buslei
themselves in robbeiies murders and rapes, treating as
mere amusements the most horrid of excesses."
Meanwhile the Indian chief Tauori, Who with ms
Opatas has sided with the lmperialsts had yaniy
endeayored TO hurry the movements or Their commander
Gen Iangbcrg but AZ last obtained permission TO make
forced mach the relief of Herm0sllo. Ieran BaIos,
with the agtyes OF the garrison, had rereaed to Ufe,
followed By IO0 Pesquers troops. These were met
the 9th May by Tn9r who T1ced tncn wan ox o.
prisoners were some OF his Opata Tribe who had pee
impressed into Pesquierl service and VINO az once nen
their own chief Hunying to Hernosllo with ony
coo men he completely surprised the Liberals, who
shamefuly TOOK Fight abandoning the town and much
OF their plumber 10 his much Inferior force.
Bernosiio but was rculsed bv fanor and etreated 70
San Marea-about 81 miles from Guaymas. On the 18Th,
Martinez one OF PcsquieTas officers, with 2oO cavalry,
attacked fes bat was repused with loss Of six or eight
men by reran arios. Martinez then fell back 10 san
Aarca whence Pesnera has been evying on the coun-
try generally contributions Of money cattle horses AMI
mules, which be sends TO the American frontier 10 pur-
chase arms and ammunition. Tanor, and other lmpe1-
ast officers, with their troops, guard the line nom
Guaymas HemOlO and Urcs-the principal positions
IN the Valley Of the San Pedro, in the northern part Of
Sonora.
These are the Impcrialist accounts. Their journals
blame seventy the lmperiest General commanding IN
Sonora LangbeTg, and are loud in praise OF lano lne
latter is General in the Imperalsl service but Ike Ne
a and Losada, is the same time chief or cacique OF
tribe Of civilized Indians the Opaas, who compose ms
troops. 49,
to the scan.y population of this bloody civil
war between september ~ 1865 and the affair at Ures
on May l3 1850 The killed OF the lmperasts are stated
At 657 estimating those hung and assasSAaed q. -oO
those of the Liberals are estimated at Old; making to'a
| OF 1902.
gives dcplorabe account OF the suaon and assers
that unless the forces of the cause OF Order are m
creased there very soon, the department WILL in few
months, be completely lost to IT, The guerrilla Danos
up the very gates OF Guaymas ana carry on the
mules grazing in the suburbs The entire eountry eA
cep Gdaymas Hermosilo and Cres sin their possession
Many Of the weahier families have gone 10 California
more preparing 10 leave trade is at complete stand
still, agriculture neglected, and the close blockade 81
Gaymas the land SIDE by Martindz and his guerrilla
band has greatly raised the prices of the neeessanes
life The loss in property from inc war OF the iast nne
months Sonora is stated at $500 coo in the towns of
AamOs and Herm0so alone without counting smaller
places pundered destroyed The miserable refugees
from Aamos excite special sympathy Wandering N the
woods the coast without resources the Government
unable to support them, many Of them contemplate re-
turning their ruined homes and risk penshng Of want
ana misery there, rather than among strangers 10 he
capture of th town, the key OF Sonora, and center oil -
ch country on the 9TH fJanuary last by Martinez and
the pcapaciiy and Incidence of Langberg in at
tempting recovery for the 1mperasis the Imperial
lists attribute all the subsequent msiortunes As IS sig
nifcanty added, only Americans pass freely ana sae ID
| that Province.
The dates received at the City of Mexico from Gaay
mas were the 18th OF June aud from san Bias to the
1871 Garcia Morales OF Pesquleras forces had gone 8
ward the American tgontiss 20 ,eesive ' ms W au W.
barrels of powder; the Impcralists, under Naz1ae1
rersa and Barrios in pursuit OF him. From San
Marcia Pesquera ruled most OF Sonora ana tle lmPe,
rnIists exhibited no intention to dlslOdgc him. The
correspondence aludcs 20 occurrences OF Importance 10
Aamds. the Liberal capital of Sonora but strangely
enough omits say what they We're.
In the adjoining Province OF snaloa inc anrs OF lno
Imperass SCENT be as badly manasea a. IN sonS sra
Fanciseo. Cal, THOUGH the port OF Altata, SIX raed
| cannon. lie keeps Mazatlan completely blockaded by
/ land and il was only the 18th Of June that he com
lie; anybody pass in or ont at all This course
sand To be taken TO conceal his intended movement on
epe the rich capital OF the hourshng section PACK OF
san Bias. Topic had not yet been attacked bnt corona
troops had reached Santiago large village few leagues
from Tepc but separated from it by the riyer santiago,
whose swollen current this almost impossible
At Santiago Coronas forces according TO the lnpenaist
statements committed all kinds Of excuses Some ofthe
residents killed by the Liberals, aud others were
! drowned in the nver in attempting TO escape.
Further down the Pacific coast, luck seems 20 have
decidedly turned against the Liberals Their chief Simon
Gutierrez with considerable force made bold raid INTO
the coast region OF Jalisco Immediately south of San
Bias Bat at the call OF the Impealst authorities, tue
Inhabitants in against him. are said 10 nave
given him several drubbnss. and have chased MN
Nchoa the only change of position seems TO be the
evacuation Zacuaro by the lmperasts and ITS occu-
patton BY Regues with Liberal forces The lmperiass
commander Cen Mendez another Indian aud considered
one of the best officers in Mexico has received re-
enforcement OF French troops and said to be on theeve
of vigorous campaign In Acapulco the garrison had
made sally against the Pinto Indians OF Ava
who blockade that port on the land side after
the fashion of their brother Liberals at Gunymas and Ma
zatan But dreadful foe than Pinto or Liberal is
slowly but surely reducing that garrison The newspapers
state that the command OF $40 men sent there last Fall has
been reduced by diseases Of the climate 10 2o who look
| like ghosts"
OF military events on the Gulf the newspapers
contain long accounts But will not confuse our read
crs by reproducing details petty skinnshes in iges
with unpron0unceable Indian The general stua-
ton may be defined in few words The French and I'm
pcrasts to have retired before the foods and maa
ria of the coast and to conne themselves 10 holding
molestcd their line of communication with Vera Cruz
and guarding the approaches to the table land. With
these exceptions the whole coast from Matamoros TO the
borders of Yucatan seems oveun by guerrilla parties
der dscordant chiefs Tampco threatened by them,
and the of the Imperast press would seem to ind
cate expectation of its fall. The merchants and
many OF the inhabitants preparing abandon the
town. Meanwhile enterpnsing spectators, by buy
ing up drivers and sundry guerrilla chiefs had succeeded
in passnGlarge quantities oil merchandise nom IL TO tho
interior.
While This more or less ndecsye warfare is carried on
along the edges of the central Provinces they themselves
TO enjoy tranquility. The only sign OF life there III
the Liberal reported appearance OF new chief
Oeiayo Rosado, in the department of Guanajuato.
Meanwhile the Emperor seems TO be calmly pursuing
his task of reform in the legislation of the country De-
have been issued for dividing out among the civil
lied Indians the held by them III common estab.
fishing system of post-oice money ORDERS abolshng
passports entering leaving the Empire, and also the
oncrous tax on foreigners for permits OF redence and
regulating the duties OF the Imperial Commissioners gov
erning the large divisions OF the country.
The railroad from the CITY of Mexico to San Angel had
been taken possession of by the Government on the
ground of violations of its charter The matter had
stoned fierce controversy in the newspapers but fiom
the last publications in relation it. the difficulties
seemed in the way of arrangement This road Is only