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Details Of tho Fighting at the Convent
OF Arcutiron-Chrlsifan Barrtcadea
Mude in Front Nf the Cells Assault
and Advance OF the Tur.zA-The Pow
der Magazine Fired by the Defenden
and an 1ndlscrlmluate Desiructaon,
DC. .-..
From the New York Hera1d.]
A7nxss, November q. 1866.
Intelligence received yesterday from
Gambia brings details of the a,Iair at Arcadion,
te1eg1aphed upon the a5th.
ATcaaion Is q convent situated in 4, str0ug
It was oecupied altogether by Eve hundred
and forty persons, three hundred and forty
three OF whom were women and children,
leaving one hundred and n10ety-se7eu ncu
capsule OF bearing a.ms. Corpneos does not
appear to hare been in the place. rs was In
correctly repuEted.
Upon the a0th 3lustapha Pacha lsss bis
Headquarters at EpEcopi with 1. 900 men md
advanced upon the ccnrent, demandinEthe
surrender Of the garrison. The. Cretans re-
tuzed and the Turkish artillery Immediately
opened tremendous IRE upo9 t tas p'acef
keeping up the oomnAfdmens TWO days and
/ breach beIre at last effected in the walls
the Turks, who had suffered heavy losses.
poured inio the convent court. inis WAS
Christisns had barricadcd themselves and
kcpt DO their fire for six honrs. Findin%
ali reafstance Intellectual, the de-
tenders Of the convent formed the desperate
resolution Of setting fire to the powder mag
aziue monk applied the match. The eS-
plosIon was Tremendous, hufltng TURKS and
Christians into the air, streWing the neigh
horhood with corpses. Two thousand lnfk-
ish soldiers we're Killed on the spot and large
rumbers wounded. Thirty-niEe mea and
sixty women and children Of the garrison
| were all that escaped. These weEs
| taken prisoners and carried on
| to Rcthymnos. The wounded TURKS
are being daily brought into hospital.
Cnnea ard Souda have received upwards OF
i thousand, many being oficers-amonSS
! them being Mustapha facha's brothes- IN
| LAM. The Turkish army is reported to be
much dispiEitcd by this disaster:
| In the department of CaHea, Aimbrakakss,
ioined By tho corps Of Byzantios, Is still at
| Dracona, some leagnes from Canea- He re-
Gently made reconnaissance up TO Enc
gates Of that city, causing grest alarm
among the Turkish Inhabitants and garrison
In Hiracllon ResctIl EGcnd5, the Turkish
Cons sona: The Turks have burned sevcs
villages In the district Of Mal+yixion Ths
C7e1an chief, Michel Coracas, b. way q
reprisal, has committed twenty.seven vii
laees In the districts of Missara nnd Ke
noutyo to the flames. The Turks have se
price Of 10000 piasters ($25, Coo upon t..t
| capture of coroneos, and u reward OF 80
Turkish 1ivcrs fabout $3.50 upon that o
Co1acas. Nustapha Pacha. whose army i
| rot at present IN position to resume hos
tititief. has ordered the troops Of Keschls
| E.Geudi to attack Mtssqra>
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t,ou at Issue, but 1t Is question Of nofAh'5'

t,ou at Issue, but 1t Is question OF nosans5'
4. cannot tell:
o. You rcfuscF 4. Yrs.
n 1,nchuud-Will the court allow me TO
speak9 have revelation 70 make.
tfon in vour speech, II. Laci'aud,. but VIC
cannot arnin do what NC did yesterday, and
ask Tie prisoner continually whether he
ngrccs With his counsel.
LaD.rpudc-{Iefuset to answer.
Alter some further questions about the
debts which the prisoner had paid. highly
sensational seoue occurred. n. Laehaud, NJ
tcr rising eevcral times to speak, and being
told as ofen by the President that be must
walt I'LL the examination was closed, e1-
claimed, stretching out tn his hand bag Of
uske, l have-n fact Of Importance to the
trial which must now be made known. Ny
client tells you tha*he cannot say What has
tcctu1c Of some Of the stolen money for fear
Of in)uripg innocent parties. 7 have here in
this bag 11D, ,0D francs, Of which now make
restitution in Lamirnnde's name, and NOW
hand the money over to the counsel for tho
Bank Of France.
II, BouIreau the counsel}-r do not feel
authorized to receive 1t but here Is an OIL
Ger oi the Bank Of France who will take the
money and give receipt. ..
II. Lachaud-We do not want my receipt.
Here is a restitution. lGreat sensation In
8. You have still, after all the explanations
you Lave given, 2S0, ,O0G francs to account for.
Your counsel has just given up 110. .ooO francs:
what has become Of the remainder: a.
'AoG' q. cannot an understand what interest you:
can hare In making this restitution by your
counsel instead of frankly admitting that yon
had the money in answer to the question l
had just now put TO you
Lamirande- counsel waited Tor favor
able moment.
II. Iachaud-Ope xord-
The Pressdent-Oh, N. Lachaud, 1t Is quite
II. Iachaud-1 beg pardon; /. Is most
Necessary. The prisoner neither sr,1a,t ka9Ts =
to me-. Ny learned friend. who Is with me;
il. Lepetit, and myself ulone know: The
prleouer corHded something to Us whicl, led
11s to use our utmost eudeavors to recover
some ef this stolen money. We lave recov.
cred the SUN just handed over in the face o.
the court. ."Who has the rest II VIC asked
the prisoner, II cannot tell you," said ne
u viii not bring that person to sit side oj
IE1 rscs1ur1ta4 II 3tfu f}ul w4Il tur 1nrs
PLANTATION to exonera1e you personality.
n. Lachaud-Oh! there Is no questio,
| about that
II. Lepctit-We alone know where th,
money came from the prisoner does not.
II. .Laehaud--Andf wish to say that
would not hare given him the mnpey |,
wish It WAS in our power to give back the rest
HThe Presideut-TAis leads me to repea
that Lamirandc would have doue better 70
himself to have answered candidly when
1 examined him.
TLis closed the prisoners examination
The witnesses called merely proved wAa
was not denied
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strength pisto, in hand r!,h ssd whiin th.. II Il
Slled HIM. Iewis vas arrested and IspPsassd p1assdd
IN Prison. Shortly afterxasd ae vas rG,ea he US
By tho Fcdernl army Asr ,oted esf IN nac custody a
again arrested, and agalo p,qstta hat -. fs1r trial
,a Sop1a e. esse sos 1s Tas sci Cans u6ss
Ssei 70 King A. t6sG Ia,,ies hes
he Jns hsss sSos s 9sTs 70 ec to
e1emeney. q, The parties t. ths uafof; oS fi.r
ercnt were both Ct high dtandthG. anu 'hcle
Tsnd was one Of great bitterness
, 1866-12-27

MEXICO.
Important French Manifesto
Against Maximilian.


Bazaine and Caatelnan's Opinion OF the
Emperor.s Conxtnct-pxepaxRtien lor !
War &c .-v,,
Correspondence Of tho New 1otk "oFlot
nAz.s., ~ peee@sst ,1hfsh Is; T.
tysd 1sse ysser1sy season otnaa
from the three chief ffeSsa aninoslaacsm a -
Aassnal @ 1'a2;1ta na2an efte ~. nnh1i4hed on the
~ 1f"x;ro .na an,.n"+SS Fro1n ths Erensb
Legation: y,r,,,ouo.~<,,, ,,onuu..1,a..
lhe oa,eisl jon5nal o. .ae EnptEe Il No.ennsE
~ pannsae@1 ~ M ss, -, tse'sa tas E ~ e-R.ala
ian aah n oeen ens ne IA G1s pse1s aaa Council Of
s.a!s II ~ H. n,It ~ Ia n15s X.
eeed IN e ~ 9s sn nas oI ase seeetsnb
re xan hos T s1 s
pepr,tss tnoui.r tSsI thm Emoefo1 ~ y Maa,miian
ls!: 9fe sfate Of CIVIL "af IN "hsen Tue County
d The po1s.ei!tiJ ot T., EtaEGo.Ans,lesn ; M ~ IT,
Ing ,he pte.snt institutions
coming, y II tas, non cosaesl which can md
- .ats Hlsee whs.e TO deliberate T. a1sspt wae.e
leestaI'1sh ,hc irrth Of f.c.s. France =, not e
1nta'fcT. 1al respee. to thc government which II
nasg mi The Msssan nsiion & e gise 1f-sE Hay
I
| aud animated 4. The same time by desire TO put
/ en- efd 10 series Of disorders IRON, which a1
| equally suffered, Il wrnld hs~a WISHED 10 Sec.
| tsaLte]y easah1lshed+ thar form Of gorrtnnent
"hich o!rst In It's eyes the Gteateat Enasentc:s os
stability. Far from having dona a.y9hiug 10
change the present 1htltutions 1t has imppseu
| On Itself IN order 10 maintain them.
ue most distn,eresled and useless sac
riteea. The exceedingly bad statc tu v hlcl Mex
lco il plunged, can N no manner be at'rputed 10
France. Her agents have rezaafaed entirely for
| e;9n to the trddcn discrimination taken By the
| Emperor MaasmtIan to leave hts capital some
t; e. ZEN new nG1n'nR oa Il, s9eet .nsoagh the
ncdss hnwcrcr i. ,sro-anf that 81 tsT je,cnes
1 disfance fr0m Me.{s.,. ihe Emrernr MavImI,san
, 1866-12-27

A 8cenc In Court-Nhat thc Accused
Paid to his Few York LuWyer1-A
French Auyocate'n Opinion or theAe
Lawyers.
frasia December s. Correspondents LaEaoa Daily
Newe.l
Lamirande. when intenogated by the
President, confessed that be had robbed the
Bank of France OF the full eum Of 7Ot 600
francs, which Is laid 10 hia account In the In
dictmert that the abstraction. were going
s.u for nearly three years, and that every day
during that period he submitted to II. Bailly,
the manager Of the Poictiers Branch Bank,
talsitiet halanca, but for which his frauds
must have been inevitably discovered as fast
a. thar ware cossmitted. Els SYSTEM WAS to
take Tou|actr Of gold and replace the coin by
contain gold. He took sort Of credit to him.
self for not having taken care 10 make the
Eags Of proper weight, had he done which he
SAID his detlfca:ious might hare gone On for
ever undiscovered. He expressed contrition
for his crime, and especially because 1t tended
chieL, II. BaiI3y. The examination relative
TO what he had done with the stolen money
Is extremely cnsinos and interesting. sub
join translation from al authentic report:
g. an now guins to ask Jou question
which has not yet been pnt to you, because
you aco from the Justice Of your country.
hal did you do with the money! 4. In
tic first Pace am quite sure that gave as
much as seFen thousand francs to an English
interpreter, who, In return, informed against
me- Then am persuaded that Was robbed
Of three securities, of the value Of 600
francs, At London and Liverpool. was
weary, had passed several nights, a. many
aa nine, think, At play-for ;play has been
my rnin. Further, / Trusted sum Vi st1
Thousand francs 10 Canadian who was going
home.
Q. That money hiss been restored! i.
1es, It has been given to the bank.
Q. Wlat ueIt. A. spent = great deal
Of money At New York-somewhere about
1,50f.
O. But sou must rrco1lect that you have
upwards q :m o0fs. to account for. A. l
Al Her Iosk had to do Nth soua: adooeaie,.
: 10 traon. 7 <nfrusted l9l. .ooofr. agreed With
them that Ii did not resist the extradltion
they would send Isl, ,p1fr. for me to make
restitution Of 10 Ftance-
g. So that they kept 5G,O00fr. for them.
selves DID they. gire up this money! A.
threatened them With prosecution they
sent The Bank OF France a5,010E.
G. You yo1rsetf have given hack sotue.
thipg: 4. Yes; tho amount stated In my
q renorandom.
Q. Go on Nth SonE narrative. 4. Before
leaving Frapee gave money to two women.
z. fou nfe yet long way of from the
! sum total. a. Al, bnt tie money l gave TO
! ms American advocates.
| II. Lachaud--0h, they are NO advocates.
The Presideut-fes, they are New York
\: Essssna1So, they sre, not Worthy of
\ @. Well, fnow tell Us what you have done
With the surplust A. eannot tell with
! out doing m injury to innocent petsrns.
@. cannot understand that. You must
answer. II has nothing to do with the ques,
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rEad Stevens from q Southern Point Of
View.

kFCm Tue 1cH tTIetnh Cot1mercia{. Dec. ".
We have 1aylthed g vast deal Of abuse on
Tl'cd s:cscus mud his friends In Congress,
without allowing that tho principal he1rc in
tAc grrup had II single redeemin= leaturs.
Our people hsve been flattcred with The pic.
turc Of his man as an old, uncout!,, badly
executed. and yindictlve demsgugnc from
the baekwood$ Of Pennsylvania, holding
cttlce and WELDING ipfuerce simply
By, thc force o. hi ultra oplntons,
,a,ncd them. His violence has been
attributed TO losses incurred hy himself
during the war. We committed the same
error # judgment in the outset Of the war,
b, dikcIediting tue willingness or the eapa-
city Of the North to prosecute the effort to
lar mistake In snpposiug that any consider.
able miIo,fty Of the Northern people would
Grcibsy resist the attempt to coe,cc the Sc
cedtd States. The Immense calaulitics which
have resulted t. us from the two first great
mistakes should induce Us to hesitate before
forming conclusions that tlule and expetiuce
nsny disrruye, possibly after great evils have
resulted. Let US form correct estimates OF
men and things before We decide On their
worth. Give to Stevens all the credit he de-
serves. and then ~e shall be better able to
determine what degree Of evil he can infiict
upon us. Nc owe It to ourselves 10 measure
G.rces-the brute and the bully are wiec
enough TO do go, and shall we be less prov
ilcnt than thev. Stevens Is u lawyer OF nb1l.
ity and n politician OF etcat energy, IN edu-
a:ed ma n and m earnest thinker There Is
no doHbt Of this. His position in Congress
1Hes his esparlty- He Is a leading rnan IN
Ftun31 1yanin by tha shee1 fortr of In
tellect. aud lia Ideas arc accepted With
readiness by the Northern people. lie il
,eader If the masses. and no one OF bis en-
cnics evcn arcu<es him Of being less than
fool or more than fanatic. knAvery Is not
charred 10 his account as II Is 70 Buffers; :;
be Is not 4 chameleon, as Raymond IS. We
know his position, and that he will hold II.
Il is proper that we should understand such
a man, and how he can Re moved. It Is
mistake In Stevcrr,. as she did In john
son, Trohably she hiss not made allow
ap2e for his earnest nature, which,
like our own tmpassioned speeches, say more
thau rho head will enforce His oEatory Is
;rrTid, and his sentences may be extraya-
rsut. We msy find him better friend than
Some who bid higher fnr our influence. He
hes hui recently defended Jefferson Davis
trp1u the assaults Of malice and injustice.
His irry witheTed petty, opposition
towards i csptiyc with equal Indignation
stat 1t blaIcd against recusant seees-
.iou:sts. He proclaimed justice to the Con-
ttderctc leader With the same rehenenee
that be demanded it for the freedmen. Con
science opposed an er.poa Jatto 9aT ior Inc
in;nry of Jsyis aud announced that no man
c,iuld he punished as a traitor, for secession,
| hcanse the Law did not reach the cese- Per-
| hans h. Is a better man than the South has
been keturcd TO belcsc. If be proves 10 be
ATTEND, may We not accept hsun as we ola
I the PrexideNtT
, 1866-12-27
The Conviction Of Relative OF General
w44hfuEtoN.

It has alrcsdy been mentioned tnat q. D.
Lewis had been convicted in King George
County, Virginia, Of noanslaughter, for Kill
Ing Dr.. Rose, and sentenced to the peaifen'
tiary for three years and SIX months \
correspondent of the Richmond O41F'a<e"
writes:
The tu.y promptly recommended Lewis
TO Eteccti1e clemcncy. The unfortunate.
killing Of D1. Rose occurred during the was;
lewis, - has already been stated, L one Of
IT. w. Nearest living relatives q "asninssmTn. m
kete bad perfonai d!alculty ~l1. ,.ou,
rome cause OF other, and became Sittsi
a'mies. The doctor challenged teMai 1s
70 meet him in duel. Lewis deciine5
Y challenge. Shortly afferFard they mel
81 store IN King George. and an altetcanor
occurred between them Of violent natn:e
"teh ended In tho killing Of Rose. Lemls ,1sa !. u
N San Of immense physical power. and Rhe.
tne mutusl tenuncfstiop led to violence b
ao'sared upon Rose (great.y his inferior Il
, 1866-12-27

rnc ci,izeps Of Sandwich having long desired
fop,. r.rfn!, entertaining ana Instructive ra.une
so, sta1er eseu1ogs> hare w1th fanea unsriuaty Of
VI ri, Il c,utes in &s scope rcalins room. lee
,r,r,. md puplIe library. The Lecture Com nlt-
be tsse pleasure IN announcing to III pub'1c
The mt iretuso os series for The winter eoasSe.
-, ~ delivered By Rey. O. II. T11tny, DID. Of
Ss;c.cn> r entitled. aWo7k md ffa Worth, at tho
F1a.b1seyian Chnrca Il SAnoHieh, on TUESDAY.
Jrnua,y it, lsG7. 1fckcss Of admissiaa. tos ger
Fmm the Known ahlllty Of The lecturer an Intel
irrinal fcssf mar be er?oc1ed. Al are invited.
a. s. Bll1ou, SecZctaty.
, 1866-12-27
aAAYkRX Is ManxLA>n.

The adycrtis.d sale Ut q negro In Mary
!and. proceeded according to Announcement
and the Shciln OF anne Arundel County uow
.,tiyctt!Ecs two Iuorr EcgrneE to be sold. Zach
ior tho term nf two yrars, as punishment
far larceny, If which they sfand conricted.
Eousieks has appointed Il ctslnmt1tee to in-
.cst:gatc the m-itcr, aud their tcpo:: will
ioLb.:.ss place the county IN full posses
.,:on If the isrts. The law unie. which
ileee sa;es take place IL clearly In yiasA-
lion ct thu Civil Rights Bill, stac" 1t pre-.
10. ,l,c:s i mode cF Punishment Tor Tie blacks
itT l,rt trun that prescribed for white men
esnyiei,d oi the came offences. aud sells The
:,.cro fir Slave in all cases w1.cre wttts:
,srsor. would bc sent to the pcnitcutia.y.
There IL cert tainsy in this provision II, absence
:,fthat equality before The law which t..c
ivsl Rights Act was. intended to enforce
Tut aside from legal considerations. these
alcs make 1t evident that the epsr!t If
slavery las survived Its nominal destruction
in Maryland, lis we'll as in thc unreconstrnet-
dSta.c., aEd That nothing but TIL yiSilaa:
exercise Of tlp Federal power, through the
Urited States Courts and the Freed mems
Bureau, will prevent tho sirtus1 .u.ruslave-
mont OF tho blacks. iii. Is lawful to sell q
D1aN l0tG sl0NtIH 1OF INV SSta1St ~ pA1lsn>
| mcnt Gr la,ce.y, II would be equally Law ;ul
| 70 sci: hiir for life, Let the principle BE- al'
n:itttd, the existing Governments Of The
>..utl. acknowledged as valid, aud thc fede
I'll 1.1t;ection removed from the negroes. and
ve should vcsy soon sec a cole OF penal
laws in every Southern State, by w;lict
he nr::rp,oE tho slightest offences. woa!d ss
I'D iut.' lfe.lHnE slavery. In th.'se con
,:suni:irs notLirg woald be easier tha. Il
.enrict negro, with evidence or wishnn
:. An accusation w,,u1l be almost cau;va
vnl II, conviction, ard thus, under the IRE
evst uf Furnishing crime, the Lcglsl. ..atc AIT
lie courts would gradually but euscly re
.ce tl;e whole negro posulation to a sys
r,n o, bondage differing only IN ,ane fran
.:sat which has been abolished by the Con
sjtu.ional Amendment These rcgro sale
i, Maryland csnno! be too promptly or to'
silalr]y locked after BY Con
.rcss Ii the Civil Right
! Act is Ia be trampled under foot in Mary
!aud, what shall We expect from the State
further South: Orcourse the President vii
symYothizc With all violations Of that act
since il was made law in spite Of Ills veto
ana whatever Is done to suppress these e1h1
billions Of barNa,is1n, will have to be done B.
G'nsressaud the courts. Mr. johnson, ha1
irs rcinstatcd the whipping-post In Mort
Carolina, Is, doubtless, equally ambitious +
IT up tho nuct.on-block in 3fArrla.d-
, 1866-12-27
mkKEE0.

News from Mexico Is generally yc7y In.
1efinhe, ant Of this character u tho latest
Intelligence, that, rs soon as the French
Z OOPS hAcc y i1hdrnwn Juarcx Intends to To-
ate lis Capital at Z point which Is
svt secret, General Sherman, who has had
,rsr1vicws with Representatives Of the Juasez
Government, says that In his opinion, as
':ili,ary man, the point selected is a
.-coi one
We suppose that General Sherman pro-
oanctsa this opinion upon the representa-
lions made to him Of tho resources Of Juarez
The difference between the Mexican armies
on PAPER and Mexican armies In the field Is .
great oac: aud we can well understand how
General Sherman or any other man might
r.1Mss that such an army as Mexican
President VIII declare be can put In the deld,
would be isrcsis,ib:e-
In tho mcantirnc Macmillan has won tic
support Of the Church party, aud that, VIC
think, Indicates sudden liyht. Every dlcta-
sor and usurpcr TINT has been at the head oi
Mexican affairs during tho last twtaty years,
Las bc.un by opposing tho Church, and,
consequently, has been opposed By Tho
Church. But the Church Is the only body
in Mexico that has ready money In any
considerable quantit:. and as each sdycn,
tp1er discovers that bis elevation cannot be
much longer msintalncd, be recouei!cs him
self 10 the Church party, emb7Aees III
policy, gets lean of five, ten or twenty
millions, and then ruus away. He Is fol
lowed In turn by another, who.Eoes through
*he same formula, and thus tho Church Ii
the cud rays the bill. It is possible thai
Maximilian Is playing the sane game.
The Mexican Church is the int goose 0
| the country. 1t Is the at1icia1 church 0
Mexico. and it pays heavily for the assoca
! tion. Ii the Church of Mexico would Gu
itself loose from the State; If 1t won's
abandon the Empty dignity Of being part @
| Government which Is but nominal at best
| aud never IN actual authority In tho nation
| II It would leave revolutions. and Republics
sno Empires alone, snd place its rropert:
in the hands Of Its hierarchy, after the mar
ner in which Ike property Is hcl
ia thcInited States, then the Church woul
not be plucked Of It's millions yea
af&cr year, and 1t would be vastly more r,
spected at home, aa well MS abroad.
Jnarcz obtains power, as 1t Is possible h
will, tue first thing be will do will be to pt
! the Church through process by which b
, 1866-12-27
Document No. 3,

Document No. 3,
EfNoR Nashua TO MI. fl:LnSElcK SEWARD.
lIrant1at1on.
WAstisGroS, May s6, 1867.
DEAR S1r: Yesterday afesnoon Ne gaze Ms.
hcW the 1rtier IRON Geuefas SaEta AuEa to Mr.
Sca nst. und, as To-day We hsre becn absent frum
tho httel, NC 1ot't know whether Mr. Chew has
teen ke!e 10 lei rs kuox RLen Wa shall present
il 10 3lr. Seward. & there 10 no objection, pr1y
be- p,caecd 10 ict us Ln1w What ha4 been yuur
ialEet'B deefsItL.
lopr very obcdsnt servant
fSifueQl DAg10 IASECRA.
To t1e Sccrettly:
lMemoi duu-]
Tic Secretary Mil, for the present. rese1sc him.
self iu 1tca-d TO the communication OF General
san;a Aria. h. Iecoghixrs, However, the per
5: lci k,ud1+ IS Of the General. Aller zinc Mr.
Sesra- d nay r.cur 10 tire subject.
Memorandum.
Co'oIcf Ma .euIt mAA Informed by me verbally
OF The foregoing, and he replied that be ~on;d
haze teen glad 10 nay i visit Of courtesy to the
F,esldent ana he Secretary ol Stale.
{slRncd1 T. S. CHEw,
Datcll sG.h Nay, 1s6ti.
, 1866-12-27
Document No. G.
III. aEwAHD TO eAxrA A1zA.
DErARnE1 OF STATE. !

"2EHINNIOSs s4H1.uSE ku9 137Q
Ihe Secre:a.J Of STATE ha. lad thc honnz to re-
eet,e from General de SANTA Anna, formerly ftcs-
tdtnt OF He1ico, communication. in which be
ttntes that lie wishes 10 vteft Washington. and
that be Will be p1eaect to know II he Will he IT,
eetved ~ pr3sEts gentleman BY the Secretary OF
stait. ltc distinguished gentleman IL hereby ln-
to.med 1has, inasm ucb his 4ttitudo x4.ds tho
Republican Gorc1nuert Of Mexico, with which
Ire Chilled States maintain dipion3ife intercourse
II p1ououncco by the prseident Of Mexico 10 be
nni11eadly towards the LcteYnraent uI The Re2ub-
lie, c.pdon of the GenssM tn any character a
he present time b The serfc:sry Of State would
lie Incompatible with tho settled practice aac
habits Of the Executive Department Of the Unl,ed
Siatfs.
(SieccG} NM. e. SEwAEo.
Don Aulqlto Lopez de Santa AnrA- Sers Yors
, 1866-12-27
Document No. S.
AANTA AHN& 70 Nh. EkNAup,

AAH1A AHHA 70 nA. t8wAuD.
NEW iosE, August IL, 1876.
liis Excellercv Y lillian II. Seward. Secretary OF
STATE, Was hncton:
l,raR sW: Abe political czi,is in Mexico hss
Anired At u climax, ard can no 1oaccr remain
inactive, and net endesvor to contribute towars:s
tho sal.auen of my country. Wills IuArez, Or
tceh. md tic eh'efa OF Various bsn nd. aEc dfepa-
t1eg anohr thtneeyes tts right to govern, ny
unfortunate conntrJ is rapidly d. cnlng md fron
is contemplating leaving Mexico, In whiea event
tnc country Mil most aseuredly be plunSed into
anarchy more terrible than las yrt been expc.t-
eneed. Frura IBIS deatiny v1eh to sa,c ny eor..-
try, and a*slst IN The expulsion OF the last furrJ.
bayolet aud The tJraIuical dozalEion- Of France.
stonld ne Eow sneee:d III our endeaveEs, aud
rc1nstxte me in The hEhest position within thets
gAs. II would sto.d NE the greatest pteasdre 70
tu1e to you. GoEe,umcat with a liberal haad.
Should jon. E9celfeney dctlro personal inter
view waih me- stall be willing to undertake the
journey. pseee7ing, OF course, Ill possible pE1-
vacy du:7bg the astne.
lhAve The honor " be JouI E1felsenrJ's oeeh3-
euk servant, 4. L, De SANTA AISA-
, 1866-12-27

may obtain such money as he may need.
This process he viii keep up until he Or !hc
Church Is destroyed, lie will be Justified 10
this, politically, because when the Church,
as part Of ofMsxiuilan's Government, opposes
l1m, he cau treat that Church rs q public
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