The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-18

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~ o'' ~ akin ~ cavairs Only ma ilaad nns The
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'es ..i d 50 toxethern Hnapsac.s wero ,nnaceed
ai We 'etlsa dawn agaiD wisn soAes lighter
hoNas ios f1ofncr MONTHS >ie~c n nerd b. One conn.,
taraoe snggesled by previous fights ana iuv con
nra hr ,p,s sortie WAS. Lnat IN sorgt, in dsepine
tud everything t,at constitutes good ary as Inc
~ ,reeps excepting only frarino's cafaIry, twelve
hundred strang and all armed wiih the Spencer rle
ire eFeaiiy interior to our. When the result Of
INC engagement communicated 10 tile two
nercsn prisoners, captured IN tre fight Of April
= they remarked, lyon have this great advantage
nonns . o W.. rabbon Eery liberal officer We have
al,hy appearance OF simiar testimony. Tne ragged,
evidence ia point and tho. brought 10 strong
q W su Savs ns. a. to he
only mismanagemcnt, JEALOUSY enoy nave run: ana
cheney Of force have 81 ycaorr
take Of Marquee and Mirsmon vrom H. geeaa mis-
mencement thsy mstrusted their Own for seiy COM
meanly jealous Of allowing the foreigns.,,an, we.e
small az IL is constituted their main strensh 1s men
and they overrated the strength OF the enesy n pay
in the early days OF March when they %sa
entering the valley, instead OF staying snxidiy
in their enrenchmnis and allowing the enemy to MAX
them and surround the city, the siege OF oaerearo
wood have been heard Of or again. Ii they nd
,aerals decidedly repused in their attempt to-
the city by assault the result In the opinion OF
every Intelligent prisoner, would have bean most disas-
trous TO Tire OF President JuareZ Unanuty and
concerted action have never been aud not now
among the liberal generals Regaies and Escobedo are
at personal enmy, and Corona and Ecobedo have two
dinerent plans Of csmpagn--one desiring 20 carry
the city by storm and the other desiring sarve tho
garrison out. The latter Plan am strongly inclined TO
think will The city strongly del eDdad
by trenches earhworks and barrcades that Is to
repuse any assaults and have soie sup
nj Of
with Marquee discovered enough sulphur IA the city TO
make more gunpowder than Want OF food
and money the only troubles.
Among the captured documents yesterday were a
number Of Letters General Gargan masonic matters
from a leading freemason OF New York. Macmillan,
who belongs to the mystic craft sent them back TO the
general with courteous note.
SLIGHTLY MISDAcIous.
A number OF liberal newspapers from Guanajuato and
San Luis Potosi also fell into possession. They
proved quite interest ng reading We learnt by their
means that Macmillan had gone mad like his
wife; that he took for his personal expenditure
and that all those little aghs which we in our Insulated
ignorance had supposed to either ndecsivc engage
for the enemy were In reality glorious
liberal victories resulting in the capture from the mpe
rasts OF guns In the aggregate than We ever pos
ssssed and prisoners than the whole garrison could
supply Major General Pope ought certainly 10 come 10
Mexico Even he could hardly improve upon tho order
oAthe day which Regues issued this morning. thanking
troops for their bravery and announcing as the result
6f the brilliant engagement Of April 81 the complete
pulse or ne tra.ors and the capture Of eight guns
and many prisoAer
Another Attack on the I.iberals-Narrow Es-
cape Of Maximilian-A Drunken Onslaught
A Crisis.
More fights without decisive results. more runors Of
approaching RELIEF without facts to back them, moro
misery hunger death filed up the intervening
days my last despatch. Famine has ns now fast In
his and day two At the farhest, perhaps
few hours, will the end OF the siege For sixty. i've
days little garrison Of Quer6taro has held ou with
perssteucy which, under other circumstances would b
called heroic They have had contend against mot
only the enemy without but traitors within tho lines
Ramirez one Of Maximllian's generals, is under
arrest with several OF stan for attempting TO bstay
the city 20 the enemy and what there h strong
reason 10 believe that the neither begins
ends with him. The situation 10 critical one and
must confess to feeling strong psrsonal anxiety = 70
bow Il will end.
| On "Wednesday, tine Let Of May an attack ives made
BY tho imperial upon the Garita or gusrdhessA
which commands the road TO Mexico Its position and
that or the other points implicated In the AFFAIR are
| marked ON the plan enclosed In my previous letter
| The attack was to have been made on the S0th Of
April, but the procras.inaton and mahana-ism which
accompany every Mexican transaction caused IL 70 Be
delayed until the Following morning Consequently, q
matter OF course the liberals got fun Information d
the intended movement Two battalions Of infantry
the Guarda Municipal, commanded BY Colonel Rod
rieuex and the Caxadorss led By Major, now Leutsn
ant colonel Pistnsr- moved out Of Crus upon
the hacienda or Calicja. captured By Castillo
| on the 9th ult. and subsequently, rsoocuped By
tho iiberaIa They took the position with . run, tho
liberal troops according TO their custom, abandoning
their works fleeing the approach Of attacking
force The imperalists thcn moved upon tho oavato,
and short Tight took that position also, although
was capable OF prolonged defence, battery Of
guns in the Cruz covering the attack Eated by his
SUCCESSES Rodriguez without ORDERS marched the
strong hacienda Of Carretas just beyond tho Onyitd.
His troops had carried the FIRST works. and we're IN fair
way capture the remainder. for the garrison wers
when as Rodriguez Was jumping low wall on horse
back, be shot through the heart. Az the Same m
rescue and the imperial troops democrat zsd BY the
ioss OF their officer, fell back In confusion -Four
Of Rodnguez's own mea caught MN a. iei'
Major Ptner, tho head OF party OF his Caxadores
calamity charged back, recovered the body, and Tbs
| next day was buried with all military honors Colonel
Rodriguez was OF the very few brave, honest and
trustworthy Mexican officers In the imperial service
Maxlmian could better have spared half dozen OF his
generals Even after his un,imeIy DEATH the move
might have been successful bad II been supported
movements has = knack OF emitting Of the most
essential details While the attack on tho 9irafd
was 10 progress. column Of three thousand noers'
der and put In position . piece Of artillery
which threw . shol every time right mt.
within Ave hundred yards OF our batteries which "A,
have done terrible execution In their close rank out
an arrangement peculiarly Mexican no on below ID
fred ana as there ~srs csn-rus On hand tho re,s
! forcemcnts passed and repxibed unmoiesled. smu
tanccusly with tho attAck the gara, another
msni was made 70 silence battery or the enemy
which, being within four hundred yards Of the Cruz
located near the sausduc,, a. : poins whsr. som'
, Of the arches had been blown up 70 Gu
on the supply Of water from the city Communication
being intercepted follows that tho portion Of
aqucduct leading from the Cruz 70 the point Of reception
was comparatively dry. party Of forty citizens vol
uneered 10 crawl along In the slime until within reach
Of the battery and then TO throw hand gronades
Their movement however shared the fate Of tho
| ON the vsrta: II ended with the death Of Rodriguez
THIRD ATTACK
Very late night two Afterwards orderly came 4
my quarters with the following mysterious note:-
confidential
Ia Gao. Nay ., 1907