New-York tribune., 1867-10-11

DEAfNED PRISONERS or QUERETAKO-MOlIE
MATERIALS FOH HISTORY - MAAIMIL@IAN @ D
OWN EXPLANATION or TIE TlllED Oi OOnU- 49,,
BER DECREE 49, BAzAINE AUTHOR OF @InL @
npICT THE DECREE ENFORCED BY THE
FRENCH SIX WEEKS BEFORE AAAIMlLIAN
SAW 1T.
f'Su Our Sps'~' VERA CRUZ, Sept 70, 1867
A highly important letter 1Ioh one ol .hc
Drincip pcral prisoners captured at Queretaro has
raa.,ed us bv underground channels suppressing only
,be name we give the leading facts contained IN this
singular communication ,,-,. ..
Fc,y rrsouers except the officers mghes' III rahh re
main H. Oueretsro Tho rest have been removed ana
Sat .l-ht o. Gems. Castillo, Valdez, sam-S"lm'
ne srd e;oht otsrcs with forty officers OF lower rank
- N ~, si,rai charges. IN the Convent OF Teri
SESs rlssve gloomy building where Ior DAY 81 J tWo
- '+ho r4nfurr. Macmillan himself was cohfheo
.,ilo l9iIn 9r-l Coils DaZ and RedOult hdQ Deen teI
D., coma martial in the Iturbde 1heater ana sentenced
sSnf uoder strict guard but permitted to purchase
snFb pccesSares their cOndluOn requires OF thcd 4ls
,y'g permit This is very requisite indulgence lHas-
,ri A. ,ere withheld they would perish OF sta Naoh
Ther treatment as a whole Is pretty fair Tor Mexico
fhOurh rad enough. Filth VermlI, impure an ana Se
nr- puly OF water then principal troubles, Inc
soldier OF the guard keep up constant system OF perry
sItorOn and tho officers are not ABOVE DeS6IhS
narcr or half dollar from the prisoners mcagel stores
two 0r three times "a week The troops III QueiealO, as
s,rwherc seldom paid aud are IN consequence very
hsnoalized and uutrustwOrthy. Guerilla bands invest
,le cOursry round in such numbers that they even
threaten the cy, They have once or Twice penetrated
a far as the Alameda and the garrison have been k
under for nights together Among INC gudlu oi 5e
Teresitas Prison several soldcto WE0 formerly Oe
ionged 20 the commands Of the Ctccrs they now hOld
prisoners. . 90. s.4 4
Eives some interesting facts hthtro Unpublished Ihe
kentencc OF death communicated 10 nun on the tc-
noon Of the 18th Of June by Col Aspire the judge
rate, described rs q young and very arrogant man.
haXimilian heard the news very qultF, aiu o.tuleH
himself during the rest Of the day IN lakug leayg Q such
Eiends IA were allowed 10 see him AZ 10 o'clock az
hight EscObcdO himself prompted by some leeAE "hiCH
sonncd lie Went frst 10 Maximilan's cell The En-
feTor rising received him with studied courtesy, ana
TeSret which Escobedo let fall. From Maximilan's
chamber the Liberal CommandeT-ihC lei asslu on ~
those occupied by Miramon and Mela tne last ei whom
indulged In no reproacbes, though 10 both OF them
recollection Of similar Scgse sS. The Ss, Visitor
for the night was Baron Magnus, the Iruss9h
Minister, WHO remainnd elosetea win tne ArIu' ca,
prisoner went te bed aud slept peacefully tiu otGSk.
Then he rose took llsht JrakiaSl ana n"oS ,.S s4
BY the aid Of Prince san sHiu IN Sult OF tlh Ddo
clothes. For the next two hours ne paced qmety w anu
down his cell, talking with ms coniess2I 9S s
Little matters which had Deen VEtrIOHAe. ,ooH
she officer arrived 10 take him 70 me place oi
Naxn.Ian Put Oh his nat and WHO" Wiling ISM io 1,H
IntO the corridor where Mi-dmCr and MJla were ne III
CURED, "Gentemen am ready are you IgUy ~, 9o
Cagfe. ana after receiving absodtOn took their places
ln thTec carriages, with Their c0CssOIS ana uiV'0
- fhe CeryO de In Camp3na. . O., A..
The manifestations oi popular sympathy we're all that
have been stated, ana more. Though the HOui OF tAtcd
ton bad been changed 10 avoid any popular a,nOlst.i
toi every small stone and blade OF grass was carried
allen EnerOrs hat in the hands Of is servant JIIce
crosses have been erected the spot where the bodies
with fresh flowers and candles burn dlWCl lore ji'n
photographs Of The spot have been taken n erta mum
bers and circulated an over the country. MANY 4iic's'
especially ladies' have Oeen made iOr expressing sym
Vathy with the dead.
II now ranspires that tic respite from the lGih 70 the
loth of June was not sought hy MaXlmulu' ht ny MS
swycfs with view OF asiuc ady q 81 az, ol" ~
4 punishment is equivalent 10 communication VI So"
tcuoc. The quihhle proved OF 10 avail s,.,.,
a. .rt.rr ID
a. ~, s ,f OctIr decree 80 fatally quoted against him
After tue til Oi HaNimlian, McIld ana Ali"loA I"u
t,t,on is oodTcssed aud who was then in san Luis
tJOsi. cOuriyed TO have conveyed into the convent OI
fha 4 puthlas the question What tie exact Cli
s-1ntnces counectci with the 81 Of October decree"
Vie answer as dictated by MdXiman himself, VIII
probably not igten the charges yhlCh portion OF Inc
Pans press are driving home 10 M.ushal baLdiuc re
give the writer's exact words: ,,
EDetOicr 1855 am TO tel you that that law made
sfr t IJlr1ls had decrecd the same law called the
law IObladO minister OF JuaTez. BOth laws are lhe
Tame providing that every taken prisoner with arms
in his Hands sha he tried before cOurtmartia and, II
convicted, shot Further this decree was given unqe
Ale influence the French and Bazane wrote with his
sWn hand the paragraph In question. The law was given
~ lime when JuaTez in PasO del Horte and when
French lime when 10 Liberal army existed except
guerrilla bands. This law was particularly directed
against robbers, who infested the whole country AT het
tine numbering burning, and rObDnG. Bazule MADE
executions UIGer the law Fix weeks before the Emperor
Suew Of ts stence, and before u was submitted 70 nun
gUr signature, Bazame executed thousands without the
approx otc Emperor. who always pardoned, unless
Nas come murderer, known such, aud even gave the
BtIctcs direction that all sentences sh0ald De referred
80 him, aud that they were TO wake him
np in the night II any one came TO ask
; .ace. There arc more than twenty Liberal officers
wing lOw who were pardOned by the EmpcrOri and
sorc the Emperor broke with the French and
hs capital 70 10 Orzaba The hrs decree he gave
the day, abOlisling the order Of the 81 OF
October The Emperor always changed the punishment
Al death 10 iuprisonntr except IN some tWeH on Iy
a. ,cs Of who had 5een previously convicted several
aines Of murder All the executing and numbering
xas done by the french without the kLoWedge oI ihe
Emperor He gave the EtriCest order 10 MiIamOn, be-
fore the Zactcods disaster that II he should capture
uJrez he Sas well and 10 send him 10 Mex
30 The EmTcICrs idea was 10 endeayoI III connection
th Juarel 90 pacify the country, 10 have new cleo
tl0n aId n Le fOguG the people dld not want HIN, 10
kp4,catc ~Ll leave the country