The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.
The Trials mt Qmeretaro-A Curious Circum.
stance-A Tremendous WATERPROOF.
NArAMoRos, July 20, 1861.
The news frem the interior which has arrived here
since my last despatch Of little Importance. The
trial of the remaining general officers OF the imperial
army captured at Queretaro is not yet announced.
San Luis paper states that II has been determined "a
send them to those States where their crimes
mtted for trial. Aprivate letter from Monterey says
that Castillo 70 have been tried by court martial In
Querearo and that he has probably been shot, together
with dozen other generals. "such, at least, Is the
smothered report here" place no confidence in these
assertions and other similar which have been
tensvey circulated
in Mexico, there would to have been sors OF free
masonry established between many Of the leaders Of the
respective parties, through which arrangements for
mutual protection in case OF need were made There
has scarce ever been great by either party
resulting the capture Of prisoners but what certain ones
not unfrequeptly among the most obnoxious, would
quietly etea from the carnival Of blood which was
sure to follow make their escape without any sort OF d
Guilty. leave the country or remain concealed ior wne
but reappear active ever and no doubt wiling
and anxious TO return the favor done them the FOR.
tunes Of placed it in their power. number OF the
way OF Sato Montery and Matamoros to Brownsville,
through places where they we'll known and would
certainly be detected they making their escape
without tho knowledge of the authorities One of those
residing In Brownsville has been accused Of sharing
the inamy Of Lopez; but the better informed are
that his release rather the result OF that provi
dent which IN other days provided "a friend at
court' The Mexicans, with all their disregard for hu
man life and their bloodthirsness, occasionally In.
dulge In q sort OF sentimentaism which would seem
strange TO other people, and not unrequently some o
AFTER hard fought CONTEST will approach the com
ntarn tAf md q m
life OF some prisoner, otherwse certain TO be shot,
be placed at his dsposition and the request seldom
refused. The prisoner turned over to the applicant Is
received with ardent embrace, treated in the most
hospaoe manner and assise9 forward IN such direc-
ZION as ne may wsn 70 Co. Many LINK 'ns "a s 10
others whose death regarded certain TO follow
shortly after Msximiliana
La Prensd, Of Guadaajara, mentions most destruc-
tive waterspout which recently burst in that city.
large number Of lives and immense amount OF prop
erty were destroyed. The loss or house was cstl
mated at $50 600 The paper says that when the
republican army entered the capital the Notifications
had been abandoned. Everywhere were found the
trains ammunition and baggage wagons or the enemy;
all along the roads and Streets the entire
garrison having deserted and returned TO their homes
A largo number Of Indians and Pelados followed the
army In bearing fruits and vegetables and when the
order issued that one should pass beyond the
forli0catons, that none OF the imperial leaders
should escape there was so great commotion among
them that the order temporarily rescinded and they
were allowed depafk It's thought not improbable
that In the confusion many OF the concealed Imperial
The liberal government has decided that imperial
projects shall be punished BY six years Of exile and the
The papers speak Of number Of French prisoners,
who have been released, slowly moving towards the
border
Al the latest from the capital disposition had been
made Of o Koran Tabera nor had Marquee been dis
covered.
Ell Cinco de Nayo of SAN Luis has been fined $500
for editorial against the State government and Its
policy.
new paper. recently started At Aqua Caentes saws
that Mr. Lerdo do Teada will be President OF the So.
preme Court, and that Mr.. Leon Guzman will succeed
him in the Cabinet and Francisco p Rodriguez VIII DO
made Governor of Guanuajuata
Another new paper published at saltillo and entitled
La Vos del Pueblo s first issue favors the policy OF
abolishing military governments throughout the coun-
try.
geance-Rapacity and BIoodthirstinoss Of
PuEBlA, Mexico, June 20, 1851.
The smske Of another revolution has fairly
rolled away, and tho transactions Of the past six
month are passing into history The spoils, such
as they are, the victors reap; while the heroic,
but misguided, leaders of the defeated party, sleep
at Puebla, at Fan Jscnto, Queretaro, the capital
and elsewhere. 1t is useless now to discuss the
question Of belIiserents or on-combatants. II the
liberal party for convenience denies the right Of bel
ligerents to imperiasts all the world at least admits
the fact 1t is enough know that garrsons surren
dcred as prisoners Of maraled and shot
indscrmnatey AT Puebla fell in this way sixtythree
imperial officers and the Of the State At San
JaciElo one hundred fell in the self-same way At Pc
laya hundred French privates were massacred in
one day and In a body At Queretaro were butchered
the Emperor fourteen generals, three imperial mns-
ters and an unknown number OF colonels majors and
captains Al the capital the Ministers OF Justice and or
War; seven generals and numbers Of lower grades Of
officers are prison waiting their turn without exag-
geraton may safely estimate the number OF foreign
and native officers thus inhumanly shot ct no less
IL ID now conceded that Juarez was noe only
appraised Of Of these executions but also that no
expressly ordered the shooting In number Of Instances
The spirit Of auuihilAton eeems to have animated the
entire party during the brief campaign Of i've months
when the rarrsons At Puebla and Quereiaro offered
capitulae the offer was rejected They would DO per.
med surrender at discretion for then the asrocious
policy Of the liberal generals and the liberal dictator
could have full sweep or course mercy and humanity
were forgotten all through this crusade OF blood and
went up the brutal and rabbls shout vipa Ia Repaid
licas More like carnival Of death was all this from
the hosr that The star Of Importation w;nsd a. Pueblo %
empire and the leading spirits went down together IN
death. Law was silent then; reason was deded; mercy
ra.cus Scoed governments The answer Of Jsarss
General Escobedo one occasion cannot DO mistaken
places the responsibility where n mss nwns,ss .ns
four private soldiers we're taken in battle wn 2,
are these nations TO mel Shoot the prisoners
The General doubted the policy or commit
ting the wholesale murder. With the dictator there
were no doubts only defiance An tmperialis has had
no rights recognized; right save the right to die
Daz sometimes tainted his victims on the eve OF death
Learn TO de- said he since you have not learned TO
live aricbtn All the generals and military Judges
deported themselves these occasions with ferocity
unknown in these times Il was the coolest proceed
ng-the trial and shooting of these menever heard Of
in civilized countries When the hearess, merciless,
drumhsad courts bad man In Their power there was
no help for him To be accused was equivalent 70 bene
snot Hence Macmillan declined to appear before his
Judges and his counsel-.he Prussian hniser-saIeo
10 sne court why the proceeding was a farce. The
Emperor was convicted before the case was heard nc
would have been convicted without prosecution with,
out particle Of testimony law Men OF force and
influence proclaimed this. When Queretaro fell the
court was organized for certain purpose performed
ito work we'll But the liberal party has overshot the
marx The friends OF the party have ceased TO sympa
thine with It, They are horrihed with It's oaroarties
The change has already begun dawn Accusing voices
subdued as yet will ring out like Clarion Inc
dead sleep quietly, but blood ouly shed CRIES from .ne
grounds from the graves OF Macmillan and hiramon
the graves OF those who persisted at zelaya, ouere