The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-04

he 'tS ertastln2 SnaSh.S .
Mr.. Ramon S. Diaz, Mexican consul at New
Orleans, is a terse and vigorous writer of dis
patches. In the annals of telegraphing there
is nothing to compare with the dispatch for
warded Tuesday night to the Mexican Minister
at Washington t. ......l.....-. .U.- e.
Miramon is dead. Imperial forces disband-
ed. Marquee completely defeated. Queretaro
taken. Macmillan hidden. i''
Tuesday, April 3Oth is the very date when,
according to Mr.. Hosea Bigelow, the Confeder-
ate loan natures.
son the fus Tuesday follerin' the 'tarnal ALI
sm'sa." t,H. .iifr.
Miramon is deadthe only Mexican general
among Imperialists who had any competent
knowledge of the art of war. Marquee as
consequence is completely defeated, and the
Imperial forces are disbanded. Queretaro, the
northern outpost of the Capital, has yielded
as Puebla on the east yielded just four weeks
earlier. The latest news from Queretaro gave
the besieged less than $4,000 n.en, while the be-
siegers numbered $4,000 and were provided
with powerful park of artillery. TO-.
The town it seems was taken by assault, like
Pnebla. We have as yet no details of the af-
fair at Queretaro. At Puebla the fight was
desperate. The defences were battered down
by artillery. Two assaults were repulsed. A
third time the Liberals stormed the town, in
columns of 800 men each, on all sides at once
The city was defended from street to street
and from house to house. In the principal
square force of 400 Imperialists fought to the
death, Lot one surviving. The Flag OF the Re
public was raised over 5000 dead bodies of vic
tors and vanquished, Only 1000 prisoners
were made, ana of these it is said some were
executed in revenge for the murder of Gen.
Arteaga and the other Liberals who have been
shot as banditti. a-s..t
AT Queretaao there must have been a repiti-
ton of the same scenes, modified it is to be
hoped by tire recent exchange of ciyilities be
tween Juarez and Maximiliau, Jaurcz had in
structed his generals to watch over the safety
of the Archduke, if he should fall into their
hand, before the inter ,ession of the United
Stats government. Macmillan responded by
directing that no Republican prisoner be shot
without special order from headquarters.
Macmillan however is not prisoner. More
fortunate than another modern imposter his
disguise has answered its purpose. 1t is to be
hoped that he may get safely out of a country.
jured SO much. In his proclamation on land
ing at Vera Cruz he said his crown should new.
er be stained by drop of blood shed in civil
war, for he would rather abdicate as was for
merly done by his ancestor in the Austrian
Empire. When tht French troops were with
drawn be should have kept his promise. Then
at least it was time to abandon the hopeless war
which he had been unable to prosecute to any
satisfactory conclusion even with their aid
Vera Cruz is of course in the hands of the Lib
erals. Its fall was imminent two weeks ago.
The garrison numbered only 1900 against 1000
besiegers, and the latter were receiving re-en-
forcements of men and artillery. Laudero, it
is to be hoped, capitulated, like a reasonable
human being. ...- .l.. ~ -Is-r,.
Now they have got Mexico, what will the
Liberals do with it? Until we are forced to be-
leve the contrary, we shall not cease to hope
they will make an orderly, peaceful and indie
pendent republic of it. ......., ...,.-...