The national Republican., 1867-07-29
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AFrAiRs IN MEXICO.

AFFAlRs IN MEXICO.
Commander Roe, Of ths stsamer Tdconl
under date Of june "a, has sent TO th
Navy Department. Q detailed report ofth'
surrender Of Vera Cruz TO the Libera
forces. Itcontains some points Of interest
perhaps not heretofore published.
He Gays: On the 22d the news arrivet
OF the fafl Of Mexico. On the 23d, re
ceiyed through our Consul, the news tha
MACMILLAN, with the chief Generals o
his army. had been shot by sentence oI
court-martial During the day Of the 22d
there was great excitement in Vera Cruz
A council Of all the officers OF Vera Cruz
was held and resolutions were declared
that the town should not be surrendered
to the Liberals unless q heavy sum oi
money should first be given to each man.
BuREAu, the Imperial Commissary, and
one Of the Generals, opposed this, and re-
solved that the surrender should be made.
Gen. CuEvAs, an adherent OF SANTA ANNA,
and leader Of foreign troops, was arrested
by order OF BUREAu. The French Consul
promised to keep the foreign troops in
subsection, and the United States Consul
was again requested TO visit the headquar-
ters Of Gen. BESAv1pEs To stipulate for o
surrender. He accordingly came to the
Tdeony, accompanied by q deputy from
Vera Cruz, and sent them ashore abreast
Of the Liberals camp. They succeeded in
their efforts; and though orders had been
gived from PoRFIRIo DIAz to Gen. BESA-
yrpks to give no terms or conditions TO
Vera Cruz, Gen. BNAvIpEs still adhered
to promise previously made through q
spirit Of humanity, and to avoid possible
bloodshed.
On the 24th 1 received q letter from my
Consul, as follows:
VERA CRrz, June "a, 1867.
DEAR Sin: At the request Of Dos Do
nsoo BuRxAu beg Of you TO come up
with your ship Immediately into the harbor.
The difficulty is with the foreign troops
BuRKAU sends out flag Of truce ut ll:3O
o'clock, q. m. As this Is secret, / dare
not ask pilot. Yours truly.
Z. H. SAuLNER, U. s. Consul.
On the afternoon Of the same day /
got under way, accompanied by the En-
glish sloop-ot-war Jason, and moved up.
l moved to buoy between the Castle and
Fort Conception, off Vera Cruz.
On the night Of the 25th BUREAU de-
serted from the city in secret, and it is said
embarked in the Austrian corvette Eliza-
OctN, DOuuu 10 NEW orlehnB.
On the 26th Gen. PEREZ GOMEZ, Com
mander Of San Juan dUlloa, became the
Commander-in- Chief through the desertion
OF BUREAU. At IL p. m. Of that day he
visited the British Consulate, and in r+e-
sence Of all the foreign Consuls, thai of
Spain excepted, together with Cart Ayss.
LEY, the French Captain and myself of.
ferred up the town and defe-, ,,ces 10 these
rel representatives. re- Hs Offered me the Gas.
Wv " :. Juan, but had no force to oc-
cupy il and left the whole matter with the
Consuls. In the meantime Capt AYSsLEY
and myself sent word for the Tobasco to
disarm. Our order to this effect was
promptly obeyed by her officers, as also
by those Of the schooner, her consort,
The merchants subscribed money to pay
the dues Of the foreign legations, and the
Tobasco was declared by her owner
ready to carry them away. The English
and United States Consuls, during the after
noon of the same day, rode out to the invest
ing camp To offer up the city. During the
night of the 25th guns were mounted on
San Juan and pointed at the jason and
Taoouy. We sprung our broadside on
the Castle, and sent word to oil the forts
that q shot fred at one ship would be re-
turned by both. was pleased to get free
from my mooring at on early hour, as the
infected air coming to us from the Castle
was extremely dangerous. The object for
which moored there no longer existing,
and the Castle being offered to me by Gen.
GOMEZ, hauled out thousand yards dis,
tant to the northward during the 26th.
The Consular visit to BESAvIDEs resulted
in the arrangements that the foreign lega.
tions should at once embark, and the town
be handed over to the civil authorities
who would Immediately open the gatei
and the Liberal force would enter on tht
morning OF the goth. At about Q q. IN
the foreign legion began to embark on thu
Tobasco. No flags were hoisted on the
forts or castle. At noon all the legior
were embarked ON the Tobasco. Sh,
moved temporarily under the protection
Of the Jason and Tacony, by order Of tn,
Consular Government, to get water, which
was supplied by the Jason. At 3 p. IN
the Consular Government turned over th'
city and forts to the civil authorities o
Vera Cruz, which opened the gates for tn
Liberal forces. These forces entered Ver
Cruz about o'clock, p. IN. and occupie,
the city and defences without bloodshe'
or riot.
Thus have honor to report that Mex
leo entire is now under the government 0
prasident JuIpRz There ia mt n ploc