New-York tribune., 1867-08-01

profound fese TO the Government Oh President Juafc2
TO feefate rs opinions and wishes ~ formal manner,
IN compliance with the wishes expressed by the
sov'regns OF France and Great Ritan would perhaps
einbarrass the Government OF President Juarel, anu
might tend to defeat the humane purposes entertained
AZ the same time, Nh. Seward, assuming that the gue
nOh may sun remain an open one Is oesTous 'at ~ %
dent Juarez should be f0red OF the interest IN he per
son OF the Prince Maximlan thus expressed by he as
named European Powers. Mr.. Seward also tmnks IL
proper TO say that ne apprehends no possible COP,
tngency in which any European Power Will attelhpI
either invasion Intervention hereafter III MEXICO OF
IN any other Republican nation on the American co.I
nent For this reason he docs not think that MeNlco mas
Powers consequence OF whatsoever extreme decision
the Mexican Government may MAKE; Dut az one ] sauo
time MT Seward also thinks that unVeisai H.
favorable, conciliaory and friendly toward inc IeIhp m
likely to follow from such an exercise OF cemehcy anu
magnanimy as the United states have thought krorTr
pabe with ms convictions Of duty to make these se,t M
ncnts known in private andfondenal manner 10 the
Republic Of Mexico.
Mr. Romero 10 Mr. Serard.
lTTanslationl
WASHINGTON, June a. 1867.
DEAR Mr.. SEWARD: have had the honor to receive
your esteemed letter this date, in which you commun
cate to Inc that you authorized to inform President
Juarez that the Emperor Of Austria VIII rensate Prince
Maxman IN all his rights to as Archduke OF
Austria as soon as Macmillan should he set at liberty
ana should forever all hs projects in MEXICO
and yOu besides request me 10 transmit TINS MESSAGE ny
telegraph President Juarez for his information tOgethe
with your recommendation that unless there sh0nd be
some objection il should be maze known to MaXiinan
day transmitted the letter mentioned from you 10 the
Department of Foreign Relations of the Mexican kepuD
Orleans where it would reach time to go on tomorrow
by the steamer which plies weekly to MatamoTSs pS,
Hon. william II. Seward, &c.
Letter from the MericOa Secretary Of Wdr TO Gen.
EscObedO.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR AND NAVY, SECTION FIRST.
The city of Querearo having been occupied by force OF
arms YOU have informed the Government that 5000 men,
and more than 400 chiefs and officers of the enemy have
been captured. among them Ferdinand Macmillan Of
Hapsburg who hitherto has stied himself the Emperor
of Mexico Before debating any resolution relative to the
prisoners the Government has desired 10 deliberate with
calmness and fOrbearance which are behttnS 10 te SET
OF the circumstances IL has set aside the resent
ment which prolonged war might INSPIRE uesflhg 3nY
to listen TO the voice OF its high duties toward the McA
people 1t has considered not only on the Justlce
with which the laws might be applied but on the necess
iy there may be Of carrying them out t mas cOhsdered
and what limit, justice and the imperative necessity
of securing the peace, protecting the legitimate IN
terests, and securing the rights and all the
future Of the republics will not permit it TO trespaSs.
After Mexico had suffered all the evils Of civil war OF
in Causing the laws and the Constitution OF the country
be respected when they had rcpessed and conquered
sacrificed all interests ana all social rights when peace
and tranquility once more dawned upon the country, III
view of the general will Of the people and the pOteny
of those who had desired to subugate them then the
most reckless of the remnant OF the classes WGh hau
been put down appealed 10 the foreigner hoping with ms
assistance to crafty their cupdlty ana revenge lhey
went abroad to arouse the ambition ana torpIude or
foreign monarch, and they came back 10 the Republic
having for their only associates foreign intervention anu
treason The Archduke Ferdinand Maxmilian OF HaIs
burg consented become the principal Instrument 10
out this work Of niquty whlch mas welgheu upon
the Republic for ye years E'tehded Oy dfeiS M & t %
press a people, attempted TO destroy their Consttuton
and their laws without any authority than that OF rev
votes destitute Of all weight and tOrcbly obtained
through the presence and force OF foreign DayOnets
He came voluntarily 10 the most serious respOn
sibes which condemned by the laws ot al nations
and which provided for in several preeXsung laws
OF the Republic the last OF them beng tlt OF January
2 1862 sanctioned in order TO define the Oenses against
the independence and security Of the nations against the
law of nations, against the individual guarantees, ana
against the public peace and order The fagrant acts In
the conduct Of MaXimau embrace the greater number
of responsibilities specified IN that law He not only
lent himself 10 serve as the instrument Of foreign in
eryentOn but also to carry on OF himself war OF MI
busters; he brought other foreigners, Austrans aud
Beigans fbe suj6cts OF nations not al war with the Re
public He endeayOred 10 subvert forever the p0htcai
freely given itself by assuming TO arrogate 10 himself
the supreme power without other authority than That OF
the foreign invaders, who compelled thereto by
He disnosed Of the lives the rights and the interests OF
any lawful authority therefor lie promulgated decree
containing barbarous prescriptions, III order 70 mutuer
the Mexicans who defended who did not betray
those who defended the independence and institutions Of
Executions to be perpetfated under that 6arBaToas
decree, and its application to be visited upon dstln
guished Mexican patriots before IL could be
sumed that they had heard OF ITS PRONUNCIATION. iic
ordered that his soldiers, consented under the
tase tte OF chle OF tne nation thaJ o sOdleIs Oh thS
foreign invader should set fire to destroy many and
throughout
territory, ana particularly III the states OF MchOacan
SinaOa Chihuahua, COahua, and NuevO-LeOn.
of the foreigner should murder many thousands OF Mex
who were charged with crime Tor defendSg their
country And when the armies OF the foreign power
withdrew and he that The whole Republic had risen
against him, he still sought 10 surround himself with
himself OF every OF violence and depreciation, OF
death and desoation, TO uphold TO the last moment his
false title, Of which he has not attempted 10 dyet him
self until he found himself obliged 20 abandon it, ms
own will, but through force Among the men who have
mating all the consequences OF treason 10 thelr country,
appear Of the principal leadersthe ocalled Gems
Don Miguel Mramon and Tomas Meiia, who have figured
prominently IN QueretarO Generasn-Chie 10 the
corps darmee Of Maxinilian. Against both OF these
having sustained the civil war for many years,
without stopping at the most guilty acts,
against the peace and consolidation Of the institutions OF
the Republic Article % of the law referred to- provides
caught in the very act Of committing the crime lin
fagrante deicO or during any action OF war, the den
thcatiOn alone OF the person being required Both Of
these circumstances being embraced in the present
the public knowledge Of the facts would suffice to
authorize you TO proceed agreeaby 10 that article the
law. Nevertheless the Government. desiring TO make
use OF its ample facilities with the view that there may
be the fullest Justification for the proceeding this case
has resolved that with reference it the trial be pro.
ceeded with which the same law provides for in other
the accused may wish to make may be heard
ana mat me be pronounce called for in jus
public has determined that YOU adopt the measures for
proceeding TO the trial Of Ferdinand Macmillan OF Haps
burg and Of his socalled Generals Don Miguel Mram6n
and Don Tomas Meia proceeding in the trial with entire
accordance TO the articles from the sixth the eleventh.
inclusive OF the law Of the 2jth of January 1862 which
those relating 70 the form Of the judicial proceeding
Respecting the other chiefs aud officers finctOnares
appTehended in QueretarO you will be pleased TO send
lists Of them 10 the Government specifying the classes or
occupations which they held among the enemy in order
10 be enabled to determine what it IS proper to do
agTeeaby 10 the circumstances Of the Independ
ence and liberty! MEuA,
The Citizen General OF Division.
MARIAHO EsCOBEDO,
COmmander-inChief Of the Army Corps Of the North
QueretarO
San Li,is POt0si May q, 1867.