The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-18
MEXICO.

Max Suing for Terms-Juarez Orders
Him to be Treated with The COnsIderR-
JtOn Due to Unsuccessful ValOr, when
Taken - PueblR Reported Taken by
DiaE, Etc.
HAVANA, April ls-The Spanish steamer Paris, from
Vera Cruz on The 7h ana ssal on the Stn aTrVed at
sengers on board Of all nationaties Among these l
less not one printed paper has been received from
the Mexican territory by anybody not even the Mexl
Ihe iaiI of Puebla is cOntradicted by some of the
/ learn from a very respectable source in this city
that etsrs from The Mexican capital to the 2sh OF
March stated that Maximilian was expected there
before long, and that in several encounters ION the
way" his forces had beaten the Liberals.
have seen letters from Tampico to the 9th ult.,
n6 nsg MAKE max n mo s & 10 any event.
tended.
in the capital leaylng General Meiia 6esieging the
HrSmon and Castillo after Obtaining the victory in
different encounters and actions In Zacatecas and
reports are from very respectable source In Vera
Cruz; but how far they may be true Is not for me to
@pfobaSie. 'spo'''O i"'' u fOeOi" Is iN'ner
The news gathered from Liberal sources is to the
tion with the Interior travellers from the capital give
The forces under the immediate command Of Max
led by General Castillo attempted TO raise the siege
the part OF the Liberals, but were repused with
great loss and compelled again 10 shut themselves
up IN the city OF QueTetaro. Two days later Max
ask ed for suspension OF hostties in order to
treat on the terms of capitulatOn, which, accord
discretion Juarez gave express orders TO convey the
Archuuke TO San Luis Potosi prisoner of war and
with all the consideration due TO "unsuccessfu
VaOr" MaXimilian having thus opened the way TO
avoid further bOodShed in struggsso frstless 1t
improbable that the next steamer may bring the
news OF the capital being occupied by the forces OF
General Escnbedo. the Desleging forces, composed
Of the contmgeAts of the different States amounted
TO thirty thousand men furnished with ine artillery
train, Before the HdscO OF General Castillo, which
took place in ApaceO "a small town near Queretaru),
the Imperallst forces did not exceed thirteen thou
sand men.
Porfiro Daz. On the 2d inst the Liberal forces be
sieging Vera Cruz celebTated the event by grand
parade and the discharge OF ftwenty-one guns,
The little American squadron moored before Vera
Cruz celebrated the taking OF Puebla on the same
day. General BaTanda, second In command of the
Liberal forces before the port came on board the
! corvette 10 give an ttical communication OF that
| victory
! Owing 10 the want of artillery General Benavides
would have to pTolong the siege until the final termi
| patton Of the military operations of QueEetaro.
The greater part OF the one thousand three hundred
lmperlaliss In Vera Cruz foreigners Their artil-
| men suong, with only one large gun.
| Inc cnlei In command of the Imperalists in arms
lb Ion Jose Juan LandeTo, General Cuevas has sue
| territory. 49, ' " 1900
The Imperial Commssary continues to persecute
ana exile al persons supposed to be inimical the
arrived in the steamer Paris. Menv ui6aIs Nv,
promisea WIN the politics OF the Hempirei have
arrived from ssa The Liberal troops ofIsmal We're
out many days longer. Campeche however I9
the continuous attacks OF Zepeda """Foi' ieSiS'ou
| A steamer from New York loaded with arn,s and
pco The steamer was bought by senor Pornsrd an ~
Minister in Washington, and in order to s6nraU1 XIV
military operations against Vera Cruz was 10 IA,
fitted out as O man-ofwRr.-M y Herald '" >"