Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-20
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
Mexico.

6DNAHSAAxk VI xHE " E3EAAs
81 . Mexico. -
4 Correspondence dated Queretaro, May
26, says: No disposition has yet been made
Of Macmillan and the $50 officers cap
tured <i E +.
Gen. Mendez was shot on Sunday. Esco7
bedo had issued an order that all officers
hiding, who did not surrender in twenty
four hours, would be summarily shot when
captured. Mendez did not give himself up.
He was captured on Saturday night, and
shot early Sunday morning in the public
park. He met his fate like a brave man.
Col. Campas, the commander of Maxi
milian's body guard, who attempted to
escape with four thousand men when the
surrender took place, was also shot.=sNo
other executions, are known, though many
are suspected. All the French officers are
missing. ITheprincipal prisoners are con-
fined together in a church, in very indlfter:-
B ent quarters, without beds Or eny toilet
conveniences Macmillan continues i'll of
,dysentery 1o5fb9 .?ht 10 39o9ade 9al es~s
The wife ofPrince Salmssalm, an Amer
,ican lady, 81 closely related to President
johnson, hadqmade herlway to Juarez, to
intercede for her husband life, and that of
the Emperor. This lady, has sped SO far
in, her. brave, mission that recently, on
her arrival from San Luis she, the
Emperor and Prince Sa1m- Salm had a long
interview with Escobedo, and there is
reason to believe terms were arranged by
which the lives of most'of the foreigners
will be spared 10 H}la8 9di Ct a9H9jt GIo
> Miramon, 1T is expected, will die of a
severe wound received in trying to show
fight on the day the city was 1betrayedrob'
A report was that Gen.. Lopez, who let
the Liberal troops into the city, received
1900 gold ounces for his treachery, The
surprise was complete. Everything was
taken, and no one Of the prominent chiefs
escaped. Scarcely fifty houses we're fired.
Most Of the troops have gone on to the
City of Mexico, but Escobedo and a strong
garrison still remain in the city. 1.-The, roads
are in a trlTible state ON ACCOUNT OF FREE.
quent robberies and murders.
Escobedo had ordered a court martial to
assemble on the 29th, for the trial of the
Emperor. Macmillan has sent through,
Gen. Diaz teleg to- the Prugsian Con-
sui at Metamoras, to obtain the services of
Marinero Riva and others to defend him.
i When Macmillan gave up his sword to
Escobedo, he said. 8, I surrender to you my
sword owing to an infamous treason, with
out which to-morrow's sun would have
seen yours in my hands.
The following proclamation has been
issued by Macmillan: n vs.r,e,.ea.4 5g,r
z CouNTRYMEN:-After the valoE and patriotism of
the Republican forces have destroyed my soepter
dispensable to save the honor OF my cause and of
my race; after the bloody siege in which the Inn
peria1 and Republican soldiers have compiled in
abnegation and boldness, will explain myself
Countrymen, / came to Mexico, not only animated
with the best faith of insuring the felicity of all
and each Of us but called and protected by the
ridicule of France abandoned me cowardly and
UNANIMOUSLY by demand of the United States, after
sbe & pooa Of Sna Wsen
the news of my fall and death reaches Europe, all
the monarchs of Charlemagne's country viii de-
mapd Of the Napolsonie dynasty an s s Of my
Mexico. Then will Napoleon Ill. be covered with
shame from head to foot. To-day he has already
seen his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, my
august brother, praying for my life to the United
States and myself q prisoner of war in the hands
of the Republican Government, and with my crown
on my head torn in pieces .s.-.-a
Coiintrymen here are my last words / desire
that my blood my regenerate Mexico and serve as
warning to all ambitious and inCautious princes,
and that you will act with prudence and truthful
ness, and ennoble with your virtues the political
cause of the flag you sustain. Iruats @-Gls3I t1
May providence save you and make you worthy
of myself l3V u.'it i'ii{4' az = 5'4 ''s.i i''
- (Signed), .,n,f .,, MAMMALIAN.
Later advices state that the above Is
eanard.
+, Advices from Mexico state that Maxi
milan offered to use his influence to cause
the Immediate surrender fof the City of
Mexico and Vera Cruz, if he,and his Ger
man troops should be permittedto leave
the country.Q The proposal was rejected. |
Minister Romero has received a letter from
Gen. Diaz, in, which he states that the cities
of Mexico and Vera Cruz will shortly be
taken.
?, The latest advices from Mexico still
leave the fate Of Macmillan in doubt.
1Iiramon isTepofted to have died of fever,
and Castillo and Mejia to have been shot
after the applicationuof MaXimilian to
grant them and himself and German
officers a safe conduct out of the country, 4
on condition of his abdication and the
Of his influence to, secure the
surrender of the City of Mexico had been
rejected. -. ..,t.,........ ....-.f..,i,'.
Foreign Intelligence. 0Tqmi
TheQueen of Spain will visit Paris dur |
ing July. ISL. aods bua ,gxo5 oh s4s1uoI
q The King of Prussia and Count Bis |
mark arrived at Berlin from Paris on
the 14th
70 The Sultan Of Turkey take &c small tfitle /
Of wives" namely, thirty, with him to the
Paris Exposition. I'll IS 28ailiT siHl 81 ii9h /
AllotheI Fenian prisoners convicted for |
high treason have been transferred to Eng i
land and placed in prison. aefano Ynn I'D
Advices from Brazil and Buenos Ayres |
the cholera as raging there. in a,
terrible manner. Seven hundred men be- |
longing to the Brazilian army are reported |
10 have died in four days, At Buenos
Ayres the mortality was fearful, and the
people were retreating into the country to
escape from the horrors Of the city.
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