The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-06-14
Mexico Sketches of the Lives and Ex-
PLOTS of Macmillan and his Gen

Mexico-Sketches of the Lives and Ex-
PLOTS of Macmillan and his Gen
erals.
|. The fall of Queretaro and the capture of
Maximilan and lis generals, render their
history of special interest at this time
We therefore give the following sketches of
the careers Of the late Emperor" and
Miramon, Mejia and Castillo, bis generals
MAMMALIAN.
Ferdinand Macmillan Joseph, Archduke
of Austria, and sometime Emperor of Mex
leo, was born at Schonbrunn on the 9Th of
July, 1882. His father was Francis Charles
Joseph, Archduke of Austria, and his
mother Sophie Dorothea, daughter Of Max
| imilian L., King of Bavaria. Upon the
abdlcation of Ferdinand, Emperor of Aus
tria, the Archduke renowned his claim to
the succession in favor of his eldest son,
the present Emperor, the brother OF the
subject Of this sketch. The abdicating
Emperor, in giving up his throne, unequal
ly divided his power, and gave an advan-
tage to the Archduke Macmillan, to the
detriment Of his elder brother. Such was
the origin of the co astant, and at times
very warm differences, which arose between
| the two
Macmillan received his education at
Vienna, then, as now, one of the gayest and
most dissolute capitals of Europe He did
not, however, indulge in the frivolities SO
common to the nobility of Austria, but ap
pears to have spent a great part of his youth
In study and travel At an early age he
entered the navy Of the empire, aud saw
considerable service at sea, sailing about
the Mediterranean, and visited all the ad-
jacent countries Greece, Italy, Morocco,
French Algeria, Spain and Portugal. At
| the age of % he was placed at the head of
what is termed by courtesy the Austrian
| coasts of Syria and Palestine. He went
also to the Red Sea, and took great interest
IN the works of the Suez Canal, which was
then beginning. In 1856 he paid visit to
Paris and spent a fortnight at st. Cloud
with Louis Napoleon The year following
he was appointed Viceroy of LON bardy and
Venice, and in the exercise of the powers
attached to the position soon made himself
quite favorite with the Italians. This
popularity was, however, displeasing to
Francis Joseph, and in 1859 he was remov-
ed. He is said to have exhibited great
courage and decided administrative abilities
while Viceroy. 1t is said that he used to
walk about the streets of Milan and Venice
quite alone during the fetes and among the
crowd, and would never allow the police to
be on the watch. One day at Venice, when
the Italian mobiles had plotted to make a
hostile demonstration against him on the
Plaza st. Marco, he discomftted and quite
converted them to his side by tucking his
wife under his arm and coming among them
unattended, and on foot, with courage
and frankness that unarmed every one
Another time, just after Orsini's attempt at
Paris, his life was said to be also threaten
ed, and his friends begged him not to ex-
pose himself, but he Immediately ordered
his carriage to go to the theatre, taking
with him Count Stromboli, to whom he said,
laughing, If am to be blown up it shall
at least be In good company.
Macmillan remained idle after his re-
moval from the goyernorship of the Lom-
bardo Venetian kingdom until 1868, when
Napoleon decided upon making catspaw
of him in Mexico The crown Of Mexico
! was offered to him by Napoleon in August,
1868, and the diplomats were put to work
| to arrange for his acceptance and occupancy
of the throne. Nearly year was occupied
in this work, and it was not until April 10,
1864, that he formally accepted the proffer-
ed crown. By the terms of the acceptance
| uc Iudue q COuulllOudl IeuuuCldtlOI VI Tue
right of eventual succession to the throne Of
Austria and an unconditional remuneration
of his share of the family estates, amount
ing to % ,O00 900 of forms. The condition
reserved in the remuneration Of the right to
the succession was that such remuneration
might be revoked, should Macmillan, find
I ing his foothold in Mexico insecure, choose
[ to resigns within six years from the date of
his acceptance of the crown of Mexico.
! The career of Macmillan as the so called
| Emperor of Mexico is well known to the
| people of this country. His first official act
was to offer terms to Juarez looking to the
submission of the latter. These were re-
jected, and then followed the past years of
war and bloodshed, with alternate success
| and the present final defeat of the, Imper-
ialsts. His efforts to attract emigration
and to deveiope thcresources of the country
are well known, as are also his personal
sacrifices for the success of his cause. That
| he failed was only natural and expected
result, but it is doubtful if he would have
met the terrible fate to which Juarez as
| signed him had be not issued his famous or
der declaring the Republican President and
his supporters bandits and outlaws The
entire responsibility of his death, (Ifhe has
indeed been executed) must rest upon Ma
| pOleoH, WHO ursG lnOuceu MIN 70 accept the
| proffered crown, and afterward deserted
him. Personally, Macmillan has the repu-
tation of being most accomplished gentle
man and scholar 7 That he is kind hearted
and humane we are assured from the fire.
quency with which he saved the lives of
many unfortunate Liberals who fell into the
hands of his generals and were condemned
| to death.
GEN. MIGUEL MIRAMoN
Was born in Mexico City about the year
1880. He was educated for the army at
the Military Academy of Chapultepec
He first came into notice in 1856 by his pro-
nunciamento against Comonfort, the Liberal
President. In this revolt he was unsuc-
cessful, but Comonfort pardoned him and
took him to live with him in the palace
When Cononfort was obliged to flee the
country, after having betrayed his party,
Juarez, Judge of the Supreme Court, be-
came President by virtue of the Constitu-
ton But the church party, so-called, hay
ing possession Of the capital made Zuloaga
| President, and placed Miramon in com
mand of the army. He fought and wen
two battles against the Liberals in the very
portion of Mexico where this last campaign
of the empirc has been going on. Tuloaoa