The New York herald., 1867-04-04
N MEx'Ic'os. E
SIEGE OF QyERETARo BEGUN.
Corona Promises to Take It by
March IL.
Interesting and Important Details Of
the Situation.



Liberal Arnies sf Corona asd RscdSedo
Jsancd-MaxaDiltan's last Hspe Gope-He
Fails 10 Beat His EnemIes In Detail, &c.
SAW LUIS PoTosI, February 27, 1867.
Queretaro is the centre Of interest Maxmilian with
eight thousand troops has lost his only chance to whip
The liberal forces detail While IL probable
that Corona has joined his force Of thousand
that Of Escobedo and the liberal army opposed TO the
Austrian prnoe viii number fourteen thousand men,
wrote you two days since that Corona left Aorela
the morning the oath for forced march Of forty
leagues 10 join Escobedo.
II the liberal troops well handled the days Of the
Empire are numbered Dias 10 pressing closely the
capital Before the a0th instant shall have stirring
news here Queretaro gained, the constitutional govern
ment will make forced march the capital and pre-
baby occupy ii BY the middle Of NEXT month tMarch
FEB. 27-5PM
Governor Bustameuts has Just received alester from
General Trevino, saying that Maximan has advanced
his forces to tho northwest short distance for the pur
pose Of interceptng army Of General Corona Gen.
sra Escobedo however, who Is further thefront has
written nothing OF this and the general government do
not believe that Trevino s correct They say that this
mliah has lost his only chance Of striking blow. One
Of the Ministers tells me that the government
sider the contest az ended, and that they will
Mexico by the middle Of march,
H1portant Correspondence Intercepted by the
LibernIs-Hax Finds Some one Cheating his
Treasury-He Wants Make mn Example
of the Guilly-The Artillery strength Of
Both Parties at Querctaro-Escob obedo's Tac-
tics-Juarez Confident Of the Result.
SAN LUIS PoTos, March 2, 1867
send you two documents Of intense interest which
were intercepted few days sinoe their way from
she headquarters of Maxmilian to Mexico I translate
them from the original letters which have been placed
before me.
The shows that Santa Anna never tree Of play
ing football with his country, and that all parties now
play football with the 'payed out" old man. Letter
No 10 rich. This Is not the first time that Mrnmon
has found mistake, when funds have been forwarded
- him. TO pay his troops The sttributng his late
from zacaiecas more than iD carts and sent
from the city tnirysx hours before his retreat But
now for the letters
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~ ssas minutes and keep Them for my rsrrn Tpgr very
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:ses :Ssden The lion oSsSps s II their farm
1sad carefully letter @ L.ses snd nf9mms
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milan ee4.s6fsss e-s
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ssasy Ssns To- caSpss has told rs lie you snail AT
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sew IT al ne Ssm. of h msh.p. upon his lack
q for par, win scrunze the transactions
The srs DAY of departure from Mexico know,
passed about Ave hours continuously ssr%ishns with
mse
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IN sSs sftsrneen We dislodssd the Guam
n Il I q % n
assS s with .sson ssn
x..se:so .s sass had no encounter siu,nF {p am
Ihs position Of the armies Queretaro does
yss promise immediate battle They ten leagues
mated from 200 to 10000 men. The extreme num-
bsr that he have Is 1900 or these from 1000 TO
are v ssSa % IS m. Sss 81 s
cruissd for ths imperial force.
Escobedo's and Coronas forces are now united. ON
eial information reached the government yesterday
seeming Of this faet Corona brought with him twelve
snouniain houtzersL Escobedo hes forty.swo field
Sssssss are rsporssd 70 have thirty eight pieoss s ar
snnsgy.' -
- spnciensly contract his lines Yestesday hs oocu
ptsd from hs extreme len 70 the right of Cdronas army
= soS snS rsnasrs nh ~ ssv ssss . b ~sisgss On
60 wisg before ths othsr can - brought v IL snppo
.oeS sors r vim munitions S ana pus Il
a. ssamiiis. ssnnos % sord % ~ss q ceerssaro Hs
nass.n march out % give battle and this y what the
a opsn ned han IN an attack upon The city, Dsfsng
Ne bae also gives time 70 Porro Das 70 threaten the
rad mss Su'f DS S
6aananato the 9th February, 70 hurry up some sup
pliss = vs as the one thousand ave hundred men Of
fss Prssdsn. and Ministers ans s.ssuias ,hs. the war
srna II 10 anticipated all sides thas the sovsrnmeni
win reach Mexico very soon.
I.periaIisss Fsrtifyiss Qaercsars The tsasse
Up with Fhem-They Will be starved Out
Kscebed Means 90 Take He Time.
SAN Lun PorosL March 8. 1851
The information from Querctaro indicates that the
snperisiss Terrifying the city, and have determined
% await the attack OF the liberal army now look
spsa the whole anair 90 concluded Naximsn's troops
ase quartsred upon the inhabitants Of city Of thirty
nr thousand souia Upon these ne cannot hope 70
support his army more than ten days. Even nov oil
shs rvas houses have entered and food for his
aruy taken by force The officers receive but nfy cents
Per day upon which 10 support themselves; this 70
sn~srs Of every grade The French and Belgans In his
nsy number about x hundred the old regular troops
Of fs Church and impcrial party about thirty i've hun
srsd\and The raw recruits about four thousand
ThrAclisn OF the imperial generals in the past two
weeks elbows that In this force they have confidence
TO rcsreaf now 10 Mexico 70 70 have the imperial army
dessr by hasialons and 10 worse than defeat But 70
retreat 10 fmpossbie for thsrs than Eve thou
snA liberal troops occupying the road between onere
"A ro and Mexico. II is impossible Cor Maximian
"a Sss letter shroush srcspt hya oous travelling BY