The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-06
The Downfall Of Ma ximiIian-Whas IL u
Prospect for Moxicoe

| The DOWNFALL oil max1minnn-Whas 10 the
Prospect for DIoxicos
The late decisive military operations Of the
liberals in Mexico embrace the capture Of the
city of Queretaro, The death of Miramon, the
commander there Of the imperialists, the pur-
suit, defeat and dispersion Of the force OF
Marquez, who had come up from the capital to
the relief Of Miramon, and the mysterious
escape of Macmillan from Queretaro, who is
supposed to have made good his retreat into
the capital with the escaping remnants Of the
army Of Marquee Porfrio Diaz, the leading
liberal general, writes from San CristObal that
after Marquee had abandoned seventy-two
wagons laden with ammunition and other war
materials, in order to escape, "he was COM
PEELED, after several hot encounters, to leave
in our possession his entire artillery train,
park and munitions, besides leaving large
number of killed and wounded and some two
hundred prisoners" that he finally "retired in
great disorder, with one-third Of his force !"
and that it is thought only the leaders and
officers will reach the city of Mexico, "accom-
panied by the mercenary corps Of Ausirians,
who, being well mounted, will probably reach
the capital to-day" (the 18th Of AprD.
Our special correspondent at Vera Cruz
april ~ writes that the hot weather and the
vomlto yellow fever) had set in there; that
from the filthy condition Of the city pestilence
and death will soon prevail that General
Diaz, with six thousand men, had marched to
superintend the siege of the capital having
previously sent down two thousand men and
park of heavy guns, to assist General Bena-
vides in the siege of Vera Cruz, and that his
mortars are planted, and eve are under
fierce bombardment;" but that as last
resource the imperialists have provided vessels
by which their officers at least may escape,
and that "tbe Austrian steam war vessel (no
doubt the Dandolo) is here, under orders to
board when he shall decide to leave Mexico;"
provided, always, he gets down alive in run
ming the gauntlet OF two hundred and fifty
miles from the capital to the coast.
This is the only chance remaining for Maxi
milian-escape from the country with his life.
of the city of Mexico, with Juarez and his gov
eminent; that the imperialists have either sur
rendered on condition of leaving the country,
including Macmillan and his "Austrian mer-
cenaries," or that in undertaking to cut their
way through to tho coast, they have been cut
10 pieces that the last defender Of the empi re
ON. Mexican soil has been disarned, and that
he republic has been universally proclaimed
amid the rejoicings u the people. THIS, we.
conclude, i tho condition Of things In Mexico
to-day. OF cDrse, ,fhDa the information
recited, we can form no opinion a. to the fate
Of MAMMALIAN. We think Il likely, however,
that Mr.. Stewards special courier viii have
reached President Juarez in season to secure
the life. Of the fallen Emperor, and we hope
that our next intelligence Of him will be that
he has been safely delivered over to the cap
tain Of the good ship Dandolo, bound for the
| Adriatic and the castle of Miramar
Resting his case for the present upon this
hope, the question recurs what is next to fol.
low In the PREPARATION Of his damages to the
rcpublici The sum total Of the French troops
withdrawn may be set down at forty thousand
men. This powerful force, with all its superior
training, skill and equipments, while holding
every import int position in the country, from
Matamoros to Yucatan, still found 1t exceed
ingly difficult to keep even its communications
intact What, then, was the hope of Maxi
milan, shorn of these French troops, He
still had left him considerable body Of
French, Austrian, Belgium and other foreign
adventurers rs volunteers, forming altogether
the nucleus for strong army. Then he had
MARQUEE, Miramon, Meja and other Mexican
leaders and their followers, committed beyond
remedy to his cause. Then the Church party,
which had abandoned him. had as last resort
taken him up again, and from this party he
received his money, supplies and Mexican
recruits. Thus he was, with the French evacu-
alton, supported BY an army OF fifteen thou
sand men, with European infusion and Euro
pean arms of the best which rendered this
force equal, perhaps, to thirty thousand of the
badly armed, trained and equipped liberals.
But with this force Macmillan, to hold the city
Of Mexico, had other widely detached points 10
guard, which so divided his army that the
liberals were enabled to cut him up in detail
the very game which Miramon in the outset
came very near winning in his bold push upon
Juarez at Zacatecas.
The Church and the Church party, then, will
have to bear the brunt Of Maximilan's damages
to the republic. The loss Of the landed estates
Of the Church, which, to the extent Of two or
three hundred millions in value, Juarez, before
the French Intervention, had turned over to the
State, broke the power Of the clergy to con-
siderable extent; but still the Church was
powerful in its reserves Of goods and chatiels
and hard cash aud In lis comprehensive system
Of contributions from the faithful No doubt,
therefore, Juarex will now make decisive
settlement with the Church to such degree as
to render it as powerless as 1t is to-day in
Italy for all rcactionary purposes. Religious
liberty and equality we may next look for, on