The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-04

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Among the generals an exoep,n.i wns
v,a,iss ~ .ae telegram. reiaaioed 10 be trieo H.
ing each hold ns the rank a. Brgadior s s'
SeVero del Castillo who acted as MaxniTariSs ..ssf
stsV after the departure OF Marquee for Mexisd l.
tiio assesses sorno ability ~ genera OF infantry b
W 100 "a ana 100 much OF on invalid 10 be of seryit
nov He hss played fast aud loosc with both parties
msxlcc and fas some black marks against him on u
score OF cruelty 70 prsonerssdough In ordinary life
Pedro Valdez, commsudiDr the second division q
shry who held the line OF the river during the siege
service
Francisco Casanova, without any command, and Of d
ran.aleon sorst. Mrsmon's adjutsas. fine looking
fellow with ar enormous blonde mustachc speaks Eng
'sn, ana , knows thing or two az "poker"
jose Maria Herrera Lozads, Commandment of the In
terror with more name than ability.
siiyerio Ramirez who held part Of the line extend
ing IRON the Cerro do Ia Camrana to the river
anu was aeectod ono Gne night setting all the artillery
Diazins, though there enemy in sight am ably
,n,endlng pass over with his whole force to the be
Iss Inc emperor refused TO shoot him for his intend.
ed treacherv, contcnting himself BY ordering him
into solitary confinement. He still prisoner and
"r0mtnlcado whom the city betrayed Ramirez
VIII probably be set al liberty
Manuel Nara tavo. not in service and might
nave ohance OF escape but Is known to have served
Manuel Escabar, cd and impotcnt; was removed for
general General imnscny, and his command conferred upon
Felicano Licsaga, who commanded ono of tho lines
during the siege.
vi these ten brigadcr generals four. Castillo Valdez
More and Cavo have probably been condemned and
sh0t and the Others imprisone d.
Many OF the naetsen cooaels who appear In ths list
gades.
This the case with Prince ss,m sa,m described in
tho Official list as 'Atefaon cibxiadano Americana
uernan ana American citizen. The Prince, Frussian
ny birth, served all through our war In the Union
armies and bad with him captured his papers as
na'ufazed citizen OF tho United States Unless those
papers serve him and IS hardly to be hoped thew
VIII, AFTER tho contompt with w Mr.
veniion on behalf OF Maxmiian was receivedte fate
., NE Prince he served will DO his also Every
sorte and every move by the garrison IN tho last
days oil Tho sieee vas planned headed by other selm
saim or Nramon. Escobedo knows this.
COLONEL Mariana hontetde commanded brigade
20 also did colonel Ienacio Garcia until his nistres,
anarreed with Siranon whom no los. his position in
the Same way that he had gained il.
Colonel Mariana Reyes also ranked ~ general and
heid Tue position OF Engineer n-Chief Nopng round
IN par OF monstrous blue goggles hs looked an old
woman and acted up to bis looks
Colonel Pedro 0rnachea was the Adju.ant OF the En-
peror and often his CHIEF aloner wien sstsss had to
to be relieved or distress assuaged
Colonel Pedro Gonzales succeeded Lopez of unwhole-
some memory In the command OF the Empress repi.
men, and so handled his troops that they never did
respectable days FIGHTING after he took command
Tne late with some OF their comrades will probably
be death.
II certain beyond the possibility of hope Lieutenant
Coione Pitner Ibis brave young Austrian a veteran
OF Magenta and Soferino has secn more fighting and
received hard blows in Mexico than many
OF twice his age He has been prisoner many tines
anu on me iast occasion was exchanged by Escobedo
whh the understanding that was To leave tho covp
Try de DID not do and hence is selected for certa
ceath. Duriag the siege OF Quaretsro lao commanded
the regiment OF Charlottesville only regiment besides
the Eperors body guard OF eighty Hungarian hussars
IN which there was any admixture of foreigners He
distinguished hm self on al! occasions by graf
bravery and captured three guns from the liberals
After one eight Colonel Pu6r returned with two bullet
holes through his vest, one through the leg of hs
pants, bail In his left arm and another in his head
folerahly close risks for ono engagement
There ars nine prominent. civil employees held prison
ers OF war.
First, burly, jolly Manuel Agurre formerly Minister
OF the Empire ut tie Court OF Rcmo and atterly
br OF Naxmilian's Cabinet aud Minister of Justice
Minister Agurre has worked tooth and nail for tho
pire during The SIEGE when an order was Issued Tor all
citizens to work on The folihcalions or provide subst
example he thereby earned an extra decoration, and
ia all likelihood osi his lie.
Next Luis p. Blacic, the Empcror's Mexican private
secretary pimplefaced overgown lad IN appearance,
man in accomplishments and intellect, aud twenty
foxes IN subtley and intrigue 1t was be who accom-
panied poor Carlotta her European mission and to
him. spite OF his well grounded aversion his Mexican
surrounders MAMMALIAN in the last days OF the cam
pagn showed many marks Of knducss-perhaps from
his association with tho ill-facd Empress II is difficult
TO suggest another motive fer Senior Blacio is
oveablo and untrnstworhy subject as could well be
found, oven IN land OF greasers.
Then comes Samuel Basch the Emperor's German
physician. four feet ono IN his siocknssr with bright
beadke eye, never nj rest round ccse cropped head
and brain quick lightning II is lao that keeps
private diary Of the SIEGE and wriios his
name but the dcaion Of the Emperor long let.
ters TO Vienna giving the inside history of the siege
letters which never got beyond the DOCTORS port
crously big sombrero which makes him look like
waikiEg mushroom, and his exaggerated Mexican
tune, cee.<n eggngs Included Is layoilo all round.
doctor Is civilian, and hates buiIs. worse
thsn fifty dr'cplt amputatiohs, n.d when he
does chance to get under, Tor his perpcxny aud
scared by a bursting shell that he rode clean over
tue Emperor who narrowly escaped without broken
limb but took compensation by raiiyng his little ply
Sicl an 4 srclftv afterwards
Joaquin Martinez, chief OF tho medical corps, Is
decent sort or man aud bad surgeon.
AanueI Castillo Cos belonging 10 the Department
of IIaciendas; Dsmetro Ortiz, and Colonel Juan otop,
who help &c ai up tho nycce oi civilians,
entities.
Only remains tc,be noticed Manuel Domngusz, Pre-
feet Of Querttsro, and Domingo Pasos Chef Commits
s,ry. Dominguez's fall is great one For two months
his the throne before which all civilians we're
obliged to bow He IL that squeezed more taan half
million OF hard cash out OF the citizens of Quertaro
that ordered oil liberal ympathizers lto arrest and put
every refractory merchant who refused TO pay HE
into the trenches Whatever happens 10 the other
prisoners his Exceloncy Don Manuel gnnguez olcer
OF tho Order OF Guadalupe aud Colonel OF tho army,
may count himself gooe up No rcd herring Is hall 30
dead as he is already n prospective. Domingo Pasos
Cnlcf Comnissary OF the Army, will probably get on
lie has taken such pains during his OF Office
look after his peounary interests that he 10 not likely to
want tho means of securing his personal safety.
In all The lists OF prisoners the name Of General
Areliaio Chief VI Artillery. and MIrsnlon's right hand
man, Is omitted Why. Il is Impossible TO saw He was
certainly taken alive, BY the side OF Emperor him
self, wDo, suspecng treason from Miramon, never
allowed Arelsno to leave him. Possibly he has already
been disposed or
In ALL there remained when our last dispatches left
Querciaro 10 generals 10 coones - lieutenant oooues
80 majors, l3S captains 1877 lieutepauts 12i subieu-
tenants aud civilian employees 10 be disposed ola
grand total Of 400 II all lsuRbtered In cold blood
II win bc hcc7tomb unparalleled In history; but the
telegram speaks OF subordinate officers being sentenced
TO Imprisonment only
now DID MEXICO FALL,
Our special Galveston telegram recording the fall Of
the capital says Marquee deposed and city
I~udered by General Taeera. This suggests . singular
aud painful doubt. On 25th Of Nay When the M.
faied Austrian Prince had interview with Escobedo,
pes held ont TO him that VI he would bring about
NE immediate surrender OF Mexico city ami Vera Cruz
hts twn life aud The lives OF his foreign officers aud so
ders night possibly DO spared On that understanding
NaximIlsa wrote 70 President Jusrez Offering, The
prcs s own life and the lives Of his foreigners and Of
GensraisNes and Castillo aud his Mexican secretary,
70 ssnorese immediate deposition of Marquee and the
surrender c.hs capital person, whose name u would
90 unsafe 70 .sntion at present, volunteered 70 pen
within tue lines nd to give the word TO tho foreign
troops In Nexico c already sufficiently dsgusted with