Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-12-24

on the lief. hand in the judgment day
when the sheep shall be divided from The
goata.
Tna Last DAYS OF MAxIMILIAx-Un
der the title of "Querctaro, Leave. De-
tached from Journal kept in Mexico, ?"
the Prince Salm- Salm, German adven-
turer 1ho served in the Unou army dur
ing the WAT Of the rebellion. and after
wards devoted hims.lf TO Ma1imi'isn in
Mexico. has published minute account
Of the last days Of that lucklcss prince. =
He ccr,ife. tina, during hi. imprisonment
Macmillan was trcst>t with perfect kin !
ness, aud enjoyed as much liberty az was
possible under the circumstances. As his
capt!yi was prolonged, the desire 10 live
WAS gra iual!y e1tinguishei in hi- mind
so that he unwil!ingly consented that At
t-nlpts FOR his escape should be made =
Twice plan had been arranged which
must have saved him, but for his insist
ing that Mramon and NJ. jia should al,o
be included in the fight. Finally it vas
determined that he s'ould make the ef-
fort in the night of June =. Three Mex
ican offer. had been gained over; one
of them q captain If cavalry, had even or
ganized q small escors for him another
hal provided S,lm-Salm with = republi-
Can uniform. There were no troops out
side Of Qnerctaro, nor along the Ccrro
Gordo road
Macmillan, however. finally refused TO
start About O'Clock in tho afternoon
he received q telegram from tho Pruss ian
Ambassador spying that he WAS coming
to him with two lawyers Mramon also
complained that hor9c which had been
provided for him had been taken away =
At O'Clock the Archduk told Saln-
Salm that he would not try to escape, ad-
ding What would the amha ssadors,
whom | have invited here, say, if they
should como and no, hnd Inc p Salm-
Salm tried to persuade him, but in vain.
Bah - said he. at will go quick any
WAY, and few days moro or less is Of no
account.
Another attempt, still better ORGANIC
ed, va, 20 be put III execution on tae
night Of June Il The court martial had
met on the 18Th. and its decision was Ger
tain Two eolonels were 10 have been
gained over for hundred thousand dol
lar. each. They were to be PAID III notes
Of baud, with the endorsements of the
Ambassadors but the latter hcsitatca to
make thems-lves responsible. Il they
had had ready money, Macmillan would
then have been saved. Bat they had
not, ana one Of the coloucls disclosed the
scheme to Gen. E.cobedo. Macmillan
received the n.ws with perfect resigul-
tiun,
TIC negotiations in this latter attempt
were conducted by the Princess S.l:n
Sa,nl, v.,o i. SAID to nave done more aud
riskei more 10, Macmillan than the d.
p.omlcy OF Errop2 and Mexico combiu
ed From he.- liy,ry pictures ofthe Mex
lean leaders we extract the following =
"Juarez is q man of middle siz,, with
strongly marked Indian physiognomy =
4 long scar rather becomes than dish9
ures his face His eyes are coal-black,
and very penetrating and he conveys
the impression OF q deep tn mixer, who
never acts without prelnedltatlon. lie
wears q cr4vat and very high collar,
and dresses iii bls k" Juarez treated
the Princess with perfect courtesy, but
declined 10 permit her to enter Qucretaro
until tn. capture Of Ma1lmii'an was an
nouueel. From that mouicnt she spar
ed no effort TO help the latter. bat was
ill-scconded By the diplomatic corps.
These gentleman arrive. Ill Querctaro
on june 3, and lmagncd that their pres
euce would have suth lent ight With
Cue Republicans 10 preclude tie uccessi
.3tf further interference on behalf OF
Aximilian. They seem also to have
overlooked the fsct tnat they had baen orlyi-
n.hly accredited to the Imperial Govern
meut, aud not the Republican Govern
MT Mt. VITA whom their influence W.. IN
significant. Juarez knew that while he
was backed by tue United States he need
fear nothing from the menaces Of the
Powers which these Ambassadors repre-
sented.
Their parsln,ny vas, however, more
disastrous to N4ximllial than their want
OF diplomatic addrvss. Money tuighl
nave szNtU H4u4 va I!ou lnc-t VINO
could easily have raised it, not dollar
va. forthcoming How cAu | neip los
lag my patience, says TIE Princess.
when | reject tatt this ~re, ched stIugi-
ue.. 1iliet the kmpefer = The amb.s-
s4dors were ;eAriui Q, b-ing involved III
trouble while The tive Culoncls. IS Que
Of III In .tterwards confessed to tue Priu-
ce>s, were doubtful If The notc. Of hand
would be pald in Venus
Gu tie morning 81 June 18th, tic
Austri.u Ambassador sent the notes, 9Th
ri: ::gr'.-e ..t.:t.3 g t:s c-leasus-