Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21
Macmillan and Juarcx.

Appleton's Magazine contains some i'll
tercsting incidents from Princess Salm
Salm's diary, written while in Mexico.
Here ia ono concerning tho closing hours
Of Macmillan:
Tho Princess, on account OF the import
INIT part she had taken in the plan TO save
tho life of Macmillan, was sent to San
Luis potosi rs prisoner. There sho made
another last effort to obtain pardon OF
President Juarez for tho condemned She
says:
"The last day before the execution had
come; the next morning the Emperor was
to DO shot. Although I HAD little hope,
still determined to make ono more effort
had tho power to prevent the terrible
tragedy. The pale, melancholy taco Of him
whose clear blue eyes had inspired with
compassion even the Indian Palacois, WAS
ever before me.
at was 8 o'clock in the evening when
went to the President, who Immediately re-
ceived me. lie was pale and careworn.
With trembling lips pleaded for tho life
OF tho Emperor, or at least for a respite,
that it would only prolong the Emperor's
agony, and that he must die the next morn
ing.
'.When heard these terrible words,
was wild with grief. l trembled in every
limb. and, sobbing, fell on my knees, aud
pleaded with words that calno warm from
tho heart. The President sought to raise
me, but chung to his knees, and would not
rise till he had granted my prayer; thought
must move him to compassion. 1saw he
was deeply moved; he, as we'll as Senior
Iglesia, who WAS present, could not restrain
his tears. He said to mo in a sad, tremu.
lous, tone: 1t, pains me, madame. to see
you thus on, your knees before me, but, II
the kings and queens OF Europe We're pros
trate before me. could not save his life.
do not take it; il j. the law, tho people de.
nland it, not I. Ii T fail to do the will of
the people, my life would be the penalty
"'Oh, I cried in my, despair, If blood
must dow, take my Ills, the'l Of 1 Use
less woman, and spare that OF man who
may do so much good in another country!'
IAN WIS in vain. Tie President isiiseeSd
me to my feet, and again assured me that
the life of my husband should be spared
He said he was very seriously compromised
aud would certainly be condemned to
death, but that, rs had gained his esteem
and admiration by my. efforts in, behalf sof
Macmillan and my husband, he would
grant my petition so far as he could. He
would pardon my husband, and was griev-
ed that he could do no more. I thanked
him, apd vent. I - T. =,
'In tho ante-room I found more than
two hundred ladies of San Luis, who had
come to plead for the lives OF tho three
condemned men,. They were admitted,
but their prayers were Of no more avail
than mine.
':Later, Madame NIiramon came, leading
her two children. The President could
not refuse to see her. Senior Iglesia told
me it was q heart rending ,scene to seq this
plot voman and her INNOCENT littleaones
plead for thelife of the husband and father.
The President, he said, suffered terribly in
these interviews to think that stern neces-
sity compelled him to take the life of the
noble Macmillan and his two brothers,
but he could n, 1t do otherwise. ! - ~
'.Madame Miramon tainted and was cay
ried out of the room.
II could not close my eyes that night,
some hours Of which I passed in the church,
with a number of the ladies of our party,
praying.
'In the course Of. the morning the tele-
graph announced The sad intelligence that
the executions had taken place, and-that
oil 1uoo ovor -