The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-24

cratic and monarchca Europe was Mortified. struck
with amazement. to see that . nation OF radical
republicans had more respect for royalty than 10
try Archduke and the brother of an Emperor by
AN ordinary court martial. But 50 1t was.
Although General MARQUEE had been beaten by
General Diaz at Puebla. losing that important city;
oner he still held out in the city of Mexico; but after
brief resistance to the republicans. who were now
give way before the national will. and with the cap
ture OF the capital the Republic was once more esab-
lished.
THE ORDER FOR MAxrMrIIAN's TRIAL.
The order to try Macmillan by the law OF January
25 1852 was issued by the Juarez government over
the signature of General Ignacio Mcjia the 2lst of
june 1867. II was addressed to General Escobedo.
and ran as follows:-
The city Of uerearo having occupied by deed of
and 400 chiefs aud oeSrs there prisoners and
been styled Emperor Of Mexico.
IL to @s ni
Il has e 70 s "a ans Re
Voice Hs duties toward tie ssxesn T people t
might be applied but also Of the which there is
and agnanmity could what limits justice does
admit ct and the strict necessity for securing peace
all the future Of the Republic.
ton when the people had at obtained respect the
laws and the constitution of the country: when some cor
their particular interests had sacrificed all national
an again came sh no ana
Will vt I TO a In of as %
OF me classes Appealed to the foreigner hoping
gsanss They went TO work he ambition and the
selves II the Republic niaSoasy with foreign
intervention All, n. and with treason.
s's NIX %Ssh
Kind caamites lie came to Cypress people, Pretend
s to ds S as vs's and aS laws
By the .na the I of bay
sblites which condemned by the laws all natons
n s % @ for y various sw Of
amnadTy @ & to punish crimes against the in
rights Of nations against individual guarantees and
against public peace and order
The notorious facts Of Maxilian's eondaet comprise the
lie alone lent as az Instrument. of
wa M 0 aD to nsa make ,n his ns
forsgner such as Ausrans and the subjects of
He tried TO subver forever the political institutions and
ending p
than the votes of named and delegated by
OF the
Without other right title that Of force he
posed OF the lives properties and interests Of the Next
not denouce those who defended the Independence and
He the of very numerous executions
force on the persons Of distinguished Mexican patriots
even before could be that they knew of its
ordered TIM; his soldiers consented under the
should burn or destroy many entire towns in all the Mexi
loa: Coaluila Chihuahaa and Nuevo Leon.
He ordered that his own agents or consented that for
cans TO whom the crime of defending their country i'm
When tho armies Of the invading foreign Power retired
a s saw ns wIS S sSs him. he still
in the Gv ~ %poymg all the Of VIC
his false title the last ard of which he had
deprive himself until brute force and violence
mlRAMoN AND MEJrA INCLUDED
the last instant aspiring to all the
sIsn the pSn
cpal leaders who have been in Queretaro Generasn
Arss No. ei fssPI provide. tina. the penalty
in any action in war upon decentralization OF
As In the present case both the
ceedngs with provisions that article
Notwthstandins. the government desiring to it.
the trial ordered BY tho law in other that in
to make and that the sentence corresponding to justice
may be pronounced ,o.ia ss ~, p.,,,. ,., ,,
that order forthwith the trial Of Fernando Maxman
and Don Tomas Meia proceeding in the in entire
Of the w Ia" M the 9Th Of s wS
TO the form of judicial proeeedngs
aries In you will he pleased to send
,hs .i q Them sesetyms the classes
corresponds their respective according to the
MAMMALIAN NAMES TITLES.
Such was the republican arraignment Of the royal
prisoner. and in signing it the Mexican Minister of
War had rrevocably fixed the fate of the defeated
Prince as when he put his name to the death war
rant. The court martial consisting of six captains
and field officer, empowered to take cog
nizance of the CASE was named without de-
lay. 1t consisted of Lieutenant Colonel Rafael
Patton Sanchez, president. and Captains Ignacio
Jurado. Emilio Lejcro, Jose " Ramirez, Juan Rueda
Auza and Jose Q. Verastegui. Lieutenant Colonel
Manuel Aspcroz. aide to Escobedo. appointed
Judge Advocate and Counsellor joaquin Escoto
asscssor military judge. All of these officers
were comparatively speaking, very young men. the
Oldest hardly exceeding thirty, and the youngest
twenty years of age. or less.
The government though infexiby resolved upon
the death Of the Prince desired to 60 through every
form of law applicable by the act under which he
tried. 1t was determined to make the proceed
take its course. But If it should have happened--a
thing quite out of the question-that the Court
quilted Maximilian there Is authority as high almost
Juarez himself for saying that the ex-Emperor
would have been escorted to the coast and allowed to
embark. The government would have respected IN
acquttal. but took good that there should be
none to give effect to.
The trial commenced on the oath of May 1867, just
days after the capture of Queretaro aud six be-
fore Alaxmian's lieutenant, General MARQUEE. gave
up the keys of the capital Of the Republic In his
Fernando Macmillan Joseph. born in the Palace OF
Schonbrun. near Vienna, on the 9th of July, 1882
Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary aud Boz
hema. Count Of Hapsburg, Prince of Lorraign and
late titulor Emperor of Mexico under the name of
Macmillan. He tried in the old Capuchin Con-
vent and hardly ever left his cell pending the pro-
ceedings.