The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-07
some SlDfuenIS oN THE MEXICAN War
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II vas March I. ls%7. vhsa ~ 1sse
hearing General Scott and ~ httle
army appeared o6 Mexieo's Dsiaeipal
ssapoet he troops LANDED without
much trouble after ths city haA bssa
bombards1. but II took Q saasuiaasy
siege Of thirtosa Aays 70 eaDtnfs tAo
bsesasss. TrsaeAes vsFs dug s.A re-
ular operations eoaAsctsd.
10 our troops this tims can soa-
nsoos their march toward the eapital
With much less oe handicap thaA
0sassal 0eott's.
While the troubles Of the Unite1
States which -culminsted In tAs Civil
var were brewing Mexico grew arso-
eant to this country and to Europsaas.
The crowning insult was PrssiAsnt
Airamon's seisurs of $3.50 900 IN spsess
from the British consulate. Great
Britain. Francs. Spain and Prussia a.
cidsd to move. Meantime the great
bsnito Juares, the General washing.
tn Of Asxioo. was conducting . ~
volt In the North. He ovsrthrsw Mira
mon. but the foreign troops kept On
their way. On December II. 1861.
Vera Crus was seised by . Spanish
force under General Prim. The result
was the elevation Of Maximilian to the
throne and. after the European troops
had been withdrawn. the unfortunate
Aastrian's execution.
The pirates, with force equal to Q
respectable army, captured vsn Crus
In 1888. They burned. slew and
robbed for many days before they
were driven to their ships. In l713
the notorious buccaneer kings, Lau-
rent and Van Horn. seized the port
and held It ten days. They killed hun
dreds of Mexicans. carried away wom-
en- captive and did an immense
amount Of damage.
To this day the nurse girl Of Vera
Crux. seeking to still the fretful child.
says: BE quiet or will give you to
Van Horn"
Rsparatlen for One Insult.
was much amused by the iii.
informed II well.meaning persons who
cried out that Dictator Huerta had
given sufficient reparation for the in
suit to the 1ag at Tampico by his
meaSer and half.hearted apology.
From the nlss of the navy depart
ment I have dug up . report from
Commander J. Blaksly Creighton. U.
9. NJ, commanding the Oneida. who
witnessed Japan's atonement for an
offenss against our blusjackets. 1t
reads:
"Hioso. Japan. March II, 1865
Hon. Gideon Welles. Secretary Of the
United States Navy. Washington,
D. C.-sir: have the honor to com
municate the particulars of tho execu.
ton of the japanese oficial Tati Zan.
sutaro. retainer of the Matsdaira Bi-
zen, No Kami. who ordered his troops
to fire ON the foreigners at this place
on the fourth ultimo.
This execution was witnessed BY
me at the request Of our minister. Gen
R. B. Van valkenburgh. and was as
follows:
LEFT the legation at about $500
p. m. in company with the Officers at
tached to the foreign legations and
proceeded to Hiogo. where we were
met by . guard. who escorted US to
the temple whore the execution was
to take place.
There wss Q large number OF
people on each side Of the street lead
ing to the temple, and quite q mum
ber Of soldiers drawn up inside and
about the temple. We were shown
into q room adjoining the Japanese
omcials. where We were asked II we
wished to question the person about
to bs executed. to which we answered
In the negative. They also took the
names Of every oflicial present.
After waiting about half an hour
we were conducted by tho Japanese
omcials into what appeared to be the
principal room Of the temple. which
was lighted with candles, and in
front Of the altar was raised a plat,
form Of about foot in height, which
extended across the room and which
was placed on the right Of the altar,
within \ few feet Of where the execu-
ton was to take place. with the Japan
ess ofncials on the left.
In front of the altar was a green
cloth and In front of that a red one
We were informed that the execution