Benito Juarez, to Don Antonio Ochoa, May 12, 1866.

May 12, 1866.

Mr. A. Ochoa:

My dear friend,

I greet you cordially as always and send you the enclosed clippings
whose purpose is to correct some statements that Mr. Ortega has mis-
represented concerning the decree of November 8.

In the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Morelia our
forces are progressing and the situation of the so-called empire is more
desperate every day.

I omit telling you what is happening in Chihuahua, Sonora and Sinaloa
because you must know better than I.

I close repeating that I am

Your friend, Q.B.S.M.

Benito Juarez