Letter
[Translation.], April 23, 1866
No. 7.
[Translation.]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, OFFICE OF WAR AND MARINE—SECTION FIRST.
The President of the republic has received your communication of the 17th instant, enclosing that of the civil prefect of Camargo, giving the particulars of the burning and sacking of Atotonilco by three hundred French of the invading array. This shows their spite against patriots who will not give up their country’s cause. The justice of our cause will finally punish these criminals for their inhuman acts at Atotonilco and elsewhere; and those who have suffered from their cruelty shall receive due reward and compensation for the destruction of their property.
Independence and liberty! Paso del Norte, April 23, 1866.
MEJIA.
The Governor and Military Commander of the State of Chihuahua.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.