It is said to be clearly understood between the Allied Powers that a monarchy will be the result of the present invasion of Mexico, notwithstanding assurances given the United States that they did not seek any political object there. It is believed they will say the monarchy will be established by the free will of the Mexican people, just as the empire was established in France.
Maj. Gen. Hitchcock declined his appointment on the ground that his ill health will not permit him to perform the duties of the field.
Gen. Lander died to-day at Paw Paw, Western Va., from debilitating effects of the wound received at Edward’s Ferry. – Gen Shields succeeds him.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, March 4, 1862, p. 1
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