The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-07

We, the undersigned, hereby offer o
/ reward Of $500, gold, for the first hostile
Indian captured within the limits of Ma
son County, Texas, by any person or
persons from any County or place, with
out regard to age, sex, color or previous
condition of servitude, and delivered
dead or alive at the court house in Ma
son, each one Of us agreeing to pay, or
cause to be paid, the amount set oppo-
site our respective names. three days
after duly empanneled jury of twelve
disinterested citizens shall have decided
that the hostile Indian was actually osp-
tured in Mason County. and by what
person or persons. Or we will pay the
$500, gold, for the first hostile Indian
pursued from Mason County and cap
tured. dead or alive, by citizens of Ma
son County, in any of the Counties ad-
joining Mason.
| The money to be paid to the person or
persons who delivered the first hostile
Indian, with proofs as above indicated,
at the court house in Mason, Texas
provided that said delivery and proofs be
made within twelve months from the 4th
of July. 1872.
Here follow thirty eight signatures,
with subscription opposite each.
This may serve to show the determine
ton of the people on our frontier, and
what they think about the "passive po-
licy" adopted by the National Govern
ment ''for the protection of the from
| tier"
| It has long since been evident, that
after the savages are fed, clothed and
perhaps provided with arms, they come
to Texas, plundering, marauding and
numbering into our otherwise peaceful
State. 1t is obvious that the citizen of
our frontier cnnnot stop hunting the In
dians, to prevent the stealing of his cat
tie and horses. the desolation of his
home, the outrage of his wife and the
murder of mother and child. We hear
almost daily of outrages perpetrated.
While the man is from home, his house
is burned. his family killed or carried
into servitude; in one word, the mans
fortune is ruined forever. Or, on tho
| other hand, the man is murdered, and
leaves helpless family fur away from all
assistance. in utter despair US to their
personal safety.
Lieutenant Burke, of the State mount
ed police, and others wore before the
Commission to day. He gave an ap-
palling list of murders committed by the
Mexicans in Texas; army officers, SOL
| diers and Custom House Officers had
been butchered for plunder. It was
shown that Custom House officers had
been cut off by the Mexican border ruff
fans in the service of Juarez and their
bodies horribly mangled. Men have
been killed in the limits of Brownsville.
| Custom officers have been besieged at
the mouth of the Rio Grande and MUIR
dered by parties crossing in full day
light. There was nothing safe from the
spoilers.
The thieves were armed with Spencer
and Winchester rifles, and were bold in
there conduct. Daily droves OF 800 or
400 cattle were driven over the river
within eight or ten miles of Brownsville.
The Mexicans never miss an opportu.
nifty on these occasions of taunting and
robbing citizens on tho Western bank of
the river. They take as many cattle as
they require. Indeed, Bagdad, Mexi-
can town at the mouth of the river, is
fed with stolen American beef. The
American flag on the fort here is IN OBJ
lect OF derision, as it means nothing.
Hide inspectors arc buliied out of Ma
tamoras. Cortina hanged few personal
enemies who affected an interest in pro-
prietary rights, and that policy prevails.
| AOento OAAC1dlo VI OdLuAIBO T6luStU Lu6
claimants their branded cattle; the cat
tie were then rebranded by the thieves
and the hide inspectors were compelled
to register the animals according to the
fraudulent brand.
Cortina's influence is to-day para
mount on the border, with the general
Mexican population. Such is the state
OF affairs that war of races is inevita-
bic. Tho Mexicans take every opportu-
nifty of insulting Americans and heaping
disgrace upon them. Flesh and blood
cannot stand it. Tho general feeling
among the people is that they must, ii
need, protect themselves. People out
on lonely ranches are afraid to testify in
any open court. Mexican robbers hold
American citizens in terror.
The DECISION OF COMMISSIONER
WAYNE decision of United States
Commissioner Wayne, delivered in Sa-
vannah, on Saturday, i'll the case of the
United States us. VIM. Godfrey Ell al, j,
was heard by large crowd of persons
in the United States District Court
Room, in the Custom House, and was
very generally commented upon as Judi
ciOna timelv and pr0par Gv naroono ~