New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-25
instant eleven of them were shot. and tho
remaining fourteen imprisoned.

The Stolen Cattle ON the Border.

vile special to the .yers says: The rattlO
recaptured by Rock have been sold in Matas
moras tor the benefit of the owners. Gen.
eral Cortina was the purchaser. He paid
81 per head for the best, and 81 for the in.
terior. He buys all kinds of animafss
brands them and puts them on one Of his
ranches.
The drove which crossed at f.lhana'a
rancho, sixteen miles below Brownsville,
consisted Of 200 head. They belonged
mostly to James G. Brown. sheriff Of
Cameron county. He waited ON Judge
CASTILLO Montero, of Matamoras. and pro.
cured an order to pursue and recover tha
stolen cattle.
The order was placed in the hands Of
Jesus Villareal and others on this sids.
They followed tho trail to the rancho Of
Rincon de la Capella, fifty miles from Mata.
noras. Rafael CisnerOs, owner OF tha
rancho, told them they could not enter his
pasture. After seeing Judge Montero's or.
der. he went with them. They found lIS
head of cattle. The robbers had selected
and removed the best.
They proceeded toward Matmoras with
the cattle, but were met by three pOlicemens
having orders from General COrtina, tha
mayor of Matamoras, to take the cattle
away from them, on the ground that an
American had no right to pursue and re.
cover stolen property IN Mexico. Villareal
exhibited the order of Judge Montero. One
policeman was sent to report to COrtina,
and the others stayed with Villareal. Sat'
urday night last the cattle were penned at
Puertas Verdes, three miles from Matamoe
ras. During tho night Cortina took them
by force aud removed them to q pen of his
own, at Lallarean, on the San Fernando
road.
Sunday Mr.. Brown went to Matam bras
and Lalareon with Cortina. The latter
counted 40 cattle. He demanded the
other seven from Villareal. and was told
two hid been eaten ON the road. Five
were tnen left with Cortina, who demand
ed $40 for heifer of Captain Kings which
had been killed. He said he held Villareal
accountable for the missing animal.
Sheriff Brown found himself surrounded
by GregOriO Rodriguez, joaquin TrevinO
and others who had escaped from the
Brownsville Jail. More than half of tho
cattle belonged to Brown. COrtina refused
to give them up. He pretended he had been
made to pay heavily for property reclaimed
from Texas. This is untrue, and was said
as pretext for levyIng blackmail on Brown,
Cortina said he would leave the case to-
Judge MonterO, yet he had just violated the
judges order by seizing the cattle. Mr.
Brown is in Matamoras now.
Suicide in Memphis Grave Ynrd.
MEMPHIS, November 24-Last evening
some ladies found the body of an aged man
in ElmwoOd Cemetery, with his throat cut.
An investigation showed that the deceased
had committed suicide by severing the Jug
ular vein with pOcket-knite. On his pers
son were found several letters addressed to
w. Freeman, jackson, Tennessee, but paro
ties from there state that no such person.
resided these. 1t is believed he was an
agent for some rubber stamp company. He
left nothing to show why he had committed
the act.
Singular Disappe arance Of an Arknnsua
Merchant.
For months past detectives hero hasa
been trying to discover some trace OF
Thomas A. Matthews, young merchant
from Osceola, Arkansas, who had como
here to purchase goods, and mysteriouslr
disappeared. The last seen of him he waA
starting for the Elevator, after night, to-
| take passage on the steamer, for Osceola,
and had large amount of money with hima
AS he had left some 600 with his father,
on coming here, and no reason is known
why be shonld have left the country, de-
| tectives are of the opinion that he was mns'
dered and the body thrown in the riyero
Smali-Pax.
BATHURST, N. b., November 2I.-Sn,a1fo
pox is prevalent here and there have been
many deaths from it.
Dead.
CINCINNATI. November 2I-Osborneo secs
retary OF tho FREQ Trade League, is dead.
Meeting OF the Masonic General Grand
Chapter Mt Nashville.
NASHVILLE. November 2l.-The General
Grand Chapter reassembled at 3 r. l.. and
after the report of the committee on cres
dentials. the report of the general grand high
priest was submitted. He reports general
prosperity throughout the jurisdic ton os
Alabama; signifies her intention of rel joining
| the General Grand Chapter. Georgia and
Texas are the only Grand Chapters in tho
| United States without jurisdiction is thes
General Grand Chapter, and the prospects
| are tiattering of their ultimately falling in
| tho ranks.
He also recommends that all men, masters
| of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, ba
recognized by the Royal Arch Masons Of
this grand jurisdiction, for the reason that
| they are said to reciprocate and recognize
| Mark Masters from this jurisdiction. After.
| routine work the Grand Chapter adjourned
until tomorrow.
The members of the Grand Chapter will
| receive the hospitalities Of the Grand Chaps
| ter of Tennessee, and a grand banquet tOs
| night. The Michigan delegation have not
yet arrived, but are expected to nights
Arkansas Matters.
LITTLE Rock, November 2f-S. w, Wis
liams and j. j.. Witherspoon were to-day
appointed by Governor Garland special
judges of the Supreme Court, to hear the
cases in which the regular judges are dis
qualified.
Governor Garland issued proclamation
Offering q reward of $1,000 for Smiths cape
ture, and $500 for Wheeler's.
In the House to-day bill passed approo
priating $l400 currency to pay the cone
tingeht expenses of the General Assembly.
The Senate Joint resolution for a commits
tee to inquire into the election of Senator
Dorsey was made the special order 5og t0.
morrow.
Meeting Of tho Iron Men,
PHILADELPHIA, November 2i..-The meet.
ing OF the pig iron manufacturers convened
at the Office of the American Iron and Steel
Association was attended by the large pro.
ducers OF iron in Pennsylvania and Mary.
land.
The proceedings were conducted In 1ri.
vate, consisting Of free and informal ex.
prs ssions upon the condition Of trade. and
general discussion Of tho state Of the
iron trade.
At meeting Of tho Lehigh valley pig
| iron men to-day the following were adopted:
Res9t1ed, That it must be self evident to
| all furnace owners that tho large reduction
| in the demand for consumption Of pig iron
| imperatiyefy demands y corresponding re-.
duction in the amount produced, and that
a continuance of the present over produc.
ton can not fail to result in accomplishing
TIE ruin of the trade.
Hesotced, That it is the opinion OF ;his
meeting that an earnest effort ought to DO
immediately made to accomplish q rcdus.
ton of the make Of pig iron land with ;:.is
view committee was appointed to .,c.ss.o
some plan to that etiecti.
ReSrtrei, That the chairman. bro s;f sS