New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-01
WASHINGTON.
Troops for the Rio Graude.

Troops for the Rio Grande.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The Secretary
| of War to-day teleRraphed to the command.
| ing officer of the Department of Texas to
| distribute troops along the Rio Grande to
prevent further outrages by the Mexicans.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
On dit, that William o. Avery succeeds
Douglass as Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue.
Yellow Fever ut Havana.
The following has been received at the
Navy Department from Captain G. NJ. Ran
som, commanding United States steamer
Colorado. dated Havana, March 80: ''The
| yellow fever is reported epidemic. The
| feet here will sail for anchorage off Key
West tomorrow evening"
The Rivers Rising.
News from the floods show the rivers
rising, but the ice is very rotten.
Yellow Fever at Key West.
A telegram was received at the War
Department today from the commandant
of the troops at Key West, Florida, an.
nOuncing that two cases Of yellow fever
existed in that place and the troops had
been moved to another locality, beyond
reach Of the disease.
Correspondence Between Governor Coke
and the Secretary of War.
The following telegram was received here
to-day from the Governor of Texas:
AUSTIN, Tex, March 80, 1875.
To His Exceilency U. s. Grant, President Of the
United States:
SIR-Tha depredations of organized bands
of robbers from the republic of Mexico
have of late increased in frequency and
atrocity to an extent which threatens the
depopulation of the lower Rio Grande
country.
The alarm in the country between the
Nueces and Rio Grande, cOnse quent upon
these raids in which our people are ruthless
ly murdered and their property forcibly
taken by these foreign desperadoes. is wide
spread, and unless relieved by some assur-
ances OF protection must result in general
break up of the settlements.
On the twenty-sixth of this month large
party of these robbers penetrated the in
terror as far as within eighteen miles Of
Corpus Christi, robbing stores and ranches,
and numbering and capturing citizens, and
capturing and destroying United States
mails.
appeal to your excellency for protection
for tho people of that country against these
invasions Of outlaws from Mexico, since
they have been of almost weekly occurrence
for several months past and are increasing
in force and boldness. The citizens of that
country have been com PEELED for tie most
part to move to the towns for protection,
and 70 security exists outside of these
corporations for life or property. and the
people in the towns even hold themselves
in constant readiness for defense.
trust that your excellency will deem it
proper to give security to the people on the
Rio Grande border, IN view Of the assur-
ance l now give you that an extreme
necessity exists for it.
Very respectfully.
RICHARD COKE,
Governor of Texas.
The Secretary Of War sent the following
answer:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81, 1875.
To the Governor of Texas:
The: President being absent, your tele-
gram has been sent to me. Orders will be
given to the military authorities to take
immediate steps toward the protection of
the people of Texas on the Mexican from
tier. WILLIAM w. BELKNAP.
Secretary Of War.