Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-03-29

TROUBLES ON THE TEXAN
BORDER.
More Raiding by Mexican Bandits.
MORE AMERICANS TAKEN PRISON.
ONERS AND MURDERS
Committed.
Tho War Department at Washing.
ton to Interpose.
A General Border Warfare Apprehended.
A General Border Warfare Appreciated.

Washington, March 81. Postmaster General
Jewell this afternoon received the following tele-
gram;
Corpus ChristiITex., March p.
The Post office at Nucees was robbed and burn
| ed yesterday. The San Antonio mail carrier was
robbed and taken prisoner. The mail, however,
was saved. No mail will be sent out to-day.
| (Signed) ii. TAYLOR, Post master.
1t is supposed at the department that these out
| RACES were committed by the band of armed Mex
leans who were reported by the press despatch of
Friday night to be depredating nearCorpus Chris
| A copy Of the above will be furnished to the
State department for suitable investigation.
| LATER.
Instructions will Immediately be issued through
the War department to the General commanding
in Texas to take such measures as may be possible
| to deal summary with Mexican raiders. Those
best conversant with these affairs apprehend that
| general border warfare will ensue, in which
event the invasion of Mexico by our armed citi-
zens in pursuit of the robbers is not among the
improbilities.
| LATEST.
| Galveston, March u. A News special from
| Corpus Christi, Tex dated to-day says that the
| town, robbing several stores and houses and tax
| ing large number of Americans prisoners
Among them were Judge Gilpin, formerly mem
Der of the legislature, and two women. They
cOmpelleu the captlVeS 10 Walk In front OF them
till they were exhausted and then mounted them
| on bareback horses and hurried them off. They
| robbed and burned the Post-office at Nucees and
robbed and took prisoner one mail rider.
The Texans gave pursuit and fight is reported
near Banquet, in which one Mexican and two
Americans were killed. All except four Of the
prisoners escaped, but nothing has yet been heard
from them.
Business is mostly suspended and the citizens
| are under arms guarding the town,
Information received from Los Almes, Neuces
county, says that throughout the entire region be-
| tween there and the Rio Grande regions, lawless
bands from Mexico continually raiding thro'
| stock across the river. They have become so
daring of late that nearly all travel ON the high
| ways has ceased. Even stockmen are deferred
from hunting their cattle and horses through fear
of falling into the hands of these ruffans. At
present there seems to be concerted movement
the part Of these VILLAINS to clean out the white
men within striking distance of the Rio Grande
so to 20 miles, and even further where ingress and
egress can be safely effected. To this end they
hrve been crossing the river in small detachments
during the past week, and it is how estimated
that there are now on Texas soil at least 300 ar
rived bandits and rumor has it that several Mexi-
leans living near the river have been murdered by
them.
Rumors come in that the AGexcans have cleaned
out company or two Of negro soldiers at San
Luis, on the Rio Grande, about 40 miles below
the city Of Rio Grande, and number of armed
men were seen lowering near this place. A num-
Der of Mexicans reside here, but they cannot be
depended on for assistance. Nearly the entire
Rio Grande frontier of Texas, embracing belt of
30 to 100 miles in width, is inhabited mostly by
Mexcans, many Of whom, though taking no ac-
tive part in the forage of the thieves yet sympa-
thize with and give them secret aid and COM
fort