The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-12-10

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SAN ANTONIO, JulyJ, iNI5.-tcncral f.. o. &.
Ord, United states Army, Commanding Depart
nitnt of IcNaS-Gcnerll IN con! plilncC with
y"Hr. request, | have the honor to reply to your
inquiries liz reference 10 affairs on the Rio Grandc
border, ScT1Itim:
l.. Liavc you any reason for believing that Gen
CraI Cortmt H. std IN the Mexican service?
This question L. sctilri, "a General Cortiua has
been sent under arrest /" the City OF Mexico
for dieobrdicurc OF "~r1tcrs-" ] was Informed
iii Matlm"ras, Mexico. that toTtina was 4 Brig
adler General IN the Mexican Army, but, - ne
WAS not IN active service, was receiving half
pay.
;. Has h., aS fir rs You could learn. been sell
ny cattle, uc'I, etc, u parties supplying ~.
Nltthlsh Governments:
During lny visit at brownsville, Texas, l met
Ncno: ! aEuno or Ni!yum). Il ~r;tnEird, i trader,
whom ! mad known 'or fifteen years. senior
ia%un" told ne he had leone 10 Texas 70 hay cat
lie t. take to Havana, Cuba. senior la@unosaid
To- me 81 went some fifty miles into Texas with
the intention of purchasing bccVe1 from some OF
tn" big cattle men OF Texas, but | found out !
colId Ito better IN MatamOraE, McNico, and !
returned there AMI bought the cattle | desired
from Chcnn." asked who Ihcno was. lie
replied, 'Cheno COrtlia Juan Ncpomuccno Cor
tina.
senior Ya-Uno told me he had contracted with
Cortira for > .0ro head OF cattle. 10 consist OF
900 hreyeS and l,5Un mixed cattle: that lie
wa, to pay SIl per head, delivered at Bagdad.
Mexico.
senior Yaruno told mo the Steamer was then nj
the Boca Del Rio. waiting for the first cargo of
cattle. The name Of the steamer, | believe. was
Irene of Nine.
,. Did YOU learn how he furnished the cattle
and whose they were:
More Than tvO-Ihirls if not all the cattle fur-
ni-f,ti were Texas cattle. C5rtima made the first
delivery of cattle at Bagdad. Mexico. Sergeant
Hail, OF Captain l.. II. McNtIlv'. COMPANY, state
troor@. an INTELLIGENT and most t~rustv1rt6V man.
was sent, disguised, to inspect the cattle at Bag
dad and on the lighters that were lniIiur the
steamer. lie reported that Tie most OF the cattle
shipped had American bIaads-brandcd with
Ianntain X. King. of santa C;ertrudes, %uNcrs
Comfy; Capt. Kennedy :, Judge P~arkcr's, and
"'ler rI.ih''9 81 tItiHeIi9 % leN"7:
- M|It %na W iis t.',ri! &C. Hii|'' W!,l,r CIV
n rhr ~ and NJ VINO: A'' = - INV '''''!
Ibriiry. Mi The men killed bv -,.%1ry.s com
pany Of rangers on the I.th LAY oi june, 1915,
We're employ cs Of General Iorllna.
IN Inspector 81 Customs" i ,HcpoTt Of browns
F'lII W. l'l''t'{ .iG IEit.r Ehli-t "t"ii!% c''I!e
an M ~" ~, ~ ~ = ~ ~, 'i'H"' ~ 80"
IJil,,,f :, arrr:t Wii1i,,, ~-a,f -. Hu.ti1 nv
|, ~. To- t.r r1,cf TIM. Lo saw f,aner,i C''rtfrg
-uperlnt.ui in person the delivery OF cat,c NJ
i~:a-"t'.. Mexico, AMI that Ee recognized one
iA"r." i."IrI, one ','ta'.,,ui" i-'7'sI, am
I'-, fl'I., -1i-Iii' "'!'7 Ai".ls ""' "rIc WIFE
49, jn e, IT, 49,: n,' - D,,ol.nT ,..t,r,,o
Esl,ivoyt AMI others Wor,. ~, n..1ll.t ",ut,ai,
iI5-c kitie! hv C,ptain N.\,jy', l,,rpaov. anJ
it was wei! known that .il4ulo. AHA. Abuja, an
rived 1T Mattm0raS severe ! Wounded, hG he
ing The only one OF the cattle thieves VINO cs-
0'iC"' r,;1.. .o,... 90 H.,
f,r Lacyr- y T., I,ota m tEa -. -" f =" u l.I't VI
J. How many Of the lower ,- Io1rn dnsucg.lfr
Ncxirans could Cortina muster to ait him in a
RAD, ana did Won learn II = large party crossed
recently intending to attack towns and villages;
j 50, why '!it tne attack lAli c'r.:
I rom ii l c,'tI" "+rGil1,l 'prtiu' co"lt ed7iI!
n ~ ~, ;,j IL ,h ~ "T Ian &" - : i'', o, tho yrocos
River rInlc from the EannI,,ic Of WpyIro This
j. not EVEN denied by Mexfran citizens in Mata.
mora- and Camargo, Mexico.
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