New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-17
The Mexican Version of the Border Raid.

The Ttco Republics, December j. gives
the following account of events on The Rio
Grande:
On the eighteenth ultimo Colonel Cristo
telegraphed he Minister of War from Mata-
moras, informing him that $50 head of cat
tie had been crossed into Mexico by band
OF thieves at point called Los Cuevas, and
tha' an officer commanding a deta achment
OF United States forces scouting in that
neighborhood demanded the delivery of The
cattle and the thieves at Fort Blown. at the
same time threatening to cross into Mexico
should his demand not be complied with
The minister replied by giving orders
that every Effort be used TO spprebend the
thieves. insructing General Fuero, al Mon
terey, to see 20 their compliance.
The next telegram from Colonel Cristo
was dated the nineteenth, and stated that
the American force had crossed the Rio
Graudt near Camargo, was then ighting on
tins side of the river, and expressed fears
that the garrison at Rancho Davis would
occupy Camargo, adding that General La
Barra and the collector Di cuetoms had zone
| out to see what arrangements could be
made, and that fifty cavalry had boeu len
the previous night TO the scene of action he
himself remaining in Matamuras to org auize
the national guard.
The Minister of War replied that General
FuerO had been ordered TO assume com.
| mand of the line of the Rio Grandc The
next dispatch in order is one from General
| Fuers, at Monterey, dated the eighteen b,
stating that extraordinary military move
| ment was noticeable in Brownsville, the
motive of which was unknown. To this
| General Mejia responded by repeating for.
| mer Instructions, and also authorizing Gen.
| eral tuern, in case it was tue that an
| Americs Il force bad crossed the Rio Grapde
| to make complaint to the American au.
| thorities, cOuched in convenient terms,
taking care to be conc liatory. but not %
sacrifice the right or dguity OF Mexico.
The next dispatch published informed the
government that the American force was
lighting with the citizens of Camargo. that
lives had been lost on both sides, and III a,
| orders had been issued by General Fuero
to concentrsts all the forces of his com.
inand. to await superior orders to march
| upon the invaders
| The dispatch was followed by another
| also of the nineteenth to the effect that the
Americans had been repused, that they had
recaptured seventy two OF the n lien cattle
that they were still pursuing the thieves
and that the authorities OF Davis had closed
the port.
Several other dispatches follow, showing
that energetic measures were being taken
by the Mexican authorities One from
| Minister Mejia to General Fuerp. etatinp
Barra that the American corsul in Mata
moras had instruc ed his agent in Camarec
| to demand the surrender of the American
| forces TO the Mexican authorities, adding
that if this should take place to have the
pritoners treated with all consideration.
The last of the official dispatches is from
Colonel Cristo, dated Matamnras, the TWEEN
y-tirst, in which he transcribes Telegram
from Captain Gutierrez. dated Cam trgo
the twenty first, stating that the Americans
had recrossed the RIO Grande on the nine
teenth at P. NJ.
The following editorial remarks ar,
| made;
We publish the substance of the tele
grams from the Rio Grande in reference t,
the crossing into the Mexican territory, of
body of American soldiers, pursuing a NUN
Der of cattle thieves. The information de
| rived theretrom is rather meagre; but tha
the raid ended by the Americans being re
pulsed in an attack, we suppose upoi
Camargo, and finally upon the nineteenth
re-crossing into Texas There must hay,
been considerable excitement in tina
region, which is instanced bv tn,
extra consulate assumption by the Unite,
States coneul at Matamoras. who demanded
through his agent, the surrender of tn,
| American forces to the Mexican authorities
This extraordinary assumption of consula
powers can not be accounted for eycep
upon grounds of extreme ignorance an,
extraordinary excitement The Unite,
States miltOry officer who commanded th,
raiding force doubtless paid little attention
to the consular demand