, 1875-12-27

1Hc NhET-SiauhOfn-EhF Mexican
fs0rdeF DutraTrH - Interview Ite-
ttEGeti 1hg President md Il Te1ns
DelegntkOn.
ff+ts,! H,srutth to The Catra7q 7s1b9w.
WAsni'n.oS, y. e., Dec. 2G.--Fuslr slip,
from our aic 'ltorraucau Sluairon anu hall Of
the South At44:tc Squadron a1o expacta1 to ar
rso III T. tow days. the first ut Fort Eoyal and
tho Inst At Key West. Whether this III iu
siev Of complications not 20. reached,
or whether it Is tho result Of general
or'!cTs issued homo weeks slnco uul
not Countctmandei uutil tho sq1iadroaa htast-
ed fur tloir taAtiuasiou. cannot 10 ascastaiurd.
It ia kuowu tlat fleet Of iton-ciads ordered to
rendo2youH At Port Royal wcts stopped on thor
way at Norfolk, aud this has given r,Eo to be-
liof tbat the original intention Of concentrating
naval folco At Port Itoy4l LAS been abai,tonrii.
John d. Hauborn. Of n,oiet5 contract
f,na f, haa appeased TT tic Treasury
pspss,"s' ,!s5 e. ae.ad "a q, ats's ior sors ssn
which ho collected, bur Which. lie charges, tho
internal roycnue of:iccrs Iavo used, 10 recover
payment Of back taxes. lie clhiu1a that, under
tho lsw, ho ts entitled to 10 per cont OF tho
nopsy collected upon thts Information, aud
makoa denlaud on Commissioner Pratt for phy-
tnent, which waB refused. Butler thell appeAr-
cd. and peresnItoE,iy demanded payment. Pratt
refused, Appeal was takou to the Secretary.
who AlB0 reflbed hn4 feleIfou tho C46e to the
Attorney General
The rresldemt Ina signed tho bill further ox-
tending the time Of tho duration Of tho Court
Of Commissioners Of Alabama Claims to tue I'd
Of July uext
(To he Assoe1ated I4ess.)
W1sH1fdToS, u. e., Dec 2G.-Fro!u official
correspondence 1t appca1B that. aonin tune H!nco.
Minister Foster xBkel pern!ssou OF tho Me1i-
can Government for regular troopn OF the
United States to fullow tho tAiders across tho
A.
temporarily occupy certain points Oh tho lfc1i-
can Hido whoro raiders arc accustomed to conn
acroes the Eiyor. Tho reply OF tho Mo1Ican
Secretary OF Foreign Af1aira Was that tho Ex-
ecutiye had 10 nutLority 10 gtaut such toEinis-
slon without the eouBent Of Con9ross, And
it would not bo prudent to asg sucl
consent. as tia eeutiment OF tho country would
not approve It. Foster stated that hu Was alt
thorizod to glyo aeHuEanco that otf Government
lad no design Of acquiring m extension Of totri-
tory, but said thkt ths acknowledgment OF tho
Mexican Government OF Its iu1bility to reAtra;n
the lawicesness OF Its onn cisizona would Afford
the stEougeat possible argument to all advocates
OF acquisition OF torritorr whom there 1u2y be In
tho United States. Foatcr further said that tho
c,tlzons of Texas must bo protected aud that. il
protection did not como from the Mexican Gov
crnment, It must from ours.
Ltfpatfh to sete 1'rk JTfbuHf, Dte. ~.
Bevctal members Of tue Texas delegation,
headed by Senator Ma1ey aud Representative
Hancocii, called upon the President to-day to
urge him to talo somo more effective measures
10 protsct tho Rio Grsndo frontier from Mox-
lean dcpredations. They explained tho wialo
situation to him, and told MIN what, In their
Judgment ought to be dune. There arc
now on that frontier about $500 Unitod States
troops, consisting OF two regiments OF
cavalry and two Of infantrv. The infantry
nod one Eeglmont Of cavalry are colosed. and arc
reportodb By tLctr officers 70 be very inefficient
for tho sarvlce required Of them. Indeed, e4-
capt for gurnnon duty, they arc almost WORTH
less. 1t wAs sugKestod to tho President t{iss
these troops bu withdraw. and their places
filed by white cavalry. Tho lresidsnt retoEsed
TO the proposed reduction OF tho avmy, and SAID
thas tho preBent forco was not sufficient TO &C.
cupy all the territory noealng protection. and II
tho army il reduced. it wlli be necessary to
withdraw troops from tssdtorips whero new
n!ncs are about to be opened and whore new
coueta nood protection. A greater force on tho
Ito Gtando Is CUT OF tho question. uo did,
however. suggess that como infantry already
tlcru might be temporarily mounted, but WIS
reminded that the objection based on tho In
efficiency Of tho colored troops would still exist.
Tho President dtd not Bocn Ablo 10 giro tho
Texas delegation much encouragement that ho
would be allo 70 afford pnople h4lug On tho
frontier Of their StAto much botter protection tn
tho future tE4u in tho past.