, 1875-07-03
Tho Operations of Gen. Juan N.
COrtiMn Set Forth In
Detail.
Journal Of o soorot High Joint Commission
at Washington,
Satisfactory Evidence Of Gen. Cortina's
Thievish Propeneities.
From Gur Gnn Carrfslnndtnt.


THE pASDfr c1RrtSA.s
TAant.nroN, b. C., juno 2o.-Tho Associated
Press dispatches. few days siuco, contained
this stRtenIont:
Gen. nrtlna positively refuses To otey thc order
4ntrsna him to rernrt In perton At the City of hts1is
~ saya 10 ha9 tsa!snsd snA !. n'w w. .rsxe: ll!.
to let Corna remain III authority OIL the lilo 0rn'.
II tho Moxica., Government Inns 1ouo thia,
they hayo lnalo an admission which nay trouble
them in Tho fututo diplomatic intcrcl,augos
With the United Statcs For years orr Govern
mert has ifsistod that Con. Cortra Is In tho
Mexican servico. and tho commanding bandit Of
tho Rio orlando country; for yearH The Mexican
authositioa hayo denied thiB. Something OF Cor-
tinas record, ani of tho coaccrn Which Ills action
has given our Government. may 10 learned from
The faots which follow:
A SECRET uf1H JOINT.
It uAs In tho summer OF 1879. Tho Mexican
Border Commission had rnado their first report
to Congtess ID tho December preceding, aud tho
Commissioners wcro preacns in Washington At
ranging tho vouchers, and tho testimony. in tho
claims w1.itl, they lnl heard. Minister Nelson
Lad been rocalled from Mexico, aud iturbide tho
child heir to tho Mexican throne il there shall
over ngaiu bo throno iii Mexico. in tho limo Of
Its fathers, wns stopping with Nelson here.
Join ". Faster, Of Indiana, Chairman Of tho
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ti,a M, ro,.t co,rtrv .ro unl., h;a adm In
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49, .oI,,r, ,xonx;,,,, ,,a rn;f,rn of n,s
a.".,ssn sass 80 - .1,a ,,.,,sa -, tha r;.or ~
.t' sas.,;.',, r,,a,o .,a a.o,a ,nr,,s ~
o,.s. ,ra ca,,lo ,,,,,cf, tbo aIo.;fnn hau.l;t1
olso' az 49, ,rs .tIs a,,a .,.;4,an
hase co'lec1sH ou tuo 1eAAu S'ae' "na o'"o"
down 10 the river. Tbs testimony In ono caso
taken by the Commission thuws tia. Cortiua
,i,ns,,f hoo ,,.,, orton aoer IN cr,.s tho r;vey
49,, -. .'s ~, 49,. T.. liz, .,. ..,,a,
nno u oA'ot 'eAa's ""t s"o1o ~ !'' .ao oa.s'a
Into hla own wagon, sud to drive back 10 nlc1-
leo, the n,otliera Of tha calyos following. All OF
this IL prlutel it, tho evidence ACCOMMODATING tho
| ro,ort
'o!'oA''
IL WA8 HDT8 uTEQH tuaE tQEtilX Wbt I'LL Dlll"tlu9
frtoud OF Juarcz TINT lo "as man Of great in-
}uenco as q uottlc.an ju hll OF tho Mexican bor-
ter Statea lint he Ind much to DO with scour-
w.. ,,,oaa sta,os n, I,aroz .na tho, tho I,ttcr
aug t"ooo o1"eea ~ 0"a 'u0s W. ''>'o''
whllo CONSCIOUS thai Costlha ~ s'ues haa CON-
mttsd intliacretions along tho border Aad for
gyon him, on account OF his valuable polttcsl
md nor,onal aoryioss.
Tho Mu1lcan Minister, Aarlaca'' preserved q
diplomatic silonce throughout this conversation.
At tho cloAc. lie said. that deu. Cortns was not
| in tho service Ut Mexico on half-pay OF nntler
"A..'"g osuets a.'u tuas ~ 4oA'an
III tho diplomatic co1fespoadanco Asa frequently
30 assorted.
THE e,,Acx HgooHp or oonrrYA,
| 49, Ce.;..,s,. -. 49, -. !. I,.,o,,J
bofuos co"'A177'o'' ono"o t'"s 10 ~ uo5'4'o
doubt, tito peFson who Las controlnt1. moro tnan
nuy other ono person, tho ralding iucurstonsapon
our soil. The ConHllnhloiefs. III tne coufbo OF
thoir report, prsseus evidence upon tho subject.
ot which tho following oxtracts aro illustrations.
Tho Commissioners say:
| THE nuEnEn BANDITS.
| "The Mexican bank Of tho Isio Gssntlo Bravo
ia occupied by numbers OF ranches, furntl,ine
canycuicut readezyous for tlsose mnraudoss.
FROM wiIenca tluy carry on openly their ul,oEn-
tiopy, often ieatling to CONFLICTS. Pursuit to tue
river banks, in mally cases, has boon p,uuked at i;
tho lnotKectuaI osfurss Of Custom oflicars and n-
p,octofh hayo becn teored ut, and this region
nlado to suffer from the continual sconrgu Of
these thioyoB The butchers OF tho frontier
towns, the stock aolloss, aud, Ia many casua,
tho Leads OF the various anuLes on tho Moxrun
n.do, hnyo participated in tho profits, encouraged
| the work, aud protected tho offenders. Tie
Mexican local authorities, ~ ! rulo. clY,l aud
| military, bsye been cognixaut Ut tileBe
outrapes, aud haYa, with QUO or two
| honorable exceptions, protected the Of
| fonterh. defeated with technical objections
| Attonpts It recovery Of tho stolen pIopprty,
asgistod in maintaining tho bands Of thieves Or
oueniy sud directly have dealt in the pluutle1, or