, 1875-12-27

The HHtF-Snnt1HF1-Ehc Mexican
Border OutrA1rs - Interview lse-
stecn the President End Il Tox1Ls
DelcEhttOsI.
kJ~t l1i DasEatrh to The Ehtta71 7tituM.
WAsM1s17oS. u. e., Dec. 25.-FoHy shipH
frum our Melitorrancan Squadron and hall Ut
tha South Atlantic Squadron aru c8pacial to AZ
rive III q few dA3H. tho first d: PORT Loyal aud
tK.s last at key West. Whether t4it IL in
siow Of complications not yu: reached,
or whe1ilcr II tho result of general
orders iakued sumo weeks 6inco aud
not colntcs manded uutil Tho sI;ladroas atart-
ed fuz shoit destination, canno. bo ascartained.
It ia xnown that leet OF lton-c'ad8 o1sle1ed to
rendezvous Ut Port 1soyal were stopped on thoit
way 81 Norfolk, aud this has given r.so to . be-
liof that the original intention of concentrating
o naval foreo 1t Port Itoyzl llas been atantoned.
john d. aanborn; OF nolet;:contsact
Department with Ills s..ornny, Gen.
Eutlcr, 10 demand $:UU,0 600 for Information
Which ho collected, bur whlch, le charges, tho
internal revenue oisicers iiayo nacd, TO recover
payment OF back ta1es. lie claims that, under
The Inw, ho is entitled To 10 por cent Of tho
moueY collected upon thia information, AUD
mnkes demand OIL Commissioner Pratt for pay
nent, which Was refused. Dutler thon appeas-
cd. and pere1nrtorily demanded payment. fratt
refused. Appeal was tskon TO tie Secretary,
who slBo refused and referred tho case 10 the
Attorney General
The President Ina signed tLc bill further OK
| tending tue time of tho duration Of tho Court
| Of commissioners OF Alabana Claims to tic 22d
| OF July NEXT.
| tTo the Assoe,ased Irt.s.l
WAsH1NoToS, d. t., dec. 2G.--Fsorn of1ic1at
correspondence 1t Appeals tlat Eouao tlme alnco,
| Minister Foster aHkel permission OF tho Me1i-
| can ioycrnment for regular troops Of the
| United States to follox the EAiaels ACROSS tho
border when in close pursuit. or permission 70
| temporarily occupy certain points OIL the ale1l-
can aida whoro raiders arc accustomed 70 come
| Secretary OF Foreign Aflairs WAS that tho Ex-
ocutiye Ind no autbority to grant s'lch perE1is-
| Bon without the coubent of CongFess, and
| IL wonid,- not DO prudent to hsk Hucli
| not approve It. Foster stated that ho wns au-
! thorixcd to give assurance that otlr Government
had no dosign Of acquiring M extension Of terri
| tury. but said that tho acknowledgment OF tho
Mexican Government Of Its inability to restrain
the .awleesueas Of lts own citzena would Atsord
tho strongeat possible argument to all advocates
/ OF acquisition Of territory whom there 1nay bo Ia
the Tinted States. Foster further said that the
cit,zons Of Texan must bo protected, aut tatt. II
| protection did not como from tie Mexican Gov
| otnment, 1t must from ours.
| Dspatth to tetp Turk tribune. De. q.
EeEctal members Of the 1ezaS delegation.
headed bY Senator Marcy mud Representative
Hancock, callcd upon tho President to-day tu
| urge him to taEo Botue moro effective noasuref
10 protsct tho Rio Granae frontior fron, aIc1.
lean depretlstious. They explained tho whole
situation to him, and told him what, in thoii
Judgment, ought to be done. There arc
now ou that frontier about 5000 Unitoa States
| troops, consisting OF two regiments oi
cavalry and two Of infantrv. Tho infantr1
and ono regimens Of cayalry hse colored. aud ast
reported by tho,r officers 10 be Sory inefficient
for tho serrico required of then. lnaeed, ex
copt for garsison duty, thoy are almost worth
less. 1t was auggeetod to the President .h.l
these troops 10 Withdrawn, aud their plAcck
hiied By white cavalry. 1he PRESIDENT rctarres
to the prpposcI reduction of tho army. aud SAT-
that tho present force waa not sufficient to oc
cupy all the terr1tory needlug protection. and il
| tho army ia reduced, it viii be necessary Il
Withdraw troops from territorios Whero neN
tnlnos are about 10 10 opened, aud wherc nep
conless mood protection. 4 greater force On tht
! lilo Gsando Ia OUT Of tho question. He did
however. suggest that some infantry alfead!
there might 10 temporarily mounted, but VII:
reminded that the objection based On tho in
e.icioncy OF tho colorcd troops would atil! exist
Tho President did not secm Eblo to give shs
Texan delegation much encouragement that n
would bp pbo 10 Hifor1 people living On TIL
frontier Of thcir btato much bestor protection II
tho future tk4n in tho past