Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-18
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S.
Ey Overland Telegraph.
SPECIAL. TO THE DAILY SENTINEL.


That Chronic Mexican Revolution.
NEW YORK, May IL.
The HerdId'S Brownsville special
Jays Escobeda is within TO miles of
Matamoras with $500 troops. He has
been supplied with munitions from the
American side. All the a~ble-bodi-d
men have been conscripted for the de-
tense Of Mata,noras. There are 1000
CONTESTANTS on this side. Great
excitement exists. The black flag was
raised at Laredo by the Federal com
mander. The RevOlutionists threaten
to burn Matamoras if they can not de-
fena it. The Government troops are
we'll disciplined and in good condition
Gonzales, the revolutionary command
or at Matamoras, will fight 10 the Bit
ter end.
Miscellaneous Items.
The Herald's Washington special
says: Prominent LOuisianans predict
a terrible war of races in East Felici-
ana. The negroes are 1000 strong; the
whites only 1900. The Administration
Is blamed for the present state of at
fairs. Southern Republican Congress
men tonight said the only remedy
for the trouble is to divide the whites
and give them power when the ne
groes will divide also.
Wills, Chairman of the Sub-Com-
mittee, which visited the BroOklvn
Navy-yard, is prepared to show with
figures that the Maynard at League
Island will cost sixty million to com.
plefe.
News from San Francisco says that
the agents of the Government are Wig
orOusly pushing the war against the
whisky distillers. some excitement
exists there and strenuous efforts are
made to stop the Investigations. One
man was recently offered $4,000 to
bear OH a California Congressman and
forward the charges preferred against
the agents now at work at San Fran
cisco. The methods of fraud are only
more bold than those at st. Louis, Chi
caVO, etc.
Representative Meade, who has the
bill in charge, will report adversely OH
the admission OF New Mexico.
The Herald, e~ditorially, says: Carl
Schurz's address il not remarkable
either for vigor Of thought or force OF
ex preston. Had IL appeared unher-
aided by the Erening Post no other
paper would have printed a line of it.
The great mistake of Schnrz's public
life was the desertion OF his party and
his consequent loss of influence over
all who remain in its ranks.
PHILANTHROPY Kun Mad.
The postponement of the mustang
race was a great disappointment To
many. Fears Of unfavorxble weather
are not as influential as fears of Bergh.
Bergh expresses no fears for the rider,
who really suffers more than the ami.
mails. The Herald compares Bergh's
efforts with Don Quixote's charge on
the windmills, and hopes he will stay
away on the day the race INT off.
The other side Of the Louisiana
A New Orleans special from East
Feliciana, and Wilkinson comfy, Mis-.
sippi, estimates that about sixteen col
ored nen have been killed there dur.
ing the past three days OF trouble; also
one white killed at the beginning OF
of the affair. Aaronson, the white
man, had accused the colored man of
stealing, and had whipped him.
Aaronson was subsequently, killed, and
dispatches, quite as trustworthy as
any, say he was killed by White Reg
ulators of Mississippi; being in bad
odor, and charged With buying stolen