Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-27

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QUE BORDER TROUBLES.
There has appeared, or is about to
appear, before the Mexican Joint Com
mission in Washington q Mr.. Robb. OF
whose antecedents we confess our
selves u~ninfofued, save in so far as we
are told by the telegraphio dispatches
In to-day's issue that he has been for
same two years engaged in the service
Of the Government in connection witty
the troubles ON the Rio Grande from
tier. 1t would appear that there are
three different plans proposed for the
consideration OF our Government,
tsch contsmplsting the prevention of
future outrages on the people Of Texas
from the Mexican bandits, but only
one looking I securing indemnity for
past outrages.
There is still another plan not al
luded to in the telegram, but which is
certainly deserving Of mention, for 1t
l. the plan most consistently pursued
by the United States for the past ten
years. It is the plan of long suffering
and great patience, the plan Of much
enduring and non-resisting. We mean
no reflection on the Administration or
the party in power, for this s%elf-injuri.
Gus peacefulness toward weaker peo-
pies has ever been characteristic of
America; when our equals are in
Question we are only too ready to ruff
de our feathers.
According to Mr.. Robb, the first plan
has no less . godfather than the Lieu
tenant General of the United States,
aud It IL substantially as follows. Give
me, says Sheridan, ten thousand regu
lars .on the line Of the Rio Grande,
and I will punish and repress present
aegressions upon our soil; l will in
sure immunity in the future, and IN
force indemnity for the past. Failing
in securing pecuniary indemnity, /
will seize the northern States of Mex
leo and hold them as security therefor.
This programme has certainly the
merit Of outspoken boldness.
The second plan is that advocated
by the Texans. 1t is to organize a
force Of some three thousand border
cavalry; not regulars but frontiersmen.
and with them protect the American
side Of the river, and, if necessary,
carry reprisals beyond the boundary.
BY this mode no territorial acquisition
IL proposed, and no indemnity is
sought other than that which may be
obtained by . system of reprisals. The
Texans to- he in the pay ofthe United
States, and the Mexican guerrillas
are { be met bya system of warfare
similar to their own, in which all the
advantages Of numbers, wealth and
pluck will on the side of the Ameri.
cans.
The third programme Is that IA
vored by MI. Robb himself. In the
course of his duty he has estimated the
damage to American interests, result
ing from the border raids, at $ll 1000.
600. Let the United States, he says,
mako immediate demand on Mexico
for indemnity to this amount, and Sc
curity for the future. These demands,
it IL well known, the Mexican Govern
ment cannot meet. Then, of course,
follows the abrogation of the Treaty OF
Guadsloupe Hidalgo, and then war;
and as q consequence OF war, the an
nexation OF Northern Mexico tn the
United States. Now, that strikes us as
. plan combining all the best features
Of the Texas programme and the Sher-
idan proposition. The regulars will be-
furnished. the Texans will volunteer,
indemnity will be collected, and i'm
munity in the future secured; our from
tiers will be "r~ectiied," q region
mighty in it, mineral wealth will be
added TO our country, aud our manifest
destiny will be advanced. And all this
will be accomplished without violating
any accepted principle OF international
law.
NATT0uAL DIsTINCrIoNs.-A rascally
youngE rcpchman recently constructed
. free pAas In the shape of wooden ley
that GSried him from Sherbrooke, in
Provin6e Of Quebec. to Concord, New
Hau0shire. He simply made q leg of
whitS ash with = cushioned socket for
his knee " rest In, crooked his ley at q
right ankis and started. Wherever he
went the conductor passed him. while
the passengers dropped mony and tears
jnto his hat. When he reached Com
cord, after leaving the train with y eau
ton from the conductor not to slip