New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-12

OUR SAN ANTONIO LETTER.
y.d,au and Mexican News-Lawlessness
and Crime-A Very Mind Winter.
SAN ANTONIO. March 9. 1876.
The prospects are that for some time to
some there will be war and rumors Of war on
the Mencan as we'll as along the Indian from
tier line The Mexican insurgents are
making demonstrations all over the repub.
lie, and if not ultimately successful, will,
for some time At least, give the government
Of President Tejada great deal Of trouble.
By latest accounte, Porfrio Diaz was at
Brownsville, where quite large number Of
his adherents have congregated, evidently
waiting for the revolution to assume pro-
portions sufficiently formidable to justify
him in risking his person on his own eide of
the river.
To-day official information was received
at headquarters of the capture Of the town
of Camargo by the insurgents, the custom
house officials fleeing with the records and
funds to this side of the river for protection.
The town of Reynosa, which was guarded
by but twenty regular soldiers, was cap.
tured several days previous.
The United States government will Ger.
tainly be obliged to send reinforcements to
the Rio Grande, as the small force now sta
tened there is totally inadequate to the
task of maintaining the integrity of our
side of the river. The insurgents are al
ready coming over to this side Of the river
for the purpose of organizing their forces,
and there is reason to believe they expect
to purchase and receive their arms on
United States territory.
AS we are at peace with the regularly
constituted government of the republic,
President Tejada will doubtless insist that
the United States shall put an end to this
at once. and he is right. The rebellion has
not, and may never assume proportions
that will entitle it to respectful treatment
at our hande, and Mexico has the right to
demand that we do not permit filibustering
expeditions to be fitted out on this side Of
the Rio Grande for the invasion Of q
country with whose people We are ON the
friendGest terms.
The United States has no reason to COM
plain of the Mexican government. The
central authorities at the City of Mexico
have always done what they could to pre-
vent raidiDg into Texas, and only recently
we have had q fresh illustration of the
willingness of President Tejada to do what
is right and honorable. refer to his ac-
ton in regard to the removal of the
Kickapoo Indians in Mexico, who
have been such a source of annoy
ance to our frontier. portion Of
these Indians have been removed to the
reservations, but there are several hundred
still remaining in the vicinity of Santa
Rosa. who refuse to leave. The reason for
their refusal is to be found in the fact that
they are under the influence of the Mexi
cans at Santa Rosa, who use them as cats
paws to draw the chestnut (horses) out Of
the fire. Captain William Edgar, the In
dian agent, who has been making strenu
GUS efforts for their removal, tells me that
he has positive assurances from the City o.
Mexico that the Kickapoos shall be re
movee to the interior of Mexico.
Again, tor more than year there hat
been a tacit understanding between tht
two governments that the troops of eacf
might operate against hostile Indians OF
the territory of the other, and on the uppel
Rio Grande this arrangement has been ire
quently taken advantage of for the mutua
benefit of both peoples.
There is, therefore, q moral and legal re
sponsibility ON the part Of the Unitet
States government to prevent expedition
organizing on this side of the Rio Grand
to invade Mexico, although such expedi
tions may be composed exclusively Of Mex
leans.
The news transmitted you to-day owe
the wires of the attack by Indians on
scouting party in the Carlo mountains, AM
the attack made by another band Of Indian
on train near Fort Quitman, excited muc
surprise at headquarters. These Indian
are, 1 suppose, Appaches from New Mexico
and their appearance in such large band
as 100 warriors occasions apprehension
With his usual promptness General Or
has directed two companies of the Tent
Cavalry to march from Fort Griffin at ono
to punish the raiders, and large scouting
column will probably make spring cam
paign against them.
While there is trouble on the frontier
there is by no means peace and quiet in to
settled portion of the State. Lynch las
and assassination rule the hour as the.
never have done before in the history o
the State. l have not space to give in de
tail the explanation for this abnormal con
dition of society, but only state the simpl
fact Bishop Elliott, the Episcopal bishol
of this diocese, was recently prevented fron
making his pastoral visitations to Browne
Vile from this cause. At Oakville, tn
county seat of Live Oak county, there wer
on the docket of the district court at it
last session no less than twenty-thre in
dictments for murder. and this county j
by TO means exceptioIable.
The press of the State il awakening tn
masses to the magnitude OF the danger
and if the Governor of the State does hi
duty land l believe he willy, this promil
cuous killing will suddenly cease. Th
honor of inauguratiLg this crusade againf
the enemies of ell law and order belong
to the San Antonio Herald, and now ths
the Galveston Nescs, the most infiuenti'
paper in the State, has taken the matter
hand, good results may be looked tor.
The weather is beautiful; in fact, we hav