The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-05-25

seized the State of Guate-
lnala and held 1t for nearly two years.
The General has been in Washington
for several days interviewing the State
and trying to obtain from
Mr.. Evarts a promise not to interfere
with the expedition i'll any way, and
he left this evening for tho scene of OPP
erations, feeling we'll assured, it Is said,
that the Administration would inter-
pose no barrier to the success Of the un-
dertaking. ....I .-g!s. aitA #I 4
Another leading man in the scheme |
is James u. Poston, who, though ma |
tive of the Quaker City of Philadelphia, |
is believed to have been born with all |
the elements; OF q successful filibuster |
in him. Poston has been for many
years on the Mexican frontier, in Art |
IONA, and besides owning large interests
in mines in that Territory, owns a large
rancho we'll stocked with herds and
fiocks just over the line in Sonora.
Poston will be in command of the
column which will march from Yuma
and cooperate with the troops which
will go by sea to Guayamas. 1t is
thought that these two columns will 3oc-
cupy Sonora almost without firing a
gun, as the inhabitants are known to
be more in favor of Lerdo than Dihz.
After Lerdo's friends in Sonora are re-
stored to power the troops wilt continue
the march until a junction is effected
with the column from Eagle Pass and
Ell Paso, when they will proceed to the
city of Mexico, gathering strength as
they go, and calculating to sweep every
thing before them. Tho Ell PasO col
uinn of 500 men will be under command
of Gen. Frank Armstrong, an ex-officer
- I'm UG,fa ,t,o
much time upon the frontier, and is
very popular with the wild spirits out
there, who will not be happy after
death unless they die with their boots
on. The Eagle Pass column Of 1000
! men will be led by Gen. Joe Shelby, OF
Missouri, with Escobedo, late COM
! mander-in-chief of Lerdo's forces in
Mexico, as second in command. This
column will doubt less be the first to
engage in battle, for after crossing the
Rio Grande it will make straight for
the rear Of COrtina's cattle thieves and
murlerers, and occupy the old battle
grounds Of Zachary Taylor at Saltillo
and Monterey. With these points oc-
cupied, Cortina's bandits could neither
be reinforced by troops from the city OF
Mexico, nor go to their aid. Joe Shelby
| would hold him to the lower Rio
Grande until Armstrong, Poston and
Thomas could join forces with his, and
then the grand column, having first an
initiated COrtina's bandits and given
peace to the Texas frontier, and being
heavily reinforced by Mexican troops
which Gen. EscObedO would be very
| active in recruiting, would not halt
again until their commander established
| Headquarters in the ancient halls Of tn,
MOnteZumas.
JOE sHELBY's CHANCE '."
The command of the Eagle Pass col
ann, which is now being recruited a
San Antonio, only select men known t,
be desperate fighters being accepted, i
given to Gen. Shelby, not only be
cause of his great reputation rs Il cav
FAIRY leader on the Confederate side i,
the late war, but because hc, il
thoroughly acquainted with the coun
try he is to march through. 1t will b,
recollected that when Gen. Dick Tay
Tor surrendered h,s Infantry at the clos
Of the war Shelby refused to surrende
with him, and with $500 cavalry brave
ly cut his way through Juarez's force
and rendered their services to Maxi
MILAN. The route he is to follow nov
is the same that he took then. Th
leaders Of the expedition say that tn,
, enthusiasm for the expedition both il
California and Texas, and all along tn
borders, Is unbounded, and that the,
could as easily recruit 10000 men a
1000; but the latter number is deemed
amply sufficient. If unfortunately
E should not prove so, they know that a
the first reverse thousands if need be
e of the bravcat and the best of the blu
$ and gray would soon rush to thei
>. assistance and utterly blot the name O
IL AJnYipsa from fln Pnli<lx,k,i 40,
D say that, IT'S the invading host move
g onward into Mexico it will DO follow
I ed by thousand OF miners from Cali
fornia, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New
, Mexico and Arizona, who will go t
l work in the rich mines and hold tn
country in their rear.
WHITE CLOVER.