, 1877-10-23

expressed statute. Tct1ics II costs the 14us 41J
sterling to prepare for tho cxhibItlon.'
BORDER COMPLICATIONS.
Fl Fasa County Trnnb1ns-.Tl,s Cause oF the
Mexican OutrnRe.
Carrs1Doaatnce 4yts 1rk L>,9if,
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Oct. 9.-Accordtnr Q.
to tho teteyrams received = rather atnor-
NAL state Of afIarB II prevailing In FL raso
County, Texas, on the extreme Cpper f,to
uralnlc. The county officials and judge Charles
II. fioWar,l hnvc been in the hands 1T q Mexican
mob that threatens the lves and property Of the
American residents. numbering In all, however,
hn'y nbout ttisty souls. The only two p1aces
In the county worthy Ut lelng called towns,
1sllto and Eltzarlo, ut this ttc Of writing III
tho tIan'ls Ut all 0rtsanfzct furcc, partially re-
crulttd OH the Mexican side nf the river, whose
watchwurtl is "ncath tn the ffrfnVos.h By the
latest telCEra!Hg We hare herr Judge Howard 4ul
his fcllnw.prisoners have bceu released, Howard
having gone to McsiIta, from which PLACE l,e
Will arconlpany detachment of United State.
trsM[s back to FL Faso County, with tbt avowel
turfa'sc of rcssoFfng law and order. The dis
t,atclcs are too vague to convey to tlose not at-
4uaintcd With the actors md the people of III
Pafo County any intelligent fdea ~ what is the
real cause Of tiliB uprOar-hetce these lines.
H. pAsb COUNTY.
This county, which ID larEcr than the whole
State AZ Massachusetts,, Is situated On the Up
per Nfo ffraDde, about 100 Inca nearly due
being almost uninliabftct} and tl1cary wante.
Formerly tho Ghttcd States post, Furt Bliss
uppoaisG the Mexican Town. OF Fl Paso del
Sortc, contained s,nais garrison, hut owing to
protect the frontier it Was ren,Oyrd last year,
and the district L. HOW In tho Military depart
n,cnt ot New Mexico. Gen. Urtl having no jurs-
1lctIot orcr 1t wliatcyes. As already stated, tho
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about thrty Americans IN all, .whc. however,
usually manage to control the legal elcctiuis.
Thu Importance Ut FL laso County ia owing IL
tllu wonderfully tncompschcnsibl0 tnaiurlttes 1t
to the ttnsc-Aonorcd custom Of importing voters
FROM Mcxlru, md various other election lodges
although tLs bona fltc voting population does
not exceed few hundreds, yet there ls positive
"a matter that is Regulated by the majority
clsrwhcrc In the district that II sought 10 be-
overcome. THIS county, owing IT, its tso-
lated lnsittou, is virtually an independent cm-
10 control the ignorant Mexican voting rai,bIe fs
It's Governor. This explanation Is necessary to
make H. understood wlsy tie Hon. Louis Cartifs
and Judsu Charles II. Howard are lnurtal cue
npost admirable Illustration ot the saying that
there Is not room for two lloas In one aud tlc
sause jungle.
VINO ARE HOWARD AND cAnp1si
Judge lovsr!i Is Virginia" Dy birth, young
Hlah Of magnificent psiyslcal proportions, Ehu
distinguished 'Iimsrlf IN tho Confederate army
by hts daring md ctp0lnGas In many battles,
ek!rn,isl,es, mud indirtdual renco1tres with tho
Federal troops some Of l,is exp'oits were tuar-
cd, hs health bus not suffered In TIC least. After
q comparatively brief conrku uf stll'ly, he
Eraspca the theory and prncticc Of the law, and
III thort tinlc l,e became one Of the ablcst at
torueys ut the Sau Antu1.tO llr. lie sul'sc-
qucnty rctinyctl to Fl paso, where, combating
With Cards, tho Republican regime whit b coti-
troite.l tle elccttous at,l tue county was over
thrown. Howard was tcwardcl-thanks lii q
great measure to Cars'is-by the appointment
Vi District Judge, wblsl. was rendered him by
t}uv. Coke. Nctng ycry ambitious, = feud arose
between t[tn and Caris.
Louis Cards is an Italian by birth, and served
ricnccd politician, being nlan Of great st'rewd-
ness aud nerve. 1le understands tic
il IL not strange tlmt ho can command
even even thcir lives, zuc in'ucnce dues e.
exert over them. In the contest fur political
supremacy Car.lls was victorious, sunn!pe as aa
Independent tor the Texas Senate, and beating
Howard, Who waa the rcgntar uosllnce, There
Carlis rutk1er rot the worst Of 1t, aud theyu wus
quite recent difficulty ut FL paso which re-
suited in Howard being Indicted for attempting
10 kill and murder, aud hc was In the hal,lis Of
tbo Sheriff At tbo tltao b. was seized BY an
armed Mexican iorce, tied haul a1ld foot pInecu
lii Wagon, anl taken to San EItzario.
CAUSE or THE MEXICAN ANlMOatrr.
In the first instance, tho atcxcAns became c1.
asperaled vt Howard BECAUSE 10 and lila latlcr-
lu-law. Gov. u. xlmponlan, bunker Of Austin,
locute1 land certificates on tho salt lakcs near
Fl Faso, prohibiting the Me1lcans from taking
tllu salt, which up 10 that time lIad hecn rc-
81 These salt ponds Is owing to, tho
| fact that, these being rotllng Of the kind II,
that part Of Mexico ailarens to Ell paso
| County, large quantities. Wcro exported TO lullC
q distance Into tho Interior; In fact, the large
City Of chihuahua, lu Mexlr0, obtails it, salt
/ supply principally FROM this source.. besides.
iatve quantities If this salt ART usett Iu mluig,
| It being Indispensable In thu smelling opera
is obtained. The rest or tho slory h4s been H.
! ready told anl In thc lght vi Tue foregoing
facts lo ''tll'cul'y nee.l be experienced In thur
uughly understanding the Situation. It SHOULD
the sut.eontrnctor Of tho FL Paso mail route, u
keep which tic Government psys y former Sen.
ator lruln Arkansas by tho name uf Root
no less shan fao, ,ooo per annun'. Tho humber
abou, eight week, and tbs number OF pasken
gers not mora t!lut, one every fifteen days. Tue
ruute Is III danger Of teing broken UP by III
dams, and CaEdls has Mauu lncessaht apIliea
tios. lor troops. The friends Ut Howard aliecs
that CalAs Is ~ the bottom OF the whuls
| trouble, be having the .luubr design III caustnl
the Nexlcans 10 murder ilowan! and thus gui
ri.l OF rtFal an1 At tue satsln time neressltats
assist him tn hls mail arrangements. What
foundation there Ia IN sll this 1t is Impossible lc
tell ut this distance from tlis stenc ot artI'l.
As Howard Is ut liberty there |. TN donht, Il
he can Obtain some ass.stanre. but that lie viii
create gzcat deat ot history In a short iiiur
lnlcss the 3tcxcAns dIsE+rsc. VI which. how
ever, tlcre IL not auy probability.