The New York herald., 1877-09-18

latlon Immediately took 10 the warpath The regular
troops donned their pestid0s de fiesta. or parade
iorms, and were joyous ut the prospect OF k"'.ns
Americans tnatar gringosl Guns were issued 10 the
peasanry but The oihcia journal n sad because neIo
were NOT enough to go around All 'pSsc, ur ar' wsrs
projected ON grand scale, Tor no otner reason 'ia
the arrest OF gang OF redhanded caiinIoa.s anu
horse thieves, VINO had liberated vllians OF eVon oa
dye than themselves If possible.
IL is however, no moro than Just TO admit tnat tne
citizens VI Mer, compared w.th The other Towns on
tho RIO Grando, noted their high inteigehce
and are lar la advance most Mexcan bordcr com'
munilcs IN the suppression of awcssness and crime
That IN this instance Ley do not seem 10 oe SUCCESS
iui ia frownng down crime may be accounted ior ny
tho fact that murder, horse stealing jail DrcakihR
even wnen committed their own people sud ~
their own country. not regarded AS misdcmeaiiora
Therefore, when these little liberties arc taken with
their natural enemies the Americans. IL expecting
too much of human nature, or rather as mucn o as
exists IN the border Mexican, TO ask that the jail
breakers aud mt bc not regarded as parrots
anu public bencfactors
lLe aforesaid journal undor tho head OF 'Distress-
Ing Casualty confirms the mourniul intelligence
less than sixteen soldors died from The ELECTS
oil sunstIokc on the forced marches rom Aier
to Canargo, and II teariuy adds they were tho VIC
TINS Of tue poiictd grnga-which means Hayes Is 10
blame ior II and not the mean whiskey they guZzieu
en- the road 10 keep thor cou age up
MEXICAN HuABuGGERY.
Notwithstanding the 0Qlcai assertion oil the M0xi.
can authorities that the RAIDERS were very dlihcut
Onos 10 hnd. The real fact Is they have known all The
tmc where 10 lay their hands them had they been
So disposed. Even now Dut very lew oi Tho raiaers
have been arrested, tue local officials protesting they
cannot really discover their hidngpacos But snort
time ugo the authorizes could have apprehcpdcd ovcry
one O them. Al present. or ut least not long siace,
Senior Segundo Garza, who is believed to have been tho
leader. accompanied by Rafael Garza, Gregoro and
StcphanO Juarez all Rio Grande CITY raiders, have
To the Town OF Morates to et the Storm blow over.
Pedro Rodriguez one oil the worst ants IN tho sugar
bowl living in the bush his house, not far IRON
the place where they crossed back into Mexico; and
Oolspo promising young assassin Is actually living
in the town OF Canargo. SO much Tor the vigilance
ot the Mexicans In hunting down these bloodhouhds.
MATrEM OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
The attention Of the Washington authorities should
be called to the utterly Inadequate force nt tho disposal
General Ord gentleman from Ptcdrus Nogras
brings the that there IN that vicinity alone
force Of upward OF 800 regular Mexican cavalry well
armed ana disciplined aud at various other points lower
down the river there are large bodies OF Infantry
Besides these ABOUT 5OO ulars arc about 10 land at
mou, /, vi the river. In TACT the Mcxican central
government Is quietly massing small army ot its
best troops on the border. In this connection the
character OF the border population must also he taken
into consideration. Al almost every ranch there
from ten to tty, more, excellent horsemcn,
thoroughly acquainted with the country and toicrabiy
well armed, VINO would take the Held ~ once. Those
irrcgLlars, very similar to the bash'-Dazouks,
would swell the forcc the Mexicans could
concentrate at gwen point 10 upward
OF say two thousand men, which would
hourly reinforced In another jail were broken
open some Otncr outrage committed on Texan
soil tho avaabie lighting force that General ord would
be able send pursuit could not exceed eight hun
rcd men, making very moderate estimate ol the
force required to garrison tho frontier forts There Is
great danger that Lie rst scout that goes over Will be
outnumb.red five or six 10 one These are tho views
that officers, who know exactly whcrcol they
speak, entertain Ul tue present outlook.