Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-19
NIGHT
LATEST FROM THE
EAST.
Full Particulars of the Troubles at
San Elizario.

CHICAGO, Dec. IS.
A Times Washington special says:
Regarding the prospect and arrival OF
troops to assist h beleagured Texans
At San Elizario, says the main hope Is
conferred upon the cavalry companies,
numbering about $50, ordered from
Fort Bayard. This post Is only so
miles distant in an air line, and is, on
account of the mountainous roads.
fully ITO miles of. 1t is hoped that
the main part of the command will
reach that point early this morning.
Mills comedies that the dispute grows
out of a salt mine, which is 80 miles
this side of the Rio Grsnde, and was
not permitted TO be located. and the
Texans and Mexicans had access to it..
Recently, however, it was purchased
by a company, and a charge was m
posed upon the right to obtain salt.
This resulted in a row., and the Mexi.
caus swear that they will have salt free,
and threaten vengeance on those who
oppose them. The administration cir.
cles here think that the arrival of Fed
eral troops will end the matter.
A San Antonio, Texas, correspon-
dem says Col. Amador, OF the Lerdo
party, is disarming all of the DiaZ
guards in the vicinity of Mier. The
Mexicans favoring the cause of Lerdo,
who had taken refuge in Texas, are
fiocking to Amador's standard. His
force WAS augmented to Owe 40 in one
day by such accessions. Other revolu-
tons are fairly opened.
Presidents Message ON Civil Service.
CHICAGO, Dec. Is.
Ill., Tl.;hsxaofp Nn.htnrtnn sna.ial
saws: The Presidents message on the
civil service, which will be ready to
send TO Congress soon after the holi-
DAYS, will show that the President
does not intend to surrender any po-
sitiOn which he has assumed IN his
controversy with the Senate. 1t will
set forth the Presidents views with re-
spec. TO patronage, and will call atten
ton to the fact that, by the action Of
the Republican National State Con-
v~ention, Congress, as we'll as the Pres
ident. has been instructed To enforce
the civil service policy, and that he,
the President, is SIMPLY endeavoring
TO carry out to the letter the inStruc-
tons given him in I'D by those
who elected him. In this mes
sage the President will take cry
strong grounds as to the constitutional
right of the Executive to originate all
nominations. The message will set
forth in a clearer light han before
what the Presidents intentions are
upon civil service reform.
surrOunded-H0ward to be he.
headed.
GALVESTON, Dec. IS.
An Austin special Il the NeiDs says
that the Mexicans at FL Paso, several
hundred strong, have the State troops
surrounded, and the Rangers are
doomed, unless they comply with the
Mexicans. The demand is, that How
ard shall be delivered to them to be
beheadcd, this of execution
having been determined upon before
hand. The courage and devotion of
the Rangers will be put to a strong
test. The Sheriff of the county de-
spairs OF assistance in time TO prevent
q massacre. General Steele thinks
that the Rangers will not surrender
Howard, but will defend him with
their lives.
| The Rangers Getting short Of Am
munisiOn.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IS.
A Galveston Neaos Fort Clark spe-
cial says: The command under Col.
John and Lieut.. Bulls arrived this
evening. They report having expe-
| rienced very bad weather on their re-
turn trip. No details of their opera
tons have yet been made known. The
Governor has received the following
dispatch from the Sheriff of Ell Paso
| county, dated the 18th:
"Your telegram received; AIN I'M
able to raise in this county over ten
men. The first help expected is As
hours away. / fear il will be too late;
the Rangers are getting short OF am
munition and the mob Is undermining
the building. C. KERBER, sheriff."
Another hank President ships Out.
CHICAGO, Dec. Is.
w. F. Endicott. president of the
Central Nationel Bank, which failed
lately, has LETT for parts unknown.
leaving his notes for the cash in the
same way that ID. ID. Spencer did, and
the prospects are that instead of depos-
itors getting dollar for dollar, they will
hardly get anything.
Death Of John McAIIastar.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IS.
John McAllasiar, Jr., optician, died
yesterday, aged 81 years. He was the
oldest living graduate Of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
A Bank Examiner Before Grand
Jury.
NEW YORK, Dec. Is.
The management of the closed Ma
tional Trust Company In pronounced
infamous and scandalous. The Bank
Examiner has been twice before the
Grand Jury.