The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-23
which pavs lasted wi.hou, in,srmls.,On from sha

time am obliged to Mr. Lerdo. however for the
gems have sustained should only lssk
but should include the losses curing The rosiaa Uvr
That there numerous losses then another xhoft
extract from General Hsutzemans reecu viii
show
City, 10 miles, and back Arroyo Colorado. has
bean LAID There rs NOT an American any
property belonging 10 an American LETT that could DO
destroyed IN tins large tract Of country Their horses
and cattle were driven across into Mexico and there
solids COW, with calf by her sdc for 81"
ThE KsrihATk oy Lossks.
pass 10 another statement OF Mr.. lserdo:-
In 1872 the American Congress appointed an IN
veSigatipg committee al the head OF which was Mr..
Robb From ali sources OF evidence that was put "a
before this COMMITTEES u appeared that Texas had
extent OF $40. ooo,oo Everybody VINO been
tho Texan frontier knows that CONCLUSION Ike
TINS y SIMPLY ,"eo'sn ana 80 %s convnesa were ne
ton that they gave no credence nor heed whatever 20
the results Of the Robb committee. There nos i've
stock enough IN all southern Texas to make onethrd
OF the value SGT down by the koDb cou-
m,t,ee a. that which IL was said tho hexesns had
stoon This Is TACT which shows no~ prone the
Texans are draw long bow In estimating their
losses and II they are liable 70 exaggerae, not TO say
state palpable aiseboods an Important matter 20
nearly connected with TIER interests why might
they not also prcvaricate with respect to the actual
upon their soil by phantom Mexican robhsrsY',
II 10 true that the .Robb' committee made an
exaggerated estimate Of the losses proved before them
was stolen In 1856 they would calculate the entire
possible increase up 10 1872. Tnis was dons ~ tho
Texans. This claim has never beop pressed or acted
on by myself or any Representative IRON rexas.
have myself entirely disclaimcd H. h. remarks oil
Mr.. Lerdo about the ''palpablc faisenoods.n &c,
might be offensive II they came from
another But Mr.. lerdo comes from a country
where the charge Of untrutn rs not considered TO
mean much and where tue diplomatic maxim OF
'ns s aps u,as,ssa nas
IRON such quarter, II 10 more harmless pleasantly
tnan insult. But may be as well 10 point oul the
fallacy OF argument aimed at--'that any
see Southern Texas that there not many
cattle there all told, as SAID TO have been robbed
There Is something plausible IN such statement And
YET the that that country az timo full
Of cattle, and that there are hardly any Isii
m,ttso Of the TeSas Legislature reported. after
q thorough Investigation, IN 1870, that "ol
tho vast herds OF cattle that onos constituted the
THIS means that ninety per cent were stolen In the
OF nine years. Mr. Lerdo knows that tha state
OF Chihuahua once hlied with cattle and that the
Indians destroyed them ell. What would no say II
anybody would tell hun in his own words;-.'rherc
onehird or one-tenth OF what Mr.. Lsrdo says
slroy In that Statef The folly OF the idea. then,
what is now lett IS apparent although the statement
GLIB and plausible. II would lead the absurd
conclusion Ill all has been stolen and LETT,
have been stolen, because any 20 and that
there none to steal
II Is worth while Tor me to speak OF che "counter
commission" What 10 called O whitewashng commit
tee was sent to prove certain thing, and they did
wholesale and stated nothing 70 convince any one.
Their report is reviewed in the evidence attached TO
mitce OF 1879 and their false statements shown. But
to proceed Mr Lordo says:-
III might be said IN favor OF Mexico that robbsrcs
OF cattle from the Americans do not oGer the
Inducements 70 thieves that the steaiing OF Mexican
TO those living the lett bank Of the Rio
Grandc. The State OF Tamauiipas has always been re-
markable its abundance OF horned cattle; lar
than hat part OF Texas which 10 contiguous to H.
SO plentiful have been and are the beeves that they
have often been killed IN considerable numbers just
for their hides and tallow There Is really market
Tor them 10 Texas the case Is different There tho IN
vcniive genius OF the Americans has SGT up opposite
the Mexican line beef and pork packing establish
ment which Is run by steam. THIS new industry
creates large demand for live stock, and good prices
arc paid. Here lhs stolen cattle Of Msxicans and
Americans alike lind their way into the common
shambes, and a common caldron reduces their
mains INTO an unrecog nzable mass. Would II not DO
we'll Tor Mcssrs Robb and Scheicher to inquire how
many hundreds CT thousands OF thor countrymens
heers have gone " the melting pot and the salt bar
This paragraph displays as much false Information
OF that country and contains much Wild Action
can, perhaps, DO brought into tho same There
10 reality hardly any cattle IN that country until
you get tar INTO the interior Travellers going from
latnmoros to Monterey do not perhaps more than
dozen cows ca tho way II 10 tho same In the north.
ern part Of Naevo Leon and Cohahuila General Ord
stated before the committee
.rhere Is very small amount Of catse, only few
geay az sneod With pretty largely s
pied, from our sides and was told by gentleman
who was for Long lime Gonsu =. Mon,ssey s
rival and departure OF radng bands going alter cattle
into Texas"
General ORD has travelled In Tamaulipas In answer
to o Question:-"Would not q revolutionary army
have TO draw their supplies from this sido," he
said -
'sThe only place they get their supply Of beef
there IS from the north side OF the river"
Captain McNaliy who was stationed the Rio
Grandc, stated IN mis- evidences
81 kept q memorandum-a log In tact, a company
book--in which | entered the names OF the parties
who gave the Information OF the passage OF the cattle,
the number OF the CATTLE where they taken
and where they taken 10. Daring the mouth OF
November, 1875, General Potter nsked me 10 make a
statement of the number OF herds that were PASSED
over the river, and did 80, showing that 800 200
head OF cattle were taken in that month
This after the cattle had been exhausted by
nearly ten years OF stealing Nearly all tue beef that
is honestly obtained Tor Matamoros Is bought in
Texas There very little beef In Tamaulipas; when
they stolen beef they live on goat meat. Dur
ing civil remember very distinctly that beef
steers, worth in Texas $40 per head at that time,
were driven TO Monterey and there sold for s3i and
$40 per head The grazing Is considered very interior
on the Mexican side TO that on the Texas SIDE. Mr.
Mexican living in Aguafrla, IN the State Of Nuevo
Leon who kept his herds Of sheep and goats IN Texas
Tor twelve years. from 1861 TO 1878, Of
superiority OF the pasturage Many Mexicans did the
same
MORE IGNORANCE
The geographical fiction which makes Mr.. Lcrdo as
that beet and pork packing establishment ID set
up opposite the Mexican line when ~ tact the
packery at Fulton, on Aransas Bay, on tho Texas
coast the only IN that country Is from 150 TO 200
miles IRON the RIO Grande, reminds rpe Of similar
fiction which sprnng IRON the poets brain oil Mr.
Guiliermo Prioto his recent proclaim alton, equally
reckless point Of locality and time. Sehor PrIeio
In lis indecent attack OH the administration says:
"When the United States, then better couusellod
than they to-day aud less under the control OF
vate interests established the boundary line they uad
a liberal tariff more liberal than tho Mcxicans,
and the smugeers OF tho United Statos SOL pack
cry under the name oil "A Town right opposite every
Mexican city on the frontier such the gin Ut
Browusyic, Of Roma, Of Nueva Laredo Of Eagle Pass
and other places"
This fictitious theory falls by showing the facts to be
fictitious. Nucva Laredo IS OH the Mexican side, IN Mr.
Prctos country, opposite tho old town Of Laredo, In
Texas. Eagle Pass quill years before the opposite
New Mexican town oil PedTas Negrls All tho
statements that there have been mutual RAIDS are
entirely untrue, and yet often dsprOvsd as tncy have
BEEN aud often proof OF them has been chal-
lenged IA vaIn they are repeated Win obstinate
perseverance worthy o! a better cause can
that perseverance, TO nothing better than 10 the
stancy OF the drOWning woman who. wDen the water
shut her SINKING mouth alter she had repeated tho
word 'scissors" Without CESSATION In the act OF death
initiated the motion OF scssors with her slowly dsap-
pcaring fingers Ii Mr. I.erdo had chung to his power
with any thing like the enacity with which ne cings