The Portland daily press., 1877-05-30
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, May 29.-The Cabinet TODAY
determined that letter be addressed to the
Mexican government by the Secretary of State
notifying that government that it must take
Grande into Texas. Otherwise our military
commander in Texas will be instructed to fol-
low the marauderS into Mexico and punish
them upon that territory.
The action of the Cabinet does not involve
the formal recognition of the Daz govern
ment, but merely deals with it as the only
party that can be addressed Some weeks
must necessarily elapse before response to
our demand can be received, and hence there
is not likely to be any immediate invasion Of
Mexican soil by United States troops.
Losses by Disease in Swine.
The statstician of the Department of Agri-
culture reports as result of the investigation
of losses from diseases of swine during the past
twelve MONTHS the destruction of four million
animals of all ages, and money loss of more
than $20,000,000. One-ffth of the reported
loss occurs in Illinois, while Missouri. Iowa
and Indiana together lose $40, 100000. Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have
nearly as large percentage of loss in numbers,
aggregating in value a million and a half
dollars. 1t is reported the losses are very
small in New England.
The Cuban Cause.
A.. Major Gen. Sauguily of the Cuban army is
here in the interest of the Cuban cause BE
HAS private MILITARY COumSSlOQ TO procure
aid for the Cubans. He has been in the field
eight years. He gives interesting information
as to the liberal army; he claims that it
amounts to 1900 well armsd and we'll dis.
ciplined men, and that if there were arms
three times that number could be raised. The
numbered 100000. Twelve thousand Spaniards
are in hospitals with yellow fever ami epidemic
diseases. The Spanish government in Cuba is
financially embarrassed. Until recently every
Cuban soldier captured was killed.
Especial to the Boston Journall
The Administration and the Chisholm
Tragedy.
The dispatches heretofore published gave an
Implied denial of the statement that a letter is
being prepared by the administration express
ing its views to Gov. Stone upon the subject of
the Chisholm butchery. The denial is that the
matter has never been considered in the
Cabinet. This may be true, but Mr.. Eyarts
himself was the authority for the original des-
patch, and his statement to friend was that
he had letter to Gov. Stone on this subject in
course of preparation.
Various Matters.
The President Secretary McCrary and sew
eral other members of the Cabinet will attend
the Decoration ceremonies at Arlington Gene
terry to morrow.
Detailed reports of encounters with illicit
distillers in Virginia and West Virginia show
that they are desperadoes who use all their
efforts to kill the officers, but the pluck of the
United States officers aided by good citizens,
has enabled them to break up several distiller-
les and make some extensive captures.
TheISecretary Of the Navy has decided that
contracts shall now be made for every article
used by the Navy Department, aud these con.
tracts shall in every instance be awarded as the
result of competitive bids.
Whittemore of South Carolina is said to
have left the state in consequence of the legis-
lative investigation, and to have returned to
Massachusetts,