Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23

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past lew days has been somewhat slim
uiated by the reported decision of the
President and Cabinet to at once notify
the Mexican Government that recur-
renee of the cattle stealing expeditions
of its citizens across the Rio Grande
into Texas would be regarded as @ suf
ficient provocation for ordering Gen.
Ord to pursue them across the frontier
and to continue the chase until the
marauders were severely punished.
Saturday evening the Star gave pub
Iicity to good many rumors heard
here during the two or three preced-
ing days, relative to the organization
Of fllibustering expedition, having
for its objective point the State of
Sonora and the subversion of its pres
ent government. The Republican Of
this morning devotes nearly column
to the subject, and from these sources
and common report have been able
to pick up the following particulars: !:
It is understood that the movement
has the sanction of the exiled Presi-
dent Lerdo, now in this city, and may
be under his personal supervision.
Several hundred thousand dollars are
said to be pledged by capitalists of San
Francisco, Philadel phia and New
York. Eighteen hundred volunteers
are also asserted to have signed the
rolls which it is proposed to increase to
three thousand. General Vaughan
Thomas, one of the members of the
Waeker's Nicaragua Expedition, and
who seized and held the city of Gau.
tamala for two years, is one of the
leading spirits and is also here. Jas.
D. Postcn, Gen Frank Armstrong an d
Gen. Joe Shelby, the two latter ex-
confederates, are also prominently
named as the probable commanders of
the three columns into which it is to
be divided at starting. One of these
is to 60 by water from San Francisco,
one from Ell Paso and the other from
the present terminus of the Southern
Pacific Railroad; these are to unite ac-
cording to report somewhere in Sonora,
which State strongly sympathises With
Lerdo, and desires his reinstatement.
When a junction shall have been
formed it is said to be the intention to
place Lerdo at the head of the expe-
ditlon and to proceed as far toward the
Mexican capital as the sentiment Of
of the Mexican people appear to jus.
tify There is no doubt that the lead
crs have attempted to secure promise
from Mr.. Evarts that he would not
interfere, as upon such promise, it il
felt, depends very largely the fate o1
the enterprise Mr.. Lerdo is the only
President of Mexico recognized by this
Governme ut, and it continues to trea,
with Mr.. Marischal, his Minister, as
though there had been no successful
revolution. At the same time it has
been obliged to hold semi-offic icial 1ela
tions with the de facto President Diaz
From the reported statements Of AS
sistant Secretary Of State Seward il
would seem to be the purpose of tha,
i Department to observe all internationa
obligations; but at the same time he
pretty clearl y indicates how the mana
gers can proceed without incurring any
danger Of interference from our Gov.
ernment. It is freely alleged that the
privilege of pushing our Southern
frontier southwark to any reasonable
limit has been offered as an inducement
to non-intervention.
Mr.. Douglass succeeded in making
the portion of our citizens who pride
themselves on being known as ''old
Washingtonians" very mad by his
rather humorous lecture on Washing
ton, delivered before Baltimore au.
dience few evenings ago, and acting
upon the impulse Of the moment, pc.
titions were at once circulated and nu
merously signed for his incontinent
decapitation without the benefit of
prayers and clergy. But his letter in
explanation has had the effect to make
many of these impulsive people very
much ashamed of their precipitancy
What he said in disparagement oil
Washington was mainly with reference