The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-13

| proUStcu against thc use OF the army IN inc
South as an infringement of state rights.
Next appears Col. ANDREWS, who gives a
somewhat different version Of the affair In
these words:
Fopr DAVIS Texas, Oct 4. 1877.
Ab"sft c,ne,a, Dtoria,,af,J rIa.i
Requested by Judge BLacKtn ~ send the following.
The Mexican population III raso county have
pn seized alt the ,i,ii authorities Judges How Ann aud
McRRnr and hold all OF them prisoners under guard and
~ Jail Rioters number about hundred under arms
Have scouts aud pckets out and scntncs posted
tohc wen organized. All the Americans in the county
numbering about thirty. in peril OF their lives No Amcr
can - allowed to communicate with the prisoners The
rioters cNpocuns aid from volunteers from Mexican
SIDE ut Rio Granle The trouble from ZsrttxrS hav ng
located th, salt lakes and through HOWARD prohibited
getting salt without PERMISSION Later The shcrn has
ESCAPED col lluru scNpcctod in VI Paso The call Is
for a" least two companies. with artillery. have this
| most all told one hundred and twenty three fighting
| ncn. think Locus CAepn Is bchind all
| "a l.. ANDREWS. Colonel Commanding
The mob had now risen to four hundred
by telegraph aud the call for troops in
creased in proportion. In this crisis. Gen
ORD could not be silent He came ~ the
front. in warikc despatch OF the same
date as the foregoing as follows
Telegram
Forr Lt.vtNwoHtu. Kansas oct T. 1877
AVisiaf dfst,tG,n,r Hctkq tirts Maikirg Df..n NJ.
ot1. ,y,ogo
! Following received by telegraph from Gen Gun
Gen u. e LUpLow. banker. Austin reliable Union
officer rl,praphs that Just received telegram kiaap
py .d, Nv fs mp,ei s,Iosla. Of CuAsL.s How
AHn. American gentleman, who taken to EliSa.
no di.atmcl. aud kept there under guard four hour-
| uowAHp wa. formerly District judge OF III ra.o Al
have troops than Fort Davis send this for your
/ action and have ~ answered.
"oRp Brsadicr General"
When these kilograms were brought to
the notice of Gen. SHERIDAN he ordered
Lieut.. RucKER, who had given the original
Information, 60 20 to san Elizario, and make
"a report on the ease: but that officer had
already started to verify his own statement,
having evidently discovered it's gross cxag-
gcration of the real truth. and its distortion
of the actual facts. Here IL AN extract from
that report, written two days after his first
telegram, and ON the very day when ORD
ANDREWS, and others were startling the
War Once with fiery dcspa tchcs:
Ell rAso, Texas oct 4. 1877.
SIR Ihave The honor report that IN order to SATISFY
my sell concerning the that constantly
being received here relative H. the not At san El,,ro
visited fseia and started for San Esaro yesterday In
company with citizen. on our arrival in Yslet, we
were advised by the citizens not ~ proceed further
the rioters greatly and had To
Mil the Americans, that arrival there would cause
cdcath Judge HOWARD whom they still held prisoner
Being anNious To learn he exact affairs that nv
reports might be authentic proceeded under the pro
eeu"n % Their priest CA our arriving The outskirts
OF san hhA'rio We met party fa,sty ar.,f A,l,a,
escorung Judge HoWARp to place safety IiowAAn
and the priest who with him "A, tcd me not Ia 20
any iurth"r as our ilNcs would be- Az danger Acunr
tins advice. returned Ysiota and thence TO this
riace. bringing judec llowMn will. US The mot here
comne,d the County Judge and Justices the Peace To
-laftd 1ll.t IA
Of his signing papers to the effect that he would not prose
cute any Of the rioters giving them the free Us. ct salt
'"A's ana 'h" lac would leave the county forever within
t~cnyiour hours am convinced from what | could
hear AZ f-l,ta and what | the mob that every
Aner,an IN the county would have been Killed had
MT their terms IN lIowAEns case been complied with
"f Hf 100 Ger f'fv nr-si hsnrts'. but gf,,i that
they numbered about three hundred aud nuy
ANA satisfei from personal obse atom that .f.
9n"y' "'',~~i's hs to protect hi. and property ami
htrNe that IN ease ht a,1 ut ,ta.i ~ ass. te
HI"n' Will either Kill or drive every American cut vt
the country
'ers respectfully Your obedcnt servant
l. II RucKFR.
First Lieutenant r. . NJ. ninth cavalry
Acting Assistant Al utsnt General. District Of New
Nc Nieo. santa lie, New M.Aico
Subsequently. on the nth Of October he
made a second report, in obedience a. the
order of Gen. SHERIDAN, passages Of which
are worthy of notice ~ giving n very diff
fer"nt impression from the other. Here are
the most important parts Of it:
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after a rar,t,n .,i,,,..,, f,.t co., , o., g., t,
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In'~ aAe- have generations teen considered public
'"'l', "iA ""'h 'h'" crops imled It has o'cn Gus
al, a., 49,, r'', W., 'LA' 1,, '"" o'
..uns since 1t. location tcy nota.t h, tho
oompanSs ssent here. e II now,Rp. not to take any
sax without ms PERMISSION Benz very ignorant they
o,.o,.,.,.n,. '' '"'' "'' ''''''' " WIS means
Inm, opinion tie i.,..is. oo...., o,,.,.,. ,.,..
oa'r VII lioW,ap rft,a N.f,,4. , %, .oh o,hq aoan
"h" "'' o""Nf'"f ''nt'H 90 g''s 'nt'i'' a'r,y 'gei
XXX. .,,....., ~ ', ~ '"''"'' ,'f'p 'h lh''
resisted the local c,,l o,,tho,it,. ,,., r,.,,,,
general riot wall here state IRON rci,hi, Information
that several person. OF intelligence living tins county
az ',,. '"s N''"""' 'h.' 'he lakes were pubic