The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-05-25


all sorts of statements and conjectures
as to the alleged secret purpose and in
teutions ascribed to the United States
in connection with the enterprise,
prominent among which is the boast
of the filibusters that Lerdo has an un-
Outstanding with our government and |
purchased a promise Of ITS non-interier- |
ence by an agreement to rectify the Rio !
Grande border of Texas suitably to our
notions of what should be the dividing
line in that region, not to speak of re-
moter regulations looking to the cession
of Lower California if not Sonora and a
part of chihuahua. This part Of the
programme is all in allegiance, however,
for the Lertlo movement would meet
doubtless with less encouragement at
home were it undertaken with the
avowed purpose of surrendering any
portion Of the territory OF Mexico. The
fflibusters say this is a matter for the
Mexicans to settle among themselves
after they have achieved their expected
object of restoring Lertlo to the Presi-
dency.a.ii.5 " f.u,...... fl. .-.- -0as
WHAT THE EXPED1TIONAIM AT.
Meantime the more immediate aud
important concern of the public just
now is with the fact, of which there is
no doubt, that a tiiibustering expedition
IL OH lOOVs Sulo1uS Vi WllStU Hrs
been stated, its object is believed to he
the annexation to the United States of
all that portion of Mexico lying north
of Il limo drawn from the mouth of the
Rio Grande to San Bias, on the Pacific
coast. 1t has assumed definite shape
and consistency, and is now almost
ready to enter Northern Mexico from
several different directions. The expe-
dition, though having tho same desti-
nation in tho main as that which came
to grief two years ago for lack of funds,
is not by any means u revival. Of it.
A great many Of those who filled to
accomplish their desires then are en-
rolled and hold high positions in the
present organization, but to them is
added some Of the strongest financial
men of the Pacific coast, and these last
have had tho selection OF commanding
officers and the fixing up of the plan of
campaign. They would not put in
their money without being allowed
this privilege of naming the leaders Of
the expedition. .t..
Immediately upon his arrival in the
United States in December of last year,
ex-President IIerdo, who had just been
compelled to fly from Mexico by the
combined treachery of Iglesias and the
proves of Diaz, was approached upon
the subject of the expedition and in
vited to give it his sanction. or course
nothing was said to him then, nor has
anything since been said to him, of the
real object Of the expedition, which is
the acquisition Of Mexican territory
Nor is he now committed, SO it is said,
in any way to permit Americans to
permanently occupy the land and rule
it. But he WAS given assurances that
il he desired to be reinstnted in the
Presidency of Mexico. men of both
financial and military standing would
soon raise an army composed of ex-
Union and eX-Confederate soldiers suffi-
Gent to accomplish 1t. The assurances
being satisfactory, the originators were
told to go ahead and perfect their plans,
and already as many us 1900 mon are
enlisted i'll San Francisco alone. The
plan OF the expedition, so far as it is
disclosed by one of the fiiibusters, in
wolves only force OF 5000 men to start
with. One thousand of these are to sail
from San Francisco and undertake the
capture OF Guayamas, in Sonora, the
finest harbOr on the Mexican coast, and
500 are to rendezvous ut Fort Yuma or
Arizona City, the present terminus of
the Southern Pacific railroad. These
Two columns are deemed sufficient for
the captlrefof the State of Sonora. An
other thousaasA are to enter Mexico by
way OF Eagle Pass, and 500 are to in
wade chihuahua from Ell Paso.
~ MEXICO UNPREPAREp.
IL is we'll known that the Mexican
government have scarcely 500 national
troops OF all arms in the parts of the
country proposed to I've invaded, and II
Is not doubted that, even without any
assistance from native Mexicans OBJ
posed tobiax, thei3OOO troops proyidet]
for in the plan would be able to take
and hold all of Northern Mexic6. and
probably march into the city of Mexico
itself. niaI s-'1F :.
THE LEADING SPIRIT.
One of the leading military spirits, i
not the General commanding the pro
posed expedition, is Gen. Vaucha,
Thomas, who is quite we'll known t,
fame as the youngest member of Walk
er's Nicaragua expedition. He is tn
same. Gen. Thomas who, long after
wards. at the head of less than ,n