The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-11
E'taEs ssH8tssA4 rlssNiaasts.
1Ae Usual FsFpetsa.fan ef AHwlsaH Acts
sy Mexican MaysEutGaaaats.

EAe Usual EsFnftyntfatt rf AHwtRaH Acts
ay Mexican HavsautGeatats.
A gentleman from Natamofpa, who
hhs for some time past baeH doing busis
ness near New Laredo. MeKiuo. gives
extremely aiseoutagihg accounts OF
affairs down there.
Describing the scenes OF laWlessneas
end bluudsheI that have Ia rapid st1es
essslen afflicted tho Mexican ffsntief
opposite Texas, eur informant says that
when the revolution s6Hmeaeea there
drunken scamp named Pedro Arrioia,
pronounced Ia company with six pt
seven others OF tile saiae stripe. The
act was sonsummated In bread day
light, and on the following morning
the number of the pronunciation
had increased to thirty. five. DuriMg the
succeeding night they entered the houses
and teek from thence all ths arms and
ammunition they could nhd. In three
or four days aftarward the rsvelntions
ists numbered sixty men. all mounted
and tolsrably well armed. They then
thought that Ii was time 10 commences
the. work OF imposing ferosd leans.
H." said the gentleman above. cited,
was put devn for $500. but paid only
aao." seme residents OF Laredo had To
About eight daea after they fret took
the field the revelutisnists left for Lam.
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Pedro Nafanio. They had hardly got
seven leagues from the town whsn
strong detachment OF government
| troops. under the command OF Colonel
| OfaunHg. met them unexpectedly, and
In the action which followed they we're
completely routed. Many OF the rebels
reappearsa the neat day 1T Laredo, but
OH the Texas side Of the lilo arande,
not having then with them either horses
or arms. and some OF their number had
even lost their hats. Draones then
| marched Into the town,
When tho fret outbreak of tho rava=
luton had destroyed the confidence of
psneeanhlaing citizens, many crossed
the river from Laredo to the Texas side,
| some OF them have since returned. but
others still remain there.
Ofaoneg remained Tor some days al
| Laredo. and "things were fixed APP
He resestsbishea tie legal authorities
| In power. and then marched for Non
tefey. Since March iast until the end
Of November several actions Of minor
Importance were fought La aud about
| Laredo. the rsvolutioniHtE having taken
| the town twIee hy assault. On each ai
these occasions both parties fought well
and manfully. both suffering heavy
losses In proportion to the number on.
gagged
Before the outbreak Of the revolution
Laredo was progressing rapidly. the
spirit OF advanesm ent seemed 60 per.
wade all classes. New the town wsarH
the aspect OF o graveyard In fact the
whole frontier Of Mexico ID In u ruinoHs
condition. aud the interior OF the eoun.
try cannot be much better off. Revelus
| HnE rf3iR ,trst hat Il
financially and morally.
II ID not thought that DiHz can hold
on to the Presidency now that he has
IL obtained through fraud and treaeh.
cry. Quiroga was shot for doing hia
duty aa d soldier. He sustained Israe
as the legitimate Chief Magistrate oil
the nation. After Lefdo had fled the
country and IgleBias was proclaimed
presidsue by the revelutionists. aener.
ais Palaoios and Quirega turned over tt
General Tfevino tho troops under theit
command. receiving guarantee OF pro
lection By the last named officer.
Quiroga. relying upon the word oi
TreVlno. went to the formers ''ranoh. :
but few days afterward he was arrest.
ed, tried and shot.
Diaz.. after taking Mexico, declared
himself President and got the other
revolutionary chiefs to recognize him
aa such.
| Along the Mexican side OF the from.
tier there u hardly any news from the
interior. Trevino and Naranjo are said
to be In Durango. The people OF tht
frontier hoped that they would see nc
more revolutions. everybody thought
that the risings OF 1870 aud In 1877
would be the last. Nov, old and expe
rieneed men incline TO the belief thai
Mexico, as q nation, will never be free
from these periodical social outbreaks
The people appear TO be unable to live
peaeeably like the citizens OF othel
lands or to do what IL right and honest
country except annexation to tht
United States or u protaetorate. Either
must inevitably come about sooner o.
later, the sooner the better.