Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
DISPATCHES.

OAIhiAohk, Jan. S.-MUnfg0mery
biair's performance in the Marylanc
Legislature fails 70 make any very deer
impression here, and the vote by which
his memorial Was thrnst aside is Cot re
garded as arguing we'll for his election
to the United States Senate. Most peo.
pie think he has gone ont of his way tc
make himself ridiculodis. The Demo.
cratic newspaper at Washington, whlet
aspires to be an organ, pokes fun al
Montgomery.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 1l.-On Tues.
day night negro named Rice was taker
out of Jail in st. Francirville: Wes,
Feliciana, and habged by a party ol
white men. Rice was charged with the
killing Of Tom West, the Democratic
candidate for Sheriff, few davs before
the election in November, 1876. He
fed so Pointe Coupee, but recently gave
himself up and vas lodged in jail a,
st. Francisville.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. I1.-fnformation
has been received here of serious rail-
road accident on the Northwestern road
in Tennessee, near Waverly Station,
yesterday. An entire train, composed
of one sleeper, two coaches and a smok
ing car, was thrown off the track, and
every passenger considerably bruised
and otherwise injured.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. l3.-A dispatch
from Houston, Texas, says Governor
Hubbard has written a three column
letter to President Hayes on border
affairs. He goes into the details of the
causes Of the Mexican raids, and gives
q history of the same for the last twen-
ty years, including Cortina's capture OF
Brownsville in 1859. The Governors e
specific charges are: First, it has been
depredatory war; second, that Gus
tom houses taken and robbed. post Off
ces robbed and burned, hundreds of cit
izens killed and some tortured WI iIliam
McMahon, for instance, had his legs
cut off and was forced to walk on the
stumps); Murdock was chained, a har-
row placed on him and he was burned
while 10 bis own honse within five miles
of Corpus Christi women have been
made prisoners and subjected to treat
ment too horrible to mention; third,
millions of dollars worth of property
have been taken from Texas owners,
carried into Mexico, and sold in public
markets fourth, Mexico has furnished
an asylum for the robbers and a place
OF deposit for their stolen goods; fifth,
the Mexican government has been noti
he'd many times by ours of the exist
ence of these evils, but she has not re :
strained her citizens, and she refuses
to permit the United States to break
up the hostile bands which commit the
atrocities, aud has declared an attempt
to do so cause for war sixth, she has
refused to execute the extraditlon treaty
not surrendering raiders, who were
themselves enemies of mankind by
breaking Jail Of Starr county, releasing
prisoners therefrOm and mortally wound
ing our peace officers, and by turning
loose fugitives under Indictment for
murder In Texas and regularly demand
ed BY our Commissioner of Extradltion;
seventh, she has afforded an asylum to
Indians and permitted them to use her
territory to set on foot expeditions to
invade the territory of the United
States and to wage savage warfare upon
the people of Texas, including within
its scope every age and sex; children
have been captured in Texas. carried
into Mexico and held as slaves. Gov
ernor Hubbard asserts that Texas does
MT want war, but simply protection
from Mexican violence. He charges
that the San 'Elizario mobs, who shot
Howard, VI Bride and Atkinson to death,
were composed largely of Mexican citi-
zens. lie says Mexico should make
amends for the crimes committed by
her citizens.