Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04

mothers own pantry u Mr.. SimOntOn
will announce Mfe. Chlsolms arrival
10 Warrington to-day. - Meridian
Mercury. -.
History Ofahe M PasO TroabTes.
SAn Antonio (TeE )CoFFespOn dsnce Of the
LhleagJ TFlL Lpne.l
About thirty years ego Judge Zim.
pelmABD, Of Austin, purchased from
be State OF T. xas Two Of the salt lakep
near San EliEario, and the third one
was purchased by Mr.. Maverick Of
San An Oni0. The SalI Is deposited In
these lakes by the water washing IL
from The adjacent bills, and as tho lakes
are dry nins months In the year, the
deposit, which ranges IN thickness from
one. halt df an Inch 10 loot and half,
can be Obtained without any other ef
fort than shOveling up and earring
awaV. The MexlcAnR and Indlans have
had the tree run" of these salt beds
Tor the past two hundred years, and Al
they are about nine hundred miles
from The frontier, they we're the only
dependence Of the dwellers In Chichi.
hauha and Northern Central Mexico "a
will as Western Texas and New Mex
leo.
Judge Howard was The con. n.in.law Of
Judge Zimpelmann, and while How
ard was on the bench In 81 PasO COun-
", his father. in.law requested him 10
look alter his interests, and collect Q
tax from those who appropriated bis
salt, and, TO make the thing effective,
he procured from Mr.. Maverick
lease Of hiS lake. Judge HOWaFd un-
dertOOk the work, but found Il an up.
hill business. owing 10 the opposition
Of one Cards, an Italian mel chant a
San EliEAriO, who had grudge agAins'
Howard, growing out OF . caniDg he
had given Cards year before, while
they we're members OF q Democratic
convention at Austin. Cards, who
was bent on revenge, but WAS
TOO cowAFdly 10 seek IL 10 9 manly
way, saw In this Salt business
his chance TO get even. 30 knew that
all the entire state Of Chichihsuha was
dependent on these lakes for ils sup
plies Of the saline commodity, aud, as
The Mexican teAmslers arrived with
their caTIs, be told ihrm Of this outrage
which Judge Howard proposed to i'm.
3 pose on them, and that they could 81
; once prepare 10 defend their sscred and
l. ny .ssIsblishsd rights. They wanted
Z UAli, aud wanted Il bad and, when
\ CardIs told them they had only TO kill
Howard aud sll would be plain sailing
for them, they heSiIAIed mol al such q
Ir a but "beeled" themselves aud in
formed The Judge that they had not 1
T cent for tribute, but millions for de
Tense and that be must leave the county
Now the Judge was "game," and haC
n no idea Of doing any thing Vt the sort
!. and when attacked By Cards and thre
!. companions, be promptly killed lh
"a Italian and wounded bis friends. Thu
n wanlOn act OF self defense 90 enTage
m he Mexican population Of Fl Pas
county aud their friends from The EOui
4. Aids OF lDe river, that they decided I
:. O. uld get biln. Th9 Judge placed him
1. self under the protection Of Mi. JODe'
of the State Militia, who, under order
}. from the Governor, based upon tie Ap
pIic4liOn OI the Sheriff, had marched
q with twenty mililiamen to that txposeu
o frontier post, which ia 750 miles dis
/. tant from The base If supplies or rein
If furcemenlG As the salt trains and cal
o Ile-stealers arrived from Mexico, the
Al we're Informed Of the situation, th
N weakness Of the State forces, aud lh
Ia nece+.ily Of decisive action. The neat
esl military post WAS at e PasO, twen
. ~ Eve miles away, but it was 10 GeI
: Pope's Department, and the officer i
" command had special instructions NO
!" tn meddle with Texas or Mexican mat
terra.
Feeling thus secure, the GreaseT
waited nutil their iOrces numbered bC
y tween 300 aud 400, aud then, pursuin
the tactic. Which we're adopted by Ihei
p. ancestors at the Alsmo In this plAc
they sUri Ounded The little squad {
ID State l. oOps, drove them into an adOb
house, ,,af,er killing five Of their nun
ID Der, aud then starved them out b
siege. During the whole affair not
re single Greas"r was reported killed O
wounded. Finally, the State troop
,e seeing that resistance meant death b
starvation, surrendered, and the merci
,e fnl scoundrelA killed only Judge How
ard, n, Bride aud Atkinson. VIII
m they did not kill the others 10 yet
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