The New York herald., 1878-08-24
NJ E x ICO.
A Generals Designs on the United States
Minister'S Window Panes.
A SECRETARY'S VIEWS.
COrtinas and Diaz Put Their
Heads Together.

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CRY MEXICO, August 3, 1878.
Little strsws show which way the wind blows, and
our atmosphere is alled with little straws On the
evening Of August wild rumors ran
and invaded every household That day aud tho mel
was 10 the walls OF The national palace a
large bulletin board, which tue following ap-
peal signed by the president the influential
political club IN this county,
TO ARMS, PEoPLEi
Long live the Republic! Death TO traitors and TO
Lerdol
Last night the government received q telegram,
The American government has dismissed our Mn
lister and consuis. The enemies OF our nationality
omit nothing 10 deliver US. bound hand and foot 10
Angio-American ambition. To arms, people! DO not
allow those
MISERABLE cowARDs OF al
10 iniimidate u.s. hey Will una IN every good Mexi
can u ving brsastwork against which they will shat
our plains, our mines Wen, we win let them have
them. But the forests shall be oil anccs the metals,
bullets aud the plains their buryin grounds Come
on, VINO insult by your talk OF civilization and
proRresscome TO rob US OF our liberty and boast oi
your strength. Wewill spit in your faces and cover
you with lnlamy. The whole country shall be
verted into one encampment; no other NOISE than
that OF must be heard, other cries than
"Long live Mexico" This club requests that an I'M
mediate advance be made. TlMOrEO CORES.
GENERAL DENIALs
The government Official paper OF the same evening
denies that such a telegram had been received, yet
the bulletin board allowed to hang the palace
walls, almost under the of D.az and
his Cabinet, till next day, to be read and
admired by thousands OF men. who made
pilgrimage from the most distant parts OF the city,
by It's reading 10 nre their patriotic hearts. This
morning similar shIngie its place, but by the
time arrived there some government Official had
blurred the chalk marks that had become illeg-
Bile. All could 'sCitizens-force by force
asms-arms-arms."
AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW.
On the afternoon OIL August 2 took the liberty to
call the Secretary OF War; General Gonzalez In the
name Of the HERALD TO sound him the question.
Mr. Gonzalez Is oue-armsd veteran. native OF Mat
amoros and cannot help sharing the violent prcJu-
dice against Americans, which seems 70 be the
one point on which all tho Mexcans OF the frontier
sgree. But he received your reporter very a1abiy,
and to my questions had the Kindness give the
lowing answers
REPoRrER-General, what do you think OF the pres
ems state OF affairs between countresy
SEcRkrARv OF WAR-Wel. that Is somewhat diff
cult 10 say however, have apprehensons OF IN
mediate trouble. must state, though, that l think
the United States unreasonable in insisting on our
preventing all the Indians from crossing into their
territory, the United States themselves hsyc shown
that they unable TO prevent wilfaliy
less in allowing EscobedO and his cross into
Mexico with tho avowed intention of shedding blood.
REPoKrER-Are you not Just embarrassed by
revolutions In The interior?
SECRETARY oY WAR-Not at all All Is now quiet.
Escooedo Cara, &c, are permanently disabled from
doing any further harm, and three OF troops
are bounding The defeated Martinez In San LUIS, Al
other points not sign Of trouble IS perceptible.
ACTIVITY CONGRATULATED.
RxPoRTKR-General, why do you not have the raid
Ing Indians removed from the frontier, which would
xvislr raido
the motive lor sroops follow them Mexican
territory?
SECRETARY wAR-woll, We are thinking of COM
mencng an active campaign against them so soon as
ali the trouble In the Interior shall be settled Just
before he told me there signs trouble
In The interior) We have already captured some Of
tbs LiDans and they being brought here. (rhese
'some" consist Of Twelve men, women and childron.
REpoRrER-How many troops have you now on the
frontier of I he Rio GrandeY
SEcRErARY OF wAR-In the states Of Nuevo Leon,
Tamauiipas and Coahuia have g. 900. They are
not exactly right on the frontier, bu. scattered
throughout those three States
wATKR.
REPoRrER-But why does no: this government
send one or Two thousand Of these soldiers to that
part OF the frontier whence these raids originates
SEcsErARr OF WAR-Bscause tho district is barren
Of Iced and water. Did not Colonel Mackenzie him.
self find that be could not 1--we there any longer than
forty-cight hours for want oi waterY
kEroRrsK-in case, General, tnat our troops cross
aga,u IN pursuit o; thieves aud murderers have you
AmerIcapsf
rhe secretary began to skrmlsh around the ques.
only week ago haa himself told mo that such orders
existed he SIMPLY shrugged MS shoulders.
hkrohTkK-wnat nas been done with the Mexican
ago, on scout IN Mexican terriIoryY remember no
was placed under arrest
SuCu np Va I'll wall uott,I
has bses subjected toa preliminary court of nquiry
but he has not yet been brought TO trial.
REPoRrER--lt is reported that within two weeks
past nave sent three to four thousand troops from
this city TO tue frontier. For what oDJectl
SECRETARY OF WAR-Nos particle OF truth exists
In the rumor.
REroKrKR-what do your people mean by hanging
out iunanmatory bulletins us si yester.
day almost under The windows OF the office where
now sug
SECRETARY OF WAK-That is an III advised act. per-
pstraed Oy political agi ators who inimical
existing government Means have already been taken
10 punfsh the authors Of the 'Ca to Arms" Moth
ing OF sucn means heard IRON, and tho oiiow-
ing day (August 81 another CALL fiery bombas-
Tic, hung IN the pace OF Tue iormer)
RSPoRrRR-General 1 have heard that you have
sEcssrAsY OF WAR-Our present army numbers
from iorty thousand to nily thousand. NO occasion
exists at present ior calling out more IL Is misor-
tune that We must have one so large that
kEPoRTEK-What do you Intena 10 do with the
tive Essobedor
have nm tried before general court martial at Mon
terey. wnerc he Is prisoner now WHAT his sentence
will be have no idea.
nuhs POLICY.
Being convinced that nothing about the actual state
oil anaIr either In the Interior the frontier
o the course oi action decided on TO be gotten
out OF the Honorable Secretary of War 4 kindly |
thanked him IN the name OF the HERALD aud TOOK my
leave. The impression remains with me tnat kept
back many most interesting items both regarding In
terror troubles and dispositions taken active
fence ~ case OF an American Invasion. IL ~ certain
That by degrees considerable 1orcs Is masscd
al or about San Luis, which place will be the
bases OF operations VIXEN the with the United
States shall come
The that General Con zales Ia to be relieved
from the War Mtnlrtry 10 be sep in com mn nd ~ ,ns