Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-27
TROUBLES IN SONORA.
Two Accounts Of the Matters that ire Troub- ling the American Companies 4 Wide Chasm Of Differences.


 Mr. 4. M. Ellsworth, late superinten- dent of the Caborca Mining Company, has been in the city for the past week. He completed the company's mill and got it in good running order before re- signing his position.
 From a conversation with the gentle man 1t is learned that trouble is brew ing in Sonora between the authorities and the American mining companies. A scheme Is said to exist among some Of the State officers and few private citi- zens. to use the power vested IL them to ! intimidate the American companies with a view to blackmailing them. It Is said that Gov. Ortiz usurps the preroga- tive of a petty tyrant, even to the extent of expunging from the court records civil suits that have been entered there in and the imprisonment of witnesses against his interests The denounce- ment of the Santa Fehcita mines | through unwarrantable technicalities, and the refusal of the Governor, and the | civil courts through his express orders, to determine the rights of the respective ! claimants, are cited as part of the meth ] ods adopted for wholesale robbery. The compromise of the CabOrca company ] with Borauez & Garcia in the face of l their deed to all interests they held therein, is stated to be a case of pure l blackmail and resulted in mulcting the company in the sum of S6O00 cash. The assault on Senor Leopoldo Valencia, 1t s reported, was occasiOned by his having acted as an attorney for the, American companies and the, e.a3,'s:equent deterni- tion of the authorities to crush or kill him.
 SQnplaints like these are becoming Tvery frequent, and are not confined to the vicinity of Caborca. Others who have invested in Sonora properties have felt the iron heel of the despotic officials and confirm the tales of oppression that reach this city. It Is having the effect of restraining Americans from rashly ln- yesting their money there, and will re- tarl the developments of that country to an incalculable extent.
 THE OTHER SIDE.
 ALTAR, SONORA, November 13.-I have read in some of the newspapers accounts of the insecurity of American capital, when the question was raised concern ing the rights of nations.
 IL is simply libelous and vicious to publish such falsehoods about the whole country in such reckless manner, and causes i'll feelings where there !s no need of it.
 In this manner any small-witted scoundrel with a tendency for printers ink, can do irreparable harm by making the MeXicans hs enemies and creating bad blood against hls own cOuntrymen in Sonora.
 The dispute between the Caborca Mining Company and Borquez x Garcia was a matter between themselves, and was a thing that would spring up in any country. It was not of such magnitude as to bring a vindicatOr in the shape of newspaper, nor was 1t the business of third party to meddle or talk about in- ternational questions without substan- tial information.
 1 have no desire to go into the details of the difficulty between the parties, for l that IS not my business, but the affair Of | the Court here. So far as the matter of the Caborca company of Juarez is con cerned, that has been amicably arranged and the cause of the quarrel, l blush to say, was an American, the former super intendent of the company.
 MT. Ellsworth might have been a gen jus or poet, or most anything else, but l don't think he could ever be q gentle man. He had an unpleasant way of mentioning 1t, whether fact or not, that | the mother of anyone who happened to | disagree with him was of the canine species. Now if the Mexican is proud of anything it Is his pedigree, and an as sertion of such an ignOble ancestor was particularly insulting.
 This, of course, was the primary cause of bad feeling, but was followed by vio- lent language, incorporate acts, and breaking of contracts as published ln | the CITIZEN from Mr. NelascO's inter | vlew, which Is substantially correct so | far as MT. V's knowledge of the affair goes.
 In regard to the pending case between | the same firm and tEe Caborca company of Caborca, l will say nothing, because 1t Is in the hands of the proper authori- | ties and according to my understanding | Is discOurteous to comment before the | conclusion. l will say, however, that 1t is question of two strong sides and a good deal to say on each. | Whether Borquez and Garcia ran the l Governor or not l can't say, but 1t may | be true and that they draw his salary and give him per cent, but l am not one of the nosing kind to investigate peoples household affairs, and am, H. consequence, sadly ignorant op that point.
 Concerning the assertion that the Perito or mining judge Is partial or dis cilminatlns l his findings, I am glad to say that such Is not at all the case. l l have known him intimately for some months and known Tn all cases that he | performed work for Americans and Mex jeans with the sole desire of following the law and doing right.
 l Everybody in the district appears to | be contented and doing well. There Is less violence and lswlessness than most | any community of the same population, | I venture to say, in the Territory. The only foreigner who has met violent | death for years was Frederick Valentine, murdered last week on the Llanos road. He was highly respected by all, and was | followed to his grave and last respects | paid in a beftting manner. One of the murderers is in jail, and when the others are secured will all be shot in a proper way.
 The Sombreretillo and San Juan country is attracting great deal of at | tentiou. Three. mills will be in opera tion soon. Very truly, H. l