Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-12
The siinatinn in Snnora.

,rsl Carbo. itis not well known what vas the commencement of the trouble, put a series of mutual petty retalia- ions led Ortiz, after Carbo's departure and when General Bernardo Reyes had assumed the command of the division, .o withdraw from the Stale forces which mad hitherto been at the disposal of the federal General, in order to place them under the order of Ihe projects of the I several districts RumOrs of Impend- | ing trouble then became very prevalent | The Governor next proceeded to call | out the whole National Guaid, noml- [ hated lots Ut officers and began to arm 1 his troops with Remingtons of an Im- | proved pattern, as well as to dress them | iu uniform clothes. these clothes con- | sisted for the cavalry, Of red shirts, and ! for the infantry of blue shirts and pantaloODs of the overall pattern. These troops were ostensibly collected for the purpose of attacking the 1aquls and Mayos, under the leadership Of Csleme, the chef of these rebel tribes, but ID re- ality to present a resolute front against { federal General and his troops.
 The position was anRmOlOus-each of the party commanders claimed to be acting under instructions from Mexico, but as the were pulling in diametrically opposite directions it IS evident that one of the two was not acting fairly. Who 1t was that was ID the wrong is not known, but 1t cannot be denied that Governor Ortiz has on many occasions shown himself to be headstrOng and fond Of power, even to excess of his constitutional rights.
 IL IS certain, however, that Governor Ortiz, though unwilling to give in to Reyes reclamation, and place the Ma tiOnal troops at his disposal, had no thought of making an attack upon his opponent. Whether he was right or wrong, or sustained, as he claimed, by tine President, this would have been cer- tain perditiOn to him, and for that reason, though steadily following the policy which he had made his OTn, be carefully abstained from anything which m ght have brought on a con fiict
 Sometime in the earlier part of October, HermOsillO was no longer deemed safe by Ortiz and he suddenly made his appearance in GuRymas with about one hundred and nifty men, well armed and equipped, with whom he proceeded to occupy the house which lad been rented for him and his officers and the Legislature of the State.
 On tine other hand hIs political enemies had not been idle and had put in the field good many men, who by permission of 'h. federal commander, were styled federal auxlliarles and were under the order of an officer of tn g regulars. While O-,iz and hls troops remained intrenched in the Govern ment house, these auXiliaries as well as te soldiers of the Sixth Battalion of the line patrolled the streets ni ht after night and invested the federal | buildings SO that after while 1t looked | as fl the Governor was besieged and ' could not leave with his men without ! giving battle. It is a matter of fact ! that Colonel Garcia ID obeying
 superior orders, did 1t in a most digni- l fed way, allowing nothing disorGerly to
 take place. Unfortunately the auxi-
 haries were not disciplined and made
 night hideOus many times with thelI
 cries and by burning ire-crackers.
 The first serious incident which hap
 peued W as the killing of the Governor
 body servant by these auxllIaries, whc
 shot the man at noon on the l6th Oi
 last month. He was a corporal of the
 regulars who had been leaned to Ort1 by Colonel Garcia before the com
 mencement of the troubles. COlODe
 Garcia had ordered him to Oe brought
 back to his corps, and seeing him past
 iu the street, the auxiliary patrol tOlC
 him to follow them and give up hli
 weapons. This he refused tO do ana
 had just laid his haLd upon his reVolve presumably ts draw 1t ID defence, wheI
 he was shot dead. Colonel Garcia ex
 pressed much indignation at this ac
 and the soldier who committed 1t wa
 .s- ,-,,... -...4a s.s.lNo.- lrr Is1TcheVed ina
 the good cOunsels which the Governo
 received at that moment from his ad
 visers prevented conflict.
 The emissarles of Ortiz political enc
 mics meanwhile were tHmperinV will
 hIs officers and were gradually caIuinl
 them over to their side, from Ortiz. Tn,
 Governors position was getting nor,
 unbearable every day and funds, the
 slnews of war, became exhausted. Tn,
 Chambers upon his suggestion made {
 law ordering the collection of forced
 contribution of S30,0OO,the half of whicf
 was to be paid by the cities of Guay
 mas end nermosIllO. The enemies oi the Governor were mulcted out of all
 proportion to their income or that of the
 other people Tn their town. Then rouse
 an howl of execratIOn and the people re.
 fused to pay.
 Ortiz could remain no longer in Guay.
 mas, and making secret preparations, | was of agaln, as he had come, like a comet.
 ! If he had taken all his troops with [ him he might have held out somewhat ! longer, but be left with a guard sf but 40 men. As soon as he was gone the re- malnder of hls troops under Manuel Garcia, Commander of Cavalry, pro nounced agaInst him and going to the federal barracks lad down their arms This SO incensed D. Carlos Randall, a Captain on the Governor's staff that he went in hot haste to the cuarteI and there rouudly denounced the pronunci- atOrs as traitors and towards. Thanks to the forbearaace of Col. Garcia, the hOt-headed youth was allowed to return with reproof and lost no time in join ing the Governor and his staff.
 The State troops who had gone over with Manuel GarcIa were then formally accepted as auxiliaries and the revOlu- tion virtually ended ID Guaymas. That night, however, a Lieutenant of Ortlz's infantry was shot from behind by soldier of an auxiliary patrol and killed, during drunken row m winch the Lieutenant had fist fired.
 In HermOsillO things had assumed threatening aspect as soon as 1t vas heard that the Governor was on hIs way back. He was met at night at the depot by au angry mob who erred "Muer- el tirano!' "AbaiO, Ortlz r' &c. Gen eral Reyes, as true a gentleman as ever lived, at once placed an escort of cav airy at the orders of his quondam ad- versary, which enabled him tO reach the Government House m safety. The next night, however, an irresponsible mob of about twenty individuals, led by a half . crazy youth from Guaymas, made an !. attack on the Governors house, riddl- ! ing 1t completely with bullets. They ! had just proceeded to break into the cor l rsl when, not needing Col Rincon's l warning to desIst. theIr leader was in l stantly killed by a shot through the | heart al the hands of the brave Colonel. 1 At this Iuncture. the Governor, finding hls power gone and his life at he l mercy of assassins. applied to the Leg islature for three months leave of ab- seDce, and the next day, accompanied . by faithful friends and escorted by a party of soldiers which General Reyes had cOurteously placed at his disposal to protect bis person, left HermOsilln for Arizona, on bis way to the city Of Mexico.
 It is sad, but this we do not vouch Tor, that-so bitter was the hatred of his political opponents,-a search was made for hIm on the train before ii reached Nogales and that 1t was only owing to his being dis uised on the lender that he escaped discovery.
 It was at first thought that martial