The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-25
DOESN'T LIKE 1T.
ABOUT THE DEcEITFuL MEXICAN.
His Friendship a Snare-He Hates the
Gringos-Has Not Forgotten the
scott and Taylor Armies
And Is Bitter Stiil.


Mason to Post dispatch reporter.
,,were owned by Mr.Polli the defaulting
Treasurer of Tennessee, and it was in
the hope that their sllillful management
might enable Mr.. Polk to pay the
.amOunt Of his deficiency that the com
nany engaged the services of judge
Cooper, eN- United States Senator Of
Tennessee, who, you will remember
was brutally shot and murdered by the
MeXicans when within mile of Gull
liacan, whittier he had gone Tor supplies.
sAt the time Of his murder Judge Coopcr
was accompanied by an American
named simmons, WHO engaged single
handed in fight with the murderers,
shot one Of them dead and having
emptied his revolver without killing the
other, seized the shot gun from the hand
of the MOzo (MeXican guide) who was
with them, dashed into the bush after
him and killed him. For this he was
obliged to leave the country, public
opinion being dead against him although
il was perfectly clear that he had acted
in self defense, and that the men he
killed were cut-throats of the worst
description.
"That would seem to indicate that
Americans are not such popular charac-
teBin Mexico as the usual run of news
paper correspondence and interviewers
would have one TO infer"
"The published matter regarding
Mexico is quite delusive, and to Ameri2
cans who have penetrated the country
to any distance from the railroads, the
glowing accounts in the American news
papers of the hospitality Of the Mexican
people and the high regards they have
iOr Americans are
QUITE AMUSING.
"Of course, near the railroads the ma
tiyes pretend to hold the foreigner in
high esteem, but it is only superficial
show, and in the interior the American
at once discovers that he is among a peo-
pie who view him with dlstrust and ha-
tired. At I'll Cuervo we were 300 miles
from the railroad, and when | tell Won
that we all went heavily armed Won will
understand just how Tar we trust this
friendly feeling Of the MeNicans. Muir
dcrs were Of common occurrence there.
and when the poems couldn't yet an
American to Kill they murdered one an
other. y short time ago two Young
Americans, McLemDro and MackeV.
were on their way from Peral to a mine.
about eight miles distant, when n band
OipeOus attacked them, cut them TO
pieces, and took their money. Last
March 4 young American, named stiff.
while travelling with $500 from his mine
to Guadalupe, some forty miles dis
tant, together with an In.
dian hoy and two MeXicans, was
Oyertakcn by darkness, and decided to
camp out for the night. While he was
sleeping the three ruilians mashed his
head to pieces with rocks, took the
money, and returned to the city. They
wore arrested, but have it on the ati-
thorlty OF the American Consul, who, by
the way, is married to Mexican woman
there, that they will never be punished.
well remember another case which
happened within a few miles of Guada-
lupe. An American, whose name
NdOn't remember, lay dawn with his Moso
in the heat of the day, and
WHILE THEY WE'RE ASLEEP
a mail carrier came along, cut their
thrOats, took the dead Americans
money and went on his journey. These
are few specimens of the kind of treat
ment Americans receive in the parts of
Mexico distant from the ROSY railroad
region which the newspaper correspond
ents write about. There is story thew
tell which illustrates the murderons pro
cliyities of the peOn. IL .eems that one
Of them rushed into Guadalupe one day
torn and bleeding, and complained that
no had just escaped from another who
had tried to murder and rob him. A
party brought the other in, and on his
+ trial il came to light that the pair were
4 the survivors of n party of seven who
had been employed to guide an Ameri-
can. Shortly after starting out they
murdered him and divided his money
amongst them. Six of them shortly
aftorward formed q conspiracy against
the seventh, killed him, and divided his
share of the spoils, and succession of
similar crimes brought the original
party down 10 the two men in court"
"How do the better classes in the inte-
riOr treat your
"With very cold and scant civility.
The Spanish-American does make n
show of politcness, which, however.
does not conceal their hostility. They
are opposed to the railroads. They are
the large property holders, and the fact
that the Introduction of American rail
roads and capital has raised the price
OF labor from l2i! cents and 3lL cents
70 " day accounts for their peculiar
sentiments, Whenever they have a
point to gain with an American thew
invite him TO their hacienda and treat
MN with marked civility, but after
they have accomplished what they
sought they are us distant and unsocial
as ever. II is no great social privilege
toehloy the hospitality of one of these
Dons as, although they are the aris-
,ocracN oil the country, they live no
petter than the ordinary American day
tue country?n
VI met few who had married Mcxi-
cah wives, and everyone OF them seemed
regret the fact. ono Of them just
oV'ofe came away had
TALK WITH ME
u whlch he told me that he was very
unhappy, rs he and his wife had no
iusteS IN common aud, while his grow
lns lahlily bound him TO the country, he
,uu'u NOT but look upon his life as ut
terly wasted. Young Americans in
NicNlco are very lonely, the Mexican
slrlS are very amiable and pretty, and
an marriage with one of them removes
H barrier which separates the races, it
WIN ne seen that the temptation to get
uarrleu rs very strong. Several Young
netlcanS who 1--we In tho chihuahua
nIh'ng districts have told me that they
were IN constant dread that in mo-
heht of weakness they might marry
vhe OF the many pretty girls in the
helghborhO0d, aud become a fixture i'm
Eouhlry That they despiSe and are anx-
nus to seize the first favorable opportu
Ivy to escape from. Tho young fellow
mo roniidod TO me his unhappy condi-
1 nuh mas already n growing Young fam
ny around him, the eldest n boy whom
i mW hld sent to Texas to he educated.
us determination To have his children
iHucatod in this country Is very proba-
,H leading cause of his domestic in
lolci,y,n
no not good many Americans effect
pOrary unsanctiiied alliances with
i.VNlcan women?n
o,oahat y quite common, tho arrange
mont being oiiociod by the parents of
ge young Lady in the case. An alliance
tnls KIND docs no., however, gain the
nerican who forms II any better feel
ns ON Tho part of tn, Mexicans. rs does
actual marriage, which causes them
receive the married foreigner as one