Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-04-24
Our Sister Republic.
Happy Manners in the Land of God
and Liberty.
Sprino0eld Republicnn.

SPTenU9etd RcpaoHcdD.
zAcATEcAs, MEXICO, March, 25-
Assassinations are of not unfrequent
occurrence here, and human life is val
ued less than the beasts which perish"
An ex Governor of the State, General
Cardonas, who has been prominent in
politics for many years and figured in
more than one revolution, has lost no
less than nineteen of his immedi, te
family ty the red hand of murder.
The other day an attempt was made
to sssassinate him, his carriage being
waylaid by masked men as it was re.
turning to his ranch about three
miles from town. 1t happened that
the general had remained at home
that day, and only his nephew, wife
and sister were IN the carriage. The
nephew was killed in his stead, and
also the coachman, one of the shots
grazing the sisters cheek. The horses
were cut loose and the terror. stricken
women ordered to walk home as fast
as their feet could carry them, which
command it is needless to say they
obeyed, leaving their dead in the dus-
ty road. This being merely "po'
litical disturbance" 1t attracted no
particular attention, and the asaas.
eins are still at large. Nobody thinks
of riding outside of city limits, or,
indeed, within them after night.fall
without being well armed and at
tended. Betsey and I, with two 9th
er ladies, were invited to spend yes.
terday at hacienda FIVE miles away.
The egant barouche, drawn by six
clipped mules, which was sent for our
conveyance, contained four shining
pistols in it's inside pockets, for the
uae of the ladies in case Of emergency.
The coachman and footman were
equipped with two revolvers and
knife apiece, and two out riders ac-
companied US, each with gun, sword
and pistols fastened to his saddle.
But soon this was not considered sut-
fcient, and two gentlemen on horse
back, each with his armed and mount
ed servant, joined in the escort, max
ing quite a cavalcade, bristling with
the implements Of warfare, as we
wound over the silent mountain road
Owing to belated dinner, it chanc.
ed tGat we dio not return at the
hour expected, and as darkness came
on the friends in town fell into
wild state of anxiety. taneyirg that
our mangled remains might be some
where decorating the wayaide.
As an Instance of how little
regard the..government has for life,
let me tell you pitiful story: A
child was missing from mining set
tlement at the edge OF zacatecas, and
as weeks went by bringing no trace
CT him, the distracted parents imag-
ined he had been kidnapped. There,
upon some thirty persons, most Of
them laboring men about the mines,
were taken out and shot on the merest
suspicion that they might know about
the lost boy About three months
afterward somebody happened to
look down into deep hollow (ploba
bly, an abandoned prospect hole) not
many yards from the fathers house.
and discovered something therein
which excited his curiosity. Closer
investigation revealed small ekele.
toD-the poor child evidently having
fallen in during one Of the epileptlc
fts, 70 which he was subject, and had
starved TO death within sight Of
home. 1 happered to be present
when the little mouldy jacket and
muddy shoes were brought up, amid
crowd who wept for sympathy for
the mourning mother; but nobody
had thought for the thirty vic
tims-mostly fathers Of families
who were sacrificed in the unavailing
search.