Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-18
TROOPS IN. TAMAULIPAS.
Both Sides Actively Preparing for
the Campaign.


NEW LAREDO, TEX. July 17.-EXcite-
ment ran high in this city yesterday
caused by sensational reports coming In
from Mier and Guerrero. 1t is said that
the whole country IN that section Is in
arms and that recruits are going there
from the American side of the river.
Buenito Das, an ex-revOlutiOnist and
bandit, who had sojOurned on the Texas
side of the river for some time past, has
Joined the insurgents in Mexico. Laredo
has been chosen as the headquarters
for the government troops in the northern
part of Tamaulipas. Last evening the
Monterey train over the Mexican Ma
tioGal brought in 250 troops, who imme-
diately went into camp at the govern
ment barracks, and are awaiting march
ing orders from Matamoras. They are
commanded by Col. Parras, an eXpe-
rienced soldier and an adept at deposing
troublesome civil Governors in favor OF
the supreme Federal government.
TAPIAs' CRUELTY.
MATAMoRA, MEX, July 17.-Further
details OF the attack by Tapias' men on
the train at Cap0te station confirm the
account sent yesterday. Col. PrHiadis
Cavassos, with a force of cavalry, arrived
at the station within an hour after the
train had passed, but found that Tapias'
men had also left. 1t is thought that he
is pressing them closely, though no ac-
count OF fight has yet been obtained.
The revolutionists are raiding all
the ranches, and Thursday, near
Soicien0, stopped ranchero and
demanded his horse and pistol. The lat
ter refused and fred at one of the party,
wounding him, when his body was riddled
with bullets, strung to a tree on the road
side as warning 10 others and his horse
and pistols carried off in triumph. The
revolution appears to be spreading in the
State OF NueVo Leon.
MOVEMENTS OF THE REvOLUTIONIsTs
The Elmundo of to-day published an
extra with the following dispatch from
Agualeguas, in that State: "In answer to
the cry for the restoration of the constI-
tuition of 1857, valiant Col. Francisco T.
Casa, at the head of over fifty men, occu-
pied the city. There is no limit to the
enthusiasm. Mariana Cruz has also to-
day been occupied. Gen. Bravo and
Luciano HinOjosa. Dr. Cos and Los Aida
MAKO and Els Tisjerena captured HeFre-
ras, Avala, Ascension. Juan Rodriguez
took possession of Sibenas, HidalgO and
Valiecello. The sons Of Nuevo Leon,
like all the inhabitants Of the Mexican
frontier, the classic land of liberty, have
risen en- masse to break the chains of
slavery which oppress the nation"
ON THE INCREASE.
ST. LOUIS, July IA special corre-
spOndent at Brownsville, Tex, tele e1Laphs
that there is every evidence that The revo-
lutlonary movement in Tamaulipas is-on
the increase, and owners of large stock
haciendas in the Interior are sending their
cattle as fast as possible across the border
, into Texas.
The force of the revolutionary bandit
Chief lnocenciO Topic, who is operating
in the country, is increasing rapidly, and
all the desperadoes on both sides Of the
! river are tiocking to his standard. His
only trouble is lack Of arms, which he is
stealing wherever they can be found. All
/ OF the Fifth cavalry regiment lett
Matamoras at 8 O'Clock last
night to reinforce Col. Cavasos.
Sheriff BritO. who arrived here
last night with nine other officers, and a de-
tachment of cavalry from Fort Brown, left
for the north to-day to meet an anticipated
attack on this side of the river. A dis
patch from him, dated at Santa Maria,
Tex, ls as follows: "a party OF sixty
reyolutiOnIsts entered SOlicienO ranch
this morning, and stole large number OF
| horses and all the arms they
| could find. Col. Cavasos Is at
Enssnda. A conflict Is expected
hourly. | am efecting a combination
will raid BOsa tonight or early in the
morning. The government troops had
skirmish with the revolutioRists yester-
day few miles below here. Col. CavasOs
captured three prisoners.9 Among them
Juan Saldana and Manuel Htnojosa, out
laws on both sides Of tne river"
CROSSING THE I1NE-
BRowNsvILLE,T TEX, July17.-The revo-
luton in Tamaulipas, Mexico, appears to
be increasing and the troops in this sec
tlon seem utterly unable 30 cope with it.
Already they are making some demon
stFatiOns toward this side. Last W ednes-
day night twenty of them crossed and
occupied a ranch six miles above
this city, but as they committed no
overt acts they were not arrested. Today.
however, Sheriff Britto received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Santa Maria:
Last night fifteen men crossed from this
side to La Balsa to join the party. Among
them were LarcOs de Luna, Manuel Hina-
joss, Bernardo Gonzales and other good
Oues.' They are stealing guns aud pistols
and horses from the ranches in front OF
here. They killed one man yesterday be-
cause he would not give UP his pistols"
IN NEED OF ARMS.
Santa Maria il twenty-five miles above
here on the river, and there is a small
sub-pOst of United states cavalry sta
toned there. As the parties mentioned
in the telegram are noted desperadoes
and outlaws indicted here, Sheriff Britto
at once left with force Of deputies for
the scene of action, and on his repre-
sentotiOn Maj. Kellogg sent up force OF
cavalry to reinforce the subpost and pre-
vent any invasion OF American soil. 1t
s known that the revolutionists want
arms badly, and as there is a large sup
ply at Hynes' stores, in Santa Maria, 1t is
feared that they may be tempted to at
tack and capture them.
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