The New York Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1873, Page 7

THE BORDER WAR. McKenzie’s Ride Into Mexico Ex- citing the Authorities. Minister Mariscal Waiting For Details. UNCLE SAM’S POSITION. Frandulent Connivance at Robbery Across the Boundary Line. Local Mexican Authorities Siding with Indian Thieves and Murderers. CORTINA’S BLOODY CAREER. The United States Government Officially Warn the Sister Republic. Raiding Almost Impossible with Proper Safeguards. HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE. Beady Markets Across the Rio Grande fer the Plunder of the Kickapoos and Lipans. General Sherman’s Previous Advice to the State Department. WASHINGTON, May 23, 1873. The War Department authorities here, if they possess any further knowledge of Mackenzie's raid into Mexico than is obtained in General Augur’s despatch to Sheridan, refuse to make it known. Anxious inquirers are referred to the words of the despatch itself, and told to settle to their own Satisfaction the question whether or not the fight took place on Texan or Mexican soil. The spoils of the victory are supposed to be sufficiently sug- gestive of the locality, as women and children, camp equipage and accumulated plunder have not usually been brought by the KIBKAPOOS AND LIPANS across the Rio Grande in the forays upon the Texan cattle herds, It is admitted to be improbable that General Augur has been left in oficial ignorance of the fact that the die has been cast and the Mex- ican Territory invaded, in fact, after many threat- enings and intimations of that nature, and his silence upon the most important question con- mected with the subject matter cannot be regarded as insignificant. The possibility that Mackenzie has been acting under formal and positive orders fs not admitted here, but he is known throughout the service as a prudent and subordinate, as well as an energetic officer, and his friends here are satisfied that he has not assumed the responsibility of entering upon a quasi war with Mexico without satisfying himself in advance that the consequent censure of his government would not be more than a surface ebullition. Sheridan himself is not a man of cere- mony, and may well have found ways of conveying Dis wishes to his ready subordinates without com- mitting his government in the eyes of other Powers. THE GENERAL FEELING HERE is one of satisfaction at the accomplished fact and the manner of its accomplishment. Beginning with the closing years of the administration of the wily Mr. Seward, and continuing through the ad- ministration of the courtly Mr. Fish, the State De- partment has gone on, in despatch after despatch, and communication alter communication to and from Mexico, laying up an official record of for- bearance and good conduct towards a weak and indifferent neighbor, that will give this government full acquittance for all it may now or hereaftet do with respect to Mexico, in the judgment of the public at home and abroad. The authorities here are quite certain that the big bullying Powers across the Atlantic have no Such record to show of their treatment of inferior Powers, whose boundary lines are badly adjusted, and hence Mackenzie's march across the border is considered quite as much of A DIPLOMATIO AS A MILITARY TRIUMPH. It would have been made before, so say those in position to know, but for the necessity of respect- ing President Lerdo’s known sentiments of friend- ship and fairness; and though made now under the sterner necessity of protecting our own long- suffering people, the consequences are not likely to Teach as far as if the late and more hostiie influ- ences were still supreme in Mexico, The pending issue resolves itself into the statement that Mexico possesses a strip of territory along her north- ern boundary that affords her neither strength nor revenue; that this territory is occupied by @ vagabond population which only varies its assaults upon the territory of the United States by attempts against its own lawful government, and by BANDS OF FUGITIVE INDIANS from this country who are successfully encouraged end protected from the vengeance of either gov- ernment. Making all possible allowances and offsets which cap be made, and Mexico stands in- debted to this country in an amount that can only be liquidated by a transfer of land. This land the United States wants for security, for development and for compensation, and the title rests on the two ‘Dases of necessity and justice. With such premises the conclusiens are easily drawn, and ean be as ‘well drawn now as at any time, even ifan expan- give administration were willing to wait upon time. As for the Kickapoos and Lipans, any punish. ment visited upon them is particularly gratifying to the Interior Department, which has had much onfruitful labor with them. THE RISING IN THE NORTHWBST. ‘The reported Indian uprising in the Northwest has been fully expected by the Government, and the fall preparations already made were founded upon such a state of affairs there as is now declared to be imminent. The building of the Northern Pacific road is fully understood by the warlike Sioux, of Dakota, and the British possessions, to ‘mean death or a change of life to them, and they have given too many evidences of thelr de termination to fight their providenial destiny to the bitter end to occasion any surprise by any- thing they may now do or threaten. General Caster was sent to the scene of the impending conflict, with the express understanding of what he was to encounter from Sitting Bull and the other chiefs, and how he was to meet the situation. GENERAL SHERIDAN NOTIFIED. ‘The Secretary of War to-day received the follow- ing telegram from Lieutenant General Sheridan, Gated Chicago, last night:— General Auger telegraphs that Colonel McKen- Rip. with 6% companies of the Fourth cavairy and NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. twenty-five Seminole scouts, struck a camp of Kickapoo and Lipan Indians, about eighty miles from Fort Clark, Texas, early on the 18th inst., baving marched all the night previous, killed nine- teen Indians, wounded two and captured one buck, a former chief of the Lipans and forty- one women and children, besides destroying two Villages, with their accumulated property. He had three of his men wounded, one mortally. He has already over Ofty captured ponies. The despatch is silentas to the precise locality where this fight took place, saying nothing about its being on Mexican territory. EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON. The news of Colonel McKenzie's fight is the sub- ject of earnest comment in oficial circles here to- day, and revives attention to the many flagrant outrages of the past on the Texan border by parties coming from Mexico and retreating to that soil after the commission of acts against the peace and property of citizens of that country. There are yet no official utterances regarding the par- ticular occurrence on the general subject beyond the many remonstrances and communications of this government, which already form part of the history of the Indian outrages along the South- western borders; but gentlemen who possess full information upon the subject, and have made it the matter of oficial communication, say unhesi- tatingly that the time has now arrived when the People who persist in making forays upon citizens of the United States or shield the perpetrators, should be taught a lesson thereon. THE MEXICAN MINISTER NOTIFIED. The followings the text of the telegram re. ceived at the Mexican Legation from the Vice Consul at San Antonio, dated Thursday :— “I have seen letters stating that on the 17th inst. General McKenzie crossed the Rio Grande above Piedras Negras with 500 horsemen and attacked the Lipans, Mascelleros and a party of Kickapoos, killing nineteen, taking more than thirty prisoners and capturing a great many horses.” NO OFFICIAL ACTION YET. Mr. Mariscal, the Mexican Minister at Washing- ton, has net yet had an interview with the Depart- ment of State on the subject, bat will awalt fur- ther particulars before calling on the Secretary for that purpose. The course usual on occasions of invasion of the soll of a neighboring nation by the troops of another, the two being at peace, ts for the representative of the aggrieved party to make & statement of the facts, remonstrate against the violation of the international and neutrality laws and ask for an explanation. SHERMAN’S OLD VIEWS. General Sherman, as long ago as 1871, in a letter to Secretary Belknap, said:—‘These sudden irruptions from Mexico have been of frequent oc- currence, and the Rio Grande being fordable gives the Indians a certain and safe retreat. As we can- not properly cross the border in pursuit, Mexico ought to be liable for acts of war aone by the In- dians owning her allegince, and our people charge that the Indians are not only harbored but that the horses and cattle are openly sold in the Mexican towns beyond the Rio Grande, and,’’ the General added, “this case appears to me elearly one for the State Department, as we are unable te apply arem- edy.” The State Department accordingly acted in the premises, but has been unable to obtain redress, THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS to Texas, in their report to the Secretary of State last December, say that the action of the local Mexican authorities has been characterized by duplicity, connivance at fraud or a complete aub- serviency to a corrupt military rule, and that under the trying circumstances of being conirontea on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande by a foreign army which has given protection fora series of years to the invaders of American territory, the United States has through its officers kept the peace, preserved neutrality and acted with candor and justice, mindful of its long established friendly feeling to a sister republic. THE PRESIDENT, in communicating the report to Congress, accom- panied it witn a message urging some action in the premises, but nothing was done. The War De- partmenty however, subsequently strengthened the military posts on the frontier in accordance with the recommendation of the Commissioners. The recent intelligence shows that our troops have not been inactive. The President is reported as saying to-day, though unofficially, that the time had come for some positive and definite action in regard to outrages on the Mexican border, and that if the Mexican government applied for expla- nations of the recent reported action of the mill- tary it might perhaps be shown to have been jus- tiflabdle, as THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN NO REDRESS for such outrages heretofore, and manifested but little, if any, disposition to prevent them. A mem- ber of the Cabinet remarked to-day, with reference to the reported violation of the Mexican territory by our troops, that it was not always easy to dis- tinguish a boundary line, but there was no room for mistakes when depredatory Indians were over- taken. itis therefore mferred that this govern- ment will not be disposed to censure General Mc- Kenzie, but rather to approve his conduct, al- though he acted on his own responsibility. He is held in the highest esteem by his army associates, both as a soldier and asagentieman. He is only about thirty-two years of age, being the youngest officer with the iull title of Colonel in the army. THE COLLECTOR'S WHITE ELEPHANTS, 3 The Collector of Customs at Indianola to-day telegraphed to the Treasury Department for infor- mation respecting his duty in the case of the animals captured by Colonel McKenzie, desiring to know whether he should hold them as contrabands of war. Similar inquiries were made of the State Department, and the Secretary of the Treasury re- sponded to the telegram that the captured animals should remain in custody of the military authori- ties. There are no advices there, oficial or other- wise, as to whether the stock belongs to the Indian» or to Mexicans, or whether it was origi- nally American property which had been stolen by the Indians, MEXICAN RECEIVERS. Report of the American Commissioners to the Kickapoos—Mexican Authorities Legalizing Indian Robberies—Guilty Knowledge of Raids. WASHINGTON, May 23, 1873. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has received important and very interesting letters from Henry M. Atkinson, of Nebraska, and Thomas G. Wil- liams, of Texas, the special Commissioners ap- pointed by the Secretary of the Interior, under act of Congress, to negotiate with the Kickapoos, now in Mexico, for their return to the United States. The letter is dated Eagle Pass, Texas, May 5, 1873, and is as follows :— AN ALLIANCE. At and near a town called Remolina, twenty-one miles west o1 Zaragoza and sixty miles from this place, are camped at this time the Lipans, Muscel- leros and a portion of the Kickapoos, together with a band of Gilenas. These Indiaus have made an alliance with each other, and as will be seen frem the Saltillo newspaper, herewith enclosed, the Mexican authorities have ratified a treaty with these same bands, This occurred at Saragossa on the 28th of March, 1873, On the ist inst., an order was received at Saragossa from the Governor of Coahuila, requiring the Indians to present their stock, horses, mules and cattle, to the proper officer at Remolina, in order to have the brands registered in the name of the respective bands or tribes, each tribe hav- ing its own mark and brand, The exact number of Indians in each tribe is to be recorded at the same time. ROBBERY LEGALIZED BY MEXICO. ‘This registration and census will commence to- day. One obvious result of this proceeding is to legalize and confirm the titie of the Indians to all ofthe stolen stock now in their possession. It is known and not denied by the citizens of Sara- gossa and adjacent towns that most of the stock now in their possession have the brands of citizens of Texas, and some of the mules have the United States brand, A CAPTIVE AMERICAN BOY. ‘There is one American boy a captive in the Lipan camp. It is reported that this boy was stolen about five years ago from near San Antonio, on Olmus Ureek. Within the last seven days about twenty Lipans and Muscellerers left camp near Remolino for a raid into Texas, and are now in this- State THE MEXICANS’ GUILTY KNOWLEDGE. Before starting no secret is made of the inten- tions and purposes of these raids by the Indians among the citizens of Mexico. A portion of the Kickapoos still remain at or near Santa Rosa, and a few families of this tribe are near San Juan de Alliendo. Our detention at this point has been owing to the necessity of pxoviding our own trans- portation hence to Saltillo, there being no pub- lic conveyance, We will leave for that place in a couple of days to confer with the Governor of Coahuila. The Mexican newspaper referred to as “enclosed’’ was not received, having been appa- rently omitted through inadvertence. THE KICKAPOO EMIGRATION, From a report made to the House of Representa- tives last session by General Shanks, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, it appears that the Kickapoos originally emigrated from Illinois, and were located to the number of 290 on a reser- vation of 19,000 acres in northeastern Kansas, The greater portion of the Kickapoos new in Mexico separated from the rest of the tribe about twenty years ago, and settled near the Wishita River, in what was then the Indian Territory, but afterwards became part of the State of Kansas. Subsequently, at the commencement of the war in 1861, they moved south into the Indian Territory to avoid a draft, which they had been made to believe was imminent by designing persons, who wished to drive them out of Kansas. In the Indian Terri- tory, according to the report above named, they were met and pursued by rebel Texan cavalry and finally made their way into Mexico, About one handred more of the tribe went to Mexico a few years ago, being dissatisfied with the treaty of 1863 under which they have been living, and although some of these returned to the United States, most of them remain with the earlier emigrants in Mexico, DIPLOMACY OF THE MATTER. The United States Offictally Warn the Mexican Authorities of what Might Arise from the Continued Raids. The troubles on the Rio Grande, which have now reached a culminating point, it is well known owe their origin to two principal causes. These are the existence of the ree zone, by which extensive smuggling is carried on from Mexico into the United States; and the constant raids of outlaws, composed of Mexicans and Indians, into Texas, where they plunder the settlers’ ranches and carry off in the aggregate during each year immense herds of cattle. The Rio Grande, being fordable, gives the marauders a certain and safe retreat, as heretofore our troops were not allowed to cross the river in pursuit, The parties engaged in this illicit traffic are notoriously protected by the Mexican authorities, from the well-known fact that no efforts have ever been made to arrest the thieves, and stolen cattle tind a ready sale in the open markets there. It is equally a well-known fact that two-thirds of the time of the Texan Grand Juries while in session for years past has been occupied in inquiring into the wholesale robbery of cattle, until at last it has become evident that unless the strong arm of the United States government was interposed the stock interests of the State would become 80 injured as to cause the depopulation and abandonment of all ranches between the Neuces and Rio Grande, Cortina, who, for a long time, was military commander on the frontier, was in open complicity with the cattle thieves, afforded them protectidn and shared in their spoils. This man is & malefactor and dared not enter Texas, where several indictments for murder are hanging over his head. It must not be supposed that the United States has not sought redress and de- manded from Mexico the performance of her duty as a friendly neighbor. It is true Cortina was removed in 1871 and General Florentino Caxrilo appointed in his place, with the objegt, it was sol- emnly promised, of putting an end to the robberies and punishing the criminals, but matters, instead of getting better, have grown worse. At the same time the American Cabinet resolved to represent the matter to the Mexican government, and, ac- cordingly, the following despatch was addressed to our Minister in Mexico by the Secretary of State :— DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, June 26, 1871. Tuomas H. NELSON, United States Minister, Mexico :— Smm—Your despatch of the 2d inst., relative to depredations from Mexico across the frontier of Texas, has been received. The frequency of those raids, the serious losses which the occasion and the impunity of their perpetrators want grave consid- eration on the part of this government. It is pre- sumed that any remonstrances which may be ad- dressed to the Mexican government upon the sub- ject would have little or no effect. You may, how- ever, say (unofficially) that it may become our duty, at last, to weigh the Cac te A pursuing the hostile Indians into Mexico, without the con- sent of that government, if it shall not adopt measures towards checking the robberies referred to. Lam, sir, dc. HAMILTON FISH. ‘The despatch was read to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, due emphasis being placed on the expression, “it might become the duty of our government, &c,,’’ but without effect. The Mexican government declined to grant permission to our troops to follow the marauding Indians across the Rio Grande, and displayed continued apathy in pre- venting raids of hostile tribes and cattle stealers. General Sherman was appealed to not long since on the subject. he admitted that the only reasonable chance of preventing forays was by pursuing the raiders to their haunts, and as he was unable to authorize that course, he said THE MATTER PROPERLY BELONGED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. The Border Commission that went to Texas last year found matters fully as bad as reported, They returned, but are again on the spot; and the Secre- tary of War and General Sheridan have lately re- turned from the same direction. While these high officers of the government were pursuing their in- vestigations numerous bands of Mexicans and Indians were devastating the frontier Texas counties, defying the civil authorities and flying to their retreats on foreign soil when pursued by the military. At this very time, too, the farmers were compelled to leave their work and shoulder their muskets to protect their homes and property. These forays, which continue up to the present moment, retard emigration, ruin the settlers, reducing them from competency to pov- verty, and make all kinds of trade stagnant. There is no country in the world that would pa- tiently submit to such outrages for so many years. The United States has observed the greatest for- bearance towards the sister Republie in conse- guence of her distracted condition and the ac- knowledged feebleness of the central authority in the distant States; but {tis teo much to ask that we can quietly stand still and allow one of the fairest portions of the Union to be laid waste by savages and freebooters who find protection for their persons and @ market for their spoils in the territory of the neighboring country. There is, besides, a question that lies more or less at the bottom of the free zone and cattle stealing dimfcul- ties—namely, that in the minds of border Mexicans is the impression that the territory between the Neuces and the Rio Grande, acquired by the Treaty of Hidalgo-Guadalupe, still belongs to them, and that the Americans there are intraders—in short, enemies to be warred against. THE KICKAPOOS AS CATTLE THIkVES. Colonel MacKenzie’s bold and successful attack on the Kickapoos, Mescaleros and Lipan Indians was not alone justifiable for the reasons before stated, but on the ground that these semi-civilized Savages are not Mexican but American tribes, During the late war in the Southern Staves they removed into Mexican territory in order to avoid taking part in the struggle and to escape, it 1s said, the cruel treatment either visited or threatened to be visited on them by the Confederates. They were welcomed by the Mexicans, and every in- ducement offered to them to remain. They were early taught by Cortinas and his fellow-robbers to join them in their plundering expeditions, and they were found particularly useful in attempts to ex- cuse crimes perpetrated by Mexicans, who, when called to account for their wrong doing, laid it on the shoulders of wiki and uncontrollable Indians, They were and are also considered by the local aa- thorities a protection against the encursions of hos- tile Apaches and Comaches from the north. At all events, they have continued to pay visits to their habitations, and have, with Mexicans, caused the loss of many millions of dollars to the people of Texas, besides the sacridce of many valuable lives, and have been a barrier to the growth and pros- perity of the State. DUPLICITY OF THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES. The government of the United Staves im 1870 represented to that of Mexico the desirability of removing these Indians to their former homes, and requested consent to sending a commission to them for that purpose. The Mexican government acceded to the request and promised, apparentiy in good faith, to do all in its power to atd in carry- ing out our wishes, Congress in 1871 made an appropriation of $25,000 to defray the expenses of their returo. To accomplish this end an agent was appointed by the Indian Bureau, and directed to visit the Kickapoos in Mexico, and bring them back to that portion of the tribe remaining in the United States. This agent was accompanied by a delegation of Kansas Kickapoos. When they arrived on the frontier their eyes began to be opened concerning the duplicity that had been practised, They found the peoplé among whom they resided were hostile to the effort and interposed every obstacle in their power to prevent it. Instead of the Mexican gov- ernment, as they agreed to, gathering the Indians with the view 0! transferring them to the agent, money was distributed among them, and the most dreadful reports circulated among them as to the intentions of the United States in seeking for their removai. The Kickapoos were led to believe that the war of the rebellion was not yet ended, and that they were to be forced into the army and placed in positions where certain death awaited them, FRIEND MILES! VISIT TO MEXICO, On arriving in June, 1871, at Santa Rosa, a silver mining locality (where Colonel Mackenzie found the Kickapoos), the agent—who, by the way, was 4 Quaker, John D. Miles by name—iound near one hundred Indians, the greater part being out ona hunt, raiding, ready to meet him and his com- panions, and anxious to hear from their folks in Kansas. A large portion of those who left that State in 1864 were dead, They were poorly clad, when clad at all, and _ presented rather @ wild and sorry appearance when compared with the tribe north. They repre- sented that they were induced to come into Mexican quarters under promise of bags of silver and many other advantages, yet they had never received anything from the Republic until three weeks before. In 1868 the government had ap- propriated $10,000 for their benefit, which had been duly turned over to the Governor of the State (Coahuila) at Saltillo, where it had been lying until the Winter of 1870, when half the amount was turned over to a Commissicner direct from the City of Mexico, to be expended by him for cows, horses, carts, &c. This was not done until the United States had made an appropriation for the removal of the Kickapoos. On the second day after the arrival of Mr. Miles the agent bought and turned over to the Indians fifty-two head of cattle, and then drove them around the agent’s head- quarters to let him see that business was meant. During Mr. Miles’ stay they were assured that the Mexican government would continue to act in good faith toward them. At first the Kickapoos were willing to join their brethren in Kansas, but these acts caused them to change their minds. The Alcalde regarded Mr. Miles and his companions as intruders, and was totally opposed to the removal, but he promised protection to the agent, who was threatened with violence. FAILURE OF THE MISSION, Under these circumstances it is not strange that the mission failed. The ostensible reason given by the authorities of Cohahuila, that they wishea the Kickapoos to remain on the frontier of his State as &@ protection to the inhabitants against the Co- manches and other wild Indians from Texas, was known to be only a subterfuge. The real motive was that the inhabitants of the region around de- sired to retain them from the fact that large gains are reaped from the trade growing out of their raids into Texas, by which means the Mexican haciendas are supplied with fine horses and mules at very low rates, Onall the ranches on the fron- tier are to be found valuable horses with brands on them of every stockraiser from San Antonio to the Rio Grande; and in the towns south of the latter river are constantly seen valuable animals that no doubt have found their way there through the agency of the Kickapoos, who, on the Mexican side, are provided with ammu- nition ana arms by parties who trade offthe plunder brought across the border. The portion of the tribe in Kansas make commendable progress in the cultivation of their farms and in education. They are satisfied with their present homes, but they look favorably toward joining their brethren in Mexico in selecting a new reservation in the Indian Territory, provided the removal of the lat- ter can be effected, A RAIDER’S FUNNY TRICK. The removal of the Kickapoos would undoubt- edly end the plundering raids, of which there has been such frequent and just complaint during so many years, What has been related proves be- yond question that Mexico is opposed to this course, and that the authorities of that country have been guilty of extreme bad faith in the mat- ter. As long as they remain they must disturb the harmony between the two countries, to say nothing of what would occur (a thing always tmminent) of araid made by the Texans in self- defence, One incident of comparatively recent oc- currence may be mentioned. A Lipan Indian was credited with some twenty dollars’ worth of ammu- nition and other things to be paid back with the spoils ofa raid. The Indian en bis return related, in @ mocking way, to a crowd of Mexicans, listen- ing with great interest, how he followed for some time a party of United States troops going up the country, and how at last he succeeded in cutting off a soldier who had strayed a short distance from the command, and how this man begged him to spare his life, offering up arms, horse and all that he had, but, how he, however, killed him and took everything from him; the Mexicans listening to the Lipan’s story as if it had been a very funny trick. THE LAST DIPLOMATIC NOTICE, All efforts to arrive at an und rstanding with the Mexican government have failed. Mr. Fish formally notified it that circumstances might arise when it would be deemed necessary for the gov- ernment to consider how far it should abstain from pursuing the marauders across the Rio Grande, and of the diMculty of restraining the citizens of Texas from punishing the thieves and murderers who came from and found retuge and safety in Mexico, Colonel McKenzie has settled the question, and his haste in returning 18 to be at- tributed to the desire, no doubt, of avoiding any colision with regular troops. The system of smuggling that prevails across the Rio Grande will probably new be settled in one way or the other. MINISTER MARISCAL'S OPINIONS. An Interview with the Mexican Repre- sentative on the Rio Grande Difficulty. On the 3ist of March last Mr. Mariscal, the Min- ister of Mexico in Washington, was visited by a HERALD correspondent for the purpose of ascer- taining that gentleman’s opinions on the then status of the Rio Grande difficulty, when the follow- ing conversation took place. The report is of par- ticular interest now, in view of General McKenzie’s incursion into Mexican territory and chastisement of the Kickapoos :— CORRESPONDENT—I understand that the American Commissioners who have been investigating the Mexican outrages on the Rio Grande are expected back in a few days. Has the Commission appointed by your government for the same object arrived at any satisfactory conclusion ¢ Mr. MaRIscaL—I not do know whether the Mexi- can Commissioners have finished their labors, but this [know—tnat they have arrived at the concln- sion that nearly all the cattle stealing and other depredations on the American side of the Rio Grande were committed by Kickapoo Indians, who do not belong to Mexico, but are part of a tribe now living in the Indian Territory. These Kicka- poos took refuge on the Mexiean side during your civil , when the Confederates tried to compel them w fight against the Union forces. They re fused, and for this many of them were hunted CONTINVED ON TENTH PAGE. THE WEEKLY HERALD. acne 9 ree ounnd The Cheapest and Best Newspaper in the Country. 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Established ee JAMES E Abundant Fruit Rewarded the invention of the new Elastic Truss, which retains the rupture securely, without pain, night and day, till cured. Sold cheap; sent by mail; fitted without charge, by the ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 633 Broadway, corner of Amity street, New York city. Circulars free.—Brooklyn Eagle, May 21, 1873. A “Big Little Thing”—Snow’s Jamaica GINGER PEARLS, for colic, indigestion, &c.: pleasant, con venraremcerss peerene fever and ague. ce er box. BYRNE'S, 169 Broadway. H. H. Snow, manu- lacturer, New Have: n, Boys’ Blue Flannel Sailor Suits at $4.0 to $7 50. WOOD & WARING, 98 Bowery and 380 Grand street. Corns Removed Without Pain, 25c. each. Dr. LUBELSKI & CO., Chiropodists, 43 Broadway, corner Bleecker street. Corns, Bunions, Enlarged Joints all Diseases of the Feet cured by Dr. ZACHARIE, 27 Union squate. Corns, Ba: ms, Nails, &c., Cured Wi ont pain; CORN CURE, by mall, le. Dr. RICE, 208 Broad. way, corner Fulton street. Corns Cured, 50c. to $1; Bunions, Nalls, &c., successfully treated by Dr. WESTERVELT, 852 Broad- way, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth strects. Comfort fer Tender Feet.—Sommer SHOES, in great variety; combine glorenes and style with pertect ease. EUGENE FERRIS & SON, 15) Fulton street, ai: doors east of Broadway. Davia’s Drab Bea: for gentlemen. 299g Broadw: Cc mere Hats near Duane street. Dick’s Encyclopedia of 6,422 Practical Receipts and Processes. Price $5. DICK & FITZGER- ALD, Publishers, 18 Ann street, New York. nd Garden Orna- Fountains, V: MENTS. Send for a cataloy JANES & KIRTLAND, Nos. 8, 0 and 12 Reade street. For Coolness of Color and Becomingness to Complexion there is nothing superior to the SILVER GRAY CASSIMERE HAT offered to-day by JAMES, “Hatter,” St. Nicholas Hotel. Fireproof Safe for Sale—A Three Foot Wilder's Salamander, in good order. Ingaire of COCK & CARPENTER, 80 Reade street. Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. An institation having high reputation for honorable conduct and protessio: skill. Acting Surgeon J. 8. HOUGHTON, M. D. Essays for young men sent free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. Hats for Gentlemen.—Summer Styles mow ready. P. ERNENWEIN, manufacturer, 14# Nassau street, between Beekman and Spruce streets. Havana Lottery Drawings on File.— Ctroulars free. | Orders promptly filled. JOSEPH BATES, Agent, 196 Broad way, room 4, Chatham Bank Building. Holyoke’s Celebrated Fever and Ague CURE may be obtained at 978 Eighth avenue, between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eignth streets. Phenix Mutual Life Insurance Com- PANY, ‘We have already alluded to the prosperous condition of | | this Life Insurance Company, located in this city, of which Edson Fessenden is the President and James F. Burns Secretary. A more carpful investigation of its | last annual statement, just published, warrants us in submitting to the readers of the Times some further re- marks upon its rapid progress to popular favor and its remarkably prosperous condition at the present time. Lot us compare its condition ten years ago witn what it is at the present time. In the years 1862 and 1863 it issued 1,717 poliete! 672; dividends, $1,244; losses by death, $55,600; assets, $437,999. Here was the business of two 0% In 1872 it issued 10,527 policies; its Income was $3,413- 782 45; dividends, 441 71; losses by death, $831,116 32; net assets, $8,209,: 4 is increase of business and assets in the short period of ten years is worthy of special notice. An income in 1872 of m 500,000 against $125,672 in 1862 and 1563; it is near thirty to one. Over ten thousand policies last year against séventeen hundred in two years, only ten years ago. Its net assets amount to over eight millions how; then less than half a million—more than sixteen to one. This wonderful increase Is not the result of a single jump. It comes of regular rary, advances, showing the solidity and permanency of this signal prosperity, For Instance, the net assets of the company at the opening of the year 1872 amounted to $7,510.61 the commence- ment of 1873 they were $3,207,325 07~an increase during the year 1873 of 6L1 ‘The Phoenix has now 33,020, policies in force, covering S71 i036 Valued “by the New York standard” uiese Policies ‘are worth 117, other tiabilities car; ts obligations ap to $7,003, Deducting this from net amets and the compan: i $1,199,831 59. iy hi Cap ed ol ). ‘The officers lay these facts before | ublic with the assurance that they cannot be equalled in comparative strength by the statement of any company in New Eng- Tand, tf indeed, by any the country, though a few guetta sited mseyear in the number of policleeie- this city equalle ent ‘ sued. Gnty one came within 2,000 of it, fand the others were from 5,000 to 9,000 below it. In this sterling condition of its finances, in Its | the and as UPON h fi ir rity, and inthe firm hold it pubiie conddenee, the Phawnix may, with adue degree { pride and satisfaction, details of its busi Reds and its solid condition. —Hartford Times. = 4 R. C. Sheldon’s Remedy a Sare Cure for Nervous Debit Principal depot amd office 107 Weat Fifteenth stree Royal Havana Lottery.—Prices Re- t and inf Peat ailloe box 408 New Yorke ee 7 Royal Havana Lottery.—Prizes perry | gies Bited: inieemation furnished. Hi Aerts paid ve TAYLOR & COs Bankers it Walt street, Late of 16 Shirts, Collars, Cuffs made to order and warranted. =f eee Lnclose stamp for circular. UNION ADAMS & ©O., 637 Broa¢way. Still Catawba—For Cobblers or ble use, the best in the United States; warranted to tr im dozen. any climate; sold by the barrel, demijohn or HB. KIRK & ©O., depot vi Gi. eonPele x opot of the Pleasant Valley Wing ee 8. O. P. Cog: Brand y—$7 per Gallon aici ins ei ae eee imported in wood or glass, bagasse H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Fulton street. Trusses.—Seeley’s Hard-Ru r Trusses, ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS AND: PILE PIPES.—Re- lief and cure for Rupture, Uterine Weaknesses and Piles: Indestructible, fine steel springs, coated: never rast, limber, break, chafe nor soil; used’ in bathing, cool, com- fortable, cleanly, reliable; best. known ; sent hz, mail oe express. Send for catalogue. Establishmen: Broad- way, New York, and 1,47 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. New York branch house— warerooms 112 Fifth avenue. All orders from private purchasers as well asd wili receive the same prompt attention as at ou WM. KNARBE & CO.. alti Bi ore and New York. ‘ 1849.—Established 1849.—G. Rauchfuss, ractical Wigmaker and Importer of Human Hair, 44 East Twelfth street, New York. 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