The El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 29, 1883 Page: 2 of 4
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TIMES PUBLISHING company.
MIC B Alt D jr. MUTT OK. : - MDITOJS
8. C. 8LADE, - - Business Manager.
el paso, texas. may 29. i8s3.
Ministkb Lowvix has got the
Britirh complaint—the gcrit. Tlier.
is reason to hips he may s ion have
the Amer'« an v rsiot —g'ou'-.
O.VE ot our youiw cit'zens who s
studying Fpanish writer to ask us
if th«« " Deuda Ing'esa " which the
Mexican papers are talking about
has ariy resemblance to the J£a stern
dude.
The fire department here -.equires
new hose, and there should i.e no
hesitancy in giving it to thf-m.
They also require a horse for th<-
purpose of drawing the engine t<>
remote parts of the city. We hoj e
it will not be neces-ary to direct
th" at ention of our citizens to this
fact on ai othe- «">ccasion.
E;'.
■
Ths dir-ctois of the Santa Fe
-Tert o-Milleni.il anniversary and
Grand Mining and Industrial ex-
position. whic!*-operm July 2d, are
doing their utmost to make it a
complete fucc«~ss. They hue ar-
ranged with ihe various rai way
companies of the unions to issue
railway fare ti> k- ts at greatly re-
duced rates, and aiso to accept ex-
hibitors' freight <in accommodating
terms. Mr. Charles W. Greene, the
generil manager, will be most hap-
py to give any information- to per=-
—sons desiring the same, either on
personal application at Santa Fe or
by letter. ___
We learn from Tombstone, that
the Mexican government intends
to withdraw Colonel Lorenzo Gar-
cia from the. campaign against the
Apaches. The El Fronterizo
speaking of the colonel says :
"Col >nel Garcia i* necessary on the
frontier; he is the only one who
has lately fought the Indians with
success, and his removal would be
very inconyen'ent and prejudicial
to our frontier town?."
We reecho the sentimentu of El
Fronterizo, in tes if\ ing to the high
military malities of the g-dlant col-
onel, and snncer<dy_trust that the
Mexican government will not de-
termin on his removal. On all oc-
casions that Co on 1 Garcia has
been actively e igiiged with his sav-
age foes, he has inflicted on them
severe loss, and his name has oh-
ta:ned a terrible signification in
the ears of Apa^h" w rriors.
■I
The fire on Su iday ni^ht shows
several notable points. First and
foremost is the very great danger
that exists from the construction to
brick bui!4»ng8 of wooden awnings
and outhouses; and also from the
utterly reprehensible habit that pre-
vails of piling up empty boxes and
other inflammable debris, at the
back of the stores and buildings
The second point is the activity,
zeal and general capacity of our
g.iilint and cnergetic fire depart-
ment, with the necessity there is of
increasing their usefulness by ad-
ding to the fire p'ant. Ihe third
point is the great service
now twice rendered to El
Paao by the much commented
and derided u stove-pipe " water
works. The public spirit displayed
in putting on the pressure so as to
give the firemen every advantage,
is deserving of every praise. If the
Rio Grande Crater is a little thick
just now for drinking purposes, it
certainly was and is a most import-
ant adjunct to the safety of the
city. •
The office of city engineer has
become vacant by the accepted
resignation of Mr. Savage, and tbe
£ommon council are open to receive
applications from candidates for the
▼acancy. It has been the custom
of the city engineer to receive his
emolument in the shape of fees
pal<f by~par;i^s requirm^ his servi-
_ ces. This is in our ojjnion an ob-
jectionable method, und one at va-
riance with the es ablished cnstom
of otner towns of the union. It
would be far more satisfactory boih
to the public at large, as also to any
one who may be elected to fill the
office, to receive a regular stipend
from the city tteasury into whose
coffers a»l fees should be- paid. The
office of -city engineer is an impor -
ant one, and in _the interest of the
public it is desirable that every pre-
caution be taken in the selection of
Mr Savage's successor, so as to pro-
e\(re a gentleman who is not only
thotaughly experienced in every
bra»oh of theoretical and practical
«ivil engiae*Bring,Jbut one whose hon-
esty and integrity are unimpeach-
able, and whose private character is
U; appointment
protecting the public domaik.
The interior department, under
Secretary Teller, seems to have
seriously determined to enforce the
land 'aws of the United States. In
the grazing regions of the west and
southwest, the>e laws have l ee< me
not a farce simply, but an incent.ve
to perjury and crime. Poss-estdon
of the water insures the control of
vast ar-*as of pastoral land. There
tie large portions in New Mexico
•nd Arizona, wherein one small
s ring, water ho e or course, may
affect the value of the land for
fr •m ten to thirty square leagues
In fact over all the gramma covered'
mesa and plateau land, b*-tw» en
here and Maricopa Weils, to the
west of us in Arizona, the springs
ana small water courses control the
use ofa'l land for pastoral purposes
The profit-making capacity of the.
cattie-raising business, not a mat-
ter of question. In California it
has long heen understood. It is
not surprising then to know that
.lie chief land-grabbers for ranch-
ng purposes are, as to Americans,
found among th^se who became
learned in the California ways o
grabbing behind the law. N >r i-
it surprising to ltarn that some
Knglieh capitalists through their
agon's, native and alien, are al-o to
be found the most active despoilers
of our public domain.
The General Land Office has a
special agent at work in the terri-
tory of Ne.v Mexico. If he does
his dutv he will be able to say with
Squeers, " here's richness." Mr.
Eddy, the agent in question, seems
disposed to do his whole duty
The New Mexican gives an
account of the manner in
which the special agent at Las
. Vegas rec ntly prevented the
plans of professional affidavit-
makers from being pressed to a
consummation. The entries by
which the "coigns of vantage" are
obtained, are made under the pre-
emptions. Me i go on to the land,
make declaration that they live
therein, design to improve the
same and intend to make a resid-
ence as a bona-fi le settler. After a
certain and somewhat brief period
of time they make final proof. If
that is satisfactory, they obtain a
patent on p.iyment of $1.25 per
a-re. It appears that in San
Miguel county, in the eastern part
■ f the teriitorv. information was
obtained showing that a number of
such c ases were to be ''proved up,"
but that in reality the proofs
were to be made only in the inter-
ests of certain land and cattle
! speculators. The probate judge
advertised that final proof would
be accepts on the 22d inst. Mr.
Eddy walked into the judge's office
and found not that functionary,
but a clerk engaged in polishing
off the crowd, with that rapid glib-
ness which seems to be customary
in the administration of oaths,
that are presumed be be proforma
in character. Violent as the pre-
sumption may be. most oaths are
so considered. Mr. Eddy, the
f-p eial agent, informed the eager
swearers, that a severe penalty at-
tached to the taking of false
oaths, that they must show the im-
provements made, the period of oc-
cupation and other proof of the
bonafide nature of their evidence
and acts. Six of the men (there
were thirty-six in all) had already
made their affidavit. These docu-
ments they fore up, and no more
affidavits were "made. Shortly after
the whole body of them "jumped
the town," thus proving tbe cor-
rectness of the suspicions enter-
tained. The special agent is en-
titled to credit for his action, and
we feel sure that he will receive it
from Mr. Teller's hands.
This case illustrates the easy
process whereby the public lands
in vast bodies are passing under
control and into the hands of the
men who could not get possession
without wholesale corruption. We
-hall not attempt to give the facts
at our command, as to the manner
in which the work of absorption
performed, as we are satisfied that
the special inquiry now in hand
will bring them all out. In doing
-o it will Tesulr, we believe,, in two
desirable things : One being legis-
lation that will guard the adminis
(ration more effectually^ and the
other the abrogation of the entire
pre-emption system, which is now
only an incentive to fraud. We
hope also for some changes in the
land laws, which will prove of prac-
tical value in this region of grazing
and dry lands. There ought to be
some method of at least leasing.tbe
pastoral area in bodieslarge enough
for ranches, as related to water,
etc.. while at the same time it should
prevent its being monopolized
under false pretenses as at present.
▲ Las Vegas d
morning paper ^ .
di#d shortly after.
of a
Aaotlur Transcontinental Railroad, g
A Chicago j aper pr.nts the fol-
lowing : It is stated by we 1-po rted
insiders that matters of giave im-
portance are brewing in the man-
agement of the Chicago, Milw>uk»-e
and St. 1'aul railway. About six
weeks ago S. S M< rr II, general
manager « f the line, with memOern
of bis family and several friends,
among them c«rtain well-posted
eastern capitalists, started froui Mil-
waukee in a spec.al c ir for San
Franc sco. Th^y traveled through
the W- st over t- e Union Pacific,
Cei.tr..1 Pacific, Soutl.ern Pacific
Mexican Central, Denver and Rio
Grande, Aichison, Topeka and San-
a Fe, Atlantic and Pacific, and
other ri ads, and on!y returned last
w»-ek. In an interview with a Her-
ald correspondent Merrill said he
returned - well pi as< d with the
West and its grand resources. It
is now learned that there is li -
tls doubt that the purpose of
Merrill's visit to the Wert, and
particularly to California, was the
buiui.ng or ra her the extension of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and tt.
P..ul to San Francisco, and active
tomj etition with the Union Pacific,
Hu'iintt n. Santa F^, Southern Pa-
c fi : and Northern Pacific Califor-
ia routes. It is known that t,is
road is now engaged in extending
i< ts line t-> De dwood, and the tra<. k
is l ini to Chamlerlain, D. T. I
w. uld take li<tie* m«>ie to build it on
to the Pacific coast. It is stated
that Merrill, while west, examined
ti.e coumry to see where the I.est
paying route from Deadwood west
could be located, and that he can-
va-sed the chances lor such exten-
sion among western railwayman.
Tie is said to have consulted, while
in San Francisco, with pr >min< nt
Pac.fic coa-it capitalists as to the
j rospects of their taking bonds of
th« i.evv iine There are said to be
svvtral big eastern capitalists, t.t
pres' nt holders of St. Paul stocks
and bonds, in the scheme. The
matter will excite much comm-nt
and discussion on all sides. Mi r-
iill has never b< en a week away
from his duties before since h.s
connection with the St. Paui road,
and hence the importance attached
to the matter.
The word "excise" is probably de-
rived from the Latin excidere—to
cut off, being the clipping taken by
the lord from any aiticle on going
;nto consumption. Excise figures
amoun to £to27 ,000,000, which is
th i amount levied nn arti les
m: nulactured within the kingdom,
just as the customs are on tho e of
loreign make, but including also
fhe railway duty and vatious licen-
senses, both those on public houses
and tho-e which have replaced the
old taxes. Spiiiss produced £14,-
300,000, besides when the wine and
spirit, licenses bring in £1,800000,
beer wine and spirit licenses biing
in £1,800,000, and the remaining
licenses, representing in the main
what we used to call assessed
taxes—name'y: those on car-
riages, dogs, armorial b< arings, and
so on, £1,500,000. Taking, there-
fore. ex'se and customs together
we derive from wines and spirits
more than £21,500,000, from beer
£S,500,000, from tobacco £9,000,000,
from tea and coffee £4.300,000, from
licenses (other than publ c-house
licences) £1,500.000, and railways
£800,000. In rising these immense
sums to main principles have been
borne in view. One is, that no raw
materials and no necessary articles
of food have been taxed. Our
fathers—nay, we ourselves—used
to pay duty on bread, meat, sugar,
cotton, flax, hemp, hides, indigo,
oil, silk and many other articles oi
primary importance, all now hap-
pil3' free,—Sir John Lubbock in
the Nineteenth Century. •
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cuted. OurSpeeinrn Books of Staiionery, Printing, .Engraving and Monogram
work contain upwards of 1000 samples of Receipts, Letter and Billheads, Envel-
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Note, Letter and Legal Cap Paper. Mining Stock Certificates, Bonds, Store Tickets,
Hotel Regi«ters, Journals, Cash and Order Bo< ks, in Spanish or English. No
charges made for translating Spani-h into Engli*h or English into Spanish. Mining
Reports printed, with Maps of Mexico showing all Railroads completed or planned.
All letters from the United States to br- promptly attended to should be addressed to
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RAILWAY TRAVEL.
The Shortest Route
BETWEEN
*1. PASO and GALTISTOK
IS THE
TEXAS MIDLAND,
VIA
ROSENBERG.
save time and money
by
Tating Tbis Ronte.
MIDLAND
The great Popular Route of Texas.
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe R'y.
The Shortest Ronte
From Fort Worth
TO
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is
Tie Texas Midland,
The Only Line
euhhi179 tsb0u9e cabs
biswesk
Fort Worth lad til poiati tovtk.
Mr. Patrick Calhoun, a grandson
of the historic South Carolina
Btatemnn, was interviewed in New
York a day or two ago with refer-
ence to the conditions of the South,
and advanced some ideas which are
rather novel coming from an off-
shoot of the old Bourbon stock that
< lung to nullification. He said that
there will never again be a popular
sentiment in favor of secession or
sectionai separation, and gave as
one of the reasons for his opinion
the fixture of the nesro in the
South. He said that "5,000,000 peo-
ple, differing in race, habits and
morals as widely as the negroes dif-
fer with the whites, would wield a
terrible influence upon the destiny
of a country whose total population
was only 16,000,000 ;" that liberty
would perish and imperialism be
threatened by such conditions;
and that the race problem can only
be peaceably and satisfactorily
settltd by maintaining the pres-
ent conditions, in which the
nwtion is made up of 46,-
000,COO whites and 5,GOO,000 blacks.
This opinion denous a very re-
markable change in the influence
of the negro race over the Union.
As a slave, the negro furnished the
principal incentive to sectional ani-
mosity and disruption of the
Union; as a freeman, if Mr. Cal-
houn's theory be correct, he is a
bond to hold the north and south
together, because the south cannot
do without him, and is appalled at
assuming the responsibility of as-
similating with him in government
if it stood alone. '*1 stand upon
the belief," said Mr. Calhoun, "that
the wisdom of our fathers has given
as a government strong enough
and God a country broad enough
to enable ns to receive among us
2,000,000 of anjr people of this globe
without materially checking our
careerbut he is equally strong in
the belief that a smaller and weak-
er government, such as the south
would be in an independent posi-
tion could net grapple with such a
problem, except at the ziak of lib-
a.t galveston with Malory Line of Steam-
ers for Key West «nd neur York; Morgan
Lin» for New Orleans, Indiauola, Corpus
Christi, Brownsville and VeraCruz.
at arcola with i. & 0». n. ft. r. for Colom-
bia tnd towns in Br .zorin. County.
at rosenberg with g , h. a s. a. s. r.
( unset Route), for Celambus, Weimer, h«r-
wood Luling. San Antonio. Loredo, tJralde
and Western Texas and Mfex eo; also for
Houston and Star and • :resc.ent rout* for
Beaumont, Oranee. Lake Ch Ties the Teche
Country, New Orleans and all points in the
Sc-.n.ihea«t, North and East; with New York,
Texa- & Mexican Kai way for Wharton, Vic-
toria and stations on thai line.
at brenham with h. A t. c. r'y, Hemp-
stead, Ledbetter, Gidding*, UcDud* and
Austin.
at hilano with i 4 g. n- 'or Heame, Pal-
estine, Rockdale. Round Hock, oeorgetowa,
Austin, San Marco-, New Brauufels, San
a i tonio and Loredn.
AT TEMPLE with Missouri Pacific Railway.
at McGREGOR with Texas and St. Louis r.
r. 'or Waco Oorstc ina, Athens, mt Pleasant,
Gilmer and Texarkana.
at morgan with Texas Central r'y for
Waco, Ross, Hiso, Iredell, Cieeo, and all points
on that line.
at clkbubne, Junction of Dallas Division
of g. c. a s. f. r. r.
at foet worth with Missouri Pacific
and Texas Pacific Railways for all points on
those lines for kl l'a«o, Santa Fe, San Fran-
cisco and the Pacific coa^t, »sd for Kansas
Ci;y, St. Louis, Chicago, NeW York, and all
points North, hast and West.
at dallas with h. A t. o r. r.; t. A p. r.
r , and Dallas Extension of Missouri Pacific
Railway.
Ceo that'your ticket reads over this liae."^(&
For full information address
OSCAR G. MURRAY,
gen'l Pass. a^t.,
galveston, texas
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
KETELSM & DE&ETAU
el paso, - - - texas,
Chihuahua and Cusihuriachic, Mexico,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN"
General Merchandise,
Shipping and Commission Merchants.
DspoMoii ail Forwarding af Comipmetts into Mexico a Snecaalty.
SOLE AGENTi FOE THB
Hazard Powder Co. of New York.
Hereulrg Powder Co. of San Frracfwo.
AntJeoMsr-BuMjh'a St. Loala Lager Beer.
New Home Sewing Machine Co.
Fish A Counel Barbed Wire Fence.
J. M. Brunswiet A Bailee Billiard Co,
Banco Nacional, Mexico.
B. F. Aveiy A Sons Plow Mf;g Co.
American jSprapfer Co.
Sehattler Wagons.
Zimpelman's Salt Springs.
JOSEPH SGHTTTZ,
IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF
GEUER'L MERCHANDISE
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHETE,
Agent for the t>Anhenserw Bottle Beer.
CTTAS. S. ROTHSCHILD, Manager.
San Francisco Street,
El Paso, : Texas.
MEAT MARKET.
El Paso Cash Meat Market
BJM AKTCmO STREETNEXT DOOR TO L. METER * CO.
Dealer in all lands of MBAT8,
CHIHUAHUA ADVERTISEMENTS.
SAUSAGE, HEAD CHEESE,
PICKLED FEET, RENDERED TALLOW
AND FRESH BREAD, ETC
Transfer Co. Railroad Busses. Livery.
"2"
Transfer, Livery and Sale Stables
CHIHUAHUA,
a ■
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The most complete, well appointed and best maintained establishment in Mexico
Single and Double Carriages, Elegant Family Turnouts,
Best Saddle and Harness Horses. Busses to and from Depot
legrapl
elegant turnouts, will contract to transfer freight.
h. l. latey, Proprietor.
L>. H. SCOTT.
I. MACMANUS.
t. macmanus.
F. MACMANUS & SONS,
(Established - - - 1840.)
Importers and Bankers
Proprietors of the Bank of Santa Eulalia,
Negotiate and Draw Bills of Exchange,
Foreign and domestic, and operate in lands and minks
Correspondence Solicited. Receiving and Forwarding given prompt attention.
COLLECTIONS MADE A SPECIALTY.
W&TA FULL LIKE OF MINING MATERIAL KEPT.-^H
F. Macmanus &Sons, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Mines! Lands ! Stock !
T. B. MILLS 8c Co.,
("Editors and Publishers Chihuahua Enterprise.)
Agents for Mine Owners!
Mine Purchasers for Capitalists,
TMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED RANCHES AND FARMS NEGOTIATED
for and on sale. Real Estate, Mine and Live Stock agents for the Mexican
States of
Chihuahua,
Sonora,
Coahuila
Lock Box. 19
Sinaloa
Nuevo Leon
Zacatecas
Aguas Cahentes
Chihuahua, Mexico.
Durangro
Jalieoo
Tamaulipss
Blackberry Brandy, Peach Brandy,
French Cognac, Old Crow Whiskey,
c.c. Miller Whiskey, Gold Spring Whiskey,
Chicken Cock Whiskey, Cabinet Whiskey,
Just imported for the Spring Trade bjr Geo. W. Thomas, and on sale by Cask or
Keg in the Store-rooms of JOSE VALENZLKLA, American Hotel Block.
JUAN N. ZUBIRAN, President.
GEO. H. ANTHONY, Secretary.
The International.
LUMBER COMPANY
Of Chihuahua, : : : Mexico.
MANUFACTURERS OP
Doors, Windows, Blinds, Moldings and Furniture,
: Of all sizes and styles, and dealers in
LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLES HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS A VARNISHES,
CHIHUAHUA AND SANTA ROSALIA, : : : : • .• .- MEXICO.
H _A_ IR, X. O "W"' S
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Is the Headquarters in Chihuahua for Touriits, Mine Owners, Railroad Officials
snd Bnsiness men generally. This House has two stories, balconies, billiard par-
lors and rotundas for promenades, and is the only hotel which
Fronts the Grand Plaza,
The Grand Cathedral, and Municipal Palace.
It is in the same block with the Banco-Mexioana, is near the Banking house of
F. Maemanus A Sons, Union Church Chapel, and the Postofflce.
Telephone Connections
With all Banks, Depots, and Principal Business Houses.
AL. HARLOW, s
POPE & MOEBIUS,
ASSAYIM & REFINTM
Gold, Silver & Copper Bullion Purchased.
Refining Promptly Done, and Satisfactorily.
Works, Foot of Mint St., - - CHIHUAHUA.
FLOURING MILLS.
EUGENE H. MARSHALL, Proprietor.
Situated at tbe Junction of the Sacramento and Chubiscar Hirers,
Near the Mexican Central Railway Depots.
Only one Mite from the pentre of the City of C4>ibuahua.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND, A LARGE STOCK OF PRIME QUALITY OF
SUPERIOR FAMILY FLOUR.
Order* sent either to the Mills, or to
KnfftiuiL &
Will hay* prompt and earefal attention.
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