The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 96, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 9, 1884 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SMOULDERING FIRE*
The Two Republics of' the
city of Mexico, of Nov. 21,
has the following*
It is stated that Epipliany
Beyes, in command of the
best regiment in Mexico, the
8th cavalry, has resigned.
On Wednesday night an at-
tempt was made to "do up"
the office of La Libertad. The
crowd could not force the
doors, and after shooting up
into the balconies and crying
''Death to the President!"
they started down the street.
One hundred and forty*
eight arrests had been made
up to yesterday morning in
connection with the local
troubles; of whom 127 are in
the Deputation and 21 in the
National Palace.
300 police were in the buil-
ding occupied by congress.
On Wednesday night an
officer in the rural guards, of
the rank of major, got inspired
with some of the best drinks
in the Iturbide saloon and
commenced to make speeches
condemnatory of the present
administration, in which he
was warmly applauded by the
young bloods present. He aft-
erwards lett the saloon and
getting into a hack drove fu-
riously round Gante and In-
dependencia streets, firing off
his revolvers end shattering
lampposts. He escaped, but
the police arrested the hack
driver.
Some shots were fired near
the principal plaza yesterday
forenoon creating wild excite-
ment for the time being. No
one was hnrt.
A report leached the city
yesterday forenoon that a
corps of rnrals aod a regiment
of cavalrymen under General
Alexander Gutierrez and C.
Pontones pronounced at Tlal-
pam against the government
and broke open the prisons at
that point for recruits. As
there are 3,000 soldiers there
the news was alarming. The
reporter found that the street
car company had stopped all
communication in the early
forenoon with Tlalpam by
way of their cars. The disaf-
fected cavalry was said to then
have started for Ajusco and
reuniting there to have made
their way to Tacubaya in the
suburbs of the city.
A great sensation was arous-
ed by the alleged reception of
a telegram from minister Ma-
riscal at London sent to secre-
tary Fernandez stating that
the English bondholders do
not want the debt ratified if so
unpopular, and it was further
stated that the telegram would
be read in congress.
It was said that the Peral-
villo garrison pronounced yes-
terday.
Passengers that came in
early yesterday morning from
Tlalpam were interviewed by
the reporter and they confirm
the news of the revolt at that
place and that the hacienda of
Raymond Mora was sacked
for horses and mules, and that
the furniture was taken out
of the honse of Ramon Fer-
nandez, Mexican minister,
now in France, and his house
destroyed The employees of
Santa Teresa factory at San
Angel had struck for higher
wages and part of the 8th
cavalry sent to suppress them
took the opportunity to pro-
nounce.
Up to yesterday morning
there bad resulted five deaths ,
twelve severely wounded and
thirty-three slightly wounded.
About 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon an idea took curren-
cy that the government had
ceded the ground to the op-
position, possibly on account
of the reception of the tele
graphic advices already re-
ferred to. At the same time
news was received that the
Tlalpam pronunciamiento had
subsided and about 3:30 p. m.
the street cars again com-
menced to rnn to that point.
The late troubles have em-
bittered some of the people
against President Gonzales,
and at) attempt was made to
assassinate him about mid-
night of Friday. He was be
ing driven from the palace to
his home in La Colonia, with
his son in his open carriage.
When the vehicle passed the
Alameda a fusilade of bullets
greeted bim. The president
has an American coachman,
Alexander Lucky, a tall pow
erful negro, black is the ace
of spades and a magnificent
driver. When the bullets be
gon to pour the negro bent to
his work and the splendid
black team passed the park
so rapidly that the bullets of
the would be assassins had no
effect. The cowards were hid-
den in the shade of the great
trees, and after shooting, they
all escaped. Though the wood-
work of the carriage is said to
have suffered from the cow-
ardly compliments, the pres-
ident was not injured. His aid-
de camp was seen at the pres-
ident's home by the reporter.
In regard to th¿ attempt on
his life the President would
say nothing, but it is under-
stood that he is determined to
keep order at any cost. Luckey
was congratulated for his ex*
pert driving. This man was in
the employ of Gen Stckles
when the general was minister
in Madrid and has been in tne
employ ot PresidentJGonzales
for two years.
Joaquin Zamacona and Luis
Marrón of Puebla had a
dispute and went outside the
city to fight over it. < Za-
macona was wounded in both
arms and Marrón who was
nnhurt put him in a coach
and took him home. There
were no witnesses. ~
A NEW CRIME UNDBfc THE
SUN.
When old Anderson Brum-
ley announced himself as a
candidate for justice of the
peace, the people of Buck
Short township felt that the
time when they were to have
an able and upright adminis
tration of judicial affairs baJ
arrived. Old Brumley had
never opened a law book,
therefore he was regarded as
honest. He had never hesita-
ted to take off his coat and
fight the best man in the
neighborhood; therefore ho
was considered able. He had
never been backward in de-
nouncing his enemies; conse-
quently he was regarded as a
oitizen of wisdom. With these
accomplishments, his election
in the expressive parlance of
politics, was a "walk over."
Shortly after Brumley took his
seat on the red oak woolsack,
a man named Billy Malone
was arrested for stealing a
grindstone.
'This here is a mighty im-
portant case," said the mag-
istrate when the culprit h'ad
been arranged before court.
"In lookin' over these here
law books I don't find no
mention o' grind-stones. It
was a big over sight in our
legislature not to put down
grind-stones in the books, fur
it. moat have been know'd
that some blamed rascal in this
here part o' the State was a
goin' to steal one. Folks in
this here part 0' the country,
let me tell you, will steal any-
thing. Wa'al, in the absence
o' any statuary barm' on the
subjeck, reckon I'll make this
here charge manslaughter in
the first degree.*
'Your honor,' said a law-
yer, *that would be impossi-
ble.'
«Wood it? Wa'al, I'll jes
show you I'm rnnning this
here court.'
'Your honor—'
'Call me jedge, if you
'Well, judge, there is no
such thing as manslaughter
in the first degree.'
'Ain't thar?Wall, I'll jesshow
you I'm runnin' this hereoourt
Prisoner at the bar, I have
longed fur a opportunity o*
teachin' a lesson to the risin'
generation. You have given
me that chance. I don't de-
light in 8eein' a man fall front
grace, bat when he doe fall,
thar ain't nothin' that pleases
me so much as to tangle my
band in the rnflleso' his calica
shirt. Manslaugher is a migh-
ty serious charge, young
feller.*
'I ain't slaughtered no man
yit, jedge'
. 'Shot your mouth, impudent
violation o" the sacred law o,
the land. No matter what you
done, I say it was manslaogh*
ter in the fust degree, an' when
a man disputes my word,
w'y, he'd better wush that his
bones was made outen Injun
rubber an' his back kivéred
with the skin o' a yalligator.
Young outrage o' the princi-
ples o* civilization, fur this
great crime man slaughter in
the fust degree, I sentences
you to be hung next Friday.'
'Judge,'exclaimed the law-
yer, springing to his feet, 'this
proceeding is impossible.'
'Is it! Wa'al, I'll jes show
you I'm runnin' this court.
When you git to be a jedge,
I won't come round tellin' yon
what you can do au' what you
can't.' ^
'Great Caesar, judge, such a
course as you are taking is a
violation of the State Consti-
tution.'
'Is it? Wa'al, I'll jest repeal
the State Constitution right
here. This feller oughter be
hung, an' if I had catch him
ten days ago, wh other or not
he had committed manslaugh-
ter in the fust degree or stold *
a grindstone in the second,
which is the same, I would
have sentenced him to be
hung, Mr. Constable, take
charge o' this man an' see that
he is hung up in a respectable
manner. Any lawyer what
don't wsnter be sarved in the
same way had better keep his
mooth shet. I'm runnin, thife
court.' Opie P. Bead.
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The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 96, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 9, 1884, newspaper, December 9, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177892/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.