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Show LATEST -DISPATCHES GENERAL. MEXICAN BIFFIAMSM. Hi GoTtraor oi Texan le" muutlM I'roterlloii i'r the Itordt-r itUeu from Men-tau Men-tau UulUauit. Washington, 31. It appears to be generally believed that Internal Rev-euue Rev-euue Commissioner Douglass will soon retire from his present position, hut not from the public service. The president received the following follow-ing fliniiitoh tn-dav: Austin, Texas, March, o0. To his excellency, U. S. Grant, president presi-dent of the United States. Sir: Deo-I Deo-I redationa of organized bands ot robbers rob-bers from the republic of Mexico have of late increased in frequency and atrocity, which threatens the depopulation de-population ot the lower Rio Grande country. The alarm between the Neuces and the Hio Grande conse-1 quent upon these raids in which our people are ruthlessly murdered and their property forcibly taken by theee foreign desperadoes is widespread, and unless relieved by some assurance of protection it must result in a general breakup of the settlementa. On the . t .1.; L 1 narlo nf jJIUUI LOW memm a 101 1,0 v - these robbers penetrated into the interior in-terior aa far as within eighteen miles of Corpus Christi, robbed stores and ranches, and murdering and capturing cap-turing citizens and capturing and destroying the United Slates mail. 1 appeal to your excellency lor protection for the people ol that country against these invasions of outlaws from Mexico, since they have been of almost weekly occurrence for several months past and are increasing increas-ing in force and boldness. Citizensof that country have been compelled for the most Dart to move to towns for protection, and no security exists outside of these corporations for lifo or property, and the people in the towns even hold themselves in constant con-stant readiness for defense. I trust your excellency will deem it proper to give security to the people on the Rio Grande border. In view o( the assurance I now give you that an extreme ex-treme necessity exists for it. Very respectfully, Richard Coke, Governor of Texas. The secretary of war, in the absence ab-sence of the president, replied to the telegram, saying to the governor that orders will bo given to the military authorities to take immediate steps towards the protection of the people of Texas on the Mexican frontier. |