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Show I SI A Tlf.II 1' PLACE, Terrible Trice ol riberlj. The TeiHB Troubles All Owlnc to .Stilt Lrike. iiutvahd's lead ok a massacre. GlvtHion, 18. Ad Auelin Bpecisl tn the News aayt that Mexicans at El PctBO, Beversi hundred Btrong, have itie tlkite troops uurroundsd aud the runners ure doomed unleya they comply com-ply wilh the demands of the Mexicans. Mexi-cans. The demand is that Howard shall be delivered to them to be beheaded, be-headed, this manner of execution having been determined upon before hand. The courage and devotion ol the rangers will be put to a stroDg test. The Bberirl of the county despairs of absistaoce in time to prevent pre-vent a uiriBsacre, General Steele thinks that the rangers will not surrender sur-render Howard, but will defend him with their lives. THE PROSl'ECT OF RELIEF. Chicago, IS. The Times' Washington, Wash-ington, regarding the prospect oi the arriral of troops to asititt the beleaguered TexanB at Sun EliZ'irio says: Tue main hope ia centered upun the cavalry coin panibs numbering about 150, ordered Jrom Purt Bujard. This poat is only eighty miles distant in an airline, but on accuunt of the mountainous roads is lully 170 miles ofl It is .loped the main part of the command w,l! re.u;o tbo point early this morning, morn-ing, Mills cou cedes that the dispute grown out of a salt lake which is fifty miles tin eitle uf tLe Kio Grande and wis uul permitted to he located, aud Texnns and Mexicans had access to it. Kecouily, however, it was pur-uhasL'd pur-uhasL'd hy a company and a charge was impuecd upon the right to obtain salt. This lOaulted' in a row, and Mexicans swear they will have Bait free, and threaten vengeance on those who oppose them. Administration circles nere think the arrival of federal fed-eral troops will end the matter. LERD013TS. Timeb' San Antonio, Texas: Col. Amador of the Lerdo party ia die arming mil thu Diaz guards in the vicinity nl Mier. Toe Mexicans favoring fav-oring the cause of Lerdo wLo had taken reiuge in Texas, ore flocking to Amadur's standard. His force ivaa augmented over forty in olio day by siicb accessions. Other revolutions are fairly opened. CRD EN ROUTE, St. Louis, 18. Gan. Ord and stafl will arrive here in tbe morning, and will leave at once for the Texas border. BULLIS RErORTS. Galveston, 18. The News' Fort Clark special says the command under Colonel Young and Lieutenant Bullis arrived this evening. They report having experienced very bad weather on their return trip. No details of their operations have yet been made known IN DESPERATi; STRAITS. The governor has received the following dispatch from tbe sheriff of El Paso county, dated the 17th: Your telegram received. Unable lo raise in LhU county over 10 men, 1'he iirst help expo. Led ib tony-eight hurs distant. 1 four it will bt3 too late the. runyors are minting snort of ammu'iitiun mid the mob id undermining the build ing. (Signed) Charles Kebbjer, ahoriiF. ONE RANGE tt KILLED. Chicago, 18. Captain Blair, com-mauding com-mauding the United States troops at El Paso, Texas, telegraphs under ! date of the 17th instant, that nothing new has occurred at San Elizario up 1 to that lime, but one man belonging io the Texas rangers had been killed. The advance of the United States troops en route to tian Elizario from Paato, in New Mexico, was hourly expected. |