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Show The Trouble In Texas. WaBhington, 17. Representative Mills, this morning, received the following fol-lowing dispatch, dated last night, Irom Governor Hubbard of Texas: The B'-ieriff of El Paso ceuoty telegraphs tele-graphs to-nijiht that ou- state troops are surrounded, and will ml bo massacred unless relief can bo hud at once. Ask the s-cr. ttiry of war to plenso order his troops in New Mexico to make forced maruhea for their relief. Taoy are American citizens. Answer. Representative Mills waa at the war department this morning, and by authority au-thority of the secretary ol war replied to Gov. Hubbard aj follows: Troops are now moving undor orderi from here, with all po-aiblo syeod rm ! Forts liayard, Stanton, Davis and Sin La Fe. The war department has recsived information that the local difficulties in El Paso county, Texas, which grew out of toe right and title to curtain salt mines, has assumed quite a threatening aspect. The fow United States troops and state militia in tho county have been sorrouuded, and unless soon relieve: it id feired they will fare badlyk A dispatch from Gjvoruor Hubbard, Hub-bard, asking ussis'ance from - thi prFaident, waa referred to the secretary secre-tary of war and by him to General Sherman, who telegraphed Genera' Sheridan to aend all the troopj he could. The latter replied this ninm ing that ho had ordered all urailb'r troops to the scene of Ibe difficulty It is thought the troops from Fun Stanton huve already re-iuhcd 10 Paso, and will probdhiy be able in relieve J.he troops no surrounded by the mob. The troop fr.nu btn Buyard will no donh: reich S i-i Ejizario to-morrow, uI ivil!i tbosu from Fort Stanton ivill bj utlicient to keep the peace. The allnir is purely Ijiul arid no aerioua complicitions are antiuipiled. |