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Show 'tHKU S(KM ION ItKIIKf.llll.S rartlriilsrt f lln 1 prMn In I hi liualuia and hilling of Auchels J Vl'or Detrret Atwr l'er tbe Information ol )ou multl lllude nf readers I give as follows a synoj ils of the history of the trouble In nur neighboring town of Li Ascen clon, which culminated In tbetiage-dies tbetiage-dies of a few days since I our years ngu Henor Ilafacl Auche-ta Auche-ta was elected, bt considerable major lly, president of the lounlclpslity of La Aaconclon, an ofllee comMnlng somu of the functions of ma) or, Juallcei cf thuiuicu and minister of finance It thu town During hla terra of mice (twoye-ara)n law wa tast-d ly the legislature providing for the luinltlnn aud collection of oerttln taxes, to ro vide for the more ture maluieuanro of freaachoolaanl general niunlcipalln come. Mr. Anchcta, uf courao, com-rocuccd com-rocuccd the enforcement of sail law, and, Itlrclilmcd, orlglnatei atix on water rights Hhlch haa sluro also been enforced. The poorer class, who folt most keenly the burden of thesu new taxes, attributed their misfortunes to Mr. Ancheta and Ida arty (known throughout thu nation aa the Liberal lrty), anJ Joined the ranks ol (he Con-scrvAtlvre, Con-scrvAtlvre, orCbuich (ally, totucli nil exteulthat llwas with sonin illnlculty thatlhn Llbe rals succeednl in electing one of their numbers as Mr Ancheta's successor lu clllre, two yearaagn. The alleged mercllcu way In which the taxes were) cullrctetl, together perhaps with some pcriuatilng from thu ranker church isirtlMiis, lm.riaad thu ills-contents ills-contents to uch an extent that with tho excel lion nf tlio government olllc lala and their relatives ami Irlou.l-almoat Irlou.l-almoat the whole oiuiallou to k aides with tho Church arly. I might here atop tu make the comment that, if the Church patty had not pmde lhat ktau I blunder n number cf ears ogo,of overturning their reiiibllcau foim of government, and lavlllug Maximilian over, It would bo almost linusilbletu mako anything but Conservalltes of thuiiooror class of Mexicans; for they areahuoet all Cathollrs, mii.clally In outlying districts like this Hut, to return, luth aides prerared t) do the Ir beet In thu muulclpsl election elec-tion thla fall, and In nrdrr lo help the cause still mure, It toeilble, thu govrrn Its nominee. Hut he woulu undoul t-edly t-edly have been defeated by the topu lr vote, If thu opposing i-arty had not Ucomedlacuuragtd at seeing tho Jcll. Ing places In the han la of Mr. Ancbe la's alherents, and resolved to carry their voles to ( blhuahiia tolcounled by them-elvea, thereb) glvlog thu guvirnment a ihance to reject their voles as llbj-sl, and lo declaro Mr. Ancheta alec-led ua a o iiieiiucnce. Hueh needing might seem straiiku were It not for thu fnctthat thu voting Is douc- heru bj, mtnuaofa lullutoniclilly Ibiued (o each voter ou the reglilratl n llat.wltha blank spate rorthecandldatW namea eacli lullut therefore, bulling nn clllclal aeul and the voter's name The outcome of it all was that Mr. Anchcta was onlrhllj dcclart-l elected, elect-ed, by the election Judges lu thlhus-huaclly,aiid thlhus-huaclly,aiid took Ida icat on the 1st Inst., and the rt M theoppolte parly waaaccuiedof n-dltlou Utau'eof the gitbcrlngof his frienda on election day amrrlit mill t-rlonglng to him, white they met tn unite their billuta, an 1 wheru somelnllsmmslory speee hei were made, A few nights afterwirds Sir. Ancheta was silting at a bible playing carda (nothing uncommon), with hlsba k towards a deal dour that oi-pncd upon thu atictt, wheu some cf IheCuiiicrvatlves eutcred to no how the laud lay, nn 1 n few minutes a ter wards a lail'ct iraihill tliruugli the duor, Juit gra2el Its Inlcnlcd victim, and shattered a friend's tllmw acrots the table. H memoruof thajielscf tho oj position posi-tion vteruarresleel for thli andlhrovtii Into Jail, and Tumors of what wasgolng tobedonuwlth them raised thutxclle lueiit to fevt r heat. riiocllraax was reached on the 7th lust., wheu lu the attcrunott a hodytf fromseveutyflvii tu a hundred men ecrretcly assembled Uhlud au adol lo corral near ll.ei lain, and scut a very few of their LuruUr stilt nearer the plain, to uuku a demonatrallon, well knowing, pcrhais, that their Intondcl victim, became nf his isirsonslcoursge, would beanicmgthu tlrst lo faro the danger. The plan worked Mill and Mr Anclura, accoin aided ly a single friend, sj itarud aniLcommandeil them to Ul'i-tte, and, uli tliilr refutal to utie) .commenced to take Ihtilrtiaineaa tcditlcus icnuiis, wjieu ho suddenly found IiIuim If surruuiilcd by a Isnu bojy of hla enemies. He expostulated Mlththcm lo no avail, an I then at tempted to draw hla j latul, but was struck from behind Willi a gun, kiiocktddown, und drugged oil. lie laiahlto hatu told them whllu the) were dragging him attay, II at they had heller mako their work sure, fur, If lie ever escai-wl he Mould "make things narni fur iheni." Hla friend wss "true blue," fur he imthil his llttol at Mr. A.'s aasallanti but Mas kllleilfor hi. Udelltj. 1 ye.MllnrMis dtsrrlbethe waste cf powdtr In this arena, cumldtilu,t thu one fatality, as Mr Ancheta waa carried milieu lo thu n'uif-meiitlotied grist mill which was thenceforth made the bare of oicrathins for the let-els, as they aru now termed, tu long as the lebclliun listed. IhumithorltleiliitbetoMnsuddeuly found themeehea In n much amaller minority than they ha leverlmuglued, and In teorof thslr llvis, rent far aui nusr furuinrurtenients. lhls colony wasasledlufiirulih iutl men, which with so innny gone from tiumu we w eru nnablu In furnish; but n nt nil thu force mu could iare on thu folluwlng day. On Iho morning nf the th.bth a le Inforctmintof flltceii nun having nr-rlvnl nr-rlvnl fiom Juno, ery f lWt attack wss made on tbt mill by tin govern mem revenue at.eut who waa aho a mllltla ea tslu, who at Ibahrud or only Iwerlj eavah), charged the mill which wjadefenied by a garrlion of nvcr eighty men will armed A single volley from the garrltou killed the leader nf the forlorn bore, and l ut the rest lo lllgbt. I Ithcrut the tlmuuf this nttsck nr s limine reafli r Mr. Atic'ieU was killed tinlir ttl at clrcumitniiciN li nut ilcflnllilt km in uittlilalMl) thriitn thu -li in a OMaicu fnui the null 1 i r I t il 11 liiMinii uu ol-I ol-I t Ihiirlrlen (o n nn uud inU ni ) ' i is. ourc r " du l e in Ilia b Iih iuiU ci In I r t 1 1 nail teen ally nttu uuJ uultnaied (tcvlouj to the1. 1 1 1 1 n and had received futirlalls in his i ut s ni" of lliem at IIITer I times, as shown I y thu swellings uu I Ultculoratlnu Aftersielngtheslcken Ing slghLwhlrhbecarrs not lodes rite any further, your correspondent con. fesaeato entertaining net veryeaalted Ideas of mob honor. I) irlug the wait Ing for thu arrival rl the mllltla the Latter-day Halnts helped lo guard tho Rovernmeutolllres, the cuitom houtc, the rovenuu stumprfllre, -3tulllca, etc. On the arrival of Iruoi wo sera dla-mlaaeii, dla-mlaaeii, Thnslght cf rexular Iroopa seemed to be cllalntegratlng Inmionco an the Iniurgenls, fur on charging the mill, the morning nftor their arrival, It was fuilnd empty.- Thopron-M ot catching Iho fleeing offenders has been tx th novel and sue its-hil I havenotai-sratodiscrllielt, liilsufllcolt to say, almost all of the insurgents are now In custody. The dlilrlct Judge and preseeiitlnir attorney are hue from I'ltwdel Norte with thelroortdaMltauls ntul ready, at dale of writing, tu legln work. Ihu I reelect la that sjine tl the ioor wretches will pay tho mlty with tin Ir lives on pretty short notice This Is about tho history or lhls already al-ready fatnoui "revolution," as iewed from a "Mormon" standpoint, an I although al-though the cxcllrmelit at title lima In our neighborhood was Immense, It Isn't much of a involution after nil. I lull NISI. CuhONi Dur, Chihuahua, Mex Jauuary 17, 19i |