Hamilton Fish to To the honorable The, April 28, 1875

No. 430. Mr. Fish to Mr. Foster.

Sir: I transmit a copy of two letters of the 19th instant, and of the documents by which they were accompanied, addressed to this Department by the chief clerk of the War Department. They relate to recent events on the frontier of Texas. These papers show that parties of raiders, supposed to have come from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, have recently been unusually active and numerous, and have committed murders and robberies on American soil in that quarter. Although the information afforded may not be sufficiently definite to require a special complaint to the Mexican foreign office, it shows a condition of things on their side likely to lead to continued acts of violence on ours, which must increase the difficulty of preserving the public peace generally in that quarter. As such it is hoped that the serious attention of the Mexican government will be given to the subject, in order that all unauthorized hostilities may be discouraged.

I am, &c.,

Sheriff Davis to the editor of the Brownsville Ranchero.

Editor Brownsville Ranchero:

That deeming it my duty to arrest twenty-two men at the Solises ranch for murder and as witnesses, General Edward Hatch, commanding at Ringgold Barracks, at my request, was kind enough to furnish me with guard and transportation for twenty-two men from Solises ranch to Rio Grande City, and furthermore, at my request, to guard them for me during the night of the 28th of January. This request was made by me in my capacity as deputy sheriff, as the jail in Rio Grande City was not sufficiently large or secure to hold them. I accompanied the prisoners in person on the way to Ringgold Barracks. On the next morning, when the prisoners were called for, they were at once turned over and not detained by the military, as your paper states. The prisoners were arrested by me; the posse was furnished by the military, at my request.

Mr. Bourboi to Captain Moore.

Sir: I received a communication from justice of the peace, precinct No. 5, which I inclose so that you may judge what it contains and act on it; it is a notice that a squad of men, don’t say how many, are ready at the Cuevas, supposed to cross on this side.

I remain yours,