[Inclosure 5.] Mr. Jarvis to Mr. McCook. Custom-house, Lavedo, Texas,December 15, 1871. General: I inclose herewith the declaration of M. Castaweda, the chief of the Mexican custom-house guards, a very…
[Inclosure 4.] State of Texas, County of Webb: Before me, Samuel M. Jarvis, mayor of the city of Lavedo, county and State aforesaid, came Margarito Castaweda, to me well known,…
[From the Arizona Citizen, Tucson, Arizona, Saturday, December 30, 1871.] The Baker Family Massacre. Following is the report of the coroner’s jury that investigated the circumstances of this frightful atrocity:…
[Inclosure 2.] Territory of Arizona, Executive Office, Tucson, December 29, 1871. Sir: I had the honor to transmit to you, February 14, 1871, a communication giving Information of the insecurity…
[Inclosure in B.—Translation.] Treasury Department, First Section. The President of the republic has been pleased to address me the following decree: Benito Juarez, constitutional President of the United States of…
No. 279. Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Mexico, December 29, 1871. (Received January 11, 1872.) No. 490.] Sir: At the date of my last general…
[Inclosure B.—Translation.] Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Nelson. Department of Foreign Affairs, Mexico, December 15, 1871. Sir: I have had the honor to receive your excellency’s note of the 13th instant,…
[Inclosure A.] Mr. Nelson to Mr. Mariscal. Legation of the United States. Mexico, December 13, 1871. Sir: In compliance with instructions from the honorable Secretary of State of the United…
No. 278. Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fish Legation of the United States, Mexico, December 18, 1871. (Received January 11.) No. 488] Sir: I inclose a copy of a note that…
No. 276. Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fislu, Legation of the United States, Mexico, December, 9, 1871. (Received January 2.) No. 483.] Sir: On the 3d instant the insurgent-general Porfirio Diaz…