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Political Collision In New Mexico

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
September
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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BAMTA FE, Sopt. 2.- Evcning. Tiiis morning'd oí tontaina the iblluwmg oorrespondenoe frona La Messilla i the S.nitlnjrn part of tliis Territory : "'i he olectiou excitemi ut in this i Oulmiuat il tu-il.iy in on i'iM 'lui i il'r::ys rvi-r .. itneeeed here. [tie no exaggeratioii to say tbat the ] I , been literal] drenched with i-r blood. Atpteseut vmtmg, Bünday evi n 'mg, August 27, il ie knowu j.is.i,-. n.,vo been killed wbile it is estxm1 : reaoh as bigh as 30, uf wlioui seven oreightare mortuËy injured. froi . thia utl i uiiiil sis, tii.' ;u re8ounled witJb nbots, groaus, yelJs and uxecratioue. I ■ i 15 minutes the firing wag incessant, and continued during tiiá rusí oi the tour. Thu Ropublioau uud Deuooratie p had eacb uelected to-day as the iuos1 :il)lc time for the grand domonatrátiou of thu campaign, and at an early hour this moraing botb parties oouuuenoed their rationa. ïhe loadtn were evidently detiiroutt of avoiding a dieturbance, and the respective parues formad is proccssiou and passed eaoh other's place ot' meeting wil oui outbreaks, and nothing ned un til i n. tin: meetings had ;uijourned and the prooessions reformed. At 5 i'. m. both partios met in the plaza, ohanging di Qant vivas. A pistol shot w:i lu.'.l. when a ge:. eral fight ensued. Aii ii, w.muii and ohildren burried to their houses, but the fight was kept up trom tin; windowa and hotue (ons. tin. il.nl and wounded falling on uil ádes. Hou. John Simón. Bepubliotui candidate for Judge, was first killed. Xha balemoe of the killed aud wounded wero mostly Mexicang." Aaother fight to!; placo at Anti n Chico, near Loz Vegas, in which two were killed and ix ui' Beven wounded. The ] ple are tenibly exuit" l bcre, but evtiry thiug is being done to presorre and good order. Hon. Marsh Güddings, thenewöovcni ot of this torritory, anivod boreon ïbured;iy, and v.,s inaugurated yesteraay. Be waaterennded last evening by oneofthn I assemblages (■ver known in this (ity. He made i speech, and waa i oeived with graal entboaiasiu.

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Old News
Michigan Argus