The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-12
LATE FROM MEXICO.


The INDIANS AND THE Revolutions letter
from our friend Caros,'' dated Corpus Christi,
July Sd, contains the following intelligence in re-
gard to the Indians and the Sierra Madre revolution:
letter received here yesterday BY expess from La
redo giving the important intelligence that train Of u s.
wagons had been attacked between san Antonio and the
Eagle Pass, twensy miles above Preside Rio Gande and
thirteen teamsers killed. but escaping The Indians
took off all the mules company Of FLYING Artillery At.
rived at Laredo their way eona but on the 9Th ut
they ored back to Rio Grande City The citizens Of
Laredo, however persuaded the officer command to re
main there until could be received frm General
Harvey, TO whom had been sent with request to
have the company permanently stationed a. LAREDO
The writer says; Our neighbos on the Mexican side Of
the river CRo Grande) are IN state Of great excitement
Paroles has pronounced for Santa Anna. The Mexican
troops all ordered away from the line and the National
Guard hes bssn ordered from the frontier to Victoria
revolution about break out having for its object the de-
caraon Of ndependenoe this side Of the Sierra Made
believe the above news to be authentic. CARLOS
The Corpus Christi Star Of the 3Oth, gives us the
following information in regard to the Indians
:" The latest news received from Lieut. Walker
states that he closely pursuing the Indians,
having been seen beyond the Sulphur Springs and
from the freshness Of the trail he thought he was
| quite near to them. His horses were pretty well
tired out, but the men are represented % being in
high spirits at the prospect Of speedily OYeFtaking
the savages, and expressed their determination to
| follow them on foot should their horses give out
/
/ dians made an attack upon the Rancho del Alazan,
! killed one man Ia Mexican named Miguel Bocan-
egra) and three horses, and drove off about twentv-
five horses and about one hundred head Of cattle.
i The mayor domo Of the rancho Bias Falcon mar
rowly ESCAPED with his life and after pursuing him
nearly to the house, the Indians sat down within
full view and quietly cooked and ate their break
/ fest ASso0n they left, information of the out
rage was sent 10 the Tolosa, where party of
1 twelve rangers, under Lieut.. Aikens, were sta
| toned These Immediately started in pursuit,
4 but, through mistake OF their guides thew missed
the trail and returned without seeing the Indians .
The Star also contains accounts of the Indians
at the Salt Lake. 1t says Capt. Lewis informs
us that on the 24th inst. a party Of Indians made
an attack on his house at the Salt Lake, and car
ried off all the horses belonging to him. Capt L.,
WHO was at home at the time, as soon he heard
OF the robbery, Immediately raised a party of six
or eight men, and stared in pursuit Night com
ing ons they Tracked the Indians by their own sig
mails, and finally overtaking them, recovered all
their hor1es, and one or two belonging TO the en-
envy The Indians, however, ESCAPED. Captain
Lewis reports the condition of the whole Rio
Grande country as deploFable in the extreme.
From Brownsville to Laredo, with the exception
of the towns Of Rio Grande City and Roma the
whole country on this side Of the river is deserted
most Of the inhabitants having taken refuge on the
Mexican side; and a region which YVES short
time since covered with large farms and Ianchos
and comparatively thickly populated, he's become
bowling wilderness"
THE Frontier - The Star says, we learn
that much dissatisfaction is felt throughout all the
Northern provinces with the present restrictive
laws Of Mexico; and that the decree creating
Matam0ros comparatively free port had caused q
deep feeling of discomfort in both the cities of
Tampico and Vera Cruz"
The MAus.-The Star has an article in rega I'd
to the management or rather mismanagement of
The mails IN Texas. We hope its complaints may
reach the ean of the Assistant Postmaster General
and elicit some remedy for the evil The Star
says: =" We do not believe there is a State in the
Union where the mail service gives such general
and such just cause of complaint as in Texas The
mails rom Salnrla TO this place arrive regularly
with Galveston way-bills, but one-half the time
without a single letter or paper from New Orleans
This singular state of affairs is accounted for bV
the fact that the mail for the town and the places
west Of it, instead of being sent TO Galveston is
made up in New Orleans direct for Lavaca, and
goes from thence TO Victoria, and reaches here
sometimes IN two, three four and even five months
As proof Of this the mail which arrived here this
week from Victoria brought us copies of the N o
Bulletin OF the nth of March. We have received
advices, by private hand, Of important letters hav
ing been sent to us more than three weeks since
none Of which have been received BY whose or
ders the Postmaster at New Orleans sends our mail
to lavaca we do not know, hut, there being no
mail communication between Lavaca aud Saluria.
the result is that are entirely cut Off The New
Orleans papers should look to this, as their sub
scribers here grumbling considerably.
" The mail from Victoria to this place is a rsr-
feet nuisance and deserves The immediate attention
of the Department. Il does not arrive on an
average, more than once in three weeks, and then
one-half the mail matter is generally left at the diff
ierent postofiices the route. In addition 10 ths
| New Orleans papers Of March, mentioned above
the last Victoria mail brought us some of our Texas
exchanges Of February last, and we received four
numbers of the Victoria Advocate, dated respeo
lively March 30, April 20, May 4, aud June %
Victoria being only 80 miles from here. We com.
mend this route TO the especial attention Of the AS
sistant Postmaster General. The people of This
section have been humhugged long enough, and h
Is lime ths maIlgI was Femedled"