The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-24
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From Texas.

| AVAdss
| By the steamship Globe, Capt Ellery, we hav.
Brownsville papers of the 10th and Galveston files
of the 21st.
was lately fought opposite Clay Davis, (Rio Grandf
| City, between Joseph Moses and Walter Hickey
/ which terminated in the death of Col, Hickey
Col. Hickey was formerly editor of the Vicksbure
1 Sentinel.
DEATH OF HARRY LovE.-The noted and fear.
less expressrider, Harry Love, was lately killed al
Monclova. He was bearer of dispatches to Santa
| Fe, from Gen. Worth. No particulars are given
Ell PAso RouTE.-It is said that some of the
| surveyors sent out by Gen. WORTH to explore the
route from Fredericksburg to Ell Paso, had returned
and reported that the route was entirely practical
bic. A report was also received from the ella,
that large party of adventurers were digging gold
on that river, and found it in great Quantities.
TAMAuLIPAs CONGRESS- - ST.. Don Agustin
Manchaca, Deputy from Matamoros to the Con-
gress Of the State of Tamaulpas now in session,
has been elected President of that body.
REPORTED Loss OF MAJOR BARRY AND HIS
PARTY.-The San Antonio Western Texan states
that Mr.. Cain has recently returned to that CITY
from San Fernando, and reports that previous to
his departure from that place, news had reached
there, published in some of the Mexican papers,
that Major Barry's party was cut to pieces by The
Indians. They were about one hundred and fify
miles beyond the hacienda of San Juan de Iendas
where they were attacked by tribe of Indians
not supposed to be Camanches, and all with the
exception of the guide Mexican) and one female,
murdered. The female taken prisoner is supposed
to be the wife of Dr. Herbert, who ACCOMPANIED
her husband. Major B. and a portion of his COM
mand were from Galveston, among whom were
Messrs. Jalonick, w. Donovan, Mr.. Norman and
A. Grouse, with some six or eight Others whose
names have ascprtainpd Rumor uiy tbo
names OF several young men from Galveston, as
having been with Major Barry, who were not but
who left Fredericksburg with Major Dalton and
Capt Mays.
INDIAN DEPREDATIoNs-The Brownsville Flag
OF the 10th contains accounts of further Indian
depredations. 1t says that on the 10th an express
arrived from Palo Alto, announcing that a nu-
merous and formidable band of Indians had just
made descent on that place and had already COM
mitted acts of savage barbarity. The stage from
Point Isabel had been intercepted, and the proprie
tor, Mr.. Bangs, and Mr.. Lombardo, passenger,
were taken prisoners. These gentlemen afterwards
escaped from their captors, but We're reduced to
state of nudity. train of transport wagons had
also been captured, between Brownsville and Point
Isabel, containing much valuable merchandise.
Such of the citizens of Brownsville as were able
to procure horses speedily repaired thither; but
their numbers were too small to do more than de-
fend the settlement of Maj. Taylor. Pursuit was
impracticable. The commandant at Fort Brown,
Col. Morris, dispatched in wagons some thirty in
fantry-al his dsposable force-but their progress
was too tardy to avail any thing against willy and
wel-mounted foe. There were no mounted men
in the garrison Before the arrival of this force the
Indians had retired not, however before they had
perpetrated several acts of great barbarity. Among
those who were slain was Doro.eo Zamora, who |
had just elected, under the treaty, to become an
American citizen. One of his sons was killed at |
The same time, another badly wounded, and his !
laughter, about IA years Ole, carried into cap
tivity. At the rancho Santa Olaya two men were |
killed, and a woman and two children taken Cab
i've. From the rancho de los Indios Mrs Willsey, |
he wife of Capt. Benz Willsey, his brother and |
ster-in-law were carried off captives. The mother
If Mrs. Willsey persisted in following her children,
md did so for some distance, regardless of the
nenaces of the savages. When she continued to
olow, the Indians seized her. tied her hands behind
Ter, pierced her with their lances and arrows and
eft her for dead. She, however, reached neigh.
oring rancho, and is now, it is said, maniac.
The destruction of the property on the left bank
f the river has been great. Seventy horses were
'st by one man.
The civil authorities of Brownsville called on
len. Avalos, the military commandment at Mata-
loros. A few hours after the call the Mexican
avalry, well equipped, were waiting on the bank
the river for the military commandant on our
de to sanction their crossing, and remained there
'veral hours. But the American commandant de-
lined any interference in the matter, thus placing |
beyond the power of the civil authorities to &C. |
'pt the use of the cavalry. Gen. Avalos promptly
mt his cavalry to different points on the Mexican |
de of the river; but no depredations were com.
tilted on that side. .
A petition to Gen. Taylor is being circulated in t
e valley of the Rio Grande, asking for protection
pm the Indians. The petition requests, especially,
at mounted men be sent TO that frontier
NAVIGATION OF THE Rio GRANDE.-The barge d
airy Love, under the command of Capt. Daniel
kingsbury, lately assembled the Rio Grande to f.
thin two leagues of the Preside, distance of 4
miles above Laredo. She made her trip and
livered her freight at Laredo in twelve running c.
US. The want of knowledge of the channel and P
3 prevalence of the cholera among the crew, f
tde the trip much longer than it would otherwise ii
We been. The water, too, was unusually low a.
d yet as tar as Laredo no serious distractions 81
scented themselves About two leagues below W
Presidio chain of rocks the river pre- IT
i'0u OH oo'edIiC " pcNcIL Idt1SdtlOIl ABOVE | W
1t point Capt. Kingsbury made the experiment |
blasting some of these rocks, and satisfied him ht
that this obstacle could be removed easily at o.
fling expense.
Capt Kingsbnry visited Eagle Pass, about forty
les above Presidio He reports the river as ap- 81
irng we'll up to this point, and the best inorma- he
he could gather was, that the river for several 70
ndred miles above the Preside was uninterrupted y.
any serious obstacles to avigation-decidedly 81
ter navigation than below-and the chain of e'
ks represented below Preside was said BY the LEI
citizens to be the greatest impediment to the pr
Vigation of the river for great distance.
OVERFLOW OF THE SALADo.-An overflow of
Saladot took place early in this month, causing ~
at destruction to property in the camp of the Sd
antry, near San Antonio. The first intimation
the overflow was given about o'clock in the NJ
ming, by the sentinels The rise was very "a
id; in less than Eve minutes the water had
N four or five feet, barely giving time to those ,
o had families to remove them to place of secu LII
before everything was submerged in water V
lives were lost, but the damage to property was
at The loss of C. w. Ogden, Sutler of the Sd RI