The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-01
lsIpoRTANT FROM THE SOUTH.
INDIAN MAssA cREs IN TEXAS,
cuAnlrsron. 5. q. NAV aolh.

HE Cholera, dc.
The Noitherner has arrived. The Falcon is also
oil the bar. Her mail will proceed at IL Meridian.
We have accounts from Havana 10 the 9th but
there is no news of interest.
We are also In possession OF New Orleans dates OF
the 18th There seems 10 be no better prospect Of
stopping the creyasse at Suayes. The water isiear
fully ON the increase and great alarm OF more eX;
tensive lnundalion prevails.
George Porter assistant editor Of The Picayune"
and editor of the " Spirit of the Times is dead His
disease was of The bious type.
The last accounts represent the crevasse 10 be still
unchecked, and indeed unmanageabe. II had risen
four inches in the last twelve hours Philippe street
Ia the OF the 9th ward Is utterly impossible fol
all vehicles the bridges being all swept away,
The cholera has broken out in the vicinity Of
Suayes creyasse, and one Of his children and three
| OF his negroes have died oiit.
The cotton market exhibits the same activity and
| hrmness.
The steamship Globe from Brazos Santiago, ar
rized at Galveston on the 2lst. She brings the sad
Intelligence that an express had arrived al Browns
| Vile stating that Palo Alto had been attacked by
formidable band Of Camanche Indians who INDUCED
| IN acts OF the most startling burbanty The stage
from Point Isabel had been Intercepted and the pro.
prietors and passengers all made prisoners train
of transportation wagons, loaded with valuable mcr-
| chandse, had also been captured. Unfortunately
there was no force to oppose the daring marauders,
| there being no mounted force al Fort Brown. The
loss of property is immense. One gentleman has
lost seventy horses. The men have been killed and
the women and children carried into captivity,
was called upon by the civil authorities ol Browns
| vile, for the assistance of his mounted dragoons.-
His answer was that he was ready TO furnish all the
force At his disposal If authorized by the command
ant of the Texan department TO cross the frontier
The latter refused. In few hours large body OF
Mexican cavalry appeared on the opposite bank OF
The river, awaiting permission TO cross.
The whole American population in the valley of
the Rio Grande are in state OF extreme agitation.
Accounts from San Fernando, In Western Texas,
brings the information that Major Berry and his par
" have been cut 10 pieces by the Indians. They
were attacked 100 miles beyond the hacienda OF San
| Jnan de Jenda, and all Murdered but one prisoner
The nvages of the cholera AT San Antonio are most
awful The whole number of deaths is not short OF
500. The disease has broken out in the camp Of the
Sd infantry, and in The quariermasler's encampmen
on the Salado, where many were dying,
BY the Southern papers of last evening we have
the following fuller accounts Of the news from Tex
as, and OF The ravages of The Indians.
| From The New Orleans Delta, 2ith nit
From Texas.
| Further Indian DepredationS- Murder Of Ehmi
| lies Uomen and Children carried into Captiri-
| fy-CM upon Mertco 10 protecto'T ScfHemsnfs-
reported loss Of Maj barry and his Party
Cholera al San antonio Death Of Col. Uaher
| Hickey OperRom Of The !Seiado : Great loss Of
PROPERTY dc.
The steamer Globe, Capt.t Fllery, from Galveston
| arrived here last evening. From the Brownsville
Flag, Of the 18th inst and the Galveston Civilian
of the 2lst we collatc the following exciting items
Of news:
| On Thursday last orr town was thrown Into great
| excitement by the ARRIVAL of an express from Palo
Alto, announcing the startling intelligence, that
numerous and formidable band Of Indians had Just
made descent upon that place, and Ind already
committed many acts of startling and savage bur-
barity. The stage from Point Isabel had been inter-
cepted and the proprietor, Mr. Bangs and MIR. Lom-
bardo, passenger, were taken prisoners A train
of transport wagons had also been captured between
Brownsville and Point Isabel, containing much
valuable merchandise.
| Such Of our citizens as able TO procure hor
SEES, speedily repaired ihither, but their numbers
were too small TO do more than defend the settlement
| of Mai Iaylor-pursuit was impraclicable. Tho
| Commnndant al Fort Brown, Col Morris, likewise
dispatched, In wagons, some thirty lnlantry-al his
disposablc force leaving only guard at the Fort
but their progress too tardy to avail any thing
against foe so willy and well mounted. There were
no mounted men in the garrison. Before the arri-
val of this force, The foe had retired not however
until they had perperacd acts OF savage baibarity
| the mention whereof causes our blood 10 curdle.
But partial accounts have reached us OF the acts of
| these savage marauders. Doroteo Iamoia, most
esIimable citizen, we regret TO learn is among the
| slain Mr.. Xamora had Just been elected, under the
treaty, TO become an American citizen. One of Mr..
Zamora's was killed at the same Time another
badly wounded, and his daughter, girl about four
teen years OF age, carried into captivity. AT the ran
ch Sania Olaya Two men were killed and woman
| and two children taken captive. From the rancho
de los lndois Mrs Willsey, The wife Of Capt Bena-
min Wiilsey, his brother and sister n-law, were car
ried off captives The aged mother of Mrs. Wil5ey
persisted in following her children, and did 70 for
some distance, regardless OF savage menace, when
i the Indiana selling her, tied her hands behind her
pierced her with their lances and arrows and left her
on the ground weltering n her blood, as they sup.
| posed, dead This poor woman, however, succeed
| ed in reaching neighboring rancho in most shock
ing mutilated condition, and is now, we understand,
a maniac.
The destruction Of property on this river has been
| immense. We learned to-day OF the loss of seventy
horses by one gentleman. We are reloced TO learn
| Of the escape of Mr. Bangs and his companion from
captivity. They were, however, reduced to state
| OF nudity.
The foregongis but faint outline OF The acts per-
pstrated within the last few days in our immediate
vicinity.
! Gen. Avalos, the Mexican commandan at Mata-
moras, proposed 10 place, himself at the head Of
body of Mexican cavalry TO aid tie people OF Texas
in The pursuit and chnstisemen of the Indians pro-
viding he received u communication from the MILF
| tary commundan of the American department, ou-
| thoriaing him 10 pass troors from Mexico to the
other side of the river The American officer in com.
mand declined any interference in the matter ana
the proposition fell TO the ground.
We notice petition, from citizens residing on the
Rio Grande, 10 the President OF the United States,
pubshedin the Flag, informing him OF their exposed
condition, and asking him for body of cavalry, or
mounted men, TO afford them the protection TO which
| they conceive they have right We find in the
| Flag The following paragraph
| :" A duel was fought opposite Clay Davis's (Rio
| Gr0ndc City, between Joseph Moses and Walter
| Hickey, whi,h terminated in the death of Colonel
| yicksburg Sentinel"
The Flag has also the following obituary notice of
poor Hickey.
departed this life al Rio crapde Civ, on the
evening Of Monday, the 7th inst. Waller Hickey
Esq. Brave Just, generous, and humane, his many
friends proclaim his many virtues. BY his demise
his family have lost beloved and brother; the
district in which he lived, one of the most intell-
gent and enterprisng merchants; Its people, one
whose experience, sagacity and eoquence had hoped
TO make him their choice 10 represent them in the
legislative halls"
Weearn, says the Flag, that our noted and fear
less express rider, Harry Love, was killed Mt Mon
cova. Mr.. Love was bearer Of dispatches TO Santa
Fe from General Worth. We have no particulars.
The barge Harry Loye has nayigaod the Rio
Grande as far up as Laredo.
from the Civan
Reported Loss Of Major Barry and his Party
The San Antonio Western Texan suites that Mr.
Cain has recently returned TO that city from San
Fernando, and reooris that previous to his departure
from that place, news had reached there published
in some OF the Mexican papers, that Major Barry's