New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-16
By order Of Brig. Gen. HAKNEY .


HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH DEPARTMENT
san Antonio. June 49, l-4I
sly There Is reason o. believe that letter addressed
% you 9th has been lost. the express rider
having been murder. by Indians
IN mat communication you we're authorized 10 pur
horses Tor the purpose o. pursuing Indians snoll
they agau be heard OF iu the vicinity oi your post
Il supposed YOU msy Zee a'e % mount AZ least 30 men
The commanding General therefore recommends thai
You will procure hat number OF horses ana ho.d your
command all times readiness 10 pursue and punih
any parties OF Indians that make their appearance
within reach OF you an, very respectfully, your
ohedient servt GEO IDEAS Asst Adj. Gen
lOficall +. j. DENMAN, \. "A. O.
Ia reference to the overland route to Caiiornie-
ny way q Texas, Mexico and Durango, Mr.. r. a
Waters writes 10 the Flag from the latter city as
iollows Mr.. Waters left Brownsville the attn June
or San Francisco. and dates his letter July o.
! have met these companies or rather wrecks OF
companies, that came by the wy OF Corpus Cnnsu
ana Port Lavscs They have been from four 10 siN
months on the rosd. One party were 81 days IN the
mountains. IL is astonishing how these men have a.
lowed Themselves 70 be duped- ! know that party
can trave from Mstamorss 20 Durango with CARRIAGE
A. essv a. they could from hatcher 70 Nashville We
could have stopped At the ancnos nine nights out OF ten
. We had desired 70 90 90. and were BE wei treated
when we did stop as We deserved and sometimes
thought little better.
one Of the party died OF the Cholera His name
was John r. Wynlos According 10 h.s passport Be-
was forty four years Of age though We Thought 3 n
older had lived many years IN France. lie received
every possible attention The remnant OF as property
a. his request have akcu charge o. 70 oc sent ~ Lis
wife 81 Paris
We have sold our mules and engaged train OF ula
letters take over the mountains for e. each ds
lance 200 miles.
Mr. W writes that the accounts from California are
contradictory hut states that he the AssayeT OF the
Mint Durango who had jus: returned from the mines
OF California and reports that they are the rcne''
that have ever been discovered on the American onu
he is disposing OF hs propertyn order 10 return
70 that country, where he intends building smelling
establishment.
We take the subjoiEed from the Flag Of the
cath uit
Capt II Clay Davis. who has Just arrived in our cry
from above Informs that Indians, about eighty II
number were lately II the vicinity Of The " Nes
apparently l0urneying toward the lower country -
Capt Davis ssys that the crue.res LATELY PeFpetrAed
0y the Indians unparalleled ~ the history ~ lls
frontier Among other circumstances be relates hsv
ing assisted IN burying three Mexican women, whom
he found while following the tra u the Indians 10
appears that their husbands hsd been murdered a. ne
rancho, and these women carried o. "ao after beng
sorro.y abused, were also murdered.
Ire bicu PHbIcO o. Matamoros OF the 10Th ~ e.
SAYS hat z considerable quantity OF goods had been
seized q. rancho about thirty miles above The
city, 90 sccount Of s0Ee Illegally IN the forward
Ing OF said goods.
The Flag, commenting on this. says that II was
q high handed and an unJasElnaoe act on the part
o., the Mexican authorities. The goods were per
tectly within custom house regulations, and Gen.
AvaOs, who seems 10 have exclusively scted IN
the affair, guilty Of an act OF gross military tes
Potism. 50 says the Flag.
We learn that the leaders Of the gang Of robbers
that has Tor some time infested the road neAI
Point lssbel, have az length fallen into the hands
ot iusiice. Passengers b. the Portland from
BrO~usvllie la'orIn that the day they lex that
iowa Information was received there that the AL
th1rities OF Maiamoros hsd arrested Two OF the In
sgreents. The Mexican authorities nave acted 10
tins affair IA 8 very handsome manner Ia c1nse-
Quence o. there being ~ provision ~ the treaty
,r the surrender VI such Characters, u as 50 a.
ranged that the parties on both SIDES Of the nFer
could unite 10 bringing them . jlstce. The rob
oers were first taken into custody a. Nsiamoros,
8 vscrants and ordered 70 leave the county
rnev were to be escorted the next Jay 20 the
oa Ks Of the river, and compelled . cross the fer
" 70 Brownsville, where the Sheriff wOuld be II
waiting 20 receive them
These men were formerly attached % tEe Amer
icsn army and are known 70 be desperate char
scters, having committed robberies and murders
IN different parts OF Mexico. The citizens Of
5fownsYl-ie, appTehenslve OF the delays OF the
iaw, and that justice would probably be evsded
were delberating upon the proprsty Of making
her cause their own. and saving the country the
expense Of trial
The steamer Portland vss detained az Brszos
one day over her time Of sailing, in conse cue nee
Of the difficulty Of getting the specie down from
Brownsville, there being 10 boat 81 present run
ming on the Rio Grande, and the t-assit By and
is dAnEerous IN account OF robbers who infest the
road.