The New York herald., 1849-06-12
Late and Interesting from Texas.
tFrom the New Orleans Delta, June 81


The steamship Fanny, Captain Scott, arrived
Yesterday. She was from Port Lavaca the 29th
from Galveston the 30h uk We are indebted to
captain ) tor the journals of these ctes--we sup
pose Lavaca is a city. We make the following
extracts from the Corpus Christi Star of Saturday
last, May 26:-
Since our last we have heard Of fresh depreda-
tions by the Indians in this section The horses
from San Patrico appear been taken by band
OF white thieves mixed with Mexicans and negroes.
They were pursued by a party Of the citizens Who
Kept them in view for ten miles. but being badly
mounted. were unable to overtake them.
A gentleman in this town has received letter from
Mexican friend of his ut Laredo, which gives
count of eenconre with the Indians that place
He that party of fifteen Camanches arrived at
the Rancho Capitaneno and carried off a girl about
twelve years old Her father aud relations i'm
called together the inhabitants of the other raucho
gradually diminished until there only eight
men left, who being nds Of the unfortunate
tivs and excited by feeling of anger against those
atrocious Carbs resolved to pursue and punish them
severely. On the 7th inst. they overlook them at a
place called Magneytos (near the old Rancho de Do
cres, in the Laredo DISTRICT. and after gh
ahan hour. succeeded In rescung the captive girl.
The Indians had three killed and the Mexicans three
wounded-the former losing all their plunder aud
horses Since that day the indians have returned in
force and now range the line with perfect freedom,
robbing the ranches and destroying everything they
A Mexican named Resendes arrived yesterday from
Matamoras in company with four families, who intend
settling here. On wednesday evening they encamped
this side of the Arroyo Colorado aud while the
were out getting their cattle together party of In
uiAns attacked the camp ana carried on four women
(two OF them msrried), and female child two years
old. They took an old woman whipped her nearly to
death, and let her go When the men returned the
Indians had been gone some tino, and they
more Of them or their unfortunate captives
The same reported that the cid and extensive
Rancho de Rosalia, above the town of Rita on
the Rio Grande, had been entirely broken up aud the
Inhabitants were making their way to Corpus Christi
The whole Rio Grande country with the exec ption Of
the large towns Is said to be complete deserted
the Indians at will, killing aud beast
wherever they meet them The Inhabitants cast
nrin fhn frra tar
hope 1t may arrive before it is too late.
Yesterday two Mexicans, belonging to Colonel Kin
Nueces just absve San Patricio of tnem it is
Thought, mortally wounded. The persons who shot
them said to be whites, and doubtless belong to
the gang who stole the horses at San Patrico.
The Western Tean gives the following extract from
letter written az Lofe1o oy & sen.eman'
tioned:-'The cholera has swept like whirlwnd over
Laredo leaving scarcely family that Is not In mourn
ing 1t ragged for twenty days. and then began to dis
appear although it still fingers, there being to-
day. About two hundred Mexicans have died. The
company of the LIST Infantry stationed here lost
eight out Of thirty, and company of emigrants
styled the Essex Mining Company from Boston,
buried five of their number here, and | much
fear will lose more their route They have
lett for Lampascus they numbered thirty men
when they arrived few days ago" This letter
confirms the report relative to the loss of Captain
Burbank's by cholera published in our last. The
writer says 1.-THE distress and desoaton here beggar
description pani. great aud the people rushed
from the town to the ranches in the neiyhoornood
which only made the matter worse. aud they were daily
brought back to die the premonitory stages having
been neglected from their distance from medical aid
He further says that there many houses vacant
the inhabitants having all ded-one family in particu-
lar he mentions which consisted OF nine persons Of
whom eight died
The San Antonio Terian mentions fearful increase
ofsupposed suicide though doubt whether so many
sudden deaths u.ty to this cause That
paper says "a recklessness of life unprecedented
has exhibited itself in many instances the horrors OF
death the fearful consequences OF hereafter seems
to make but q slight impression upon the minds OF
many, who are daily rushing headlong into eternity