Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03

LATE AND INTERESTING FROM THE Rto
GRANpE.-By the arrival of the steam'
ship Globe, Capt. Talbot, from the Byazos
we have Brownsville papers (savs ,ba
N. o. Delta,) to the 18th instant. Ths
Sentinel of the 5th contains accoun,S Os
more outrageous and depredations bv ,ha
Indians. The Sentinel says:
BY almost every arrival from the Upno,
Rio Grande, we are informed of sops.
fresh outrage by the savages, who az
continually lowering round and attack;no
where they find an opportunity. We ,,eo
told by gentleman just returned FROM
Laredo, that the people in the vicinitv os
that place have been forced TO abanJon
their farms and hocks and seek serp.;,''
for their lives in the protection afforda5
by the town. The Indians are worsa
than they have been for number of ye,rs
before. The condition Of the farms o.
the river between Rio Grande CITY ,UI
Laredo is represented to be deplorable il
the extreme, while on this side of p"
Grande City, large fields Of corn NAV h.
seen thriving in the greatest luxuriapco
and abundance; beyond that place hardIv
a blade Of corn or cultivated field meo,,
the eye OF the traveller, but desor,o1
houses and scattered iocks. running villa
for want of tenders, are every where soon
the owners having either been mprls.
ed or compelled to seek safety for Them
selves and families in other parts,
Belville, new aud promising serIo
ment. opposite the Mexican town .,
Guerrero, is said to have been taken b,,
the Indians, but we have been unabI.
to learn the extent Of the damage.
The Sentinel publishes the ioI!owirr
extract from letter from correspond.
ent at Roma, dated 9th ult.
Mr. James Roberts has Just arrived
from Guerrero, and reports that on the
22d inst, The Indians attacked the rancho
RivanIo, few miles above Guerrero on
the Texas side OF the river, where =
sharp conflict ensued, and three Mexcaps
were badly wounded. The Indians then
came down TO the rancho Capilauauia.
aud drove off all the horses in the rancho
Ihev then went on down as far as Las
Lajas, and there drove off large mum.
Der Of animals, and made good their re-
| treat. The MeXicans, il is sad, ioppbr
very gallantly al rancho Rivano, aud
two Indians are said to have been wound.
ed.
| The Sentinel also has letter from one
Of party of overland emigrants to Cali.
fo.nia, who left Brownsville some time
ago. 1t is dated Durango, Mexico, May
7th, and gives an account OF the depre.
dalions of the Indians, and OF iormIda.
bic gang of robbers who iutest the coun-
try between Darango and Mazatlan. We
extract the greater portion of the letter
as follows:
Out party arrived here yesterday, all in
| goood health and fine spirits. We made
the journey from Brownsville to this
place in twenty-one travelling days,
which is the quickest time ever made by
any company with pack mules. There
are many Indians Oh the road between
Saltillo and this place. They have com.
mitted great many depredations lately
on small parties of Calliornians, and also
upon the Mexicals living OH the road
but we were unmolested by them, al
though we saw several strong bands but
short distance from US, all mounted aud
apparently ready to attack us. There Is
large party of robbers between TIN,
place and Mazatlan-ihe same one that
the Governor of Durango hired some SIX
| " eeks ago 10 go ont aud fight the Iudl-
ans, and furnished them with fine horses,
arms, ammunition &c. The first thing
| they done was TO rob tie Government OF
| a large caballado of mules, loaded with
different kinds of produce, and some sle-
Gle, which was Intended TO pay oil The
| Mexican army.
| After this robbery, they took to the
mountains, where they have been mur-
dering and robbing the travellers passing
| between Mazatlan and this place. A.
| bout six days ago. they murdered two
| Americans. and took from them over for
ty thousand dollars in gold. Some Of the
party who were robbed made their es-
cape. and arrived at this place three days
since. Two of the robbers were arrested
in this place, and are now in prison
| awaiting their trial. This band OF robbers.
learn, are Texans, and were originally
80 strong. but have since recruited 10 the
number rs or more. The Governor says
they are better mounted and equipped
than any who have passed through Mex
leo. He has 1900 soldiers at his COM
mand, and is afraid to send them in the
mountains after the robbers, for he says
that, from the position they occupy, they
could kill every one of his soldiers with
out their effecting anything.
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EXCITING News FROM THE PLAINS
From DR.. Carver. Of Ohio, who returned
few days ago from the Plains, we gath
er the following particulars in regard TO
the difficulty between an advance BODY
of California emiUrants and n maraudlng