New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-02
NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
,.,.,n.,tua from Texas.
From the New OfIesns FlcSy EAIv - y =

p,or, me New Orleans Picsyune 2sd at
nv the Portis cd which arrived from u ATess'i
last evening, we have coPloaS supply Vi A01A"s
papers, :. An.tin nm the l2:h.
Nth uouses wers organized on that day ana On
ana next the Governor transmitted MS iness@50'
~ h;ch we hasten 10 lay before our reaoefs ~ iui'
The frontier papers are filed with accounts ol
Indian ousrages The Nueces Ed@ey' a 20 p1 ~
Christi paper Of the 3d. has thrilling ha,tasv
she escape OF young man from pst'y " thars n
Geo Indians. who attacked him and TWO osh'i . -
tbe omen prairie, on the west side OF oausa ~
trndes about sixty miles from Corpus OnfiSs'' lug
threo % on, members Of CAps Fords company Oh
Rapeere, and were returning TO fheh ehc&ni 'ih7H'
when attacked. L;u5 i,oroaJi
.+slv nv bullet through tbs heart aud an arroW
a'sy' go ~ The two others, Alfred Neil and John
W;llbsrger mounted their horses and ave npsed
40 .,cspe Having separated, nothing is known
nj the fate of WilIbarger. Nsil was pursued, ms
horse fell the Indians overlook him, snot nun
through the body, pierced him wsh seveFai arfo~1
and left him for dead. He nevertheless revived
and with a bullet hole through his lungs, and sl2
other wounds, and entirely naked: succeeded 10
travelling so miles without food. bus coho's'on 10
extremely precarlous. r;..,
The U, s. mail carrier, who left Rio Grande City
for Corpus Christi the 1ss had not arrived on
the Sd, and was supposed to be murdered f1i'
name was N. Garcia. en-, III.
marty Of Indians was geen on the Gath ult.
within thirty rniles of Corpus Christi and CON
papy Of citizens set out in search OF them. D9fip5
their absence, that night, the Indians entered .ae
town ID stole ninety five horses The vaiue Oh sue
property stolen by Indians at Corpus ohriSN WIN
N a week, il estimated at s2.3oV, ,.,;o ti,a
In the immediate vicinity OF San AnVoHlo Cn tno
indians are in great numbers and audaclty' Iney
re6ppesred about the 1st, and attacked the rancno
If III. FOLEY, on the Cibolo, with large party
thew cut loose and drove off several horses whlcn
were tied in the yard, within thirty or forty yards
of the house. They also stole about thirty horses
from several other rarchos in that nelgnborhood.
The citizens mediately assembled and pursued
shem. One ir dian w as shot by young man named
Taylor, and sight Of the horses recovered Ehe IN
dians were so closely followed shat they were com
PEELED to throw away many oil thar equlptge';
which the settlers found Che indians dlVioed
into two parties, one going the east side OF tue
Ciboo and the other on the west tide 1t ia thought
by come that they were Seminoles or DeaWares.
40 they were all clothed in shirts The editor OF
the San Anl0nto TEXAN however, pronounces
them to be LipaDs orCamauches. ,,,,r..
The presence of the noted Seminole, " ia Oat,
with large band Of followers is subject Of great
pneasinesB on the frontier The people OeheVe no
has acme vsnous plot on hrnd.
Some Mezicans who arrived a short time ago 10
Victoria from the Rio Grande, state that beyond
Nueces aome distance they passed the bodies OF
twelve PERSONS AmefChnb anu MeAiOahsl WIZ
had been killed in defending themselves against
an aasaulting force, supposed to be Indians They
had undoubtedly defended Themselves to the isat,
90 they had surrounded themselves by breast
work Of their own horses, which they had SLAIN tor
that purpose Several othar dead bodies were
were passed at different places on the road
The weather has been excessively hot in Texas
the thermometer ranging at noon, from 900 to 9i',
FOR ten days. successively.
Tbe Western Ie1aaR of the lst ult says We
learn from Dir. Van Ness, who arrived here few
days. aimee from Eagle Pass, that report from Dol
Hardee reached Eagle Paas, which stated that
Capt Oakes had captured from the Indians, near
Laredo, ninety packs and mules. 1t is supposed
that the Indians were 30 hard pushed by Capt
OAK es that they were forced to leave their nales
We learn from Capt. Shannon, who arrived in
town yesterday, having left Ric 9rande City ten
days since that the whole country CD this aide OF
the Bio Grande, from Eagle Pass to brownsville,
was in a state Of alarm, account OF the depre-
dstions of the Indians. Capt Shannon came up by
the way of Santa Teresa Wells, Iona Blanca and
Ban patrioio bringing with him drove OF forty
mules He had the good fortune to meet no In
dams, though he frequently saw fresh "sign -
Traveers between the different towns on this side
of the Rio Grande have TO cross over 10 the other
side, TO escape the Indians. Many horses aud
mules had been stolen by them-Aldrette having
lost forty.