The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-19


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From Texas.
By the arrival last evening of the steamship
Globe, Capt. Thompson, we have received the Rio
Grande Sentinel of the 18th inst The Indians
have already trampled upon their sacred treaty of
peace, and have commenced anew their daring
| murders and robberies. The Sentinel contains
| letter from Laredo, which, after commenting on
| the treachery of the Indians, says
"Snce the mail last left for Brownsville, the
country about Laredo, and between it and Tuer-
| zero, has been literally alive with Indians About
two weeks since party OF the said treaty making
gentlemen came within three miles OF town, killed
| Mexican, and attempted to carry off drove of
horses, which were the town, but were frus
| trated. Lieut. Andy Walker Of Capt. Fords COM
pany OF Rangers, on his way from the camp, at a
place known Las Ojuelas, to town, about
| week and half ago, came upon camp of Indians,
some thirty miles from here where they had left
seventeen horses and mules, lot of buffalo hides
ETC., as they usually do when they come down on
their expeditions. Lieut. Walker secreted his men
and laid wait for the Indians. He waited for them
six days, and when they came back, attacked and
killed two OF them, wounding several others, and
recaptured all the horses, including fresh lot they
rad just brought in. Lieut.. Walker also retook in
this foray Mexican whom the Indians captured
this party had killed several Mexicans Roma,
at place called Sauces., on the road from Laredo
to Rio Grande City. In this engagement Lient.
Walker sustained no loss
"The other Lieutenant of the same company
yesterday, had fight about thirty miles from this
place, with party OF Indians, whom he came
unexpectedly. He had but seven men with him, to
fourteen Indians, but succeeded in routing them,
with loss OF three dead upon the spot, and sew
eral others badly wounded Lieut.. Burleson, how
ever, had four of his men wounded and one killed
The young man who killed is named Samuel
B. Barton, who has lived long while in Laredo
and was very much liked. The wounded are now
in town, and are doing well.
81 think you can safely announce to the world
that the Indians have given notice OF end to their
treaty of peace. They robbed and murdered with
such impunity last year, that they evidently begin
to have considerable contempt for the pale faces"
The Sentinel adds:
Thus we see that before the dispatches which
contain the Wanted treaty with these savages have
left the State, the relentless tomahawk, which they
boast of having buried deep beneath the tree of
peace, has been taken up and is reeking with
the blood of human victims. Will our Government
never learn wisdom from experience? The past
has been sufficient teach the fact that with the wild
prairie Indians no faith is be reposed in treaties
that while tribe chief is holding a talk of
peace with the white man, another is carrying on
his fell work of death in different direction. The
only treaty that will give peace and security from
the continued depredations of these Indians must
be ratified with the rifle in their own noun tain
Businesses. Tney must be taught to fear the con-
sequences OF their depredatons which feeling they
| at present are very far from possessing. They
have made these forays frequently upon the
| frontier and met with such feeble opposition. that
| they doubt the power of the Government to pre-
vent them
The Sentinel learns from the Pirate of the 9Th
/ Padr Nnh
| bio, has been at last caught in his viany. He
was taken in MatamOros, while attempting to rob
the house of citizen of that place. Eleven Others
says the Pirate were taken in company with their
leader, and now confined in Jail to await their
trial for that and other offences. This Pedro Co
barrubio, it will be remembered, is the same who
at the head of band of ruffians, robbed the house
of Pedro Villereal, a short time since, between
this place and Santarita, and who the next day at
tempted to murder Villereal, in the road to Santa
rita A warrant, if we mistake not, is now in the
hands of the sheriff of this county, ordering his
rest for robbery and burglary. The editors of the
Pirate think that he Is also guilty of the murder of
a man by thu name of Perez and expresses the hope
that they may receive the severest rigor of the law
We join our hopes with those of our neghbors
The safety of the lives and property of the good
citizens Of this frontier demands that such charac-
ters should be dealt with summarilv.
The Sentinel contains the following items from
the city of Mexico:
All parts of the country is represented as being
remarkably quiet, and the partisans of Arista are
every where rejoicing, in feasts and balls, for his
elevation to the Presidency.
CASTOR, house. - commission has been ap-
pointed for the purpose OF visiting the frontier
Custom houses, composed of Messrs. Arongoiz,
Hero and Malo.
The smallpox is represented to be raging in
Galisco.
Tile Clergy.-The bishop of Guadalajara has
nrn ted q a ted
" The Education of the Mothers of Families. +"
This has called down upon the bishop heavy CEN
sure from some OF the papers of the capital. The
spirit of federation is evidently gaining ground
with our neighbor.
The editors of the newspaper Universal, Sc
nofes Rafael Rafael and Portilta, have been i'm
prisoned, by order of the government The cause
is said to be the extreme violent position taken by
their paper against Republican, and in favor of
Monarchical government. Ei Monitor states there
is cause to believe that f" they belong to that class
of foreigners whom the laws declare TO be perni-
cous and dangerous to the peace and prosperity of
the country.
President Arista, says the Daguerreotype, has
held his seat for ten days - Congress had done
during that time but little. Several changes in
Foreign Ministers are spoken of, of which those TO
France and England are held certain Arisa is
represented as being remarkably active in ar
ranging matters of government with his Cabinet
The papers predict that he will prove an able and
efficient governor, under whose administration
Mexico will receive new impetus in progress.