The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-25
Interesting from the Rio Grande.

THE LATE EVENTS ON THE FkoNriEk-ThA SolL
AND ITS PRoDUcTIoNs-REPUsAL OF MEXlCANs
TO JOIN THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEFEAT
OF THE REvoLUTIoNISIs
correspondent Of the National heltseneer, writing
from Brownsville, Texas, under date OF the 9th inst
says:-The smuygars on this frontier has at length
com soldiers in tie defence OF their country
laws and ID noceDt and children at their homes
have fallen by the bloody hands Of band OF creA ues
lursd such acts by the thirst for pundr ana the
bribery whose dollars far exceed their principles
in number and who seem 70 be striving 70 increase the
disparity between the two.
FOR some time Pact the valley Of the Rio Grande has
been state Of ferment arising principally RON the
segpstiop in trade added the naturally restless dis
peetion CT the population This tagnaiion hs arisep
from the fact that under the prohibitions and hlsh taf
Of the Mexican government (hs northeastern States
being stocked with goods from the United states
the end will not justify the means and fortunes cannot
be made by smuggling easily as taey could TIVE We
months ago In other words, times getting hard -
Property which twelve months ago was worth Thousands
II row reduced to hundreds anu SON ms.n ~ mus p
adopted meet the repeated calls Tor money IRON lI7
creditors.
The valley Of the Rio Gr-aes, nush viun.ed and
held forth hose who it, as ths Elem
Of rexas not the south AID in praise Of which The
nost Wild imaRnstions 20 largely drawn on 70 Dc,
scribe waving hels Of golden grain where nausht bat
tborny chspsrra desert wastes exist, is in fact with
out the utmost diligence. energy and industry nOhing
than desert unfortunately the inhs oitants pos
sess but small port Of any Of these lslites They
ike al people among whom II has been common for in
.dividusls to ne from penury 10 opulence 10 few
months neglect discard the slower and more certain
way Il ootsinir livelihood aud couatry whieh ey
the application Of a small amount OF capital, and tv1 OF
elements succees-ndustry and en@ryy-
uaht be De rival the famed valley OF the Nile
in prtducvsness is left for the ssnt Of th'se almost
In state q nature
The soil il alluvial Of immense depth and vii
ture TO cay surpassed in richness By any In the
verdi but though containing but small proportion OF
and il sses one of the properties Of sandy SOIL in
absorbing an immense amount Of water IL possesses
this quality in such great degree that In two lays AFTER
the heaviest rain the surface q she ground almost ~
Try IL was before IL.
During the summer months IL rains bu, seldom and
when Il does net very eopiously The Thermometer
hat the ground becomes baked cracks open In great
hssurer and unless it k kept well moistened vegetables
and grains Of all kinds lose the power VI drawing susie
from the earth and burnt II Ia attempted
20 remedy this in cultivatng by planting very thick
that the leaves Of the stalk may shade it, roots
and With the help Of the de~ Keep the earth about them
nos; But this succeeds only partially and II the
her happens 20 be dry during The planting the
iced viii MT come up At all
In the winter months there or. more rains they are
regular there less heat Of course aud the ground
kept moist and open But crops are very uncer
fain and, although they may succeed very we'd for
I'm are at any atls TO be cut josn by frost
and the Efforts aud labor Of Whole season .ost The
Poor people in the meantime having trusted 20 their
ana made no other provision for their ssenAnce
LETT smost in state Of Starvation Ihi. Eas the
last year when on the 9th OF December All tne or
we're cut down BY heavy frost, the winter supply de-
stroyed and many fsmili - reduced TO actual want
The thing ne.dfu therefore TO do away With the
IN ops 70 satisfy ID. wants Of the whole year
How u this TO be obtained BY srtiheiA rrsAaon OF
ccurse- raising the water rom me nver ~ tns To-
enough could BE- obtained = keep the land eontanty IT.
rested miles around abundant and ururiant crops
could b. raised and the ground cultivated With ample
during nine months Of the year and With con-
ipduttry this valley could b. made garden spot
indeed far exceeding anything that has yet been de-
scTh-d by the lively AZ nation There "a hardly
dsy thai there not sind sufficient 70 keep these mills
10 constant motion.
thus has nature bountifiy placed ready 10 tn. hand
q al the means necessary for carrying on ocess
JtIly ssrie uurs efforts aud all he mas TO do i to
= "a bis own der the wheel and With comparative
IL slisht Efforts. viii REAP rich harvest But what
the facts Of The Notwithstanding everything aid
~ certain olAss Of writers with reference 70 the pro
solitary mill any other structure tor raising wa.er
hiss yet made We srpssrsnce on the banks On the RIO
whh an. wooden plonghs Of the Mexican crops fail
sss Hrses where plenty should abound and the only
2 70 r.s,, The '.n, y n for W. u.
venture 90 that not FIVE hundred busheis Of the
native grown has been sold this side Of The river
a aS ss ss: 3. S imported grain rom this i'd. The
'uppy q the Mexican population on the other SIDE 70
any great 10 prevented BY the prohibitions and
ftgh tsrih of the Mexican government
such being The position u affairs b IL 10 be wondered
here or. many restless and abandoned chsrscters on
ms frontier or thst they should seek 70 promote Popu
ar ereit~ueut la order 70 advsncstheir own ends
The American merchants have hand q large amount
s, ,hlcn CO. oo ss1y be sent int Mexico With
70 smusgs them In arge quantities have been seised
sud are pov lying in the Mexican houses the
ports for the purpos. q passing in other. the. msr
oenasy indivduas work upon the passions II fe- dis
contented Mexicsns, and employ 9 greater number Of
Amerfcane 10 place Themselves under command Of
ertsin Csravsjal, from the American de of The
fiver snd under the Dsms a q revolution attack the
fo-u OF rather custom house, of Csmarso After tbs
sushtes Of about fty OF the government troops and
number Of helpless women and children, they take pos
sss,ou Of the place publish vo,urcian,rfo seize the
usou house declare the port open aud tor the pur.
pose Of dvidipg the spoiIs sell the forfeited goods
srispsl owners Who, being present and prepared bid
hem In Il auction ut fraction OF their value thus
,erna by an act of piracy and robbery property esa
N forfeited for violating the laws OF Mexico
In the exaggerated reports on the iorces
she circulated through the cousiry
AID band Of outlaws, not over two hundred 10 nu n
in the excited imagination OF the people be zones
5slaut army Of thousand -trrsing tor hberty un