The southern press., 1852-07-01

3 lts failure, the Blexicans are disposed. very ~
tturaily TO retallate upon these disturbeys ~ A.
3peace OF their country, and are now endeavors
ENG to break up entirely the American trada :,
The valley and to break off all intercourse with
n.ne American frontier Organized bands of rob'
oei9 rnder Mexican officers il is said, have driv.
4en Oh american citizens, who had quietly settled
upon ianas upon the Texas side of the Rio
@ iie IN prosecution of the peaceful re-
,'ono " ine. Ia doing This, more than fifty
xoi our cltlzens have been murdered and onf
7rages committed upon person and pronartv viii
slhe lniractlon OF the Syenue laws bv tbe EnnS
aish and other foreign merchants has been ona
lily eonnived at ~" open-
This bad state OF affairs deaands soma MOI
aactlve and effective interference nom the IInitaJ
Estates government than it has vet yeca;voa -.
Further trouble will grow out of it. STba iao,
sRio Bravo which has reached us contens ~
proceedings of meeting at Brownsville n
swhlch they call upon the governor of the Stat
ito take measures to give them "the protect}nn
:which the general government SO uniustlv
sw'holds' and Ovid L. Johnson, the editor OF
'ne MO bravo has addressed a communication
upon me subject to General Shields, Chairman
|of the Committee on Military Affairs in the
United States Senate, in which communicate,
there is summary Of all the recent acts of vic.
ence committed. The Rio Bravo contains also
the following narration:
From the Rio Brapo, 9lh inst.
''On Saturday last our fellow. townsmsn n.
putheriand, when on journey to Edinburgh.
learned that the Mexicans and Indians had h.,
over again and killed Mr.. Remminpton : 80
TIER on the river. Proceeding on 10 tho bora...
or Dr. Rhodes, about fifty mics from Rrours
VILE, he learned that the party consist;n Ssx
ABOUT seventeen Indians and Mexicans TadE
passed Out short time before, one of tI5
having on the clothes of Mr.. RemmSoton ~
was riding his horse, which DR.. r. resonn;1
by the equipments The party had stopned apJ
threatened: that if they shonld find out that he
nau snylnlhg To- do with the grineos thew
wos'd serve MN IN .ae same way DR.. Sutber.
ia"u learned that also, lntio further on that
hVe more persons had been killed and rSar
bodies thrown into the lake, called Apua Neqrs
No one could tell who they were. hut their
bodies had been seen that morning He then
concluded to go on to the lake, which was but
little way ahead, and see if he could recognise Z
tne bodies Proceeding on until he came in
slght OF The lake, he became convinced by GER
taln movements in the bushes that he had
already gone too far, and instantly returned. at
a rapid gait to the house of Dr. Rhodes, from =.
whence he came to Brownsville Here meet
ing OF the citizens was Immediately called bv
the ringing of the bells through the streets.
DR.. Sutherland came forward and made the
statement, as nearly as we can recollect, as we
have given it above"
a party was sent out to bury the dead. In
returning, they were fired upon from the other
side of the river by large party supposed to
be from go to 100 in number, who were in the
act Of crossing, no doubt with the intention TO
tut them off. The party being in an exposed
position, and having no means to return the fire
with effect, as those on the other side were in
he bushes, Immediately retreated One of the
party who had been residing in the neighbour
hood, and had joined with the view Of assisting
o recover and bury the dead, was shot through
he neck and fell from his horse, dangerously