Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-09
IMPORTANT FROM THE RIO aRANDE

IMPORTANT FROM THE RIO GRANDE
by the arrival at New Orleans of the steamship
Yacht, from Brazos Santiago, the editors of tn,
icayune have received dates from Brownsville,
to the Goth ult. The news is ofth most excitin,
character.
The Flag ofthe 18th ult. states that on the eve
ming OF the 10Th uit gang of about forty men
consisting OF Mexicans and Indians, attacked a
party OF seven Americans who were encampeC
ut lake called Campacuas; five of those at the
| camp are said to have been murdered, and al
their property taken into Mexico. Two of the
men, fortunately, were on the margin of the lake
shooting ducks at the time, and succeeded in ma.
king their escape. These robbers and murder.
ers are said to have crossed the river some faety
miles above Brownsville, on Friday, the 9TH ult
and detachment of them openly recrossed il
again soon after perpetrating the murder, bearing
with them the right hand of each of their saugh-
tered victims, while the remainder of the savages
cody encamped on the ground where the massacre
occurred, expecting doubt another feast of blood
from those whom they deemed absent from the
camp, and would probably return unsuspicious OF
| danger.
The population of the neighborhood was not
only too sparce for resistance but afraid to
venture out to bury the dead, after the murderers
were gone. The Flag contains a letter from
| Warren Adams, which says that it is understood
that these Mexcans and Indians were Instructed
by the authorities in Mexico to kill and plumber all
American citizens near the frontier, and that ac-
ting, as they did, under the instructions of the
aforesaid authorities, they mutated the bodies of
the murdered men, taking the right hand of each
to testify that they were entitled to the reward of
thirty or forty dollars offered by Mexico for each
American they murder on the frontier.
The Rio Bravo of the goth says that the
steamer Camanche was again fired into last week,
and custom-house officer residing at Rio Grande
City, Mr. Brashear, was dangerously wounded.
His little son was also wounded and a lady pas
senger, Mrs Rogers, the wife of the murdered
man spoken of above, who was on her way up to
join her husband, very narrowly escaped sim
liar fate.
On the evening of the 18th inst, Mr. Philip
Rogers merchant Of Rio Grande City, while
standing behind his counter, was stabbed to the
heart and killed by Mexican, who had, ostensi-
bly, come in to purchase goods. The object of
the fellow was, no doubt, to rob the house, as Mr.
Rogers was not known to have an enemy in the
world. Another Mexican was upon watch out
side of the house, but both succeeded in making
their escape to the chapparal. They were dis
covered almost in the act, and one of the fellows,
in coming out ofthe house brushed against gen.
tleman who hearing the cry of Mr.. Rogers, has
tly ran to his assistance. All efforts ~ discover
and arrest the assassins have so far proved abor-
| tive.
As strange as it may seem abroad, says the Rio
Bravo, this is the tenth murder which has taken
place within the last three weeks. For the last
two months the average has been three per week.
| No mans life is safe from these Mexican assas-
| sins for single hour. 1t has become grave
question, what is to be done in this state of things?
If it should continue, there will not be an Ameri-
can on the river in six months.
Mr. G. N. Clark, who recently arrived at
Brownsville from New Orleans. was found dea
| in old Fort Brown, on the 10th inst, and it was
evident from shot and other wounds that he had
been murdered. The coroner's Jury returned a
verdict--"that the deceased came to his death by
shots fired from a gun or pistol, by some person or
persons unknown