The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-22
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Of the s.rtAm called by geographers Rio BRAVO
Brownsville. ON THE RIO GRAsDE,
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Of the s.rtam called by geographers Rio BRAVO.
Brownsville. ON TUE RIO GRAsDE,
Texas. Nov. |, 1854.
A,Jef Triai and Acquitted of The Ian,1ulipas Re
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lars Of the United
Statss-Thfir Mtricen Decentralization Of the
United States CSmn,issione-A Group of HIT
nsssss--Dsa,h Of Deserter-lferican Refugees
IN B,otrnsrile Reported Motemtnt at Tampico
and Zocateeas-- The Execution Of Count Rosssst
DE- Boui5on- Har appointment Of Santa Anna-
The Wenther- Brownsville Gossip.
Complying with the promise made in my last /
will in this send you brief account Of the arrest
examination and scqutal Of the leaders of the late
unsuccessful revolutionary movement In Tamsuli-
pas and Nuevo Leon, sgainst Santa Anna and his
agents or overseers in that portion Of his do
mir ions.
No sooner was 1t known that many of the officers
aud leaders Of TIRE 'insurgents" had arrived here,
than, instead Of giving them "aid and comfort" .
law-ioving cry was raised by santa Anna reputed
sgeGts in this place, about the impunity with which
the neutrality laws Of the United States had been,
and were being, violated. The requisite idavit
against them necessary, and at last by the most
vigilaut search an DID, half civilized Mexican woman
Was found to sign 1t, charging Gautler, Capistran
Garcia, and some fifty Others, some Of whom had not
been for years this side Of the Rio Grande with
having violated the neutrality laws Of the United
States, by organizing, arming, and equipping mi
itsIy expedition this side OF the Rio Grande, on
or about the 18th day Of August, A. D., 1854, and
with the same having invaded the territory of
Mexico, power with which the government of the
United States was then, and Is now, at peace.
United States Commissioners, and the Deputy Mar
shall arrested the parties accused, who presented
themselves on the It'll ult.. to answer til charge
made. Forty.two subpenss for witnesses in behalf
Of the prosecution were issued, aud the first
called to the stand was the Mexican Con-
nifty in Brownsville. Then followed for ten
dai . the exauil alton Of the other witnesses, and
all the dispositions were brought to close by tax
irg thai oil no less parsonage than Major Giles
Porter, commaI ding Fort Brown.
Among the numerous witnesses present., could be
seen lawyers, DOCTORS officers in the United States
Army, postmssters, druggists, wholesale merchants
retail do, justices of the peace shers. c3nstabes
interprese count ng house clerks, excitizsns of
Mexico who had been heretofore governors, mem
bers Of the Cabinet AMI OF Congress in that coun-
try spCtsmen, nore thieves l0atars and hers wh1
were with tee insurgents when, in August last, they
defeated the government forces under General uz,
ana drove him into the "loyal and hereto Matamo.
ras" Tie evidence of all was most patiently taken
down, and The only tact conclusivey proved to the
satisfaction Of the court and I'll parties con-
ss1 s was n sss r. f kusr in NosSs. Il
proportion. to its population, than can be
found in New Orleans. New York. or any other
city IN the ocean bound republic. The decision Of
the United States Commissioner was, that. as no
proof Of the defendants guilt had been addueed,
ne would discharge them from custody They we're
accordingly. liberated, and are now Is free as the
mountain air.
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ther unhappy being wac shot by the military on the
9th nit. for the crime Of desertion. Torn by the
ruoe hand Of violence from their obscure and hum.
bic homes, and pressed against their will aud feel.
ines into service they despse, the wTetched crea
lures avail themselves Of every opportunity that
presents itself for reganpg by desertion their lost
liberty, Attic ugh Ia OF capture they are aware
that violent death is 10 store for them. The day
may not lie far distant when their unfeeliDg execu
toners viii themselves hopelessly invoke the sacred
WORT OF mercy.
Our city ia a, present crowded with ex citizens Of
what - low ironically called tae republic Of Mexico,
see kir IL foreign lands that safety and protection
Denied them in the country that gave Them birth.
Among these REFUGEE can be noticed highly polish
ed men, who, heretofore in Mexico, have been mem
bsrs OF the Caoa.t, of Congress Governors Of some
OF the exStatss ind onthe bench editors OF lead
ing journals, officers in the army, aud many others
Of iess note II you speak to them of their couptrys
present situation, thsy smile in bitterness aud tell
you that brighter future awaits the land Of tle
AZtecs.
His Ssiere Higsness's satrap in Matamoias, G.n.
Vol, has offered the leaders OF the iusur gents no
here free pardon If they will return TO hsr homes
and live there peace ably. His generous offer has
been treated with contempt, and they only wonder
at the brazen impotence and unblushing eiftontery
of these rho imagine they could have the least con
fdeLce in SANTA AnnRs promises, as man or Us o
ruler. To urge that Santa Anna is capable of act.
ing In goco faith is only to expose ones self to be
suspected Of being q knave Or q ts subject for
meohouse. 10 suppose that ne il ever actlated by
patriotic and disiIterested motives, Is to "chuck
away your time"
For dsy or two past rumor that has received
some credit, is in circulation over in Matamoras,
that Tampico aud Zacatecss had both revolted
against the Dictator. give the rumor for what 1t
is So,th; i y further asserted that Ia1ez, who
had been recalled to Mexi.o, but that having reach
ed the city of Gua6ulsjsra he had there made halt
and refused to obey further ders from Santa Anna
This city, which Is the seat of government of the
powerful State Jaisco Is famous in the history Of
Mexican civil connections, for the successful issue
q all the revolutions IL has ever Initiated against
the general government.
II Is now sflrmed tia. General Vol has been
called to Mexico to take charge Of the po tfoliO of
war and Others say to tske the comm and Of one Of
tie two divisions tnat are being organized by Santa
Ar ma to send against Alvarez Sho, with his forces
s 50 operating as to thIowopen to commerce all the
ports On the Pacific, and by winch means hs can
cor msnd zen ard money with ehich to continue
Hsking his ground good aglins the despot, in the
very heart Of the country itself. No Mexican,
among the more enlightened and unprejudced
among them, seems to douh. for a moment A.va.
Iez's frsl triumph over Santa Anna. They look
unon II as DeIe question OF time.
Our city cor tinues to improve gradually, and the
number OF churches of different denominations, ss
sl,o our schools for the young Of both sexes, ere
proof sufficient OF cur moral and religious progress.
Ate weather. for the season Of the year, is re-
nsfkshly warm, and O good northsr now would be
acceptable, as IL would dispsl tie fcgars that in
their miijer state Yet prevail on the river.
Fjcm above we have not one word of news, and
our specuiators and trading nen are patiently on
The cok at for change of aairs on the other si@e
Of the line.
viii endeavor 20 keep tho Of sfairs ont here,
ano Keep the HERAID duly informed OF what is trans
piiii on the margins cf the Rio BRAVO.
MEXICO on THE RIO GRANDE.
Letters from BraZos Santiago 10 Nosepl5sr 4ti,
state ,hst the Mexican rsvclutiousts, IN tne Inc of
lie Rio Grande, arc in bad way. A correspondent
CT The New Orleans Picapsns writes