, 1859-10-19
The Rto Gsande Mntlh.-FuI1 and De.
kniied Account or the Guerrilla At.


tailed Account Of the Guerrilla At.
Jack on nBroVnsvtlac.
lie Arizcra mail steauship left Brazos San
tiago on the 1th inst, via Iadiauola on the sth,
and arrived at New Orleans On the 10th. She
brought s2e4 ETA in Mexican specie.
The Brownsville Flag {extrs,) Of the lst and
5th inst, furnishes the following detailed ac-
count ofthe attack upon that city By Mexican
guerrilla band from the other side of the river:
on the morning Of Wednesday last our peo-
pc broke from their slumbers with their usual
feeling Of security, and we're quietly proceeding
stance most extraordinary aud beyond parallel
thfeW the city into the utmos. CONSERVATION.
It Will ba recollected that in July last our City
ssarshal was in the act Of nszcsting dsorderly
PcFBon, when one Aepounceno Corinas, who
nag IN ubiquitous res'dcuce sometimes on this
anosometimes on the other side of the river,
shot the officer 80 badly that up to this moment
ne Las not entirely recovered from the effects Of
The wound. Cortinas Immediately made his
escape.
Alter short stay at the rancho Of bis mother.
about thirteen miles above here, he crossed the
aud about .Aetsmoras. Wednesday morning
ne, with band ra1iou.ly estimated ut from sixi
y to one hundred men, armed and on ho.sef
bach, al Mexlcans by natayity. but most ofthem
outlaws from Mexico, whom we On the Amesi.
can side hare foolishly given an asylum, rode
lnto our city about daylight, posted their senti:
disssrecablc to them. George Morris, William,
I. heale, R. L. johnson, Clemente Reyes. and
1ly1ann Garcia, were killed by them. Aleios
sela, belonging to Cortinas' gang, was kill.
ed by Johnson It is said that ngainst Jahusen
and Garcia they had no aniuosity; but Mr.
JOHNSON MES the jailes, and they demanded Of
ufm the EeF&-ha r2ft,SAT IN Ha1frhr tT.nrn
they Killed him to obtain them.
-, Haslng obtained tue Keys Of the JUL, they
liberated four or five prisoners confined therein
for various ofenses, from murder to ho.se!
stealing. Nj. GarcA's sole ofense was the shel.
Ter Ter he afforded to Johnson. lie Wa. 4 good, in!
themselves, and. IS well behaved man as We
had IN tue country. Mr. Neale was killed in his
oed As he raised up on bearing his name called.
bir- Norris was hunted down. lie lived within
tue nou deserted garrison inclosure, whence
our Secretary Of Wnr has carried the soldiers
and tue arms which. until then. ever protected
this portion Of our most important
frontier. lie was reused from bis bed, his
house haring been surrounded; as lie ran out
under the house aud found how slight his chance
OF escape, be sprang for tue open parade ground
and attempted to save himself by flight. 1t was
l. IN rain they struck lin down with sword
before he had half crossed lie plaza, aud then
riddled him with bnlls.
By this time OUT people were about to PASS
around the streets, but the guerrillas were In
possession Of them, mud their sentineis held the
snrrison gates. Soon Mexican -fauiIies were
aeen moving their furniture, and the fenales
xel.rtod "a ~ i,;ss ~ st eeu. ~ ,al'ous
lint ther ;ntendsd ~ hmrI th he9 LILO 10 iease ioT
ther ia, ~ IN lie 4,,ar;c.n ~ ;s, n9S.
our Secretary Of War had stripped Of the stars
and stripes SO as TO be ready for any profana-
nass out nf thc;- ha,,.as ~ ,aso. ulu ho1 even
r. .s;as " ~ =. r. sas " eet toserAe3. ana
mr. roniJ ba hssr5 Sm T.n.. ~, m."e:un ~ 9tt"
Tho ns., h,a 49, .;.tls ~. sIs salous sen!'nels-
our nc;rhhors IN Va,qu'or,s ',nan'saeo .na an 10
lad .ore, r. W.:4i anu as sonn as
;no r aaas,;,a 1, .sc1a!, .9one! a,gqel liger'
md others cs,ns ;rn,,;.a assloen!' a:o!
a,,T.;s $, NHas oeet o !uqu,'e 1nto Inc ditn'
;ndncsa sues' en,eeates a. !ae gaesrias were
n.hsrs ~ - the;r T., 'ea sNeas st taat .ne5 haa
ond ,,rn;a En,t;n., WY uesleu 20 arrest
| auu ruu.sn og5"Has-"hom tncg must Kill be-
nff;os- ~ . one " Inese was the
| s..,s n'n,'. -. ~ nau oeen "oaaoed "ltnoht
4hn,,-,,t ~ L:,.air.L aut to:e suss "as tnes Ae
n1:.4i n'.4seuiu iuen uHlusttt tfeatea. e nave
"nns - ~, o.ns1 81 oIeutteaees o1 less import
H. 1a,aa,a taa .aess, ~ eno"!hs lae mansnny o.
tho-or"t' .s.s- eassu III iae "olk, aao taeir
e::olne9 n4nPos on Ill IL" ana upon the
t'ea1s ~ P9Pulatlon+
| AT ia1e hoar our citizens met toE consulta-
t1on, md after much consideration strong pa
uoi "as organized: under eihclent officers, 10
oaes ..,es h 1he ca.y: no eaors has been made to
fe" to divide, and it is deemed unsafe for 4
small booy to unite u pursuit:
IN Inc evening o. "Wednesday, Colonel Capi.
stFaa: Colonel 4igeElnn, Mr.. Agapito Longoria
anu AL- Aatban,, sue collector Of our port, went
qP Te 10 Inc camp o. t1e enemy aud had parley;
after much and strong effort on The part Of our our
friends IRON Mexico, sgreed not to molest the
town any moro, while ut the game time they de-
cared that certain persons. WHO had offended
Them, they would yet Kill whenever the oppor-
tuo.sy offered. It seams that they complain
!n .nat ca3taln persons are obnoxious from haEing
is laid upon their discrimination to Kill all who
arc disposed to punish Cort1nas for his entirely
unpfoEoked attack on Mr. Shears
1t Is said, and we hope i is true, TINT there is
now no more danger Of another inroad; but
~hat security have we Of our lives and those of
our 1amistes, when band Of eighty armed out
| '1"s aecla5e tnat We must close our mouths and
drop onr arms to be safe from their rerengefuI
fury: And to.uake our situation worse. he
MAJORITY OF these men lave committed crimes
Ill Acxlco Ehlca render it equally, perhaps now
tnor= unsafe tof them to retire into Mexico,
while many cla1ni to be American citizens, and
III, ope aesesm1nea 10 ma1ntsln themselves on this
s'ee o1 ne rlTet-
e.ase tue ahoss Vas written. 1t has been we'll
aseetIaanea tnat instead Of Outstanding, Cortina.
!emaina w'th nis party, IN increased force, defy
lng anack ana tnreatehlog assault. Hts torce is
sa!o 70 pc oFef tso hundred men, who are co.
eampea sn arms rancao On the flFer. and are con-
| s1antIy fecelFloe 4ccessons. Uur citizens are
| without reward II n,+;o5 .,it, ,ra o,-aif3 ;
arc acting In our impromptu military orgaaiza.
tion.
On Friday it Was tumorcd that IN immediate e
assault was threatened. At once every man and
boy in town Wis assembled, with vcry few cx-
| ceptions, to assis, in the defense Hr lilo az
ee and approval Of tie Committee Of Safety. =
/ detachment Of Mexican Infantry passed over.
/ with US oil night. EheY are VET with M ~
thc night Of tie first attack, all the troops in
Aetamoras and fire hundred Of the citizens. re-
tnaiued under arms all night, ready ia ussist in
defending our families and homes from ruin.
! We tender them ona anI nj, fror, A.. h,tt"t
Nnas OUT uosernment has denied us--troutier
| P1o1ecuoa-We now receive from q foreign
| HIItsuoo' 1uu any,
| ""'"uas' VI rEiua5 s1oppeu Tue l+are.