, 1859-12-17
19re8s Trihtttte.


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From the Mar Orleans pleayuns Of saturday.1
LATER FROM TEE mo GHANDE.
The q s. mail steamship Arizona, from Bra.
zos Santiago, the 9Th inst, ris 1ndiauola the
7th, reached her wharf at IN early hour la5t
evening. She brings <al2,343 in specis on
freight.
T1E INVASION or CoR7rsAs-UxsrccEssFr1
| EXPEDITION AGAINST Hix-The Brownsville
| Flag Extra furnishes the following running his.
tory Of events since our lns:, from which it will
be seen that nothing has really been done In the
way Of driving out the Mexican invaders, OF ta-
ther what was done has oply resulted in mis-
| fortnnes.
On Sunday, the goth u1t., regarding our for
ces sufficiently strong to act on the offensive -
well - to protect the town. call for volunteers
| to 60 up to the attack Was made, when Aenrly
IL Of the members Of the company Of Captain
Kennedy, and many others in the other comps
nies, offered to march at moments warning.
Lieut.. Langdon. q. S. A., being in charge Of
the two howitxers which arc mounted, one at
each Of our baExieades was At Brazos, and m
express was sent to him to ak lesre to take ore
Of them, that one at Fort Gringo, On the e1pe-
dition. Learning that large party OF rolun-
teers wcre coming out from Texas, party OF
thirty-one rangers we're sent out tn Saturday
evening BY Capt. Tobiu. under Lieut. Littleton,
to protect their approach. The volunteers, how.
ever, came during the day, but not By the route
expected-eighty-th three men in li-without
meeting Lieut. List'eton-
L1Err Lr11LErox's PARrr SURPRISED The
party under Lieut. Littleton, however, did meet
another party, and were surprised and c1osely
On coming out Of a mot. or ch=paraI. they
fa1ie1 some 1--WE or siI afmed men, who at
first seemed 'disposed 10 fight aud then to cs-
cape. 4 few men were ordered to give chase
snd cut them oHf, in attempting to do which they
Al Al.
dense chaparal on the other side, where the per
sons disappeared. the Rangers following. All
at once general fire was opened on them from
large force, Afterwards a.certained 10 be a
hundred and thirty.nen, who were laying in
ambush. Lieut. Littleton, finding his men in
m nts' contllct-duriog which a four-pouud
howi1zer WIS fired upon them-three Of his meu
were killed, one wounded and taken prisoner,
8nd he received ono bail through the forearm,
and another-a spent ball-struck his belt, IN.
der which was another with brass shield, tho
ball going no further, but causing severe con.
fusion.
The Rangers discovering that the force
against them wus securely posted and very supe-
rior in numbers, retired, and we're closely pur-
sued for two miles, but no further, aud returned
to the city. On the next day Capt Tobin's
compauy Of Rangers went out to find and bury
the dead. The blood in the veins of every
r.
that not only Dr. Aiiieis, Of THIS city, and Greer
and McCay, Of San Antonio, and eyen young
Fo1, who, after being wounded and surrounded
BY the Mexicans, threw dowu his arms and yield
ed himself prisoner to Cortinas in person, were
found with their lifeless bodies riddled with
wounds and mutiated in manner most hor1i.
bic. d..
still eucamped ut what is called Rancho del Car-
men, some twelve miles above the city Of
Brownsville. The number Of his men is not
stated, but Capt. Tobin and Capt. Berry both
express the opinion that no force less than 500
men, we'll armed, would suffice to dislodge him.
BE is, therefore, for the present safe
1nthe meantime, he had issued second proc
lamation to the Mexican Inhabitants Of Tex
a." in which he sets forth, At length. their
grievances in common-how, ever since tho or
9aniza&ion Of the new State, the country had
been overrun by adventurers, who hare" robbed
them Of their property and hunted them up md
down like wild beasts, till their wrongs hare
come 10 be past endurance" aud hou to him
Ind been intrusted ~ the work Of breaking the
CHAINS Of their slavery" And to this end, we
| are told society has been organized in the
State Of Texas, which will derote itself faith
| fully to the work until it is crowuedwith sue
ceea-a society whose constitution is written in
| i" The Great Book, over which hangs the veil
| nf impenetrab!e seeresy." The elevation Of
| Gen. Houston to the executive chair is also
looked upon rs full of hope to them.
As to the camp Of Cortinas. We ure told by
Nr. Campbell, one OF his prisoners, TINT the flag
Of Mexico oil the time floats over It, aud that
the sen,ioe1s in challenging, md the persons
challenged in r.ply, use tho word Of fea1ty to
the country prescribed in MEXICO:
Vuioa ririf 4i1rieot Qai R<gimtntof C1r'-
tina!
"ro whom do you belongs" ITO Mexico! "
"a To what regiment!" "To that Of Cortina''
AFFA1Rs At HnowSsv1LLE+-Oft the state Of AZ
| fairs at Brownsville, the Fzag SAYS:
| In the city we fare rs before. Each citizen
sleeps Mt one Of the three barricadea, stands rs
sentinel three hours in the day, and from two
to three hours at night, and lives ou the residue
Of s,e fruits Of his past industry, or his hopes
for the future
No news hos been lately received Of the two
companies Of artillery ordered from Fort Clark;
but If aii they can do is to garrison Fort Brown.
| they can do US little good outside. Our pres
ent forces are tue following:
e. S. garrison. Fost fsowh .-....-........... Il
Eanrcfs under C.rts Tohn and Toul!nsoa
Citizens and ~Ayfasing men In Brownsville.
| We learn elsewhere from the Fog that Capt,
Rickotts, commanding ut Fort Brown, regards
himself under orders to remain in garrison,
unless in case Of emergency, such hs an attaek
/ upon the city. He hns no authority. though
| eyer 80 wllft6g, to salty ont aud attack this enc
my, either with the military forces Of the State
or to cxecute the process in the hands Of The
| u, S, Marshal or the Sheriff."