New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-07
IONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER =, 1859.

nightly watches are most unremttingly con-
tihued. Every citizen capable Of carrying arms
isin quarters, and the two twenty-four pound
hD.itzers and nine pound carronade are posted
az three prominent points, which are defended by
baYicades, while the entrance to the city il OBJ
stfucted by others. 1t has been ascertained that
Cprtinas has been sending out his scouts in strong
bodies, gathering up horses and driving off cattle.
ltwas reported, at Matamoras. that from thirty to
forty Of the dcsperadoes, who escaped from the
Victoria. prison, had succeeded in joining Cortnas'
bind, also that he had obtained some 5000 but
~ IL not known how he got it.
, lhe mails left for Corpus Christi and Lnredo in
the morning and a return mail should have come
" ~ IRON The former place on Thursday and from
sne iatter on Friday, but neither mail or riders
have come in. No doubt Cortinas has taken them.
U VIII be idle to send the mails hereafter, unless
well guarded.
AZ daylight, on Friday, one of the picket guard
"a !he outskirts Of the town. saw two armed men
skuikmg IN the bushes, but they took fright and
lea. About dark, same day, Mr.. Campbell,
printer by trade, and deputy-sheriff- has
FANNY ivlng IN the suburb of Ramireno, about
mlle ana half above town, went up to see them
he rode good horse and was armed with a sharry,s
Tlne and slx-shOoter; a Mexican went up with
him. also mounted on good horse. Thew had
aardiy got INTO the house when ten heavily armed
bandits surrounded them - took Mr. CampbeH
prisoner: took his horse and arms also robbed
the Mexican of his horse, saddle and bride: ma4..
prisoners of four well disposed Mexicans. living al
kamlreno. and took them all off--except the one
camp of Cortinas.
The families of the prisoners are in the greatest
. distress. . ~
In addition to the above the purser of the
ARIZONA furnishes US with the following report:
On the 10Th ult. party, supposed to consist of
ABOUT thirty men, came into the graveyard, in the,
immediate center of the city, and fred some thirty
uiso s,io,s ron ron small arms, which did no damage
Lhey were answered by discharge of canister
from field piece, but with what effect is not
known. for on searching the place in the morning
no bodies were found--the killed and wounded (if
anF) having been probably carried off, Several
ranches had been broken into and money and arms
demanded under penalty Of death, and where any
OF either were found they were taken. The rancho
Of Neal had been broken into and everything de-
stroSed, and the house would probably have been
burned mad it not have been of brick. Mr.. Neall
and ms family had escaped to Matamoras. The
mails and passengers Of the down trip of the Ari-
zona Z, started via Point Isabel, but learning that
1lar.S men were on the road to intercept them the
passengers went up on the steamer Grampus and
the mails were sent on the Mexican side, via Mata-
noras, to Brownsville. The retnrn mail for New
orleans came down the same way. Several ex-
pressmen, who were sent to assist on the American
slde, were taken prisoners.
>, All the cattle and horses in the vicinity of
broWnsVlile were seized, and the people of b. were
depending on Matamoras for fresh provisions.
farues OF men who came in to Cortinas, and sup
posed TO be from Victoria, were nearly nude but
on arrival at his camp were furnished with clothes
and arms
A universal panic prevails, and the citizens of
d, BROWNSVILLE were hourly expecting an attack.
There was rumor that Point Isabel and Brazos
were to be attacked, and at which latter place
there are many pieces of artillery and some small
brass pieces easy of transportation; and Cortinas
has stated. that if he succeeded in taking Browns
vile, he would carry the war ints Central Texas as
far as the Nueces. Many of the ranches near the
river are surrounded by Indians, who are supposed
to be interested with him. The people of Browns
vile send an appeal to the citizens of New Or
leans for help, as they receive no news of the
troops and rangers expected, and as the roads are
bad there is no certainty of the time of their arr
M val. Ihey hope however, to be able to protect
the city until aid shall have arrived from New Or.
leans, even if they are not strong enough to punish
the marauders. The prisoners spoken of as taken
last trip had not been hung, but were still held in
duranee