Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-18


AIAHxaSs Nxws vnon Dnowxsvitis.-Ths
war Department are II ~ ssesips Of dispssch
Asn General Twiggs, In command ef the United
States military department ee<rQrs, .datp1 At
san Antonio, On ne 18th inas, 81 tslec1pAsd
from New Oslsaas o. The 18th IT, -yestof1 ay,k
saying thas an express had then IT, arrive Non
Rio Grsnde City stating that c6s>(nas ~ l.i1
Brownsville in ashes, killing - ses fnase
American citizens! and that he (Cortinss) was
then on the march towards the Neuces with .
force Of 500 men,
We place little fsith In this nsws; becsuse, II
true, the informstiops would have doubles gone
much quiclSr sia<he Brazos Santiago direct p
New Orleans. Il purports TO have gone one hun
dred miles up ths RIO 8ssnde - 3 psinsryl1io
6sande city) sppeeitpy Camarso; thence three
hundssa miles noftisnt, y San .Anssaio; thence
to New orlcsns lslngF lye Hays between ne
latter points, and requiring at least -four days to
reach San Antsni6 eothe burning, &c J, mus
have taken place somewhere about the sth inst.
II seems utterly impossible thAt such transactions
could have occurred at Bsownsviile on or abous
the eth inst, without being heard of at New Or
leans before the f7th-y estefday Besides Cor.
tinas could have no motive Whatever for extend
ing hts opefstions towards the Nueces thus cutting
of bis retreat over the Rio Grande In case Of
necessity, for the siyilege Of marching into .
barren waste, where hecan find no supplies what
ever and no means Of successfully defending him.
self II attacked. = sss ~ sses.s !
THE srarH OF AErAIRs AT CKARLxsrowS.-
The reader viii fad elsewhere IN the Star today
all the facts concerning the second expedition Of
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| We place no faith whafevef IN the story that .
considerable bod LOT aboli tionists from the North
are encamped anywhere inyifginia OF Maryland
with the view Of rescuing Brown and HIS follow.
ess, OF for any other purpose whatever. Therefore
We believe the present errand Of The Alexandris
and Richmond volunteer 10 be avery boobies
one. That such stories are promulgated is simply
proof Of the entire inefncieAcy even yet, Of the
patrol ration in the vicinity OF Chaslestowr
and Harper's Ferry. Throughout yirginia ths
duty Of night pstroling for the preservstioa ~
peace is usually left to few quits young men
who are prone to make q frolic Of IL Il should
be dcvolved on all citizens whose names are OF
the militia muster rolls; and instead Of keeping
out perhaps ten men nightly In q county, on,
hundred should be out subject to military regu
lations while in the discharge Of the duly
| IL one hundred Of the most substantial citizen
| Of Jeffenon county, Va, were 90 employed night
| ly, we would have had no such rumors a. this o.
the Berysville abolition encampment, (which
seems merely 70 be renewal Of previous rumor
i Of the same sort;) would barns be burnt dowI
with impunity, a Of late. Some one or NOR
vagrant abolition emissafies skulking In the da,
time in mountain fastnesses, doubtless, have 8,
far been able 10 burn dozen barns In the yicinit
/ where Brown and his fellows are imprisoned-
fact that viii greatly stimulate The disposition o
the South TO bring the sirrepsessibie conhict' 4
q speedy Solution. One hundfed well armet
citizens Of the vicinity in squads Of three or fou
each, would however answes mueh better to arres
and punish the fncendiaries, than thousand vol
unteers from distant portions Of the State.