The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-19
Rio Grande City Taken BY Cortinas.
The Corpus Cnrisi Raachero, Of the 9th inst,


A portion tf CoR1ISAs' band have attacked
Rio Grsnde City, and have pillsged all the houses
except tho,e lying In the centre Of tho place,
which were probably protected by the ciuzeus.
An express was sent Immediately 10 the Cow
nor asking for assis, ance forth With, to prevent
the bandits from burning the city and murder
ing Its inhabitsnts. The xprcssmau passed the
Banquete on Thursday last, on his way to Aus
tin, nom whom the sbove facts were obtained
BY citizens Of this place. All the rancheros on
the Rio Grands arc driving their stock into tho
interior Of tho STATE, to place than beyond the
resch OF the outlaws. II seems by reports from
suthsnsie sources, that CoRrNAs has two bodies
Of mon organized, and his force Is estimated by
some to smount 70 scvcn hundred mon.
lefi BrovnsyiTs last Friday, and is nov with
the company Of Rangers, represents the psopie
Of that city as being In great distress, ec.iDg
hourly for CoRTnAs to attack them. CoRTI-
MAS had written . lottsr to the Chief Justice Of
Mr.. GLAvkCKs should b Immediately delivered
into bis hands and In eass Of rsfssa, threatened
70 march on and destroy tho place immsdiately.
CoRIiHAs says b viii lay In ambush for the
purposs Of 'cutiins Of and murdering the Ran.
d, The Corpus Christi Rasckeo, Of the 7,h inst ;,
publlthsd ct p M announces from information
recsivsd through two citizens Of Corpus Christi,
memben Of the bar, that tho town and surround
ing country are In sminsnt danger from CoRrI-
BAs and hfs bsnd. The Rnohsro ssys;
They hing W the astounding news that the
entire Mexican population, on both sidss Of tho
Rio Grsnde, srs up ln Arms, advancing upon us
to murder every white inhabitant and to recon-
quor the county ~ fAr as the Colorado river.
They have this information upon the afRdavita
Of Messrs. Thomas and WHIrK, two respectable
citizens Of Cameron county, who, with their
families, had just miraculousfy escaped from the
clutches Of one Of the Leu'ensnts OF ConrfsAs,
and taken refuge at the rancho OF Judge Lows
Msssrs. THoNAs and WHITE say Ton Mon
day, tie 3lst day Of October last, at their Kan
cho, about five miles this side Of Arroyo Colo
radr, 100 miles distant from Corpus Chris'D,
they were ,udcehly attacked BY force Of more
than 100 men, belonging to the Cortinas band,
apparently led by PASCHo TREvIsro and HnN-
Rr CLNE. They sacked and destroyed the
Rancho, drove OF the stock, and carried away
as prisoner JUAN VILIAkEAL. The order was
to murder the deponsnts and their families, but
all succesed In msking their escape through
the surrounding dsnse cisparal. Under the
command Of PEpRo YItLAREAL, company
II more than 100 men had crossed from
Mexico TO Join CoRIHAs, and these, as well as
the other Mexican forces, were carrying aloft
the Mexican colors. CoRTNAs bad 400 men
In camp, aud ~ many more on scouts through
out the country, TO intercept all eommunicR-
tions With the besirgcd In brownsville, where
were only about fifty reliable men under arms,
but all Of whom were worn out with fatigue.
Cn the day Of attack on their rancho, feom 10
A. NJ, to sundewn, they, ct intervals, distinct.
ly heard the firing OF cannon In the detection Of
Bro Wnsville. We sre sausfed that our frontier
on the Rio Grande Is In state Of war, and that
brownsville, with Its American population has
either fallen into tho hands Of CoRTINAs and his
men, who arc supported and sustained by the
Mexican population beyond the river, or Is In
great danger Of being captured. The Meaicsn
ilsg Is flying from a fsg-stA four miles above
Irownsville. When Townsville falls, We great
ly fear the next attack will be made upon the
settlements Of the Hutcas. 0..- ...
A cosrsf pondent Of tho New Orleans True
Delta says that the stock raisers from the Nuecss,
West, arc panic stricken, and that many Of them
AZ me wing THAR entire herds to the East. Well
authenticated statements srs ia circulation that
CoKTlNAs hes declared his intention to take the
country back tc the Nueces, and waylay and kill
every Gringo that dafes to take up arms against
him. Tho mails are csaApletely broken up, and
not carrier can be fovpd TO make trip to the
lower Rio Grande. Hvridicules the proposition
Of sendipg to Fort Clark for troops, aud adds
tbst Il took this same soldiery six weeks TO
march from Brownsville TO this Texas mountain
retreat. lie Is Of opiIio that Rio Grande will
not constitute q barrier to the Rangers, should
the taking and killing Of CoATIkAs rendsr Its
crossing necessary and, In addition, asserts
that Msxicans generally sympathiss with Con-
IINAS--an except such has hays interests on the
American side. He computes tho number Of
CoRTIBAs' forces, II oombinsd, ct from six TO
aleht hundred and ssys that squads are daily
crossing the river to assist the gueriilas,