The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-15
IN. r...tess Intelligence from Browns
xaalc. Tox0ss

vrrror, tho Brownsvile Flag, Oct 70
,c a,,v and ma ty watch s unremittiagiy continued.
~ ny hight every cnisen capable Of carrying
- The two twenty four poand howstzsrs aud
s.s ls' ha are asIaDdsd ny barricaes wn tho on
srs-s 10 the vr the city ooeructed by others
on Wednesday, about r. NJ, tseo'y or twenty nVe
Sorsemen were the other SIDE Of tho rcsaca,
srdhte the Of the city, evidently part Of tho
Dcmy force; the alarm gven the families living on
shlc men, many o' whom were asleep or necessarily
emp Dyed ordinary labor, harrid 10 the bsrr'cales,
vh,re they remained until morning. the enemy retiring
400 not reappearing during the night
On Thursday was sseertaned that COrtnas bad been
sensng out his scouts IN strong bodies, gathering up
b0Ises the ranches com tea u less al time,
sna driving the cattle of with them II vas reported
81 Msamoras that from thirty b. sixty OF the des-
peraaoes who escaped from tho Victoria prison had
. oessd the river the evening before and joined
k'U; also that he had Obtained some six thousand
dollars; but no ono knew from whom, or how. The
n,si,s ~jt for Corpus Christi ani laredo 10 the
morning and mail should have In from the
rmer place Thursday ana from the latter on Friday,
Dat neither mails riders have come H. No doubt Orr
has taken them amt the riders II, extending his
spe ans towards th coast and evidently m command
q ali the roads the perusa OF our extra and the ettes
IRON here and the letters and dispatches from other
polns people, will, no donbt Afford him aud his
DC corps great pleasure II will be Idle hereafter 70
SIND of mails unless well guarded.
AT daylight on Friday morning Of the two o,nted
picket guards the outskirts Of the town skk
g in the bushes with gun pointing at his oomrade On
sunra5e oek fright at the report Upon returning no
signs OF the skuker b. found During the day Of
Friday hs scouting parties we're reported 70 have osan
Seecia alarm occurred. About dusk Mr. Francis Camp
bell, Deputy SherM, printer by trade, who came from
Raobochss, Louisiana and las sister and other rea
uves IN that whose family lived tho suburb OF Rl
nreDo, about mile and halt above sn, went up 10 see
heM He rode good horse and was armed with Shirps
rae and six shooter. Mexican who came a day or
tWO since from oad with party OF horse traders nav
ing relations Ramireno went with him. mounted also
% good horse They han hardly got into their houses,
whcn q party Of ten heavily armed bandits surrounaed
ne house took Mr. Campbell prisoner took his horse and
arms robbed the Mexican Of bus horse, 50 IDLE and bfie
nsae prisoners OF four we'll disposed Aoxicans Irving
n Ramran0 took their horses and arms and carried then
m. except from Goiad up towards the camp OF
Curt;Das The gentlemen from Golad represent tbs ia
from their place as worthy o. All confidence
fhe families Of the prisoners 10 the greatest distress
This brings down 10 Saturday morning, with bitter
psrtAcr and closely beleaguered town 10 comfort
Asp within reach, and that which Is promised wholly
heu11cent for our necessities
LETTER FROM ooRTINAs.
On Wednesday letter brought into city an
aehvered 10 a merchant here, written by the haoi OF no
Nexican Spanard, wretched spelling aud grammar,
vhicb translated into olerabe English, would read fol-
bwB-
say 10 you TINT having been that the town Of
Brownsville fortifyng itself dght against mo- tell
you that do wish hght against the because Of
TIE many persons who faultless, your house,
that Of D. Alexandra thai of D. Pablo and other indsi.
dual houses, such that Of D. venceslas Vega Do mo
the favor To acquant all these persons and Mr. Powers
(osr Mayor and Mr.. james Brown 1.-THE sheriff. that
do hot wish " modest the town hope you may answer
ne. because am about " march upon the town. since
have got sufficient force and artillery batter
Tie houses aDd not being desros OF dong desire
RON the three four persons by whom have been
segrieved such as Mr. Adophc GlaveeAe, the squirting
Hherin, the Marshal. and other persons who have
dacplties with me. Do me the favor, aud with you all
0,Oee persons whom have named to make this letter
known 20 them that they may drive olt these and
elte TO their FIELD OF battle. await your answer in
order 70 act IL suits No Your servant, who
places himfen at your orders