The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-15
Important froa Brownsville.

The latest intelligence received shows that
matters are in very sad way in brownsville,
A meeting Of citizens twas held on the second
inst, at which the Mayor Of the city presided
and resolutions were passed to ask assistanc,
from New Orleans Of both men and m,ney. The
Crescent calls upon the citizens Of that city "a
respond to the call. In Q second letter Of the
same date the Mayor says;
since wrote 10 you this morning, / have heard
that CoRIISAs Is making his arrangements 10 march
on Brazos and Point Isabel. This may bs true or
not. IL ID the very move man ought 10 make un-
der the circumstances in which he finds himself pla-
ced- He knows he cannot take tho town, except by
fire, without great loss Of II he burns us out
he destroys all that is valuable to him. There arc
older heads than his now IN bis camp. lie knows
our twenty pound howitzers outreach his guns
therefore his artillery s Of little use, except for an
noyanee. HIS plan Ia now, think, TO take possass-
lon Of Brazos and Point lsaba which he can do with
out firing shot. The goods In tue Custom House
valuable. There stored ct Brazos some OF the
best guns, from ak Founders TO sixty eghts In the
L. g. service. The brass batteries Of sirss and twelve
FOUNDER guns are all stored there, with all kinds Of
ammunition and plenty Of IT, The batteries are com
pets and the guns all mounted on their carriages,
besides al the various munitions Of war; Ho can
take all the lighters aud transport what no wants 10
Point Isabel. lie hss the whole motive trsnsporta.
tion power on the Rio Grande at his disposal. lie can
transport BY land or water as he chooses.
hc csn lhaht bAttory ~ the grave yard, or some
commanding position, and bring us 20 TERMS he is
the man take him 10 DO, lie has in his camp re-
tired officers of the Mexican army, and somo other
despsradoes, who broke prison at Victoria, Mexico,
and who now control hun In . measure. CoRrIsAs
cannot now stop In hts career and disband his men,
n he were 10 inclined to do. HIS men i've on N sat
alone; some have expended al their means, and
they are clamorous for vengeance, AMI pundsr, and
they win make ons desperate tffot before they viii
dspeIse.
This Ia not Idle spoculation-iti Is natural he should
take this means, ~ II Is the only way left open 70
him. There are plenty of sympAtnisers with him,
both on this side and the other and IL he 10 not
openly applsudod In Mexico, he is secretly and hss
the advice Of men on the right side Of the RIO rsnds
superior In military matters TO any we have here Al
present. The whole Mexican populstion, with but
few exceptions, are with hiu In feeling thsre Is ma
doubt Of this aud the only exception arc men who
have Large stock interests hsre and cannot got their
stock away. =
The thinking class Of Msxicans well know that q
day u retaliation will assuredly oome and from ths,
cause extend US the aid they have done. Strip thu
neacAhs OF the interest they possess on our sds o
me river, and there is not man OF tnem but wna'
wouis rsloice a. our humillsting position.
one Thing In regard 10 this outbreak hsrs Ia thai
tne uvth has mover been half told. ImmeaiA,sl,
they Gid not know how far ~ iA.ter ertsndsd, I.