, 1860-01-13
Dtcsa Trihtttte.
FHO11 THE RIO GRANDE.
Rio Grnn1c city Captured and k'1llax-
cd by Cor&fuuH.

f., From the BroEnvillc Ftag of the 18th ult
We extract The following intelligence, the latter
portion Of which is highly important: /.
| On Wednesday, the a4sh inst, cur entire regu'
! lar aad ranger force moved Up the river in pur.
suit Of cortinas, who, With Lis whole guerilla
band, it was reported, had left for Rio Graude
city. TN the dry following, Thursday, the aod
Col. 5. 4. Lockridgc, with several friends
started ont to ove'.ake onr little army and
| tender their services in any capacity in Which
they might b= necdc:i.
On Monday, the zGtl. courier arrived with
dispatches from Gen. Twiggs, Tor Nuj Heintzel,
mau; but finding the MINOR bud left, he started
| the same evening up the river. lie stated that
the dispatches we're OF great importance, and, in
addltion, said ten companies Of the U. S. tfopps
Ind been ordered TO rendezvous ut san Antonio.
morning of,l.at day, one of tbs rangers, John
Ihrop. from Gonzales, wounded accidentIy after
the :oulict on the 18th, died 4: the Rangers
Hospital in This place. His wounded arm was
twice :mpnlnted, hut he could not be sayed.
I'm Thursday erening, the eth, John Gra-
!1a", Esq, l4e Sheriff Of Nueces County, re-
turned sron, EdinbuEg, which place our forces
LIFT on Sunday. the a5,h. Capt. Ford started
about ten o'clock a. ", followed by Major
Heiutzelnaan at noon, Captain Tobin, with the
rear gua.d an hour or t.so Inter. When Cor
tinas was at Edinburg, be- numbered 1iree hun
drefs and titty men, as counted By several par
ties. Ills force was thete divided into thrre
parts: the advance, under his immediate com,
1aand, was three days aheal Of our troops: tic
second tTo days, and the rcur about twenty
hours. It is stated tha. dispatches reached Ed
'ahnrc that C0diDas TasNithin' ten miles of
lilo Grandc City Oh Saturday, the cath; the
merchants Of which place, as well rs Roma. had
pissed their goods over the river, preIerrinr
Mexican protection to American security. Nj.
Graham Is Of the opinion that Rio Graude Cjty
mast have been reached and taken by the ban
dts on Christmas, quite likely followed by tie
TALL Of Roma tue next day. This, however, is
matter Of opiuiou, yet there ure abundant rea-
sons for grave apprehension. The complete
demolition OF these heavy commercial towns is
probable, as not IN AMERICAN s4ncho near the
river has escaped the iuccnd,ary torch.
3Ir. Graham further stutes that each ni:ht. On
the way 10 Edinburg, scouting parties Of tho
enemy were lowering about the camps, AZ e5i-
dcnccd by their Gres found in the informing,
crnss being scarce along tie river, and no corn
10 be had, tle horses were weakening rapidly,
and the daily marches, as d consequence, Vere
becoming materially shorter.
At Edinburg, Cortiuas entered the store of 7.
y. Trevino L Bro, and helped himself to two
or tLres hundred dollars in goods.
On Thursday we heard that Sir. # Nhite, think.
i1s tie lower country clear, started for his ran
clio, up the river: but be had not gone more
slla,' twelve Or fifteen miles, when be was Ut
tackled by eight Me1icans, tWo 0f whom he re-
ports to have killed. lie brought, rs criJence
Of what he FayE, tHo bullet holes, one in his
saddle, the other in his overcoat, besides bloody
knife ana hands, aud one horse. Not having
converscd with Sir. White, We know not wiut
credcEcc to place in the tale Of his hair-bread1h
escape end truly marvellous deeds.
In a postEcrip. The Ftag adds:
Yesterday cur worst fears IT. ere confirmed. by
authentic 1nforvr rnf1n frnf, Tep aF
king. Of Rio Grandc City, on tue 34th inst by
Co!tinas, ut the bead Of four hundred and t,sea-
ty-fiVc mcn.
Every effort possible Was made 10 eet IN u
turcs to meet him, but without arail. there tc.
lug, at tue time, but thirty-six armed men, who
their own number. Whereupon seycrul Amer
leans, with their families, lett for Tie aexicau
side Of the river.
On the e5ih, Cortinas seut force down TO
Rin.sol1 Barracks, where they found aud killed
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Bog aud Capt. Spears, all
Of whom aFe highly esteemed on the Rio Grande
feE Heir sterling qualities; besides these, Two
others, whose uAI,les are unknown to us, we're
also killed.
The robbcrcs on the .5tl, arc said to have
been done in . gcltlemanly tnapner, but that TO-
ward the evening Of that day the soldiers were
getting drunk, md it was feared and believed
that, not only would the town be completely
sucked, hut that The American families would be
rutlttssly murdered.
The New Orleans Data Of the 7th inst, learns
by ii later arrival, that the day utter the cap
turc Of Rio f;rande City, BY Cortinns, he was
surprised BY the U. S. Troops and Texas Nau-
gers, under tile command Of Major Heintze1man
and entirely defeated. aud his men scattered in
every direction. No further particulars ure
giyen.