New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-23

rhe Brswnssille Flag Of the S.h inst, has thc fol

The BFownssille Flag OF the N INST has tae lp's
lowing
The steamboat Ranchero, under command ~. :,
Capt Martin. started on Monday mofniasg
this place for Rio Grande City aud Roma VIII
l u,0t,r the number Cap
III st A and family, ard y fall EesaAe a9s '.'Ss
s e,s3 DIV ss,,s,t N a il the
laaf fsssr yarfAs Since her departure s.sasAeals
have lecs, entertained that she VIII ~ iiieG anao,
' =, iss,.egs brought in by Capt. Dawson, U.
q q ,s,sr tried hv the citizens to-day. The result
,ss III afauittai Of one and the summary hanging
Of The other The one hung WIS s an inaa.a alnss
lin, hi nroof was positive There having been q
,joiht raised as to the guilt Of the Mexican he was
acquitted, hut held TO give testimony n other
cases
taken place by the otfshoots of CeTtna defeated
forces, near Rio Grande City and seyeIal large /
ranches interior from that place have been iiageu
and the stock driven on.
Grande CITY assured parties in Reynosa, couple |
Of days SINCE that Cortinas loss in killed and miss
ing did not vary much from 200 which, they SAID,
was the statement of their : General.
From the Flag OF the l2th instant ne extract the
following:
Grande CITY accompanied w Col. s. II. Iockridge,
which gentleman went through the fight Az that
place hand and glove. The Mexicans appear 70
have dislike of their sort, and it Il Just as Well
Colonel Ford and Captain tteton (the latter OF
whom also has returned to this place with his COM
pany of Rangers) on their way down. halted at va
rious points TO enquire into the movements Of Cor
tina and spy into his recruiting arrangements on
/ the other side of the river, and to prevent ils
4 crossing, should the attempt be made. AT several
i points Colonel Ford obtained information, that AT
\ every village and rancho Cortina received acces-
4 ssors beginning with ten men at New Camargo,
and bringing up at Reynosa with one hundred and
! fifty.
received from the Aicalde, to the effect that it was
4 feared the guerrilla chief would attack and sack
4 the town. and he requested Gel. Ford to remain
and cross to the assistance of the place should an
4 atte1ipt be made to take it. An agreement was
entered into that in the event Of attack, fire
"A should be built upon the church IN Reynosa and
the boats, on the Mexican side should be dropped
"A over for Col. Ford and his company to cross.
n Esortina, However, passed on down, after which
I no information could be obtained from the Acade
respecting Gortina's movements or his Wherea-
Il bonts.
S Col. Ford secured the country thoroughly COM
ing down but in no instance was he successful in
s surprising any of the numerous bands that we're
81 pillaging the few remaining ranches on this side
though upon their trails and in the neighborhood
N of their work of destruction He found one place
\, where hlt d short time previously from forty to
fifty had crossed into Mexico. Being entirely out
\ of provisions, he was compelled to move on 70
81 this place; so that, as matters now stand, the
t country between Brownsville and Rio Grande City
Il IS again at the mercy of the banditt There is,
i, however some consolation in the reflection that
but little remains for them to depredate upon,
\ except the stock, now completely scattered over
* the country.
y, From editorial articles in the same paper we ex-
" tract the following 5
WI Nothing more comnendabe has ever TRANSFERRED
Oh this frontier than the extraordinary march made
~ by the command under Major Heintzeman, U. s.
!, al, by which means Rio Grande City was saved
y from piage and fire. The day had arrived and
4 the hour fixed upon, when that place WAS to have
:. been t8rned over to FIVE hundred and seventy
bood-thirsty freebooters when everything Amer
lean in it was to have been rendered lifeless and
everything combustible to have been burned to
< ashes Twelve o'clock on the 9th ult was that
hour; at which time Cortina supposed his unrelent
III Ing pursuers would still be dozen leagues in his
n rear II not more. Twelve O'Clock was the hour
& unknown to all but Cortina and his confidential
u abettors- unknown to hundreds of American men
women and children within the imperiled city, and
more than all, unknown to them by whose mas
tery exertien and unprecedented effort, the enact
Inent of the horrible plot WAS to be defeated
s On the morning of the 9th, whilst dense fog
|. was enshreuding the valley of the Rio Grande in
|, goonl-shutting out, as it were the light of day
IA from the scene soon to have followed--Cortina
81 summoned his to give the order for everything
D transp0TtahIe and valuable iii Rio Grande City tic
De brought to his camp by LIZ clock H., prepare
tory to the fatal order immediately thereafter to be
L given, when his outposts came rushing in to inform
their guerrilla chief that the Americans upoI
= them. Yes, the Americans were upon them, afte
Americans were there just in time-not an hou
If too early nor an hour too ate--to break up til,
i final act in the taking of Rio Grande City.
a Major Heintzeman and his officers, though en-
titlea to the thanks of the Rio Grande people TO
u their very efficient and determined action, agre
that to the abest Ranger captain of the day, Joh
8. Ford belongs all praise, that to him is the
try indebted for the signal defeat chastise
l. ment and complete dispersion of Cortina and hi
i, cut-throat gang. ~
The defeat Of Cortina at Rio Grande City in
# spiree all with hope, and many with full conf
l. denee, that our disastrous local at an end
and so we stated to the public ia our last. Conse
r. qaently, it has been with great reluctance tina
credenee has been given to the reports that Cort
ma was reorganizing and recruiting for anothe
If and still more formidable foray against u.s. But
u On and every day since Thursday last, information
b and evidence have been received that leave N
room longer to doubt that our worst fears are Il
& be realized. and that the cowardY assassin Cort
W ma and his savage abettors once again to b.
~ let loose upon the country.
= Soon after his defeat at Rio Grande City, at tn
y head of only ten men, on the Mexican side of th
II river, where he had been driven, he commence
5, recruiting. From near Carmargo he has bee
4 traced to the Mexican towns and ranches, grad
N ually angnenting his forces as he came down TIL
river, until lie made halt, with from two to tire
N hundred men, some twenty-five miles above th
y plaee, where he still remains eneamped, with hi
. main force; only some seventy. five of his humble
q having been known to cross into Texas FroI
this it will appear that there is every prospect
u an immediate repetition of the scenes that have
I thoroughly disgraced and degraded the name
/ | American on the frontier.
It is unpleasant to note the fact, that this rGoi
q ganizhtiaT and recruiting have gone forward an
been effected without the interposition of Mexca
4, authorities that Cortina has been allowed to II
q main Id the country two full weeks nndst urbed
\ and there perfect Lis hellish plans aimed at on
I destruction. II is unpleasant to know that man
e Of these same outlaws and freeheoters who wer
engaged in the fight at Rio Grande City are now
l. large in Mexico, going to and from one place +
another Without let or hndranee from the power
that be. With scarcely an exception, these des
" peradoes are known to the people and the author
h tiles the other side; and If they are not wante
e there, and are really citizens of Texas, why no
!. have them driven or sent home, with assurance
M that when once here they would not be allowed Ii
y retnrn2 II Is likewise UNPLEASANT to record iii
fact, that no sooner had Gen. GaTvaiai left for Til
e seat of war than did the assurance and effort t,
J. keep Goftina and his men out of Mexico disap
Z pear and Gen. Caryaal himself pronounced agaias
Y in spirit Of great bitterness. 1t these indications
: be not mistaken, they that the beginning
2 OF the end even has not been realized and, unes
y great pains be taken right matters very soon
Y rupture will follow that no power can heal.
" A union OF action between American and Next
II can fprees ust be had tt put down the guerrl;
II gang who have no sooner been drirenfrofn Ameri
n can soil than have they recognized aud reeFue,
" on the Mexican side OF the river with the avowet
~ intention OF invading country again. 1t IA use
less 10 say that the defeat of gortina we hay