The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1860-01-07

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By this arrival we have received o copy of
the Brownsville Flag Of the 22d, from which
We take The subjoined article
Event AS THEY HAVE TRANSFERRED.
On the 9th Of December, 1859. about mid n
night the three companies so long heralded { ?
coming from Fort Clark two Of s~Itillery audi
one Of cavalry, came vAher TIL. command. j
Maj. Hentzelas-~ Whey prosa& 10 be Oh :
best mater'at ii, officers and mM, b4rESssshefs
few in II. 1bers, the fault of the comn4fniet4
Of the department or Of ,he. seeretRxt Of Wass
or both. $50
On tbe sth a party Of thirtys9r Tegtinas
men took a youth prisoner, within half a Esa~a
Of The plaza, and took from him his saddleA
bride, releasing his horse because 1t was wort
less, and himself because he VT q Mexican.
Some days afterwards news was brought in
thai q cart containing about two Thousand
dollars worth OF government property, cloth
Ing, blankets, ammunition, and which had been
left behind to come in at leisure, it WINS an OK
cart, had been taken by one OF Curtiuas' bands
aud o soldier of the q. $. who had been left
to guard it had been killed.
On the 18th, necessary preparations having
been completed, and the rangers under Tobiu
having reported to Major Hentzelman their
readiness to cooperate, the military started up
to find and attack Cortinas. There were l42
regulars .nd 1875 rangers. They started about
5 o'clock A. NJ, and after a march, quite
fatiguing TO the artillery men who were on
foot, Of thirteen miles, they came upon q body
Of the enemy. some two hundred strong, opened
81 fire on them with two "a pound howi,zers,
which was answered by the cannon Of the
enemy in about an hour the latter was 81.
fenced, aud the regulars on one side, and the
rangers, who had dismounted. on the other,
they had been deplpyed as skirmisEefs,) rushed
up to capture the piece, but the MeXicans got
it away were pursued as soon as the rangers
and cavalry could get their horses, but the
former found themselves ambuscaded and dis
mounted to clear the chapparal. when the enc
my got off with their cannon, which was then
some distance beyond. A wet nortler came
up, and the roads became very bad, SO that it
was thought best to return, rs one of Capt.
Tobins mel was wounded. MORALLY rs it
proved-David Thurman. Of San Antonio, and
one or two others, and two of the regulars
slightly. all of whom needed assistance. So
they returned on the 18th. 1t is, however,
they heard d bugle blast Of defiance with cheers
close 10 Their Side. bat in the woods, whose
authors q well directed search failed to dis
cover.
The loss Of the enemy is unknown, except
that seven were found dead. Cortinas himself,
with The major part of his forces, was absent
with the intent to surprise and attack Col. j.
y. Ford. of the Texas Rangers, who arrived
at the place Of conflict with fifty men on the
l4tti, but too late to participate.
On the 18th, Capt. Heron, Of seguin, with
forty men, who had gone to Rio Grande City
and thence to Edinburg, came here via Salt
{ Lake and I'aylor's crossing on the Arroyo
Colorado.
On the 18th, in the night, a courier came
here from Point Isabel, announcing that Cor.
I, tinas was lowering around that place and rob.
bling the rarchos near there on the river.
On the 18Th, one body Of rangers under
Capt. T0bin, another under Capt. Ford, and
! the United States cavalry, Capt. Stoneman
: started out to scour the lower country. In the
afternoon, news came that Coriinas had con
7 centrated his forces about thirty miles above
: and was about to march up the river.
On the 10Th, this news was confirmed, will
I the addition that he was burning the rancho,
as he went, and that he declared his intention
to plumber and then burn Edinburg. Ri
Grande City aud Roma, Expresses we're sen
\ for the rangers and cavalry 10 return. ant
during the day the cavalry aud Ford's ranger
canie ID. The former reported finding on,
man. Z Mexican, hangitlg ut Palo Alto, whom
i they buried.
i On The 2oih, Tohin's rangers returned, re
porting the country clear. Gnrtinas had heel
i within three miles Of Point Isabel, but ha,
!, left and all was quiet.
4 An expedition was fitted ont and started d
1 the river yesterday. Il is intended as an ex
Iingaishtr.
1 BY the same conveyance we have receive,
the following interesting letter from on
j some particulars Of the fight Of Cortinas an,
\ hts banditti.
4 Ink FIr;HT n THE PURsUIT.
I BROWNSVILLE, Dec. %, 1859.
Y Eds. True DeIn.-1n writing 10 True Dclts
: Gringon has promised to let you have Id
latest news possible.
y We have no news which is very definite q
to results. Mr.. VIM. Neate went up with Gu
troops as far as his home, about SIS miles fror
here, which he found mbnrnt but badly iniure
Y -tbe onihonses had been burned. Rassi
] ranch had been burned. The Mexieans wer
two days il, advance Of our troops.
On Tuesday night Oortinas SLEPT 10 Edir
. burg--did no harm there to houses and prope,
y II, as II u oil Mexican, but levied a prrestam
on Mariano Trevino for some sum not know
$50. This news comes from Jose N
- Caraies, Of Matamoras.
Mf. Neale says that the whole Of Cortina.
! forces 10 the field have accompanied him-ho'
= many. no one knows, but d great many me,
y Ford is III advance, bnt / eau not lear
definitely whether or not with The view I
y pushing ahead of the other troops.
y From the Flag We take the following items
y The Arizona's mail arrived last night. Wit
II came Col. s. "a. Ioekridge with . porto
Of twenty-five friends, the residue Of whom wi
Y probably be up today. The Col. comes /
= take q phrt.
y Capt. Ricketts,. g. s. Al, who has been dat
y geroasly III for some days past, We take plea.
\ IRE in. noting. is fast recovering his health
Doubtless be will soon agaif, be seen, mol onl
on dirty bnt wherever duty calls.
y We had the no little qualification of mee,
ipg, q few days since, with Col. John S. Fore
for whose appearance at the scene Of Insured
ton and invasion there has been much anXiou
ie looking for some time, Whether as Doctor
Editor or Ranger Captain, the Colonel ha
showed prudence sagaci,y# and efficiency, an
on all occasions has proven himself a man 10
the times.
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