New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-02


earp they have not yet crossed The river but are sow
AZ Rosario 10 be- H. readiness for any emer
Rerey hat may arise.
The BrornsVile Flag, speaking Of this aha'r'
pss tina, treacbery wac a. the root OF the seeming
ci6ent Referring to the morning after the eohs'on'
RAYS: .t". .,o
when chr troops were at breakfast, very near tue
rar cho body of about $50 hexcsns norte anu hoh
made heir appearance 81 desired cohIeren'sl No
be,v Granted they stated that they were MsH'can
National (;naris and in pearch Of Corma, but eouil
give no Information respecting me wnereaoous '
that Il party surprhed was pan OF ,neh s'as,
guarding Il cir baggage, aud concluded oy REQUEST
onr ofc.rs 10 take no further action in the mater
mi thew could communicate with the autnortes OF
Matau,croe which forces did not teew inclined 70
40 replyipp that they were pursuing Cofnna, anu
sb1nId tdopt snch measures 70 take him as cream
s'spcee might see 10 require
II vas subsequently, learned that these National
Gusrds had been watching onr forces during ina PIE
yious day and night and the conviction thai they were
only from attacking our troops through lear
Nl,Sorph they denied all knowledge of Corins'
wbeisabout the women and boys at the rancno Ssert
N AZ he was there wien the alarm was gwen ana cur
ofhcers ore convinced that their statements are true
and believe that Re escaped when the alarm was INST
given.
with tn 80 of OVID orees. They state that they
were ordered 10 cooperate with the Americaos, and
uere in pursuit of Cortna, but that our troops by
takirg different read, unfortunately fell IN with their
baggage guard.
forces found party OF armed men, and had slort
| cOpfict with them at the place where The Mexican
authorities bad or red them they would ind fortuna
| 1t aeO appeare that the man body OF the Nsnonal
Guard claimed to be upon The Grand and no 1t
happened that portion Of their men having their bag
gage in charge should be fond in the very place boil
| peities were desigbipg to attack, is mystery.
We are informed, no ever that some OF the Omcerh
fsbo NJ Aornp INF ms
tine, and frequently pay friendly waits TO Ma camp
1t won not be snrprsDg this should be ascsrtaned
| TO be- the care in tbis instance.
The special cor, espondenee Of The Pic0yuAe gives
| the following view of the same siair:
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March u, 1859.
For several weeks part bss been uousaally quiet;
not healthy state of peace however but rather thai
| oppressive calm which fore vans the approaching
ttorm II has commenced 10 bloS, and II appedran es
be not d. cefu il will prove regular mortimer ere II
ceases The ball Is fairly OPEN and our troops are
row in Mexico On Weduesd4y last the authorities Of
Matamoros sent ont force for the avowed purpose Of
capturing COrtina (but, as The sequel has tho"n' o.
really assisting him. and requested the cooperation Of
TIE American forces ia 80 doing For tas purpose TWO
companies Of dragons and two OF Rangers nnder sht
command Of Capt Sion, mann, crossed me rver a.
Aqua Negra thirty Ave miles above th point for vie
Rancho dc Ia ca where they were informed by the
Mexican guide, SEPT them By the Mexican commander
thew would find C0rtua eDcamped in force. Ins VA
| on The night OF the 10th.
On rescbrp the rapcho they drove in the pckets anC
made prisoners of all the occupants, including some
thTiy-fve forty armed men, bat nc CortiDa Short
Nv alter day break The main body Of the troops from
Matsmoros made their appearance and exhbi ed nc
little astobshneDt at finding the Americans in
sion Of their camp they termed IT, aud ~ the same
ne clsined the prisoners taken as portion OF their
mem bn uDaoe TO account for the snddsn change
Of occupation in ia Mesa, especially as they had
reported themselves whipped by Coruna the daS pre-
| vic s, some miles below On Monday the Mexican
authorities sent for nal request to Mior Hen'zelmao
l,soh ha ha5n NOT vat
10 DO al they ave still eDcamped III Mexico: he, how
ever on Sunday last sent battery of twenty four
Founders to reinforce them AL he could spare, 81 be
has but one company OF artillery and one oil lnsntry
left at this pOin those, Ike tbs rect on this frontier,
but half full Ii is useles AMI absurd longer to donbt
the mplicty Of the people aud authorities Of Mata-
mOrOs with CortiDa and hiss;ts. With very few ex-
cepons they are Genus sts az heart and bu. wait
ipg the dow n}au of Vera Cruz, the approach OF
central amy to pronounce, and both are looked for
daily. On he authority of the Mexican Consul at this
Place is TepoIted to Gay that Nfauon hal dspache1
force Of four thousand men ~ Matamoros ard tbt
frontier; il this he so, they will meet no resistance
bus be welcomed by the Mexcans along the whole
route, a. Carvsjas men starving and deserving by
hundreds. The Rio GTapde is uuueually low. and
busI Of sill kinds this side, entirely broken ur
ard the ranches deserted; and un ess Government
do something right speedily TO settle Mexican affairs
on ibis frontier, Western Texas will be depopuated
and become resort for none but thieves and cut
threats
| hundred more of the prisoners taken by the
! Saratoga, on board the steamers Gen Miramon and
! Marquis &c Ia Habans, were, on Monday afternoon,
transferred from the soopofwar Preble 10 the Parish
Prison. New Orleans for safe keeping, till orders for
| their disposal shall come from Washington.
The prsoners were brought over the river In ting
boat all in irons and landed at the foo, of MT street.
great and excited crowd Of people assembled on the
lsyee tbem they marched out to Gorge square,
| in charge Of the Z. S. Deputy Marshals.