New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-11
RIO eRAHDE CORRESPONDENCE.

RIO GRAHDE CORRESPONDENCE.
Fourth Of Jt,1y reflections 'rat Nerico n 6tgd /
IFte G3aseyfattrc .Serdtnseat .diiue-Good Netes |
joy RrotnasriRe= Matataords no Longer, a Free
P6Tf--ITez Cattle trade of the Rio #GI.a6de Val |
ley-sspo!ies fol, your Naaet hs1est Isapofta-
tiaf gf Negroes - Uadafgi3oated Rds1ottd CONE
Pletea to Itftea-Iieprtsais for Fttgfttre slates.
Special to the New Orleans Cfeseent.i
BROWNSVILLE, July, 4, 1850.
M. Edioi'--The great day which is hallo#ed in /
every heart devoted to liberty is to be passed with
out celebration in this portion Of the American
Republic. Men were disposed more to melancholy
than to gIadness, for never did our national birth
day dawn upon US so full of gloomy shadows as at /
present. We are to have national salute at II
o'clock from the battery in the garrison, and that
il almost il except the individual instances Of
those who meet and imbibe at the corner groceries,
the extent Of celebration.
The news of the revolution at Baltimore has
produced profound sensation, and patriots are
willing 70 catch at any straw upon which they can
secure the life Of the Republic. The wars which
are prevailing in Mexico and the fearful conseqnen
4 ces Of revolutionary Government, have made us
on the frontier peculiarly sensitive to the dangers
Of civil eomnotion, and, therefore, most anxious
to preserve our present state of peace. power and
security. Any measure which tends towards an
intestine war has tenfold horrors to us who know
what dreadful calanlities follow in the wake Of a
fraternal strife. Therefore you may set this con-
stitueney down as firmly beund to the party which
proposes to conserve the Union and 70 preserve
peace.
/ Matters all seem to be tending to the benefit Of
this CITY, for no sooner did we learn that Congress
had nassed the bill removing the Custom-hoase to
this place from Point Isabel, than we also learned
/ that tile authorities of Mexico had rescinaed the
order creating Matamoras into a free port and de-
elaring al goods imported into the place subject
to duty. This act at once benefits Brownsville in
many ways and if we only had Government
which would extend protection over this valley,
there would be an instant advance in all the inter
ests Of tile Rio Grande valley.
Brownsville lit one time contained q population
Of eight thousand people and was then probably
i one Of the most business places in Texas; but
three measures conspired to retard its prosperity
First, Matamoras was created free port, and
that diverted large retail trade at once second,
tile lands were mostly involved in litigation, which
made all purchases and improvements uncer-
tain; third, the troops were removed and the
town was set at the mercy Of the bands Of thieves
from Mexico. These first and last reasons, how
ever have been tile oyerruling evils for the with
draWal OF a considerable portion of our trade and
the insecurity Of our property, at once dampened
, everything like enterprise and speculation
The Rio Grande valley is probably one Of the
| best stock-raising countries in the world ant
more, it is in easy reach Of the great stock district:
| of Mexico. With protection to such property
| and with faciIe communication by steam with YOU
city, Brazos Santiago would probably contribute
more than one-fourth of the beef cattle consumed
in New Orleans. We have great advantages ovei
Indianola in this respect and there is little doub
but that il we had good transportation and ship
ping facilities from Brazos harbor, that you
. stock market would be benefited at the presen
= time by importatons Of cattle from this region
Mr.. Singer, at present owner Of Padre Island, pre-
q poses in his present trip North to have Yesse
= built which vii. be expressly adapted to carryin
s stock and which will also be of greater spec
n than the Austin. With such a vessel, properl.
fitted up into stalls, three hundred head of stoc
q can be landed on your Wharyes every ten days
in lust as good condition as many passengers
. for they would be taken on board OF Rrazos ]
good condition, fresh from grass and water, an
il will be able to perform the trip without an
Il serious loss Of flesh or spirits. When it Is col
/. sidered that cattle can be bought in Mexico a
. from five to ten dollars per head, and that the
can probably be shipped from Brazos for six Q
Is eight dollars per head, with incidental expenses G
ii, two dollars apiece, there Is good reasnn TO col
+ gratuate you in the prospect OF larger supply Q
beef, and that probably as good an article as is t
. be eaten on this continent.
n There is considerable talk in this communit
= about three OF four hundred negroes said to hav
been landed on this coast, within thirty or fort
, miles of Brazos Santiago 1t is positively a
/ L. f.o1 I Gnt-a To
il believe 1t myself for the rich farmers in the centr
- districts of Texas known to have large nun
ber of niggers who do not understand how to spea
n. the american tongue; such has been the case fe
=, the last ten years, and the question comes VI
- q aWhere do they come from ?H=I have nev,
20 heard it asserted that niger spoke African nat
raj, no matter where he was born, SO ] cann
q understand how the lingo is perpetnated in ttl
a, big, old and young niggers in certain portions
n. the State. l think the farmers have an nnde
"a ground railroad to Africa and that they make |
for the niggers that are run of to Canada 81
to Mexico by fresh drafts on Ethiopia. One of I
10 termini of this African railroad is said to be mark
bv d large pine flagstaff, on Padre island, and th
= at certain times very small signal light is swn
~ upon that elevation to notify conductors in
railroad that they can run in, without any dang
- from cutters or marshals. As u matter oil eonI
all this is eommendabe, and the wonder is IL
At your people are not profting by the example, I
want labor, and yet, when christianity and eeol
rts my suggest the proprety OF filling your wants {
ad of the surplus which oyerfioWs Africa, you reft
TO venture on the requiston. 1t is all sheer 70
le to talk about sentiment, for that is matter for
erannies to theorze about. What is the differef
Mt between buying slave in Virginia, and buying
emit slave in Afreaf In the firstinstanee yon proba
separate families that have some religion and SO
ion affection, while in Africa you only save the p
devils from the most inhuman OF masters. II i J
] is on the point of buying nigger to-day, if c
suited humanity would ten to one prefer to bl
of him from Africa to bringing him from Virginia.
cen A salute was fred in the garrison, on the
inst, in memory of the lamented Gen. Jessap,
onarter-M Master General Of the United States Ar
We are in receipt Of the first instailment Of
summer rains, and there has been decided
provement in the weather.
Advice to Tener-B natural.
d at 1t is certainly a paradox that we are natur
frm esirous Of long litei and unwilling to be old.