New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-17

ehapsrrsi and thfe~ out party 10 observe them oul
10 communicaofsa was received from the mexican5
giving inform atom that portion OF the Na1on"
Guards werI there.
Our rc .s advanced, heard the ,entisele aleria OF
the guS raw tho picket MO the camp, heard Tue
lone. roll beaten, and still msved OH. No challenge
Wa given by the Mexieabs and everything inoi;ased
ca enemy g camp. They approached 70 WITHIN lofty
or fifty yards fred upon the corr-ls occupied ~ sns
Mexicans, the fire was returned of the Mexiesns
fed TO the cla9arra and some shut themselves up n
the locales and were made7Drjeoners And II was no.
till after the officer In command had surrendsTea tn'
they learned that portion OF the Nston2i 6usras
were there dpop which Their arms and o1her Pfopsr3
taken in the fieht were Immediately restored
-Four Mexicans were killed, aod our party iost four
horsee.
From La Mesa our forces returned 70 the river ano
camped at San Lorenzo. Or the 18th they srarteo
down the river escortng the steamer Ranchero, ana
camped at the Balltas At La Balsa they knied TUG
celebrated thief ard cut throat, fausuno, Vorhha :
Indian captain On the 18th they LEFT the RIVER, ano
at Rancho Maguey killed Cortina man waO nioo
upon them. On the Goth they reached the Cayutano
Rancho forty miles from the Rio Grande del Norte aad
failing to find Cortina, returned TO the San Lorenzo
the same evening. Al Ratsmias they found de.s;n-
ment OF Mexican National Gnsrd some ,%eis o,., -
pursuance of an order from Major Hein'zeman' 'nsy
eturned to she American side OF the RIVER.
They purci ased sheu supplies, aed the omcers welo
csreful TO suffer 10 TO moest the person OF Prop
erty Of any peacsable Mexican. ,o,..a On, q,
Atbous the Mex can NatiOual Gdarfe were ous ~
he ssme time searching for Cortina, their &c was
confined 10 the resr of our troops, ana geneIaiy "
tg OF T. EN- and MatamOrOs; aud bad previously Doc"
msds mostly in iroIt Of Capt. FOrd'e camp
From sill this s appears that the Mexican Ns'ions'
Guard are not very enthusiastic or Trustworthy sie'
against the arander. The paper last quoted has a'o
the following:
From the Prisna of the 18th, we Learn that tne
Governor of Tsmaohpas has ordered that Cortns anu
his band .hal be vigorously pursued until tney are
completely exteImiDsied. We have no DOUBT tna'
Gov Tievino is extremely anxious for sacn cohsulu-
nation but II he has been incr, duOus upon tne POM,
We ave 10 d. ubt that the affair OF the Ith Inc. At
La Mesa where portion of the force sent from MAI &
oras 10 attack ConiDa found by our troops IN
his csE D. bali hour before day break, Will satsiy
him that The Mex lean soldery CortiDa men,
Csp,. John s. Fore OF the R4ogers, arrived in our
city Yesterday morning, having just returned IRON nus
SCOUT into Mexico. He marched hundred mllee IN
two days on that trip, and if reports from the other
eide Of the are true, came very near catcning
CortiDa mapping.
TIE steamer Arizona has been chartered to bring g
company of light artillery 10 this place, on her next
trip. ~
COL Lee IL on bis way to this place with troop lie
comes VIA Laredo.
The Netc Orte0ns Picayune has Brownsville corres-
pondeuee to the 9th inst Quiet had prevailed for the
two weeks prevouslyi but rumors were again ahoat
that Corpa bad returned toward the frontier and en-
camped at a Seminole settlement about two hundred
miles mp the river.