New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-20
BIO aRANDE CORRESPONDENCE.

R,uaors of Trouble oo,tina at his old Tricks
me Mexican Military litter hfna--H He Kills Fam
Ry OF Msricdns ao'to ,coud not quarter has M Bd1l
Preparations for a Iene,edt OF nte Eagft
on the part of The People Of B,otonsrMe Local
Hens-LOrse Traders arittola Money--Atdi'1il IN
Ga,Tison--Soltlier Robbed-Free Port of Watd-
aaoras-Anotlaer Evidence Of AeHican F'iead-
ship for the G,iagos. .-oa5.5
Special to the New Orleans crescent.l
BROWNSVILLE, June Ia, 1860.
Mr.. EdHor--This community has maintained
credtabe quietude for the last two months, owing,
first to the presence of the troops and second to
the absence of Cortina. We have had scores OF
rumors and many anxious nights among those
most liable to believe Mexican rumors; or still
more, who considered themselves as in exposed
situations in the town. All confess that Cortina
or any other bandit, could enter the town in the
night and do great damage before any resistance
could be made; and there are not few OF our Cit
zens who give Cortna the credit of being daring
and desperate enough to make the attempt. How
ever, in order to provide against any and every
contingency, the citizens have appointed night
patrols, and have almost unanimously organized
themselves into volunteer military force, to be
ready for service at any moment.
On the heels of this movement comes direct news
Of Cortina himself He visited the rancho of a
friendly Mexican, on the right bank Of the Rio
Grande, last week, Thursday and killed Sefor Sill
leno, together with several Of his family, for no
other reason than they had refused TO quarter
some Of the men belonging to Cortina's party. At
the time of the assassination, Cortna declared that
he " knew everything that was being done in
Brownsville; he knew the troops intended to leave
so soon as the yellow fever broke out and then
he intended to pay off his old scores" The Next
can troops from Matamoras, SO soon as the news
reached that place, started out for the rancho OF
Senior Sillenio, for the purpose of arresting the
bandit but as Cortina was at the head Of two hun
dred men, and il better informed than his pursuers,
doubt if they make any headway, even allowing
that they desire to meet the rascal.
1t s sometimes amusing to hear the observations
and premises of the army officer at this point on
the condition of affairs. A. night or two since, CON
siderable commotion was created In the garrison
by the sentinel who keeps :" watch and ward y at
the powder-house dschargng his gun The
soldiers were turned out, the portfres were light
ed, and general catastrophe apprehended. On
inquiry it was ascertained that the honest and in
telligent sentinel had observed a man skulking
about the powder -house-had heard whispering
voices near to hinl-had seen two heads raised up
from the weeds, and could not detect any bodies
had placed brick on the door-s which had been
removed three inches-had seen another head with
out body-and fired!n The alarm spread, and
now the garrison is more vigant than ever. There
are dozen ways of accounting for all this confu-
sion on reasonable grounds but now give you and
your intelligent readers many chances as there
are tickets in Wood, Eddy Co.'s lottery to tell
what cause the military assigned for these effects.
They said the Knights of the Golden Circle desired
cross the Rio Grande, and that before they could
carry out the project it necessary to blow up
| the United States magazine Of all the unreason-
| able suggestions that could have been invented
this tops the climax; but it is only equal to the
1 mark of an army officer written to aud published
| in Mobile paper, that the United States military
/ forces were only employed this frontier to watch
the flibusters and prevent them from interrupting
| peaceable Mexico. | can inform the army that
| when the Knights desire to cross the Rio Grande
/ it will be as impotent to stop them it is now
/ incompetent to prevent Cortina from entering
| Texas.
Reports have reached this place that a party Of
" horse traders Z have made successful speeula
| ton in securing drove of two hundred head O
stock somewhere near Reynosa and that they have
started at pretty rapid rate of speed towards tht
Mississippi river. 1t appears that the parties te
this trade had no capital to go on but their daring
and few ropes, and they came out with yer,
anxious crowd of friends at their heels. The latter
however, were too slow, and although the Unitet
/ States dragons Joined the chase, the Mexiean
lost their property. 1t was reported that tn,
dragons had attacked and killed four Of the ira
ders, with loss on their part of two men; bu
this story was voted hoax and the people hape
come to the conclusion that probably the Anleri
cans can steal stock quite as fast as the Mexcans
when they only take turn that way. | caution
you against buying Mustang horses, therefore, TO
two or three hundred are missed out of Mexico, an
it would not look all right to be caught on one.
A party of soldiers in this place, one night las
week, inveigled one of their companions into tn
suburbs of the town and there beat him until the
thought he was dead, and then left him. He wa
picked up next morning by some citizens, and
after time, revived so as to be able to state VIII
his assailants were. The deed was perpetrated 70
the purpose of robbing the victim, as it was sup
posed he had large amount of money f; but fortl
nately he had left his savings (s2D00) in camp, an
Z the rufians only secured temporary booty of ST
Three of the men were arrested next morning an
are now in irons, but the fourth made good his e.
cape into Mexico.
We are very much gratified at the whipping Nil
7 anon has given Uraga, for if the Conservative
succeed, they will probably establish dilferer
rule from that which now prevails on the Ri
: Grande. When Woll was commander Of Matamt
ras and had there two or three thousand Mexca
soldiers uuder good discipline and regular pay, til
= trade of Brownsville was three times what it
y now. Peace was maintained on the line of til
= Rio Grande, money was plenty, and men on bot
sides knew what their rights We're The rule wa
strict but that is better than the light and loos
l. game which is maintained in hlatamoras to-da,
a and which allows you to pass into town undo
g guarantees which are abolished before night, an
" you are caught in some trap which is both ammo,
e ing and expensive More than that, if the Conser
n atives should succeed the tariff would at once
= extended over Matamoras, and then Brownsvil
e would stand in her old position as q mercanti
o emporium, instead of serving as mere depot /,
y the transit of goods. AT present European fabric
= can be purchased in Matamoras cheaper than the
!, can be had here, because they pay no kind of du
in that place. while with they at least pay thir
,, per cent. ad vaorem. Debenture goods from En-
II land, France, Belgium and Spain are landed
le New Orleans, New York, or even in Brazos San
lie ago, are placed in bond under the protection
~ our custom houses, and when they are needed
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