, 1860-01-07

The brownsville kGag Of tie asd, gives thp
following summary of events on the Rio Graude
since our last:
On the 9Th, about midnight, the three COM
pauifs. so long herslded as coming from For i
Ctark, TWO Of artillery and one of cara!rv, came
under the command Of slnjor Ieintzelmap.
They proved to be Of the best material in off.
GERS and men. but rather few in nun,be.s, tlY
tault Of the Commander Of the Department, or
ofthe Secretary Of War, or both.
On the sth, party OF thirty Of Cortinas' men
took a youth prisoner, within halt mile Of the
plaza, hnd touK trom him his saddle and bride,
releasing his horse because it WAS worthless, and
himself because he was Mexican. Some days
aftersTaEdS peTs was brought iu that cart
containing about Two Thousand dollars worth Of
government property, clothing, blankets; atm
munition, and which had been left behind to
come in ut leisure lit WAS In OF cartl, hud been
taken BIZ onr OF Gortinas' bands, aud soldier
Of the United States who had been left to guard
it had been killed.
I'm the 14th, necessary preparations hayiug
been completed, and the rangers under Tolii,
har1ng reported to Mnjor Heiutzelman their
to find and attack Cort,nas. There we're Ii:
regulars and ls5 rangers. They started about
three O'Clock 4. H., and after march. quite IL,
tiSuing to the artillery men who we're On foot.
OF thirteen miles, they came upon body Of the
enemy, some two hundred strong, opened a fire
on them with two twenty .fourp pound howitzers,
which was answered by the cannon of the cue
=ly: In about an hour the latter was siIenced,
and the regulars OIL one aide and tho RINGERS,
who had dismouuted, on the other, {t},ey had
been deployed as skirmishers,) rushed ur Il,
capture the piece, but the Mcxicans got it away,
were pursued rs soon Us the ruDgers and cayal.
~ could get their horses, but tue former found
them 1auu, tad -.
the chaparra!, when the enemy got otf with
their cannon, which was then SONS dstanceL Le-
yont. i wet Avrthor came up, and the roads
became very bad, SO that it was thought best 10
return, Us Que Of Capt. Tobin's men was wouu.l-
ed, mpFtally as it proved-Dayid thurman, Of
San Antonio-aud one or two others, and two
Of the regulars slightly, nil Of whom needed
assistance. So they returned On the 18th. 1t
is, however, not to he forgotten that as thev
started back they heard bugle btust of deli
ance with cheers close 10 their side, but in tue
woods, whose authors well directed search
failed to discover.
The less Of the enemy is unknown, except
that screral were found deal. Cortinas HIM
self, witt the major part Of his forces, was ab-
sent with the intent to surprise and attack Col.
J. s. Ford, Of tlo Texas Hangers, wlo u, rived
at tue place Of conflict With fifty men On the
l4th, but too late to participate.
on tue 18th Capt. Heron, Of Seguin, With
and thence to Edinbu.g, came here via Salt
Lake and Taylor's, crossing On the Arroyo Col
orado.
On tho 18th, in the night, courier came here
from Point Isabel, announcing that Cortinas
the rauchos near there On the river.
Oa the 18th, the body Of rangers under Capt.
Tobin, another under tapt. Ford, and the U. s.
Cavalry, Capt. Stoueman, started out to scour
tue lower country. In The afternoon news came
that Cortinas had concentrated his forces about
thirty miles ahoEc, and was about 10 march up
the river.
On the 10Th this news was confirmed, with the
addition that LIE was buraing the ranches as he
went, md that he had declared his intention to
Elunder and then burn Edinburg, Rio Grande
City aud Roma. Expresses were sent for the
rangers and cavalry to return, aud during the
Iay the cavalry aud Ford's rangers came in.
The former reported finding one man, Aexi-
can. hanging at 1'alo Alto, whom they buried.
on the s0th, Totin's rungcrs returned re-
porting the country clear. Costinas had been
within three miles OF Point Isabel, but had left,
and Ill was quiet.
An expedition WAS fitted out and started up
the rirer yesterday. 1t is intended as IN e8-
tinguiaher.
TuE LATEST.
From the purser Of the Arizona We learn That
Cortlnns vas two days ahead Of his pursueFs,
and that be wus burning all the out.houses and
ranches in his course, which was up the river.
On the Goth be slept at Edinburg, but did no
harm to property there, the people being mostly
Mexicans, or sympathzers; only be took the
handsome sun, Of $15, 900 in money from ST.. d.
Mariauo Treyino, the brother Of the Mexican
consul at Brownsville.
The latest heard from the pursuers, states
that Capt. Tobin's Texas Rangers we're in cd
vance Of the other troops but whether lie in-
tended to push on or wait for them was not