Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-01-12
From orr own Correspondent.
LETTER FRoM BROWNSVILLE.

| which must eventually bring This place
| into tne,e notice than " has enjoyed fpi
some time, ron, Town correspondent
will give ron % suecinctiy % possible ~
| brief abstract from the chtuicles ~ the
times. On ths b,h inst, the command
here va. joined hy Companys y and NJ NJ
the let Artillery, n detachment from The
| lat Infantry ard Company =. ~ Csvel'y
with Major Ilein,zetmnn. Capt. Dal.trn
and stuneman and tieutenants Thomas.
utsnt aud Ramsay The 18Th ~ about ?
O'Clock IN the morning the command ne
romrnnied by Capt. Tobins' Company ~
Rangers and several volunteers from town,
proceeded to attack tortinsa' camp, situa
ted about ten ~ twelve miles from here;
he was found 10 he certainly pnt'errhed
there with n stockale NJ brush fot breast
works aud he snluted ne with 9 pound
shot (which fell shott}, and ran Hp sa
American Flag. Fire vas opened on him,
with shell rtom two % pound llowiire'-
One cf ours whilst nsing the iusee or -
shell was struck hF spent pound shot
on the thigh and now IL lying on Pie
back IN quarters ftrm the effects n tt
The next shot from tho enemy struck the
81 wheel mule rf unr ammunition wagon
IN the tight shoulder. ccms ont nj the LEFT
hip. rasscd through the lazy buS and set
Ct hos ri friction tubes rn FIRE, Tor rather
the tow IN which they were packed, thia
vas pleasant, but The IRE was ev'inrrishnl
Nv few minutes. lieutenant Sullivan
cut down Curtinas' Org ~ good shot
ilis works were charged and taben IN a
few minutes. But IN consequence II the
difficult country the guns wefe got away .
we proceeded 10 burn oil the ranches In
side the enclosure, and pursued the aylng
enemy, but the want If guides, badness "
the tusds, Sc, prevented va from reach
ing him. A, night we lay down on ths
ground with one blanket In ciS MT
No,fksf and ~ course hal ~ fts,tate nlght's
rest. In the morning we marched 10 the
Garrison where we arrived about ? o'clock
In ,he dsy, tired and weary "a yon may
we'll suppose, we could not carry on the
pursuit any further. ne We had ~ rto-
visions, On the glst of this month the
whole command went ont again, leaving
Corporal Lenhy. Jenes snd nine men 10
guard the Harrison. Since then We are
without intelligence.
=. Finding on my proceeding 10 the
rcstofllee that that singular institution,
the mail will not leave the Brntos Nh
NJ TO morrow morning, re- open my let
ter TO add few items from the seat RI war
~ rst in regard TO the origin Of this smsu,,
must confess like every one else II is n
perfect mystery how Cortinss. m unedu-
Gated man without means has been able TO
vets help from Mexico. Ia evident for We
have two of his cannon balls IN our pos
session, both are brass. Ills men are many
Of them frmed with Shapes Rifles and
Colts Pistols the affair any connee-
ton with old sawatamie's-o are they
both Part Of deep laid scheue to dismefn
her the unicn-or IL II n part Of a tuse of
the Justy Government in Mexico to get
assistance from Uncle Sam against Mira
mon i-Three problems would like to
see some Of The vice heads ef Baton Rouge
take into consideration. Now, In regard
10 items-Lieut. sullivan ia brave man
and most excellent shot, but tho smuni-
ton we have IL not worth d-n. the Eric
ton tube are all, or nearly all useless and
the failure of these very things was the
cause If our want Of success that time,
port,res are Of ~ vssin chspparsl fighting
they give tho enemy notice Of FIRE and
they immediately cover-a after the bsrri
cade was taken and destroyed Il was easy
Be- perceive tina, our h,e had been effective.
but tho ensmy must have dragged tho
dead away, for although only seven dead
bodies were found there was blood enough
round to have flowed In the tho veins Of n
dozen Of the most plethoric greasers liv-
ing, BESIDES whole hogs. dogs, horses.
mules, chicken &c, were Tying about, cut
In two aul otherwise mutilated by ffae-
ments Of shells-a great stampede took
place among the b'hoys after grub and the
surviving chickens shared terrible fate,
even tho hees were not left unframed, and
every ono Of tho fellows colared a cake Of
comb until not mcrsel wss left in tho
place, then flowing with milk and honey,
Pots, kettles, and every uteusil TO be found
was smashed, and The ranches ared-tleso
la,icn alone remained. Reynolds, Dyer,