New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-25
RIO eRANpE CORRESPONDENTS.

), The Black Republicans have carried Milwaukee,
Wis, by 9s2 majority.
RIO GRANDE CORRESPONDENTS
Local Politics il. Bro,enscMe-4gitation for Re
i form Cameron county for Bel, and Eoetett-
i The Federal Qticeholders for Douglas Great
Room for Improvement In the matter Of County
Il Gocs,rlnaet-Pd dag trdlt tie .Soldiers-Lige,
Times City Front caring b,-7he Weather.
Special to lie New Orleans Crescent
Il BROWNSVILLE, July 10, 1860.
NJ. Editor-The absorbing question of inter
est at present agitating the Brownsyillians is the
approaching election for county officers. The
'sspols Y of Cameron county are no great shakes /;
but they easily gathered, and retained with but
4 little labor The county seems to have been crea-
i ted for the benefit of few men, for everything
seems to be given over to monopolies The land
of the county is all in the hands Of half dozen
men; the offices are the joint property of another
half dozen; the river transportation is set apart
for three four; and the trade with Mexico is con-
| tanned within limited channel outside of which,
the general public never hear of single customer
/ The county has been organized for sixty or more
4 years, and the corporation Of Brownsville dates
i back quite as many summers. The population has
| been considerable and the wealth and trade i'm
| menses yet the county has no improvements that
can be called such, and the city is just as bad OIL
Everything seems to be at odds and endsa respects
responsibility information, for the best informed
citizen outside of the charmed circle of official al-
thority, is entirely ignorant to the position OF
| county municipal affairs. No dependence
seems to be placed this or that public authority,
but whenever any measure of public utility is agi
! tated, reliance is placed on the berality of the
citizens to carry it out by voluntary aid. In fact,
have never lived in community protesting or
| ganizasion which was SO utterly dsorganzed.
It seems now, however, that the pending election
| threatens to disturb the old current of events in
| some degree for the candidates have come out on
their own hook and are canvassing the voters with
vim that threatens to disturb the old system.
New men, protesting better ideas and honester de-
| Examinations are in the field, and threaten to
swamp the old foges who were hitherto satisfied
| to let things "rip.u We have no set of principles
predominant in Brownsville, if | except Bell and
Everett principles; and need not stop to tell you
that do not belong to that school of politicians,
by long shot. But this section happens just now
to be strongly conservative, because the citizens
are mostly from the North, and therefore strongly
| opposed to any party which threatens to dissolve
| the Union, under certain contingencies. ! am Of
the latter class and therefore am in the minority
in Brownsville, for even the Federal office holders
here are, am informed all in favor of Mr.. Doug
las How Messrs. Breckenridge and Lane can hope
to succeed when all the Federal patronage is in the
hands of their enemies in this and in other quar-
tiers, is than can unravel, for if mans own
employees and representatives do not support him,
how can he hope to win the support and approval
of outsiders?
But have strayed away from the matter Of To-
cal politics, and quite unnaturally diverged into
an admission that Bell and Everett have more
friends than the Democratic party is aware of. /
say unnaturally, for the confession goes against
the grain, as | am pretty toerably well stepped in
anti-squatter sovereignty principles. To return to
Brownsville matters again. our local body polite is
fully exercised as to the necessity of reform in
matters of county government, and the merits of
the candidates before the people are being
| pretty thoroughly overhauled and debated. The
people say it is time we made officers responsible
and attentive to their duties, not only that indi
| vidnal interests may be bettered, but that the
sountg itself may reap some advantage from their
| functions. We need q decent courthouse and
Jail, and the public roads require some attention
| Jurors ought to be paid, and criminals ought to
| stand some show of punishment 70 effect these
things reform is agitated in all quarters, but |
doubt if much is accomplished. am afraid the
old game will continue until different of PEG.
pie come to make up the constituency of Cameron
county.
4 expressly except the present Mayor of the
city and the Council from any of the criticism
which have bestowed upon the general pro-
ceedngs of the public funetionaries in this quarter.
And perhaps ought to state that until the Cortna
war relieved us from the presence of a host of idle
4 My
4 governing well in this county. Where such men as
Certina can carry an election, and where such nan-
enee as his is sufficient to place his own brothers in
Office on the Democratic ticket, what is to be ex-
peeted? Jose Maria Cortna was elected by the ue-
Inocracy as the County Assessor, and lie has never
made tile first report of what he did in fallment Of
his duties; hut at present he walks thezstreets of
Matamoras, and says, when asked as to his official
delinquencies, sLet 'emsue my bondsmen!" There
fore ought probably to place the blame on the
81 people and not on the officers.
We are expecting lively time for the next two
weeks as tile soldiers garrsoned here are to be
paid off within few days. and then the money will
! fly and the whisky will disappear The drinking
shops are putting on new dresses for the occasion
and fandango houses are projected in all quarters
for the amusement of the "sogers.n Its estimated
that $40 900 will be paid out to the boys, and the
most of this will be put in rapid circulation in a
very few days.
The city of Brownsville is laborng under the
same difficulty as your ois-a-pis Of Algiers. The
river is making rapid advances upon the water
front, and Main Levee street is now almost imnas
sable, owing to considerable land slide which oc
t CURED last week in front of Mr.. Galvan's store
The street was already dangerous, but when SIX
feet more slipped off, il became so narrow that a
bar had to be placed across it to prevent drays and
carriages from passing that way. Mr.. Galyan in
tends lam told, to rebuild the street and TO orti
it with woodwork, which it is hoped will prevent
: any future slides.
The weather is intensely hot and the eartl
almost entirely parched for the want of rain.
7 MORE ABOUT TIE WILD FRIcANs.-In the Mobile
. Mercury of Monday we find the following:
: Some negroes who have never learned to tall
English. went up the railroad the other day. They
! didn't get aboard at Mobile, but somewher up il
S the pney woods country. 1t is not necessary IL
l mention the particular place. There were twenty
!. five Of them, apparently all of the pure nnadnit
d Grated African stock. Their destination Il un
b known. They may have been bound for Enter
Il prise, TO supply de nand which existed in tina
{ market some while age for full booded African
ict,.K nEsta.f