The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1860-01-11
I LATEsTsFRoEI BROWNSVILLE.
Flight Of Ccrtinas.

'hr shnJ llned ariicIe
EvEsTs As THEY TRAssprrrp %, ,bs
Pm oi December. 1852. about midnirl, sbe
'Aree compa nies 80 long heralisd as com.
'ng irom Fort Clark. two or artillery and
onf O cavalry. came under the command OF
'Jori Henizelman. They proved 70 be OF
'he best material in officers and men, but
raiher lew in number the fault Of the
ccmmantcr Of The Department or OF The
Secretary of War. ~ beth.
% the sth. party OF thirty-of CortInss
men took youth prisoner. within half a
nile Of The plaza, and took from him his
saddle and bride. releasing his horse be-
cause ! mas worthless. and himself because
he was Mexican. ll#
Some days afterwards news was bropcht
70 that cart, containing about two thou
-and dollars worth of government pr operty.
clothing, blankets. ammunition, and which
fasd been len behind to come ii st leisure
1t was nn OK cart -- had been taken, by
nne Of Cor'iues' bands. and solder Of The
uaiied States who had been left 10 guard
i had been killed.
Ga The l4sh, necessary preparations hav-
ing been completed. and the rangers under
Tobin having reported 10 Major Ken,zel.
man their readiness 10 cooperate. the mil
i'ary started NJ 10 find and attack Cortinss.
There were liz regulars and 125 rsnQers.
They started about 5 o'clock A. NJ, and az
tor q inarch. fntiguing to artillery men who
we're on foot. OF thirteen mI!ss, they came
upon body OF The enemy, some two hun.
dfcd strong. opened FIRE on them with two
"a pound howi,zers. which was answered by
tAe cannon ct the enemy: in about an hour
ihe latter was siIenced. and the regulars on
one side, and the rangers. who had d;smoun-
ief, on the other. (hey had been depioyedi
as skirmishers.) rushed up to capture The
piece, but The Msxicans got !, away; were
pursued as soon a. The rangers and cavalry.
conlt.get their horses, but the former found
themselves ambuscaded and dIsmounted 10
clear iie sh~rpsr.i, when the enemy cot off
with tbtiF cannon,which wss Then SOMA d.
taace beyond. q wet norther came up, and
The roads became very bad. so il was tho't
sest % return, ns one Of Captain Tobin's
men was wounded. mortally ss il proved
David thurman, Of San Antonio, and one or
~o Others and two Of the. regulars. sil Of
whom needed assistance. So they returned
% ihe 18th. Il i, however, not 10 be for.
often that as they stsrted back they heard
bu1ls blast of defiance with cheers close
? their side, but in the woods. whose au-
hers welI-dIrected search. failed 70. dis
over.
The loss Of the enemy il unknown, ex.
apt t'at seven were found dead. Cortinas
imsef, with The major part OF his forces.
a. absent with the inteai to surprise and
tack Colonel j. s: Ford. Of the Texan
anaers, who arrived 1t the place Of conflict
isL fifty men on the lf.h, bus too late
participate.
o. the I6h, Capt. Heron. or Ssguip. with
riy men, who had gone 10 Ro Crane
ity and thence 70 Edinburgh. came here
4 Salt Lakeland TlyIor's crossing on the
rroyo Colorado. AiAr
On the 18th, in The night. a courier came
re from Point Isabel. announcing that
'riinas was lowering around that place and
boing the ranckos near there on the riyer.
90 the i8h. one body or rangers under
'Psain Tob'n, another under Capt. Ford,
q The United States cavalry. Capt S,one-
an, eisfted cut 70 scour tie lower coun-
4. In The afternoon news came that Cor.
jas had concentrated his forces about thir.
miles above, and was about 10 march %
9 river.
On the 18th, this news was confirmed,
ID the addition that he was burning the
nchos as he went, and that he declared
intention 70 plunder and then burn Ed
,nrgh, Rio Grande City and Roma. Ex-
ssses were sent for The rangers and cav
y and Ford's rangers came in. The Tor
4 reported iodiDs one man, Mexican,
nging st Pa!o Alto, whom they buried.
)n the Goth Tobin's rangers returned, re-
ting the country clear. CDrtiDas had
- within three miles Of Pcins Isabel, bot
left and all was qriet. A0 expedition
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