New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-26
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Leaue Taking of the Tinted States Troops Ell
| come TO The IfGds Forces Position Of al Par
| ties-Big Stories about indinns--A Stopper to be
| put on Me Red Men Raugers on The Irach,-
| Brownsville u1de' the Ne1o Order Of 1hings-
| Custonssouse 1aters--A Tunuy Postxndster-
auspices General jail OelGe1y-- United States
Soldiers Deserving by tie Wholesale
| Special 10 the New Orleans Crescent
BROWNSVILLE, March Il, l8ee.
Mr.. Editor-The United States army, lately in
this place, is est. Yesterday L had the salts
| faction, in common with scores Of other good and
| true men, of bowing the rear guard out of the
| neighborhood. I call it a satisfaction because it
was a political necessity; and however much our
| people might have esteemed the personnel Of the
tsekps lt3iy in such force here, we recognize the
higher duty of sending them away as strangers and
| foreigners to our soil and to our laws. 1t was i'll
compatible with the honor of the State that any
force should garrison her barracks or defend her
territory but her own citizens. The United States
troops do not sympathize with the Southern move
ment and consequently we have less regret at
parting, for while we honor them for the service
which they have done hitherto, we still feel that it
is better for all parties that they should be removed
| from the temptation of doing that act of war
| which some OF their officers desired, when they
refused to leave this place without burning and de-
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not take with them
1 And now that they have gone, what is next
on the card Col. Ford has ordered the main
force from Brazos Santiago tc his place, and in
| place of the old garrison OF UnitS& States regular
troops we to have Texas State forces until the
Confederate Congress supplies us with Others
When that will come to pass, II known only to the
/ Government at Montgomery; but in the meantime,
let anxiety disturb your people as to our condi
ton. We safe. Texas already has five hundred
active yaen this frontier and they will take care
of the Rio Grande until they are relieved of the
duty.
/ The duty devoved upon the new force calls it
into active service at once, for the Indians have
taken advantage of the departure of the troops
from the forts the river above this point to make
au excursion into Texas, and have done consider
able damage. As q matter of course this untOward
| circumstance will afford much matter of vaticina-
ton to the old women who have held, and who still
hold TO the Union. They will magnify these mis-
fortunes into tenfOld magnitude, and will rest all
the blame on secession forgetting or ignoring that
the same thing has happened many times before,
and will continue to happen so long as there are
Indians on the frontier. The present force Of IN
| dians now engaged in these depradatiOns does not
number more than fifty, and they have already re-
treated before the command of Capt. Littcton,
which has been sent to RDggold Barracks to gar
| rison that place. Capt. Littet0n's Company Of
Rangers numbered about sixty men, well mounted,
well armed and well posted on fighting Indians.
We shall soon hear that peace has been restored,
or else effective force will be sent out to drive
the savages into the mountains, and to hunt then,
in their hiding places.
Yesterday the Texas troops two hundred strong
marched into this place and occupied Fort Brown
The United States troops having left in the morn
ing. and the United States flag having been taken
down, all the State troops had to do was 10 march
| in and make themselves comfortable in their new
and pleasant quarters. The Lone Star flag was
hosted at three in the afternoon, and sauted with
| 16 guns and tremendous cheering. Itis now flying
from the flagstaff, and attracts great attention.
only from our people, but from the Mexicans on
the West bank of the Rio Grande. They recognize
in it new aud militant principle and they have
already commenced guarding the town of Matamo-
ras with stricter vigilance.
The remnant Of the old United States army left
here yesterday en- route for Brazos Santiago, to
take passage out Of the State on the Daniel Web
| ster One company Of cavalry, under Capt Stone
man, and company OF infantry, under Capt.
Bowman, were the last to leave. We are still wait
ing for two more companies from Laredo to take
their departure from this place, and five more are
Sto proceed via Indanola The evacuation has
| taken place with the utmost ease and quletness,
and the best OF sentiments existed between the
| officers and men on both sides.
| The military force on this river now stands as
| follows two companies Of about one hundred men
each, at Brazos Santiago three companies of about
the same strength, hundred men each, at
Brownsville, and about hundred and fifty rang
, ers on active duty along the river including Capt.
Litteton's company at Ringgold Barracks.
The Texas troops are good looking men, with
, fight written every line Of their face.
| The Stale Convention has ordered all the ord,
nance stores, this frontier to be sent to the in.
terror, which has caused considerable comment
here but the measure is good one, for it dang
+ erou5 to leave arms in reach OF hlibuSters, it
invites them to seize and them against Mexico.
The population of Brownsville is on the increase
and times are much liYelier than usual. Business
is still stagnant, in a measure, owing to the unset
I tied condition OF the country.
The old Customl-honse officials still in line, as
y they would have been Ill any emergency, under
Lincoln or anybody else | am in hopes discreet
Treasury agent will be out here to Investigate
the affairs of this office, there serious
charges Of corruption, not TO use a harsh word
+ against the Collector. The Confederate States
certainly it to themselves, to look after all
Mr.. Buehanans appointees. I consider it due to
Edward r. Hord to state that his connection with
- the CustomhonSe here closed on the 4th OF March
l. | permanently.
: Tie Post-otIice continues in the old hands, and
must confess that that fact surprises me more than
anything else. First, it is improper that the pre-
y sent Incumbent should continue in office, because
II he opposed secession, and opposes it with all
his strength. In the next place, he very fnnhiy
:, remarks that he is a foreigner, and hopes to be
| allowed to live here in peace an alien. That 9
person should hold office under such circumstances
| is funny, because both his own sense of propriety
: and the dignity of the Confederacy alike for
- bid that either of them should consent serve
: as, or be served by, such agent. Let him BIT
retired by the authorities at Montgomery to live
i in peace and quiet as an alien.
If The American Flag office, which quite q re
, spectacle paper under the control of Mr.. Somer
!, Kinney some twelve months ago. has again falIeI
e into his hands, and will be published under hi
auspices in short time. Il has of late had tht
IA odor Of freesoil about it, and, until that is cleared
- off MFR. Kinney will fight against difficulties; bu
he is talented and lab0rious editor, and he will
D, no doubt, bring it out of the slough into which
had degeneratea. The Flag and The Sentinel vii
o form quite respectable newspaper battalion
= i Tor Brownsville.
! The new Constitution of the Confederate State
= gives general satisfaction, particularly i'll those ea
lures which have been amended
/ We had general Jail delivery here last week. il
e which two pententary convlcts escaped and 81,
or seven candidates for like allotments.
The United States forces, which have lately ief
t. mere, were terribly reduced by the men taking
IS iease and refusing to serve any longer. It wa
claimed by the soldiers that they never enlisted t.
= serve fragment Of the United States and they de
Il cided that as the contracting parties changed
their contract was dissolved. The idea was cor
rect and if tl18re had not been six months pay iu
to the men, mora than half of them would hav
= left.
a Scientific men are sometimes intent on triftes
DR.. John Dayy has satisfied himself that the egg
q nj birds are paEanir battaries This ia oha h