New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-02
interesting nom Northern nEexieo.
In the latest number received Of the Brownsville

4 1Rst.ItshAtiss aESAAh
In the latest number received of the Brownsville
Flag we find the following:
In La Idea Progresista {Queretero) we find a
detailed account of the defeat of Gaien on tbs 27t
Rof October, at Espinal, ten leagues from then
sof Mazatlan. The report states that Caien him
\ self escaped on foot in the mounta;is leaving a
nHmber of his officers as prisoners in the hands Of
the forces Of the Stare of Sinaoa and leaving all
his artillery trains, baggage and arnlamentin their
/ hands. 8
This is the fllta defeat which the Gentralists
nave receive Al that gallant State within the asst
Tlss defeat 81 the brigade of Artillery at the Nc
To- Oct. ", 1868. The defeat of the brigade Of
Rr1erez Gomez, AZ the Mimbres, March L. 1853.
The defeat Of the brigade of Galatayud, at the hills
of Santiago Ixcuitla, the 10th Of May last, and the
defeat Just given to Gajen and his force.
The Boletin Official Monterrey is filed with &C.
counts of new veins of silver recently discovered
an the mountainous districts in the northwestern
part Of Nueya Leon. From the superficial eXplo-
ITations already made, the veins are thought to be
immensely rich and Of inexhaGftible extent.
| Specimens taken with knife from one of them,
which at q point where 1t was lnfersected by
creek, showed width of six feet and perpendic-
ular height Of over seventy, yielded dollar to
betty cen six and eight pounds of rock.
The commander Of the first Canton, Tincente
Casa. was ont on an expedition against the In
dianS, when these discoveries were made. He re-
ports that he is satisfied that it is the LPans who
committing the depredations in that State, that
he has been unable to find trails of C0manChes in
any of the paths coming into the State; that he
has not been as successful as could be wished in
his expedition, for several reasons.
The Mescaleros (nakers of mescaD are very
cunning. and do not pretend to get up an armed
force to meet him. They scattered over 8
large mountainous territory. Notwithstanding this
he has sent commission to them, giving them
twenty-five days to make peace. If this resort fails
lie reports that the only way Of securing the frontier
from their depredatons will be to attack them
from several points at once, and by thoroughly
securing the country, to drive them beyond the
limits of the State.
The editor of LIE Defensor de la Refor,s0 of the
18th says: g We are looking with impatence for
the result Of the campaign against Mexico We
recommend activity in the military operations and
hope that the revolution arising there will main
tain itself firm as to-day and will secure forever
the triumph of the Constitution even over the
ruins of the capital.i
HoRRIBLE MASSACRE OF a CREW OF 4 SoUrn SEA
WHALER---A fearful outrage has occurred in the |
port Of Buekatoo, in the Island of Isabella in the
Southern Pacific, by the massacre of most of the
crew belonging to the whaling ship Henrietta Capt.
Brown, whose log book furnishes the following de-
tails:
Seventh of June last, vessel at anchor off Bucka-
too. Atdayght pumped ship, washed the decks |
and sent the small boat away for two casks of
fresh water. Ats A. M, the boat returned. Dur
ing the morning and forenoon several canoes came
up ana pniled round Inc snip LOT what object the
master at first could not deVine. In the forenoon
the carpenter and five of the crew left the ship in
a small boat to cut ireWood, and also two spars
one for the man-mast and the other for spare
main gait. With the exception of one man, he
never saw them again afterwards. The man who
swan TO the ship from the shore Informed him {the
mastery that they had been attacked and murdered
by the natives of the island. Shortly afterwards
ship was suddenly boarded by number Of natives,
who attempted to take forcible possession. The
number of hands on board besides himself were
fiye the cook and four seamen. He had his wife 1
and two children on board. The natives first en-
deayored TO secure him and throw him overheard
but he managed to break away from them, and
rushed to his cabin for firearms. They next at
tackled the wife, who also succeeded in escaping
their vengeance, and sought refuge with her hus.
band in the cabin where they kept up constant
firing on the natives, who failing in their object of
capturing the ship. jumped into their canoes and
made of, carrying with them one of the children,
fine little boy about years old. He (the master)
with the surviving portion of the crew afterwards
pursued some of the canoes, in the hope of recov-
erng his child, but failed to dc so. Next morning
got under weigh, and proceeded to Russel's Island
where the chief of the natives, on hearing of the
occurrence, offered to intercede, and if possible
obtain possession Of the child but with no better
result.
f. i