New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-25

Special to tie Ns7f Orleans Crescent. I

BR"FNsTILLE, June .. 1861.
Mr., EdH0r-LinGoIn's blockade, if the iucou-
petent force which he has detached for the mr.
pose OF closing our ports can be called by such a
name, has at least had all the effect of real ma
Gonal blockade, such as England and France es-
tablished in the Baltic in the Russian war We arc
effectnalIy shut up and in: and unless our boys
rally, and onr sailors grow restf7e and rash ont
upon the bugaboo which only frightons them, we
are likely to have close time of it, What are
your people doing to relieve themselves from this
| outrageous farce which the North s playing of
| upon them? Are We always to be o7errdden by
tanEee lmpudence, that four or five steamers NOT
s5HHc'ent 10 make the blockade Of the Mississippi
| ConP'"te ah0uid be- allowed TO close ap fifteen
| hundred miles, OF coast! Are the crazy old hulks
that could not obtain insurance before the nader
writers of New York; to lord it over our waters as
| though their tinbers were not rotten and their
| works not worn out! If these things are tn fake
place. and to continue upon u.s. shall give up nv
| faith in the sea-hoys of the Sonth.
| However, Lincolns blockade has cut US off from
| all communication with y0u and with the balance
| of the civilized word BY water, but still haYe@
| ]ackaas Transportation, and while that lasts,
ShaH attempt to inform yOR how matters thrive on
! the Rio GTande frontier Of The State Of Texas.
] We hare had another war with the cut-throats Of
Mexico, and the thieves have been wiped out once
| Taore. In the last row, and account of which
| forwarded in a previous letter, it is said that
| not only OCsOa but that Cortpa himself was han
ply disposed Of. 1t s reported that his horse was
shot under hin, while swimming across the river
| ana that before he could disentaDgle himself, he
! was washed Gown stream and drowned. His
! noth3T, who lives near this place, has stationed
number OF men on the river bank to watch for his
body a8 it floats Gown. ara afraid the news is too
| good to be true.
ceFed il this city, in which Jou will perceive it is
| intinated that likely to have more ex-
tended dIcntty, if rot acfual var. with Mexicans,
| than ever. You viii! see that MaiOr Edwards has
| had skrrnsh with a party of MexIcans across the
river, and later adVises represent that he is in
danger of being attacked by large force from the
different locsliEles abort MIer and Guerrero. There
will be hit times on this frontier if the rascaIs
| provoke our aoys too mach. take the following
from the Fort Brown Flag, of this place
| IExtsact from Major Edwards Report
RMggold B2,Tacis, MAJ 81, l86l.-We camped
| on the 18th inst, at Naltana rancho, where Capt.
| NOland had his fight. Soon after arriving at the
rancho, several OF the men vent down to the river
for water; and one Of them across. There
were quite number Of MeZicans moving about in
a suspicious manner on the opposite bank of the
! river and as as this man landed, one of them
leveled gun at hin, upon which our men fired at
| the Mexican, which was returned and kept up on
| both sides for some time. They were in the tim
| ber, while our men were exposed. In the course
| of two hours the firing was renewed by them.
| Capt. Donelson, who was down at the river with
Capt. PrOudfoOt, sent up to me for more men. The
| MeXCans were then driven from the opposite bank,
| and we had the boats crossed to this side to pre-
| vent any surprise. On the following morning, the
AeXlcanS tlftu upon our men agAc, WHICH was re-
| turned and they driven from their position.
After leaving, we sent guard back after some
ammunition we had left When they arrived, they
saw twenty-five MexiCans advancing. They fled
at the sight of Iieuts. williams and Henry's com
mand and after they crossed the river fired at our
guard. They returned the fire and again drove
them of.
We could not see what effect our fire had, but
we have since learned that we killed the notorious
fchoa, and five or six others.
Respectfully, WILLIAM EDWARDS.
Major Commando 8 Post.
Capt. Mat. holland, with his company of Raigers,
has gone up Carrego to reinforce Major Edward,
and the order from Col. Ford is that the Texans
shall cross into Mexico, if the greasers make
another demonstration against the Texas side OF
the river.
| to-day en- route for Mexico. What he is going to
do in that country is mysterysto your cores
pOndent.
,, The soldiers of this garrison have been in the
habit of crossing the river the night and taking
green corn out of field on the Mexican side.
regret to state that one of the depredators was
severely injured by being wounded with bird-sho
night or two since, while engaged in that manner
, Of enterprise.
l Many desertons have taken place from the gar
| rison at this place by men whose patriollsm gave
out when they found that they we're rot draw theL
| generally gone into Mexico, and many Of then
/ enlisted the sersiee OF that rather bankrup
~ | concern.
9. The new editor of the Fort Brown Flag ha
e gathered up most of the local items which will b
i; found below. You vii! get them before the news
q paper mail reaches you
u We are getting good -four st So per barre
" from Mexico. It IS made in large quantities nea
Monterey.
An unfortunate difficulty occurred in this city O.
y Monday night, in which two OF the soldiers VIII
\ had Just been lrummad OFT o. the garrison wer
i insulting TO some Of their late comrades, when
fight resulted, and private Heard, OF Capt. Austin
:. company, who was accidentally mixed in tn
afrav, was severely cut, and private Connors, on'
:, Of the same company, wGg slightly cut on tht
d. hand.
MainQer Of the members OF the Fort Brown rheateT
' silently folded thcirrobes about them and move
away, OF! Tuesday last, in the train which wen
eastward after PROVISIONS Mr.. Daniel Townsend
Tie last anG. best Of the company, and Irs. Haiti
= T. Townsend, remain in Brownsville
. 4 difficulty occurred in the city Of Fiotori
= about two weeks ago, between Mr. Norris and MI
II tally and Cary seriously: Tie difficulty occurre
as while both parties were drinking. John E. Morri
q w4s vel known throughout Western Texas, an
u. Mr. Carr has large circle OF friends IN Louisiana
- Both parties left here the best Of friends ntendin
u t0 travel through Mexico. Norris was buried j
N Victoria, ani Carr is under medical treatment
" the same place.
ID The bril-. Rosa, Capt Derr1utt arrived al BraZc
Il Santiago, Monday last, from Genoa, Italy, wit
an assorted cargo, consigned to the house Of So
Roman 4 Co.
Sc CO.. Ford dispatched, Oh Tuesday evening last,
Il. large train OF wagons to Corpus Christi 70 obtai
as supplies for the garrison at this point,
ad Several bold and daring robberies have nee
ed perpetratel in this city lately. The bedroom
re, Mrs, Green the bedroom OF q sleeper in JUDI
81: Scarborough's house, and the store OF Nr. j.
ed Fernandez we're all entered shout the same tim
ed and the robbers took OF what they could 70
veniently carry, from under the Immediate !2os
OF the owners.
1t was reported by the mail agent On lie EoaG
of Manassas Junction, that Oh yesterday Cob Gregg
~, South Carolina regiment encountered d Michjg
ssty regiment and the New York ZouaYes, betwe
Ee ios Manassas junction and Alexandria, when the
las tcbllleut' @ ~, - ~ iT,.1;nian. 80 tiki ~ e.
IN miles of that city,
,n, an There appears to be no donbt our forces ha
,tn approached to a point not many miles from Ale
@ @o antlria and that the enemy has not shown any e
i1+ dencc of the wanted courage and daring aggress
~, 90 movements spoken so much of not long since,
Wv on the contrary exhibit no disposition TO rFJ
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