Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-22
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

We have in addition the Fort Brown Fag Of the 27th
from which we take the following. The Is.EgrGDf5 cor
respondent los's hs account at 10 o'clock at night Thn
To the surprise Of al, the assault was renewed. and
although some ~tots were fred, there was nothing like
an engagem Mt during the hight. and we fell into the
idea that the assault hsd relspsed into 8 aeEe again.
Daylight came, and with il the truth. BTOwusviii5
syarmed with BojOs, and CRrsvajais army was in full
( dtght- Montesr who hsdacquired command Of a brsa ie
( by the death Of Aldretta, which took place in the begin
ming Of the fight, moved his command from the center
early in the night, and the charge il that he tOoS of part
Of Pens's brigade by circulating the report that the army
had been ordered to retire. The town was soon cleared
Of Roios BY this vancouver for Pens soon followed the
retreatiag troops
Caravsial wasthus left alone with the artillery, and be
desperately resolved 20 perish. He told the srtillerymeu
to save themselves ~ he bad been deserted by his friends
aud had no further desire 10 live. Tie Irn refused 20
leave him, and offered 70 withdraw the guns into the
quarters and there make q last and desperate stand but
at the same time they implOred him 70 retire and save his
life for the future sud fcT 8 further struggle. Almost
dragging their leader, that gallant party managed their
retreat 40 well that they brought away two pieces OF sr-
tilleryt their ammunition, and many of their wounded.
They crossed the Rio Graude at Freeport and their d.
psrture was no; discovered until some time after they
were Esfe in Texas
Monies, with his brigade, retreated up the river towards
Reynosa, sid Penn Eith hs brigade followed in the same
direction These two forces combined muBter Eve hun
dred men, and the design is TO r~eorgsnize he EojJ army
ct Reyuofa Large bodies Of Aexicaus are moving up
the river on the Texas side, and we do not Doubt that
Gov. ScrDa will a0on have an army of one thousand men
under hs command IN the neighborh0Od OF Hatau1rGH,
The CELoiuos were wild with excitement when they
left their t-encbes OF Tuesday morning and found that
the enemy had vanished They lad almost d~espsircd
and suddenly finding themselves masters of tae situation.
wss such Is change Ak to pahiste some eXcesses Men
and women officers and sol iers, alike became excited.
and IL tae hour some brutaiites were committed by the
brutal. SOME r0LsG.cs were committed by the rsfcaIyr
and some i~nsolsnce d~isplayea Oy Tie low-b0rn aud vUl-
gar but a. q general rule, The viCtors acted with srsst
moderation 20 the vauuuished who fll into their hands
The number killed in the assault 81 variously estimated
at from one hundred 70 three h.cdTed men. The ass8i-
ants fought with remarkable bravery, and the numher Of
.L 80 -Aa-# 80. ma-H FTL -- Eli L-
they fought, and they fought at the very muzzle Of the
enemy gum Col Aldrette was killed early in the sc
zion, and that dispdted his mon. he was a iion-hesgJed
Mexican, aud lis soldiers trusted his judgment aad had
proved bis valor. His fan was g serious blow to the
RojoG.
Nasamoras is a despclste looking place to-day, and it
wss s horrible place on Tuesday. The dssd were cor
ruptug every corner with stencil, and the ruined Eou5es
broken and barTicaded streets and the general disorder
gave the town a wrecked and csstawsy appearance.
The plac1s which were once 20 tll OF life were now
the crumoIug La5itsdaus Of the dead, and active and
excited reFelrrs who CROPPED through tho ruins were like
tourists searching amid the columns and under the
lettering walls Of Palmyra and the dead cities Of the
plain.
Tue authorities Of MataInosas ore repairing the town
90 a certain extent by cleaning aud purifying the streets
and back places but the work Of reconstruction viii
have TO 60 on for years before Natamoras VIII resume
ia lat years importance.
Another bloekader arrived of the mouth Of the Rio
Grauds GA Monday We now have three Of the plum
deriug concerns hanging about in this vicinity, watching
and prsying upon such neutral commerce a. happens 10
be unprotected.
The garrison has been actively employed during the
LAST two days In preserving the peace Of this community
alt "a maintaining our neutrality from questions by the
parties nghElg for the mastery Of TamHuipaS When
the Roio army broke up and Tetreated scores Of the fugi-
soldiers crossed into Texas with their arms, aud Col.
Luckett very prompt sent ont patrol parties 10 diaarm
them. Party feeling ran high on our side Of the river,
aud collisions were possible therefore, a. he Roios
were refugees and sought orr protection, it was proper
that they should come uuarmed- in order that their sp-
pearance might not invite attack They were accord
ingiy deprived Of their arms, which are held in the gar
rson for the proper owners
Col LucEett dispatched "a utact Siebert to the head
quarters Of Gen. Capisfran, in Matam0raE, on Tuesday,
after the siege was over, TO ask that the usual courtesies
dRe to foreign cousuls thould be extended 70 MI. Fitz-
patrick the consul 81 the Confederate States in the port
Of hatsuoraa. The reply Has satisfactory. Col Luck
eft adop ed the step be did Ga consequence Of some very
alarming reports which reached him from hstla0Tas,
which were either unfounded or exaggerated