Washington telegraph., 1864-02-10

Fsov vTrx,s-Maramoros. Dc. 2. o.
About the 3 uh If December. white -Captafl
King WAS at fier, in pursuit Of party OF
horse thieves. a scouting party Of 3Oo. mostly
Mexicans in the Yankee service. attacked his
rancho. fired upon his horses, killed his hJor
domo. and capturcd AL the Americans tiefc.
They also brought off the records Of Nncces
.ountv which HAD been carried TO Kings
Rauche FIR safety and all tho books and pa
pers Of the Rancho
The Yuuk e force across the river. IL vri-
ously estimated 5000 10 IOJh men Gen
Ord arr veI t. take c,rnnrni N the .sth
Orders were at oncp issued ~ the entire force
to be ready to march III threr days. UhlouDtiy
the cold weather however hns prevented "a;
anticipated movement
Brownsville is fortified by circla Of re-
doubts, extending from. the convent 20 tho
garrison inclosing tic city. They are as vt
incomplete, and not furnished With Z ms -
Point Isabel and Draz,4 Santiago are also for
tilted, the former with very acavy guns.
The Federals enli.tins NJ Slchns. who
they claim to be loyal citizens " th- unit-d
States. They have about thousand 90 them
Ii is reported they are dIssatl=u.i with their
officers who are Americans.
1t is the impression that the Mexicans AMI q
portion of the rcgullr troops viii 0r LETT -
cupy Brownsville while tle balance of til force
will arch to the Nuccrs Taey have obtained
about 800 horses ihI. siir AM abult 2OJJ
horses and mules from tla stocks "a Cameron
county.
The San Antouia Herald of ill., .5ih, has di-
rect news from gle Pass; All j. quiet there
and along the Rio Gran4e. Dslefi.1e= i ~
Laredo with $40 troops lie deserves the
thanks Of every true man !l The STATE ivr faith.
ful services.
On the y,h ut, Major Breckenridge went
down fron Port II Vacca towards lnlianola
and Powder Horn with l3j men on rocoE-
noisaLee. He saw at least y, u0D troops vi the
enemy and was hrcd upon by nlnc pieces ot
different kinds
''Sioux' the correspondent 0I tie .4Huuston
Telegraph" writes as follows:
GULF PRAIEIE, Jan. III, y r. D., lSt4.-A
dispatch FROM Lieut.. FOsgarl Of tne engineers
dated this A. NJ. thai three Yankee vessels lad
| taken pos. ton near the mouth of Caney river
| aud of them had been Smelling OF onr
| small steamers which had gut aground ID Ca
ney river She soou rot xiyat gaia, and the
Yankees then TUNED their entire attention ID
the fort, they iryi about one shot Der minute
! One If the vessels decks were crowded with,
men. Scuuta { 1m below on the Taf !lsnl., sag
that the enemy remain quiet. This II lyubt-
ess oniy tccu -lui4anrc by the eneny lre-
pa:atory to making llIa ALIEN. X III alvInc1 by
land upoa the peninsula. MP oae hlI been ia-
jurvd late ~ tie s4cilIaE. Oir array j.
IAcy come I'd thi- WAY. ihe troops 4rc III god
health aud Pir-f.. Weather warm anI plc.-
ssat.
-CAsr WnARror. Is, gr.x
/ The 'porator af tAe aignal Corps. stationed
near the cxtrSMa .rGnt - Lla dispatch GATED
! al 10 \. Nj, this uay, stating SlIt rriiabls
/ person wao lai Acal tu tie peninsula, 1t
| i distance OF fy.ty tivr IA L. beO. hti arrived
! and while there Asd consulted with reliable
I fT-tr
/ him ,hnt ;-e Y,aAco officers ha4 informed aim
that tLeiruooP- we're being re- 'vel to Pow.
derhcin ~ ft rs l-=aitis. Fuel wa scarce
I Oh The lsMius''-. 4Ary la naItrl the Irift
I WOO back a'diattuc- cf IT, mites from their
camps They haG u--l -i tha fences aul lnost
/ nj tEe b:illius- near tAeue b--lIGiny 4, a
/ lanTer named Philips. fyr tueI.
! They came aLer ID wli., lgai-s VI 20 sag-
OILS aal Il suoag rseyI. a utner III IA who
came IA with tile first mentioned gentleman,
reports that TIL city OF lndian0ia had boon
] burned hy our cavalry.
{ Nc have no dispatch o. vet from tie di-
Tcctioa OF udIanoln, consequently everJ thin.
/ is III the dark concerning the report. We very
much .Oubt thi-. although il may he true
/ the cnnbOats have not hI Cd "A shot Mt our fIrts
! for the past two days, and very probably they
/ have changed their tactics A few days will
I settle the question. SIOUX.
On the 18Th the enomy shel.ed our Fort at
/ the mouth of tho San Bernard from a punbnat
without damage. The fort replied and tho
sunboat was compelled to withdraw. "Sioux''
remarks,
! They seem anxious to prevent our building
forts along the ceast, but All their ann vance
has only stopped ths work = few hours. and
! the majority of the foFtihcatiuns are compile
ted, a. Il in a few day will fad all ready for
action They riay make 'e.nt on same q her
| point, to cover their real iltcItions, Tut they
can't fool old Mack, who il aware Of all their
tricks and they will set the boot On the " cns
foot ere they get through with the Texas expe-
dition- s0 rA+
/ .4 GULF PRAIRIE, Jan 2I, 1884.
| Our latest dispatches bring nothing new in
| regard To the movements ofthe enemy. There
is no doubt but that ihny have novel a larle
| proportion of their forces ~ Pow Irrhorn. The
rumor about idiano.a being burnol ia not
confirmed, ami it i probably false. .. .Y.r
| A skirm sh il reported ~ have taken place
between our cavalry and fhr e4iemy' ~ a. 1yancs
guard, at Lava,a. NJ particulars - yci. Wy
E&- The New Haven Register say. ii IS ar
hrmed that the Supreme Court has arrived al
a decision unfavorable 10 the legality Of the
| Legal Ten'er Treasury Notes. but that f,r prn-
dental reasons it will not be made public at