The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-07-08
Trouble on the Texan Frontier.
The Mexican surEecp-in-, hiel no,
The French Comnunder Dont ,-o
liz Icctures Gen. brown.


The French Comniunder Do"t ho
lie Lectures Ces. Bro"h'
IA, Nc, orI..ps comes newt Of shooting from the
IN a ,hs r,sh, bank Of the Rio Grande' IN Nm'h
Dr. n d Eaio, surseonip Chief OF the sian OF "eo
Nea Who va, al the Santa Cruz or CHIEF ioiry lauu
tps from Brownsvillc, came near being thed On
sunday night the lth ult, by come shots Fred u !"
stated Nv ,eutnels stationed the Drownsy lie ,de
IA 90. engaged in this attack, which IL also
ssnerts y.1. deliborately and vhionV msno ~ ~
49,, cl.m,sion. on tie subject no reply had IS yet
leen made nv uen. Brown. 1he CohAhhNh hAhs'
ihs Ss, ~ .a abs reader. Of the coREcE know
What you'd he the pupi,hment Of French ,oidi.r
,aS o% '.s !, any foreign soldier We translate the
following article Of AZ inserted 70 iout hnsuafss
pToyocaon asalnst the troop. Of allied or neutral
Jower-death." Thi. little book, or hr,cf, 80 Pre-,
,he peip,trstion Of any crime may find imne ii,ely
what viii be his reward. Aio the fehkoe EoiaIs's
furnished With tpraf
The CoauvnoK gives the following letter Of Baron
de Brian, commanding the French forces
katnporos, June II, 1s65.--GLsTRAL ono OF
your soldiers, stationed above brownsville, hrid on
two Of my officers when coming from SANTA Crn l.,
You have no diplomatic character, no letter Vi ere
denti.lf-uorI therefore write TO you nmpy a.
private Individual In order 70 snpie ny o.l s fpn c
men for nom you arc Iesponsible.
Gen Brown did no, answer this letter, whereupon
the iIs,e Baron "pitch.s into him." saying:
The epaulettes Of General are sacred In HE sght;
They represent career full Of dignity, aud honoied
Iy arduous service. They are the GROWING reward
Of forty years Of sef-denisl and devotion. u the
Yurops an Ienerals and many In tho New Woild,
have fese glorious clams thus the oOninandaht has
e hapy and henored by being PLACED NJ tue service
sf his fNcellency, Gen MeIa. II these onicorr VINO
n ON on many Year, OF service and can IOint 70 ,u
brilliant records, should receive roui am subeltetn
n lester In mole OF lees violent 'stnia they Soild
,tre.t n a. 90 much waite paper. Tic coWsidcs OF
/, ucniity Of him who would have had the i'm
tuhenre 10 write IT, would deserve noihin.
,nor, But, II q man. taken out OF some hlopr ono
Enoy. not which, 10 improyised general from one
bxy 10 another, and without even the most TIMING
military exploit In his hietoiy, pretcnds TO CLAIM
.uperiori,y over perons who have twenty years
ofservice and csinpaignsi why then, IN truth INT
little notice should be taken Of HIM, untss one MI 1T
cause bimse 10 be aroused once or tvice at night T.
nave hearty laugh him. In fac, TO ioel Nehed
Al him would be dsgTaceul ~ 90 many oilcoir, rhO
lie World over, respect the military huInr,hy aud
sho ioIm kind OF brotherhood aIuonR theInfclvt.
Tho lay elllng method OF proceeding must DE used,
method which those persons abuse, when th.y en-
te.vor % place themselves Vn l. iOOtns wtA tho,
NO nave grow II gray under the luruCss rife nuhy
teVoiing their Whole iio TINS is thc Itlun l
.br lunmAnlant whO Ieyeten M. 'ilsD service
aud yAl never permit them 10 be putitltti' %
xritter AouownGt csyabrry 10 M. BIuhn, a. IA ia
tiyiduA.