New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-22
Ney Orleans paia Crescent ahuaay atarnins February az, 1866

ties and to himself, he now keeps at respectful
distance from Brownsville
To give the devil his due, do not think that all
the robberes and murders that have taken place of
late are to be attributed to Cortna's men, as many
people insist The fact is, the whole country
swarms with robbers and cut throats of all colors
and degrees, who operate mostly on their own in
dividual account, and only join Gortina or some
other leader when satisfied that by organizing and
appearing as Liberals they can rob with more
success. "
From all representations there are now more
thieves, robbers and niurderers infesting Browns
vile and vicinity than were ever before known to
infest any American city.
There are now fourteen persons, all MeXicans,
in Jail here charged with murder, and if all the
murderers could be caught they would number
scores.
The government of Brownsville has recently been
transferred to the civil authorities, who have no
efficient police, and are powerless to prevent the
outrages which occur daily and nightly.
For particulars of the latest murders and mys-
ferrous disappearance I must refer you to the
papers-the Ranchero published in Matamoros,
and the Rio Grande Courier, new paper just
started in this city. No road leading from the
city is safe for solitary travellers or even
travellers in pairs or trios; and even the
stage loads that come from Brazos and
GAINESVILLE find it worth while to &c keep their
eyes peeled" as they jog along. The suburban
streets of this town are not safe in the day time
and they are still more dangerous at night.
In Matamoros and vieinity-over the river, only
mile of--the state of affairs is different. Muir.
ders and robberes are very rare. Why this differ.
yist hot tba r
not undertake to determine.
But west of .Matamoros, in the interior, things
are not quite SO quiet. l leave you to copy from
the Ranchero of this date, its picture of affairs out
toward Monterey and Durango. Out there the Re.
publicans seem to be of sufficient force to claim
the respectable title of Liberals" though the I'm
perialists continue to denounce and hunt them as
| outlaws"
Notwithstanding the return to Matamoros yes
terday, of a wagon train which had started for Du
range, loaded with cotton machinery, lam credibly
informed that another and larger train is being
organized in that city, to start out in the same d
rection, with different kinds of merchandise. 1t is
not proposed to protect this train from the Liber
ais by military or any other force, save that OF
silver dollars. The spectators calculate upon
such large profits on their goods in the unsupplied
country they destine visiting, that they expect to
buy their way through all opposition and still dc
WELL The plan seems to be very rational one
Matamoros is certainly unique as commercial
emporium. 1t is free port; all kinds of imports
are entered duty free and this is the only place in
the Mexican empire that has this advantage. It is
done to kill off Brownsville. Goods certainly are
cheaper there than here; but then, beyond Ger
tain of two miles breadth around the CITY, and
the river, heavy export duties have to be paid and
to those who purchase goods to bring away, there
speak of, and this town thus far seems to be in
very healthy condition.
The consequence is, that the warehouses Of
Matamoros are glutted with goods, for which there
is no market and the owners thereof. not knowing
what else to do, are patiently waiting like so many
Mieawbers, for something to turn up" Had the
| war continued, the state of affairs in Matamoros
| would now, of course, be different.
| The value of the goods stored away in that city
| without any present prospect of sale, 1 have
| heard estimated at ten millions of dollars.
| Some eight or ten days since Mr.. Burmester, a
clerk in Matamoros commercial house, who
started down the river to GAINESVILLE on horse
back, in company with others, left them to take
shortcut road, and was not afterward heard Of
Great search has since been made for him. There
is report in town to-day that his body has been
found, with evidences of his having been lassoed
and dragged off into the chapparal, and then
knocked in the head and robbed. I.G.