| Show amm the N 0 delta nov 13 stormed and ta kea by americans driven across the river no quarter prisoners massacred the steamer charles morgan p from indianola arrived ate late last ini night glit bringing the latest news from browns I 1 ville place has been stormed and captured by cortinas as appears by the follo following folloni rg affidavit of one of its escaped citizens a copy of which has corae cde to this office I 1 CORPUS COR PUS nov 7 1859 on the of f Oc october cortinas and bis big band surrounded the town of browns ville on 06 the cortinas ordered the barricades to be changed at the same time his bis men made good an entrance from the be yards at the back of the stores and i dwelling dwelling houses in n a moment ins his men and ours olirs were mixed up in in a hand band to hand fight and a moment more the barri I 1 1 c cades a des were forced after five fie hours h hand add to hand fighting we is mere ere forced to retreat and succeeded in making our escape to the other iside isid e oc ef the river Cortina Corti nasS sd at party consisted of f about foda fou hundred men and had in all proba probability biliti two livo hundred men patrolling the country countr V to prevent communication with the city I 1 in all told old we had abol it fifty white men under arms and t these hesed were e re aided by one bi hundred indred and f fifty mexicans sent from matamoras col manuel co cc commander command erlof of the force I 1 can forano form JQ idea of the burn nurn number or of mexicans aleal caas was beath h to all a america meric I 1 N no quarter and such was trul tru 13 the ea man mail cortinas Cor tinaa has taken prisoner p r ischer on tuesday Cul tinas had entire of Browns brownsville ville IV MILLER J tim THE STATE or op TEXAS COUNTY ornea or before ina ice E B S fosef kotar ra public in and for said county and state personally appeared wi IV 3 arliller vi is ho being duly adolv bevorn according to law declares declare a that the foregoing affidavit 1 is I 1 strictly true I 1 in it testimony I 1 bare baie hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal 0 of office tins ath day of november 1859 1839 E B MOSELY in presence of L I 1 meyers leyers fl and john JL morris I 1 |
