Show fy from tj the N ew orin crescent JI LATCH altom tl TIIE THE KIO 1110 ANDE STARTLING intelligence rio grande city captured td and pilla e d by the mexican Band bankuti Uti MORE AMERICANS caas MURDERED from the brownsville Browns ville hag flag of the loth alt we extract the following ow I 1 n intelligence int e the latter portion of 0 which i h h is fence highly important on wednesday the mat our entire regular gular and i ranger force moved up the river ner in pursuit ot of cortinas who with his hia whole guerilla bandt band it waa reported ported d had left ferrio grande city or tile d day ay following thursday the frien friends da col cols S A lockade with several started out to overtake our little army and tender their services in any capacity in winch which they might be needed on oil monday the a courier arm 0 d with w ith dispatches from froin gen twigs twiggs for or alai ma Heinz telman but findan finding tile the major had leathe left he started tile same even ipg up the river rh er lie he stated that the dispatches acre ere of great it importance and 1 n addition said ten coll companies panics of the united states troops had been ord ordered ered to renden ons at san antonio preparatory to marching for this place on the morning of 0 that day one of the rangers john thorp gow gonzales zales wounded accidee aanden tally ally after the be conflict canfil c t on the died atthe at the rangers hospital inthis in this place lis his wounded arm was twice amputated pu led lut but he be could not be saved on thursday evening the 27 th jelin jehn graham araham esq late sheriff of oe niec ei county returned from edinburg which aich lace our forces left on sunday the vace capt pt ford left about 10 A at followed maj Hein stelman at noon capt t tobin with the rear an ano later when cortinas v was as at edinburg Edu iburg lie he numbered three hundred and fifty fial men as counted by several parties his force was there divided into three parts the advance under gillim bis immediate command was as three days das ahead of our troops the second two days davs an and a I 1 the rear about twenty hours it is sta stat ed that dispatches reached Edin edinburg burz ill abat t t cortinas was within ta miles of rio grande city on saturday the the merchants of which place 1 well as ds homa Bom abad bad pissed passed their goo goods s ov over r the be 1 river iver preferring mexican protection to american security tv mr graham is of tile the opinion that IWO grande city must have been reached and taken by the bandits on christmas quite likely followed by b the fall of 0 roma the next day this however er is a matter of opinion yet there are abundant reasons for grave apprehension the complete demolition these heavy commercial towns is probable as not an american rancho near the river has escaped the incendiary torch mr bit graham further states tl tint it each 1 night on oil the way to edinburg scon ing parties of the enemy were hovering boering about tile the camps as evidenced by their fire fires found in the morning morning grass being scarce along the river an and no corn to be had the horses borses were weakening rapidly and alib th ebany dally marches arches in as a consequence were becoming materially shorter at edinburg cortinas entered the store of J JN N trevino bro arid and helped himself to two or three hundred I 1 dollars worth of on thursday we heard that mr alt white thinking the lower country clear afta started tied for his bis rancho up the river but he be had haa n net ot gone more than twelve or fifteen n miles ailes when he was attacked by eight mexicans two of m whom horn he reports to 0 o have killed lie ile brought as evi evidence dende of what he be says two bullet holes boles ono one in his saddle the other in his overcoat overcoat besides bloody knife and bands and one horse not having conversed with mr alt white we know not what credence to place in the tale of his hairbreadth hair brea breadth dill escape ca pe and truly marvelous ma deeds in in a tb e flag adds yesterday our worst fears were corr confirmed by authentic information from Comar camargo comargo Co margo goJ of the taking of rio grande city on the dinst by cortinas Cortina eat at the head of four hundred and twenty five met men every was up tip a forre to meet him but without avail there being at the time but thirty six armed armad men who abo 13 unanimously nani decided not to fight twelve times their own number whereupon several americans with their fam families ill es left for the Alex ican side of the river on the cortinas sent a foree force down dawn to Ring sold td barracks where they found and killed mr alt robertson mr box B x and capt S spears ears all of 0 whom are highly ent esteemed eemeli on the rio grande for their sterling qualities besides these we tu others whose ose names are unknown to us were also killed the robberies on the are said to have been done in in a gentlemanly manner but that toward the evening of that day the soldiers were getting drunk and it m was as feared and believed be eyed that not 0 only y would othild the town be completely sac sacked an e but thit that the american families would be ruthlessly murdered cortinas is is reported to have declared his intention to take Roma thence march directly to 0 laredo and effect a crossing of the river we comme commend 1 I to the consider consideration atin of the secretary of war the taking of rio grande granda city for prompt acion abellon 12 |