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T ........i From tbe Broiro«vi!llt;t FUg, Jsa. -.‘d.]Witr a* #nr Own lioom,IS' ASlOM ill- ti-tXAS HV MhXUAN JUM^The long expected outbreak oa tteSnsai luf-; made headway, attd^orJj Ui*t troop- wM liud hum? owdjpktion,-'. nl tbe 29th of December, 11 party ol' Moxica^1 having organized in Guerrero. invaded the tStalv nf Texas. under, the leadership 0j® half Indian named jlunoz, and stole foj-tJ horses and fifty head of call le from a rancho in Zapata county. Demand was made through cmr military authorities lor the arrest and punishment of the robbers by the Mexican officers and also for the restitution of o..f property. Gov. Lopez, of Tamaulipaa, had the Criminals arrested, but they subsequent, ly escaped. Tho property was never JX turned. This was the first act.On the 14th of December, a train 0f wagons was dispatched from Fort Drown to Ringgold Barracks. with rations and cloth-ing fur the soldiers at that post. The train constated of three wagons, escorted byfoar or (fve sol it**rs. ’Alien the train reached the tsuletSad tv.rdi. about fifteen miles be-low Hinyg.d-t, i' v.,-uddenly surrountl^ by a party of Mexicans, vat iottsiy fcsfitnat. ed at Irem 00 to 100, who immediately coe. meneed firing upon the party. The soldiers and teamsters were completely taken bv surprise aud made nit resistance, with the exception of one man, who drew bis re-volver and killed two of tho robbers. ge and all (ay balance were killed except one I matt who made his escape and succeeded at reaching Ringgold Barracks. The train was robbed of all the goods anti provision??, and tbe wagons were curried to the bank of the river preparatory to being sent into Mexico.About the same time a party of Mexicans crossed into Zapata county and attacked Cupt. Benavides company, from which they stampeded all the available horses beUmg, ing to the company. At least, this is the report, but the news from above is so confused that we cannot give anything us reliable.Anothor party subsequently crossed in number about 200, according to report, and having captured Isidro Vela, Cbiof Justice of Zapata comity, hung him to a tree, and pasted a placard on the body (hat the pea* nlty of death would be indicted on any person wlto dared to take the body down for burial. Vela was well known as a good man and a friend to the American*.Subsequently the same party made u-other attack on Capt. Lena,ides’ company, and after a sharp fight fled, having killed two of our men, one of whom was Mr. 1L Redmond.These ut’cttrreaees Mtecfleded each other so rapidlv. and were so contrary to what was ,r have it expected from the Mexican 'n -dee. that our troops were uncertain iu *tl* te.n to move. c'nl. HueMsoon son•••! tbe .liilleitlty, however, for ho ins: in My -et oil tin cm airy companies to work, ;t*j) tiie re-,ilt m far has been satisfactory.Caul. licvifm u Ijfr Ins company went astat 0 - (he |,et 'ateb'i W.'O'IV Jje foundV portion Ot the (#$•■lt; or, pei-fy eooeeal*# id .MeVieaii ie.ti-e-. Mi'ilk a promptness d-servir,g:ol all ,-ilt;■!t;. t(,,• .itit|i.i11y ransick-ed lite whole ijeiahiioi ho,,,! and wherever they found property that had been stolen, they bunted the ranches and cajitttred the owners. The retribution followed close after tlie crime, and those who winked m rascality tvero taught that they had caught themselves In favoring the esc'ttpe of the greater rascals,it is now estimated that from three to five hundreds Mexicans have been organ/,ed for the purpose of plundering our frontier ami that these criminals have been carrying on their offensive measures within tbe' knowledge, and probably with the approval of the authorities of Mexico. Tld* much is cer-tain, that these scoundrels have procured their ammunition in Msttmioros, ami the Custom House wtis not as particular about preventing iu exportation m they art! in stopping it from coming through legitimate ibutuieL to tho right bank of the Rio Grande,Thu latest accounts represent tliese armed sands as still upon the Texas side of the Rio Grande.We hear is stated that tbe party which ■rossed at Guerrero, earned tho 4Tiit«l States Hag, and that they declared their itt-.ention to revolutionize the country.In tho midst of these sudden and sonSe-vhat alarming eventH, C.d. iluchel has octal with the greatest prolate less, and with lonsumale intelligence,. Thu soldiers res-tonded with alacrity to their chief, and with in.- accord the country relied with conll-lettee in the lic’iet.that the bandits would I‘ dfivttl out, end probably they would be apttired. )| t,, govorment seeks a (untie twit oilj^-f ■■■uuftiinil the military de-eitcom o!' this frontier, it. #111 entrust’Od. Ittchul with tite comtnaml, lor martial affairs equire martial men.
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Tue, Jan 20, 1863
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