The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-24


 The Government Express having arrived vas,,., afternoon short tiae after we had gone 10 were enabled 10 communicate, n portion af a,'. ss pression. the greater part of the news sion .' including that from Aiexico, Cuba Florida ad sg'a c gressiona. ,44 Soa' Ne now add some further particulars recs;r.5, the same mail but which time did mot permit us ta S yesterday s P4' By an arrival from Texas. at New el.l4.ss. that inc Congress ofthat State had adjouruea ns an 10 meet in May al the new ely of Houston, aIya. z Bay 9'''ss'0a IL with the deepest regret we perceive ,6. of Colonel STEPHEN n AUSTIN, d Columns gea'a t, 20th, He emphatcally tie founder as a,d1 AIse the cocnizer o he Iexian Republic, and ,,e;,asr' ~ admitted to be, throughout all the perlous evaa.' which he has been praetcipator, a man ofstyics a y, and of honorable benevolent feelings n loo' sp acquaintance had the pleasure 10 make ub G his last visit to this counry we were not less |, with bis lnodesy than the amenity an5 ty of his His name will go down o ''- fly in the world with that of Gglethoroe. psSr Roger Williams, Sir Walter Raleigh. Stc 'D' Gen. Houston the President, Jeff Dec. 2stb f. Head Quarters at La Raca. 10 review the army Y Y The Ex-President, Mf. Burnett, has arrived .,,N Orleans. - Y By recent act the Congress, the Presjdent k quired to raise, with little delay as possible. h. allon of mounted riemen, z8O strong, to serve m ls. months. An additonalsum of $59 Der month istoI I1 paid for horses and arn1s If required, the Pfesdsa, Is authorized 10 enlarge the corps to a regiment a seo strong. He Is authorized also 10 build defaDces aed block and trading houses on the frontier sss Another organizes the army, and in those mat ters on which is not specific, directs the regulations of the U. 5. Army to be the guide.
 All contingent military commissions to gentlemen h the U States are confirmed wiissi:a Fssl proportional to the number Of men they shall bring into evas bs Jan. 10th, for years, or during the war
 Ihe pay of volunteers to Commence at he lime af their leaving home provided il IS within 60 days oar to their being mustered into service.
 All volunteers whatever 10 receive the same dona. tons of iandalso 10 those who entered service ade, July lst. '"s'
 The bill, or joint resolutions for issuing scrip ,o,tb. purpose Of being sold to the amount of 500 GOO ac,ss to Thomas Toby of New Orleans, passed both Hons. es of Congress.
 All the sales of lands made at New York or else. where by empfesaros, or their agents hai have pot complied with the conditions ofthe original eraus, have been anhnlled. Many persons from the Norh who went to Texas 10 obtain the location of lands bouobt ot various companies at New York, haze returned "a New Orleans in the last vessels sadly disappointed e Texan Government having decidedly refused to mi them n possession ofsueh lands. Lands in fee simnle sell very high. The Camanehe from Matamoros at New Orleans brought $222,000 in specie.
 The troops at Matamoros continue in wretchsd condition. and have been reinforced by l0o men from Saint Louis which must add to their privations Of food. Much of the distress is caused by the Indians havng carried of i'll their late pcurson, all the caba. ada and wild horses and mules they found.
 All the rumors published in some of the papers of the probable arrival of Mexican invading army, are esefiy desiiiufe o foundation, and nothing more than the stale recapuation of old news varpcd up in new dress.
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