Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-06-06
Fromtie Grand ca.

day,'of the steam sbio N.Y. w the soIIr
you Ia few :, lines, about l m,',. aorh,
v n n the Single Star Re p'"''f's 'od
i. a p.nee, every thing is qp ppt'r n Al
as uea'n n, and destruction in the I, o M, ME,
'y drafted drafted 10 be in readiness EVERY cry. third \
n n"Ould invade oar land. Tb tss d Me1'c'
e. ' now going o" throughout the "S co osng
nc M Mere IS no fear Of being called dd' cn
is c to expectif'hey come ann pmoo ~n "a. they
e l"ofhardy would be r,a "Ions u.s. to be
n danger, and they are a "ans, !" the tace
" Oud.nened with bravery as to m ep soo,
t place since the races. which i'' a13 at (
: saturday last. There is a l,ra ,n"ea
81 ,o business ,r' transacted here, for 60 r",J
d Town. There are some ten q, :, -.
stores, a number Of coffee bonsos - WV
ats blacksmith shops, lin shops& ,,''
some Of a mixed kind Wv
Galvestan is quite plensaa, ,I,,.
ven we nave constant breeze, fresh from
Gull; the Island is rather low, or >"
IRE shell and sand soil; there are no u
on The Island, not even a shade ,re az It,
any OF the doors. The heat If ,ba u
"o'ild be very oppressive fit were No,
an Incessant breeze. The town i
proving very rapidly, and is destined
become Of importance. The hniIGa (
are large and commodious. 4, oye,d
mere are some S or 8 of the Tcxan NonN
o. war anchored in the harbor md u
steam ship, and have been here far so.I
the Object of hay,or
many laying in ordinary, / know NJ,
ou' suppose shall learn in day or t,A
IS commodore Moore has just relyrosI
rom Inc seat of government, Where
'as been for some time. He reoorl. ~
Kings quiet at Austin.
Al kinds Of produce, corn. dry uoo1I
nd liquors sell well here. Good dennaII
" all these articles, and only a Iimi,eJl
lpply in port. The schooner Henry,
ON New York, came in yesterday, with
iull cargo of assorted merchandise, for
rs place, Houston and Austin.
You will recolIect what noise was
ade in the Baltimore papers some time
ace about the mysterious, sudden and
tfo-6e- 0cromted for disappearance of d
ing man, the head clerk Of that nolori-
$ monopolist, STEEINBERCER of Bali.
IRE! You recollect the affair. Some
q he had gone 10 Engand--to Canada
10 Cnba-to irica-olhers that be had
IN murdered some said he had disap.
red IN cloud; ard again, some that
mad gone below = others again that he
carried ofa large sum ofmoney, and
Steeinberger himself said he pds gone,
dld not carry off any money-that he
arranged all his business correctly in
" York and Philadelphia that he had
rned him valuable papers from those
's-but that he mas gone, seemed TO
'retty clear--but why he went, when,
how, all seemed at loss 10 find ou!
what made the people open their eyes
Their mouths still wider, was that old
In5erger declared that be did not
trout with his funds! This they could
understand. Why a young man, that
SO high as he did--one that was The
clerk to man that was doing bust
upon millions Of dollars, should 50
emily disappear, not TO be heard OIL
'ut taking money with him, was most
IsIng! Well, | will tell you what
ne other Gay--or will give you IA
lp'lon of young man, and i the
IPtlcn does not fduor the lost young
:, then iii admit am mistaken
all:-Well, about 5 feet Cor IN
'Igh-a good forehead--bIue eyes
long china handsome nose--haIl
white-a pleasant and smiling
nnnce-quite prepossessiog in man,
quite intelligent--withal a shrewo
he may be 20 bat not over q
u age--a Virginion-dresses very
land his name is-SAMUEL A.
Err!
der if old Steeinberger knows hIm'
nder still more, ii he can tell now
became possessed of serenity me-
nd cords Of money! And how nc
Texas! But this can't be inc
we believe Steeinberger, for M,
not take off any money with him.
nag have made all this property
, came to Texas. But TO me, II
omelhing very like that i come
It pile Of S225,000 Steeinberg~