The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-30

VERY LATE FROM TExAs.-Inteigence from
Galveston, to the 18th instant, has been received
at New Orleans. The subject of the present ncgo-
Citations between Texas and Mexico are exciting
much interest in the country A
The British government has presented claims OF
Its subjects to land in Texas TO the amount OF from
ten to twenty million acres. They principally
Empresario grants, and the government has been
notified by Captain Elliot, that unless the facts set
forth by these claimants refuted, or satlsfac
tory explanation given, her Britannia MaJesys
government would feel fully authorized to take
steps to enforce the just claims of her subjects.
This avowal indicates the the British govern
ment intends 10 pursue with Texas i'm all matters.
Gen, Murphy the American Charge de Affairs, did not
sail in the United States schooner F for Cruz
was expected.
President Houstons movements seem TO BIO attracting
some degree of attention. He attended public enter
wiz an am snd ns ea san Of
which Houston alone is MASTER he urged the abandon
Of that spirit of faction which has pierced Texas
with SO many wounds and much injury to the
cause of freedom The rebukc he uttered against those
malignant aspersers of his character who have long
busted themselves traducing his motives and msrepre
sentng his policy tremendous in the extreme The
lie direct and positive was given to the reiterated charges
OF aboonsm, treason, supremacy OF Mexico, and colo
NAL vassalage to England, much and so frequently
urged against him by his enemies So powerful was his
vndication and SO clear ms exposition tnat we douDt
his btterest enemies believe the accusations
| they have repeatedly and boldly promulgated"
The Navy, too up for its share OF animadversion;
aud it is stated by the Houston Citizen that the reason
Of the awful secret act explained and in that expa
nation there found single vestge of that treason
and that high and nexhorable assumption Of which
has long framed fruitful topics for editorial panic
makers and demagogues The veil is now lifted, and
there great monster ready with disendcd jaws to de-
your the people Of the country"
He says, also, that the report that the American
Minister had surreptitousy obtained copies OF important
documents which this government desired to keep from
him and the public is equally unounded He had access
to correspondence records except with the know
ledge and consent of the proper officers"
The tone of public opinion in Texas appears favorable
to annexation. The Houston Telegraph says I've men,
toned some weeks since that believed il the people
of Texas called upon to vote upon the question of
anne ation the vote would be almost unanimous The
editor of the Redlander expressing similar opinion
We doubt notso strong is the tie which binds men to
the landof their nativiytha almost unanimous voice
oour people would hail the proudest of their lives
the time that would again permit them to the lofty
title of American citizens.
public meeting has been held in the county of Shell
by at which DR.. Arson Jones nominated for the Pre-
sidency, and II. L. Anderson for the Vice Presidency.
DR.. Jones formerly minister to the United States.
The Texan Commissioners their arrival in the Mex
lean Territory, treated with great respect and
remony. They furnished with escort and
COACH
The cotton crop Alexandria and Nacogdoches has
been almost destroyed many plantations by the worm
1t is said that many of the planters La Grange will
pick out from two to three thousand pounds Of seed cot
Fayette county will average from bale to bale and
half the Many of the planters owing to the want
hands, will not be able to pick out all the cotton they
have raised.