The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-27

VERY LATE FROM TEXAS AND MExlco.-Advices
in New Orleans.
The Northern Aboitionsts have sent large guam.
tity of their fanatical productions, styled Anti.
Slavery Repors.s This is to aid the English in their
designs upon Texas. Congress is recommended to
pass suitable enacments, nterdicting such danger
Gus and infammatory productions.
Il has already been announced that the u s. schooner
Flir had arrived at Galveston with dispatches from
Texas She sailed from Galveston on the 26th bound for
Vera Cruz, with Gen. Murphy board. The object of
his visit was not knowe. He has been quite sick for
some weeks, and possibly may have gone to his
health.
1t is mored that the IT, s ship vandalia the Savannah
and or two armed steam ships will probably be soon
despatched TO the coast OF Mexico.
The President has issued proclamation converting
The Cutter, from Matamoras, having OH board the
Texan Commissioners from Mexico, was met going
The sloop OF Austin brig Wharton, and schooner
San Bernard were offered for sale the Ilth u but
were not sold as no person would bid for them. The
citizens are opposed to the sale of their little Navy
IT is estimated that the cotton crop of Texas ths
will greatly exceed that of the last
The Collector at Galveston had commenced receiving
ENchequer bills at 80 cents the dollar the 25th u
The Mexcans it is rImored establishing extensive
military delots along the Rio Grande have eight
hundred men at different points the Nueces and are
constantly forwarding large stores of and ammuni.
ton Captain Hays, with party Of Rangers had gone
out from Bexar to the Nueces TO cour the country from
the sources of the river to San Parico and ascertain
whether these true and whether there are
any Mexican troops upon its hanks
The Mexican Government had withdrawn all taxes
upon coffee and olives produced within its territory for
ten years, in order to encourage their cultivation.
All communication between Yucaan and Mexico had
been stopped. He further states that all vessels were a
BILE to seizure coming from any of the Yucatan ports.
Hostilites looked for Mexico was making prepa
raons to attack Yucatan Other that the
difficulties between the two countries were in fair way
The following named persons are ascertaned to have
been elected members TO Oongress--James Johnson in
Red River county; w Bourand, in Lamar county; DR..
Ward, in Bowie county; and in the counties of Fsnnin
Red River Lamar and Bowie Col Sherman. All the Re-
representatives. i'll the above mentioned counties said
be in favor of removing the seat of government Austin
Letters from Mexico of October 25th that the new
tariff and the decree relative to the retail trade formed
subject of conversation in that capital Commerce
suffering and most of the merchants acrbed the
prosperity to those two measures The papers speak of
the resemblance between the tariff and that or
and assert that the former is the besides
ing of doubtful duration The complaints are utter
chiefly by the Spanish Journals by citizens Of that
nation because articles of Spanish origin subject
higher duties than any Others. When this measure was
first male however caused slight rise in the price of
glass and crockery
party Of about thirty five dragons had attempted to
create revolt i'll Mexico but suppressed by the
crgy their Colonel Several of the insurgents with their
officers, made prisoners.
The garrison at Laguna, consisting of six hundred
troops which recently arrived from Tobasco nearly
all sick with the fever II has the appearance OF
There are at present 1000 troops under arms at Cam
peachy, and the Notifications and defcnces of the
have been greatly strengthened.
Santa Anna previous his departure for Vera Cruz
sued special edct regarding the contemplated canal for
uniting the Pacific with the Gulf of Mexico by the Tstms
of Tcheuantepec The following is its substance: whereas
every thing being ready for commencing the important I'M
dcrtang of uniting the Atlantic with the Pacific by the
Gufof Tcheuantepec tho Government is DESTROYS to as.
sst the contractor Don Jose aray with all the means at
its disposal have deemed proper to decree follows:
prison capable Of accommodating three hundred
convcts TO be butt under the direction Of the contractor
for the contemplated canal the judicial authorities Of the
departments OF Vera Cruz and Oaaca required send
the said prison all persons found guilty in order that
they be employed in digging and working the said
nal The convcts be clothed and maintained by the
contractor.
FRoM HlvANA.--We have Havana dates to the
9th inst inclusive. According to an official an
nouncement in the Nocioso, another servile insur-
rcction had broken out on some plantations in the
neIghborhood of Matanzas. On the 9Th instant
skrmlsh took place between the revolted negroes
and a company of lancers, the result of which was
that the negroes were totally routed and upwards
of hundred of them either captured or killed. the
rest fled to the mountains.
The Tacon theatre opened on the 9th inst, with
but limited company the greater part OF It's force
not having arrived
The Captain General reviewed the troops on the
5th inst A great number of the population as
sembled TO witness the imposing spectacle.
The number of cases of yellow fever admitted
into the Havana hospital, from the 18th May to
IL. c,l, N,ya,nher was 7S7 of which hui III died