The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-20
LATER FROM TEXAs.

Dates from Galveston TO the 9th inst, have ben,
received at New Orleans. We copy FROM tue Pea.
June
Among the passengers we're Mr.. Burnley and
Capt Elliott, ia. Is. NJ Charge dAhares 10 Tcxa,
The latter gentleman, We learn, proceeds from ti.,
10 Havana, but returns shortly TO Texas
The British lrigate Spartan, the Hon. Chas Elliott
commander, touched at Galveston GA the 9Th INST
She was from Vera Cruz, but her dates are moi i,
late as those have received direct. There W.,
great joieng at the city of Mexico about the l.l
Of April caused by news II the success of the MtN.
eau arms an Yucstan and the taking of Merida
They will probably rejoice the other way when l,
recent intelligence from Yucatan reaches the capital
OF Mexico.
Slraggers from among the Mier prisoner. wer.
occasionally arriving on the western frontier of Tex
The Telegraph, in cool and well written article
advises the Invasion of Mexico and says that the .
habitants, almost To a man, are IN favor Of IT,
Gen. Burleson was out on an expedition after d
party Of tbieving Indians.
The additional duty of five per cent levied by law
on goods introduced INFO Texas from countre, Will
which she has treaties, began 10 be levied on the
5th inst articles from the United States Mts,r,
burst Il Kuhn were the first victims" paving the
additional sum of sl43 % an invoice to the
amount of s2os6 80, per brig North Bend from TN,
city.
The Indians in the West giving serious annov
ance to the settlers in that region.
MAJOR James ii. Cooke has been appointed by the
President Collector of the port Of Galveston, in the
place of Gal Borden resigned.
The grand Jurors of Red River county, at the last
term Of the District Court, nominated Gen. 7. g.
Rusk as candidate for the next Presidency, and
resolution was adopted TO request him TO permit bis
name TO be useed for that purpose.
Speaking OF the quasi alliance between Texas and
iucatan, the Houstunian, an organ of the president
says =" Our conDexio with Yuc atan has certainly
been any thing else than creditable To Texas as u
ton il was induced by improper motives, aud II ba,
been productive Of INJURY"
The people OF Austin still hold to the govern!
ment documents
1t has been satisfactorily asccrtaned (says one Of
the Texan papers) that the net proceeds Of cotton
which has been shipped from Texas to New York
New Orleans, and other parts Of the United State,
this year, has been less than cents per pound while
the net proceeds of the cotton shipped to Bremen
have amounted to 6, cents per pound. The same
paper then suggests, relief to the Texan plant
ers, that be adopted TO have the tonnage due
on foreign vessels removed. The project Of IRAN
porting the cotton from the upper settlements on tho
Rrazos TO the mouth Of the river by means of gum
elastic bags or oaters has proved entirely success
full The Planters Gazette notices the arrival AT Co
umbia Of between four and five hundred bales the
greater part of which hoated down the river N
gum-eastic bags. Cotton can be conveyed by mean,
OF these bags, from any point where six inches Of
water be found, and the cost is not greater than
if transported on fiat or keel boats.