Ponola [sic] weekly register., 1843-07-15


acknowledgement of the independence
Of Texas. II twould appear from the pc.
culiar manner in which the communice-
ton is made, and the peculiar juncture
at which it is offered, that it has been ex-
tor,ed from him by necessity, rather
than by any desire for peace, and we are
left to doubt whether he merely desires
TO gain time to release his army in Yu-
catan, and establish his authority more
firmly at home, or to accord TO Texas
an honorable peace. The propositions
come so Immediately after the visit Of
Com. Moore to Yucatan, that we are
induced to believe 4 is to that event
mainly that We are 10 attribute this ex-
traordinary communication of Santa
Anna.
sit needs but the dullest intellect TO
perceive that Mexico will not relinquish
her claims to the territory west Of the
Neuces without a violent struggle; and
we can only expect to maintain our claim
to it by force or By purchase. Mexico
now has possession Of that territory,
and we have recent Intelligence that
three hundred Of her troops are actual
ly stationed east Of the Rio Grande.-
When our commissioners meet these of
Santa Anna, even if the latter are dis
posed to acknowledge the independence
Of Texas, question will Immediately
arise relative TO the limits of Texas; our
commissioners viii insist on extending
the limits of Texas; our commissioners
will insist on extending the limits of Tex
as to the Rio Grande, those Of Mexico TO
the Neuces; and thus contest will spring
up which Mexico will doubtless refer to
Great Britain as an arbiter, since she
has already selected the British minis
ter as her mouth-pieco. The darling
policy of Great Britain will then be
called into requisition; and Texas may
either be compelled 10 purchase this ter
ritory, by assuming part Of the debt ow-
ing by Mexico to British bond-holders,
or, what would be more agreeable to
England, will be compelled to receive
this territory only upon the condition
that slavery shall not be allowed in il!
Thus, by master stroke OF policy, Eng
land would strike fatal blow TO our ser
vile institutions, and Texas would in d
few years be compelled to yield UP an
institution that has thus far proved one
of the main elements Of her prosperity!
These are not idle notions, prompted by
a spirit Of speculation. There are ma
NY facts connected with the conduct Of
the British government that warrant
this opinion, and it behooves our gov
ernment and our people to be we'll jon
the alert at this moment, lest they find
too late that in receiving them through
the present channel they are incauuons-
ly taking an adder to their bosoms.''
The Picayune says:
ga rumor had reached Washington,
that Coils. Warfeld and Sniyely had
captured the Santa Fe traders without
bloodshed! The amount Of booty taken
is said to be upwards Of two hundred
dollars.
E&chequer bills are now taken at the
Custom house Galveston, at so cents on
the dollar.
Col. Kinney, who had been confined
in Matamoras for many months, has
made his escape and reached Galveston.
A French brig from Havre has arrived
at Galveston, having on board 100 emf
grants from France. They are part
of the colonists sent out to Bexar by Mr..
Castro.
The French man-of-war ship La Bril-
lante arrived at Galveston from Vera
Cruz on the esd ult. The British sloop
of war Scylla is also there.
Col. John O'Brier, known to many in
this city, was lately shot with a rife
ball while standing at the door of his
house, in Anahuac, by some person con-
cealsd in the bushes near the place: He
expired few moments after receiving
the wound. Mr.. Ferguson, who was
near him, was also shot and
wounded with buckshot at
tfie same time. It is feared that MI.
Ferguson can survive his wounds only
a few days. The people of that section
have charged the murder to a person
who has held high rank in the country,
and who, we believe, has hitherto sus-
tanned an unbteuished reputation.
Buntef's Hill Celebration.