New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-01
Lnter from TeNas.

Br the arrival OF he steam snip Neptune a'
Vev. Orleans on the 22d uit we have Galveston
dates 10 the 10Th aud Houston t. the ioth ut
The Honston Telegraph OF the 10Th May saws
,bor Com. Moore Capt. Lohrop and 1t. Sno" nHd
III rasse, through that iown on theif ".y 10
Vatbirsron 10 await ih.ir trial before the h'.iua
Conrt Martini They all expressed great nnSietF
II, meet their accusers aud entertained no tears thaJ
mn, disgrace can BE- cast upon thsh oy Il "'ou'1'
composed OF honorable and upright men,
News had been received b. one OF Inc soldiers
belonging to the spy company OF C"P'' hays
tha: two log bridges had been erected, one across
Inc RIO Fro, aud tie other across ihe Nu,c'S' ..
Gen. VOL. as was supposed, N order tha' MS
troops nigh; make rapid march into and out u
Texas il necessary.
The news of th., defeat OF the regular Mexican
trnops near Corpus Christi, by party o., oi Htu,is
und,r Adreue. i fully confirmed. ne Ia''e' !
killed eight and took seven of the '!eXlcans prison.
ers all OF whom were aeiwart snot, 10 re'ai'a'e' "I
i. supposed for the mas acre o sGaH PI'E u
traders that WIS captured few weeks since D! 'He
Mexican soldiers Ii is reported also that the Mex
lean officers have received orders from the uo'eih
n-nt 10 shoot all persons OF every de~tr''uo. "''
nre engaged N IhtS trndr ana tle I"'si7' ~
,na,c Tor this barhafcus conduct. nave urt"I'Heu
10 siyc no quarters 10 the troops iiiai are sent ANS
,v,rc 4 commission of a Mexican oiiicer ana COPY
of instructions addressed by Gen. VOL 10 the COM
,nender showing that the Mexican Government
full, ruthonzeI the expedition.
Hon. PArNlck C. JACK hns been nominated as Il
candnre lor the Vice PRESIDENCY o; Texas by large
meetings held al Veasco and Galsestnn.
The terms OF the armiSuce with Mexico af% se-
yercly anmadyer,rd upon in some OF me Journals
T,;warI. OF 1900 bales OF cotton arrived 4, hvus-
ION wiihn the three weeks ending on Saturday. the
18th inst. .l,
IypI,. MuKpERs.-Accoun;s from the neshoor-
bood of the Bu-Ay and San Gabriel rivers give tle
details of number OF murders recently committee IT,
as i supposed, bv q party of Nacoos. They caught
Dr.. Kinney aud Sicssrs. Castle5crri ana IoutteheE
drawing in IA load of buffalo meat and hides, ana
immediately surrounded and killed them. MS
was near the Bushy. They next 'vent To the hou>t
of Sir Mercer, on The san Gabriel, aud pretended
at first 10 lie friendly: but on favorable Uipoi'ui
" offering the, killed ,Ir. II. and Two men wh1
,scre orkinc iur .i, aud then captured and ran o!'
with Mrs NJ and three tour SINAI! Children -
negro uian escaped, although badly wounGcd. ANA
brought in the Intelligence ct he massacre Htse
.ud,Ius had blankets that had ben given tnein bS
the Government at the recent treaty. and had made
every prclcnsion o; friendship. The settlers IN hI-
Ian and Robertson counties are so eHaspcrated' '"'
they have collected and threaten 10 follow the niuf-
aer-rs 20 the Treaty ground and Fne'e cut 10 'el'
3, terrible punishment.
There had been meeting at Galveston, at when
President iouSroS made speech. ne CFumi'
saws: His remarks were general and confuct To u
yndicutiu o: his administration, bur the News tells
quite different story. II says: tbs speech was
devoted 10 tie abuse oi the preceding administrator
aud h!s opponents generally, and ihe people 'I ua-
:rston purflculnriv-tiat he was tcctisdk buIiooh-
isll and ridiculously vain.