Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-09-06
FROM TEXAS.

BY the arrival at New Orleans of the steamer
Undine, from Corpus Christi, by way of Arkansas
Bay and Galveston, we have dates from the latter
place to the 23d ultimo.
| The Undine left Corpus Christi on the 18th Ill
umo. All was then quiet at the American camp.
Gen. TAYLOR had succeeded in removing all the
troops of the Sd and 4th regiments of infantry and
large proportion of the public stores TO Corpus
Christi where his headquarters are at present esta
| blIshed. breastwork of earth had been thrown
| up and nearly completed.
The army of ten thousand Mexicans had not vet
been found 1t was rumored that Gen Arista was
assembling large force at Matamoras and along the
Rio Grande; but the Galveston Civilian says that
the best information from Matamoras is that there
were only about fifteen hundred Mexican troops
there, who represented to be badly supported,
and not more efficient than Mexican soldiers usu-
ally are" The Civilian adds, Mexico is evil
IDENTIFY wholly unprepared for offensive operations
! at present, and own impressions are that her
measures are adopted under the apprehension that
| they may be necessary for defence" Notwth.
standing the absence of any for alarm in these
accounts, the military spirit of the people in New
Orleans appears to run as high ever, and they
are actively engaged in raising four regiments Of
volunteers for the United States service.
| The I'd regiment of Dragons had arrived at Sar
Patricio on the eastern bank of the Nueces, about
1t is stated in the Civilian that entries of United
States goods have been made under protest at the
custom-house in Galyeston--the parties intending
to try whether they are liable TO duty, upon the
question whether Texas is or is not nO,C part OF
| the United States.
| The New Orleans Bee says that the accounts
from the Convention are meager and unsatisfactory.
Nothing further had been done relative to the pro-
ject of attempting to establish Provisional Gov
eminent and annulling the present Constitution OF
| the State.
| The following resolutions, introduced by Gov.
RUNNELLs; were adopted by the Convention on the
goth utimo:
Resoived That the Committee on the General Provisions
of the Constitution be instructed to inquire into the exped-
ency and proprey of incorporating the Constitution the
following provisions
Ist The Legislature shall have power pass laws for
the emancipation Of slaves without the consent of their
without paying their previous to such emancl-
patton full equivalent for the slaves SO emanciPated They
shall have power prevent immigrants to this State from
bringing with them such persons deemed slaves by the
laws of any of the United States long person
of the age and description shall be continued in slavery
by the laws OF this State provided that such person or slave
be the bona de property of such immigrants and provided
Also that laws be passed to prohibit the introduction into
this State Of slaves who have committed high crimes In other
States Territories They shall have full power to obge
the of slaves to treat them with humanity to provide
for them necessary food and clothing abstain from all
elites them, and of their neglect refusal to COM
ply with the acquisitions of such laws TO provide by law FOL
the sale of such slaves for the benefit of the owner
owners.
ID In the prosecution slaves crimes OF higher grad
than petit larceny, the Legislature shall have power
deprive them of impartial trial by petit jury.
3d. Any person who shall maicousy dismember or deprv
slave of life, shall suffer such punishment would be nfc
ed in the like offence had been committed on free whit
person. and the like proof except in of nsurrecto
Of such slave"
One of the provisions passed by the Conventio
prohibits the creation, renewal, extension of an
corporate body with banking or discounting power:
Another section prohibits the Legislature from cor
tracing debts above 100000, except in case c
war, or to repel invasion or Instruction.