Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-17
From the New Orleans Tropic.

The steamship Cincinnati from Aransas, arrived ye.,sr
day. We are indebted To Captain Smith and passenger
on board for Galveston papers Of the 4 Hous'on of the
goth ull, and Washington Of the 3Oth ult. We also re-
ceiyed our regular files by mail.
The Houston Morning Star says that among the items
OF news recently received from Mexico one that the
Mexican Government has sent emssses to ToSas
TO excite M insuecon among tho slaves aud 10 induce
them to act IN concert with the Mexican troops n war
should be declared by Mexico against the United Sas-
IN Of tho i@efs received from Mexico is mentioned
hu Of ese emlssures had rei5hod aud reported ,at
he had been success 10 ykgi extent ho had succeeded
does not appear, not from the Mexican Jounsg We oopy
the article from tia SIsr a. length
For months Last the slave. NJ ..y. al ,ir,. nm
the Colorado have discovt'ed very refractory d.psion
Several have run away aid some have been engaged In
'neIS' sue Iohmeo O'her ou'rges In instances MeI-
cans have been seen with The runaway negt,e. Ahon,
three months since, two negroes ranaN,y from .n,,,
nes Lagrange, aud stole several hursos They were .ub
se1uegly TccapiuTed, aud bey stated thai bev bsd nee.
oniced Sway by two Mesicsns Who promised hst II ,ev
would steal some good horses, and accompany Lc, ~,
MeTlco that they should be made Free and be rcal,I Nv
tho MoTieans as oqusls. The MeIoans however ub,,
they found themselves pursod took the horses and a,
leaving the poor negroes foot aud they consequently
Tell into the hands Of their plTsuors Shortly after this
event gang Of negroes foot end they consequently
fell into tho bsnds Of their persaefs Shorty sner
this event. EsBg usugst, with 90 j. supposedly some
Mexican aeconpie,s, broke open slOIs ~ Webbers
Pfao, near Austin, aud stole considerable qushiiy of
goods They also broke iuio the dwelling house Of Mr.
OIss,oek. about fifteen miles below Austin aud site
few articles. These, another gang after liz.
covered near Columbus but they reuestd into the wOols
sud have not been captured. On tho 18Th Sepembera
smojl parry u negroes suddenly fred voey Of balls and
buck shot upon three men WHO ysrs gpias jq e e!en
ing on gallery II the house Of Col J. Caldwell Of as
nop county. Each VI The three men received several
wounds from tie buck shot huf none Of the wounds are
considered mortal When the negroes found hst they had
killed neither Of their intended viem they fed prtcpi-
taicy the woods. Two Of the pefsons thus wounded
Mr.. Cooke, Of Austin, and a Nr. Upchufch. Thc
name u the other have aseer,sined. Col Caldwell
assent with his family a visit To relation. Tho
Col C. thought that be recognized yellow boy
belonging the Colonel smong the negroes IL suppo-
scd tbst the ylipns incnded % murder the white
The house, and then pluudcr IL party Of The czons Of
Bss,rop in pursuit Of hem. The people Of that
section have long been suspicious that MeIcsns
engaged in exciting scGition among the slaves. aod
they hsve made several Efforts 10 detect them. Nov
that they have authentic evidence from the city u
Mexico that emissaries have been sent 10 Texas for
tho express purpose Of onicng the slaves TO engage
IN an insuuooton. some prompt and energetic mes-
should he adopted TO prevent the impending evil
We have fears that seven, seventy
Mexican enissaries could excite general injunction
mong the slaves OF TcSas Cor the settlements dis
connected, aud the plantations generally distant from
- - '~~~~s~ihis fnr the negroes to