The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-19
TEXAS.

| BY the steamship Galveston. C,n,,;, ~,
thirty-six hours from Galveston. we b,v" Wright
her time of sailing. The great featnr. pSper' .
the number of emigrants that are, from n. uem "a
all parts of the Union, pouring into tbe S,op e an
confidence which the presence Of our lroons W. hs
settlers IN the west, and the general sn;r;t 5nes
try and enterprise that is infused ,bronSst, uaes
whole country. Galveston is as liyslv s"oO, a
Five vessels arrived there on the 25tb nj, e. nt
men, and one from Antwerp, having ON Nun "oin be
than thousand emigrants. Twelve mors s. ~o1
were TO have sailed up TO the LIST Noyemh., s's
Antwerp and Bremen, all loaded with rU'i.. lloA
and destined, with the above, for the Germsn
ony. "'
By the way, we notice that both III, y
colony and the Castroville settlement are IN aS
ishing condition. an0u
The schooner Black Hawk, from Moh;. |,
been driven on shore opposite Galveston ~
The Galveston News reports the McK;,
ing been chartered TO convey emgrants n ,lN'
Bay, to leave Galveston on the 29tb nh s,d -a0doa
coed thence to New Orleans. pro-
The National Register published a, Au.,,
nounces that the archives Of the difenn, A., ~
ments have been removed to their appropria,. Iat
and are now nearly arranged for conyen.nc. ps1,
erence. No clue has been discovered % Ii. ~ '
who destroyed the treasurer's Office NOR - ~ e0a
ives which influenced him. It does no, AMI. NC mo
any papers were destroyed, the con,en, y 't uS
had not been transcribed or reported 10 o,h. snh
ces, and so preserved. The Register wrt., n ~, ga
ing terms of the renewed activity and pm.r.,,U,
Austin, since the late removal of the poy.,.s
thither. President Jones arrived there on Ss sn
ult. Oa
Fourteen gentleman from Mssssipoi ,.,..,
crossed the Trinity, at Swartwout, on their w,r
the Guadaloupe, seeking locations for themselyes,oJ
friends intending soon to emigrate to Texas.
A convention has been called of the teachers a..
friends of primary education in Texas, to m,s
Houston in January next, to devise a svsem..
mode of instruction.; to procure the establishment,
college of teachers; and to adopt means 10 oh.s
standard and uniform textbooks. 1t is praifva.
to see the people of this new State taking SO MI,
an interest in popular education-the time s,L NJ
safety for republic
The Houston Telegraph gives an animated NJ.
ture of Corpus Christi. We copy paragraph.
companies of Mexican traders arrive am0r
daily from the Rio Grande, and it is though, A.
even the trade of Chihuahua will soon be dr,,,.
to this point. 1t is estimated that there are al n,
twenty five hundred people in the town, excurr
Of the United States army, which now amounts h
about FIVE thousand men. There are, hereir
about seven thousand persons at tina, point ri,
harbor presents quite an animated appearance. Va
bcls hiINS uhoot uoiiy iIoH INC ulltrtnt ports Of
| the United States"
The same paper gives similar favorable accom-,
of Castroville, and the German settlement at Serum
In fact, there is no part of Texas, scarcely, vba
has not already received from the great measun d
annexation an impulse forward on the grand csrs
of prosperity to which the whole land is destnsdM
| bountiful Providence.
| The National Register mentions that lelleriu
Major Thomas G. Western, Superintendent, Of h |
dian Affairs, directed to the Hon. W. G. COok
Secretary of War, and dated Tahuacano creek No
vember IL, states that Commissioners Terrell "a, /
Smith have been met by some sixty or seventy rp I
resentatives from the Wacos, Tahuacanoes, KeeA
les, and Wichitas, "with whom we propose holds |
council tomorrow, provided the balance Of IL
| tribes--who are hourly expected down, and said ID
he near--arrive in time. They all, so far manaa
! the most friendly disposition. The Cumanche cAn
Mopachucupee, has notified us that he, with Ii
band, will be here in three days"
The same paper mentions that Roman Castro,
kinsman Of the chief of that name, with two Oae
Lipans and Tonkaway, spent several days 10 aa
city after the arrival of President Jones.
His excellency caused several presents to be mad .
them, consisting of blankets, tobacco &c. Cam
was highly gratifed, yet there was another wan! b
be satisfied. Upon inquiring, it was foundlhal b
son Of the forest wished to sport an umbrella!