Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-10-02

LATE FROM CeRPUs CHR1sT1.-An extra
from the office of the New Orleans Plea
yune, dated at o'clock on the morning oil
the 18Th ult., says:
There is no important news from the
army under Gen. Taylor. They receive
almost all their intelligence from this city
The U. S. sloop Of war St. Marry's arrived
at the Bay of Arkansas on the 18Th instant
with bearer of dispatches on board for
Gen. Taylor from Washington. On the
evening of the same day, the U. S. brig
Porpolse hove to off the bar and communi-
Gated with the ST. Mary's. In half an hour
thereafter she sailed towards Vera Cruz
Nothing as to their purposes or intelligence
TRANSFERRED
On the 18th instant, a company of ira
ders arrived at Gen. Taylor's camp. They
reported they had seen, within two days
march of the camp, about two hundred
Lappans and as many Camanches on their
way to Matamoras (by invitation from Mex
ico) TO join the forces to be directed against
Gen. Taylor. The report of the traders
was but half credited
Gen. Taylor sent out Lieut.. Scarritt with
an escort of forty Dragons to reconnoitre
for 80 or 40 miles about, TO ascertain every
thing possible, and he no doubt has spies
pushed further ahead.
We have received an entire copy Of the
State Constitution of Texas as adopted by
the Convention. Attached to it is the fol-
lowing ordinance, which is of vast impor-
lance in regard to grants Of Texas lands.
1t will be submitted to the people at the
same time as the Constitution:
I'm Ordinance.
WHEREAS various contracts have been en-
tered into by the President of the Repub-
lie of Texas with divers individuals, with
the expressed intention of coloniZing an
enormous amount of the public domain
of Texas and whereas it is believed that
said contracts are unconstitutional, and
therefore void from the beginning, and if
carried out would operate as monopoly
of upwards of million of acres of the
public domain of Texas, in the hands of
a few ndividuals-when, in truth, the
citizen soldiers and creditors Of the Re-
public of Texas had, by the laws and
constitution of said Republic, clear and
indisputable previously subsisting right
to locate upon the public domain thus
attempted to be assigned to said con-
tractors:
Sec. l. Therefore it is hereby ordained
and declared, That it shall be the duty of
the Attorney General of this State, or the
district attorney Of the district in which any
portion of the colonies may be situate, as
soon as the organization of the Stale shall
be completed, to institute legal proceedings
against all colony contractors, SC. The
bill provides for the protection of actual
settlers.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further ordained, That the
Legislature is hereby restrained from ex-
tending any contract for settling a colony,
and from relieving a contractor from the
failure of the conditions, or the forfeiture
accruing from Noncompliance with the
contract.
Sec. 3. find be 1t further ordained, That
this ordinance shall be presented to the
people for their adoption or rejection at the
same time this constitution shall be pre-
scented to them, and the returns of the votes
taken on this ordinance, etc. etc.
Adopted in Convention, August II, 1916.
THOMAS J. RUSK, President.
JAMES FL. RAYMOND, Secretary.