Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-05
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ascending Mississippi Rircr, aug. 2G, Is.

".iwending Mississippi Rircr, aug 70, is.
eve lei, Corpus Christi on The 18th inst. All
is quiet al the United States encampmeni. Gen.
TAYLOR had succeeded in removin. all the troops
OF The 81 and ith regiments OF Infantry and a
large proportion Of the public stores 10 Corpus
Christi, where his headquarters are at present
established. n breastwofk OF earth had been
thrown Up aEd nearly completed. few pieces
Of ordnance procured in the town, were brought
into reCrs;tion. No certain Information con-
corning The advance Of the Mexicans had been
received: hut il was rnmored, thar Arista was as
semhling large force at Ma;amoras and along
The Rio GranLc The U. s. Dragons, under
command OF Col. Tw;ges, had crossed the Colo.
rato. and were on their march 10 Corpus Chris
tall well. A company 81 Mexican traders
were expected in The next day. The location OF
the encampment is saluirions and pleasant, being
Immediately upon the besch OF the bay, ant open
10 The sea breeze. The health OF the camp wa'
good.
1--WE left Aransas Bay a, q o'clock on the
evening Of The Dist. The schr. f'orintay, with
coal, &c. from New Orleans, had Just arrived;
schr. Rosetta, Shpman. was preparing tos sea,
10 leave in lev DAYS; steamer Monmouth, re-
naring al ST. Joseph's Island. The wreck Of The
schr. Swallow, on Arkansas bar, had been strip
rei of ncr masts, sails, rigging, &c, and some OF
her cargo saved. a sale was 10 take place on
the 22I inst.
awe arrived at Galveston on The 23d inst re-
pcnishcd wood AID wafer, and left Al noon on inc
9th The steamship John S. Mckim was IN
port, and advertised 10 leave al 3 o'clock that az
iernoon The hip Constellation, Capt. jackson,
and the brig Reaper, Capt Breton, were also in
port--hc former loading Tor Genoa, 10 sal IN i've
DAYS.
"A, 5 O'Clock in the afternoon of The 9th inst ),
fro mill Fact nE n
We experienced very heavy squal Of wind ard
rain from the Southeast, accompanied by vivid
flashes Of lightning and a conslan: roar OF lhun-
der. which continued for the space OF fifty mi
nu,cs. This was followed by dismal night and
heavy sea; however we received no injury.
Con the morning Of the 2kb, al 10 o'ciock, we
nasse,, the 6. w. Pass Of Vermilion Bay. We
saw steamer at anchor near Tie lisht-hou>c
which was supposed 10 BE- The White Wing, bound
Tor Arkansas, although no smoke nor signs of
moving were discefnhle.
Nothing Of: he S. W. Pass OF the Mississippi
river bound in
The la,es, news which we see from Austin is
10 The 18th insI. The Convention was sill in
session, but it was anticipated that their labors
wouli close on the 23d inst, Saturday last
The Houston Telegraph OF the 20'h contains
Inc letter OF + Allen, acting Secretary Of State,
10 the Hon Ashbe Smith, informing him of The
rejection By the Senate oil the preliminary propo-
siiiops to negotiate treaty with Mexico on the
basis ofthc separate Independence Of The Repnb-
lie. and telling him. that, G1fersuet circumstances.
i, is unnecessary for him any longer to continue
10 discharge Inc duties Of Minister TO The Europe
an Governments Why, we thought tnal Ashbel
Smith had tod The editors OF the Mex York jour
nal Of Commerce tina! the purpose Q! his very
ha>,y. bu, very mysterious visit 10 England. was,
mol 10 carry m, or keep open diplomatic relations,
hut 10 close them in becoming manner: although
il now appears he was driving away" or, in the
more polished Hons,onic phrase, coquetting with
those European Governments, until advised by
his i,eum iencns that he nigh, come home, as all
future labor 10 defeat Annexation would be bu.
labor in vain.
News o! The arrival Of the Dragons, under
the command Of Colonel Twisss, al San An;o-
MO, had reached Galveston. They performed
their march a, The rate OF twenty miles per day,
aud with very linle sickness among their number
$50 They are expected 10 Join The army al
Corpus Christi under General Tay!cr.
A Committee Of The Convention, 10 whom The
subject was referred, state thai. the expenses OF The
new State Government FOR The FIST year will be
| A. 500 dollars. They estimate The nei, revenue
for the year at SIT 1872 %; and By raising The tax
on land, which they suggest, from one-tehtn ol
one per cent. 10 one-iilh Of one per cent, thus
equaizing i, with the specific Tax, they estimate