Washington telegraph., 1845-01-15
LATE FROM TEXAS

BY the arrival yesterday of the steamship
New York. Capt. Wright, we have Calves
ton dates up TO the 2lsf inst.
Since our last news, four vessels had ar.
rived at Galveston from Brcmen--:he brigs
Johan Dethard, Herschell, Ferdinand and
Apollo-with no less than 376 emigrants.
all bound for Fishers colony.
The Galveston News. speaking of the
growing OF sugar in Texas, says that thus
iar IT'S success has been signal, and that the
day IS not far distant when sugar and mp-
'asSes VIII be numbered among the articles
OF expectation from the country.
DIR. Charles TAFT, the man who killed
young Whtmill w. Rives in Alabama last
summer, was at Matagorda in October
He went from this city in small schooner.
The new settlement of Castroville. on the
Medina west San Antonio, is said To contain
upwards of l40 inhabitants already.
Among the members Of the new Texan
Congress is Gen. Mcleod. who commanded
the Santa Fe expedition We have little
doub; that he will prove a brilliant and elo-
quent speaker.
Everything appears TO be quiet upon the
froniiers-in fact all over Texas-and our
files contain local Intelligence ofimportance.
The gallant band of spies, under Mai.
Hays. has been dsbanded. so says the La
Grange lnte!ligencer. and deprcdations have
already commenced about San Antonio as
consequence. The editor of the Intelligen.
Ger strong y-recommends Congress to re-
organize the company Immediately.
The papers contain President Hous.on's
valedictorv upon leaving office. on The 9Th
inst, and President Jones's inaugural upon
taking the chair of State vacated on that
day.
President Houston congra:nla'es the coun-
try upon the success of ihe Government
and thanks the people for the support by
which he has been sustained in trying cir
cumsiances. After some remarks upon the
satisfactory state of the foreign relations of
the Republic Gen. Houston holds the FOL-
lowing pregnant language in relation TO an
nexation:-
The t.tude Of Texas now, TO mY appre-
hens;on is one of peculiar interest. The
United States have spurned her twice a.
ready. Let her therefore. main ain her
position firmly. as it is and work out her
own political salva'ion. lie; her legis alton
proceed upon the supposifion hat we are
10 be and remain an in lependen. peope.
Al tSAis -pt-S duils->lpu
into the Unis1 Sta;es she will on'y degrade
herseli:--ihey will spurn her again from
their threshold and other nations will look
on hef with unm ng'e ed pity; let Texas, there
fore maintain her position. If the United
States shall open the door, and ask her To
come into her great family of States. you
will then have other conductors. better than
myself. to lead YOU into a union with the be-
loved land from which we have sprung
the land OF the broad stripes and bright stars.
But lei us be as we are until the opportuni.
ty is presented, and then let Us go in. if at
all. united in one phalan1 and sustained by
the opinion of the world.
The valedictory closes by recommending
the establishment of public schools, &c.
President Junes's inaugural is confined to
a protestation of his diff ience in as um;ng
an Office that has been SO ably filed. and
few general recommendations touching the
future policy of the Stale. Amongst the
principles avowed by his Excellency we are
glad to notice that the necessity of maina ain
ing the public faith is boldly incucate cd
The establishment of public schools is also
recommended. and The abolition of all paper
money, whether issued by corpoEations the
Government or individuals. is strongly in
sisted upon. President Jen,s makes no al.
lusisn to annexation.
The Galveston Civilian of the 14'h says
the question viii soon be laid before the peo-
pie of Texas in a tangible and authentic
shape. whether they will take an acknowl-
ment of the Independence from Mevico, cou-
pied with the condition of dec ining annex
attain to the United S'a'es or wait the chan
o-- of r,,at, with this couut-y