American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-26


FRoA PORT LAVACCA-GeneraLW Ool'S Id
rance The U. S. steamer Telegraph, Capt.
Aud, arrived at New Orleans on the 18th in
slant, from Port Lavacca via Galveston, hav-
ing left the former place on the 9th and the
latter on the 18th inst She had q rough pas.
sage all the way. The New Orleans Picayune
says:--
By this arrival we have a few items from the
division of our Army under Gen. Wool We
copy from the Victoria (Texas) Advocate
That paper, of the lst INST, says that General
Wool sent his advance, consisting of fifteen
hundr ed men, on tie 26th ultimo towards
Chihuahua, intending to follow in the course
Of few days with the remainder of his divi-
sion.
The editor Of the Advocate says: ave have
seen a member Of the Tennessee Mounted Re-
gimcnt which he left at Lagrange few days
ago. lie reports that the regiment will be here
in day or two. Quite a number Of them
were OH tho sick list. We have not learned
their destination; bat presume they wall, with
the kcntuckians, 60 hence to Camargo to JON
Gen Taylor "
The Kentucky cavalry had removed their
camp TO Port Lavacca, the convenience of pro-
curing forage being better there than on the
bay where They at first encampcd The whole
regiment had orders TO move to Camargo, and
would take up the line of march in eight or
ten days. Those on the sick list were rapidly
improving.
Capt. Blake, % Regiment Dragons, was in
/ Victoria on the 30th ult in company with
General Samuel Mitchell, escorting specie
train TO San Antonio; which funds were
thought to be for the payment of the Arkansas
troops.
Since the above was in type we learn that
Gen. Wool moved from San Antonio de Bex-
ar on Tuesday, the Goth uIt, at the head of
$500 men, for Preside de Rio Grande His
advance guard left three days previously, the
26th ult.
Captains DickeY and Doane, and Lieuts.
Reed and Kellogg, of the Army, attached to
Gen. Woods division, came passengers on the
Telegraph. She also brought over As sick dis
charged volunteers.
The schr. Fldelia, Capt. Turner, arrived
here yesterday, having left the Brazos on the
9th INST. She brought nothing new from the
seat of war. CanaIes was supposed to be be-.
tween Monterey and the Rio Grande, at the
hea Of 600 ranc leros. There was at the la
test dates only one regiment Of volunteers at
Matamoras, (the Ohio,) the Indiana corps hay
ing been ordered on To Monterey.
| DREADFUL MURDER. A letter to the Louis
vile Courier, dated Lexington, Oct. 18Th. saws:
Early this morning dead body was oiscUv-
cred at the edge of the town on the Nicholas
vile road. Ga examination it was found to be
that Of Alexander f. Hays, who for some time
kepta drug store in this place. There was q
Tremendous gash, evidently made with bowie
knife, under his right esr--his bowels cut out
with the same weapOn-hs righ, hand manp.
led, and fifteen slabs in his breast with a small.
err instrument. 1t was evident TO see that he
had been killed and Afterwards thrown here
from tho fact that no blood was found in the
neighborhood-exccpt one or two small trace.
at different points on the ROAD quantity Of
hair was found in his right hand No clue
Whatever has as yet been found to the murder.
er. Hays was well known here, and for man,
years has been regarded as a lunatic VIVA
motive could prompt any ono to the murder o
SO inofiensive creature is bsyond our knowl
edge.
STEEL PENS. In B,rmingham, Eng., s.ee
pens are now manufactured at one ce,u dozen