The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-19

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News FROM TExAs-The papers from the in
terror o: Texas, brought by the Galveston on sun
day came to hand yesterday morning. We gather from
them the following intelligence.
The Austin Democrat Of the 2Oth ut, mentions that
company of sixty volunteers from Fannin county
under the command OF Captain Taylor passed through
that place on the 18th ult route for San Antonio
had succeeded in raising company and that he would
reach Austin in few days. He represented that II the
men formerly composing Col Ysungs regiment mt were
volunteers in the Red River countries but that the dis
satisfaction sngendered ct San Antonio last fail was still
The Bexar company organized on the 18th ult Walter
p Lane chosen captain, G. Nelson LIST lieutenant,
Capt Tay brought intelligence that large company
consisting of 40 men had been raised on the Upper
Brazos There is fraction Of company IN
organized under the impression that the term OF service
twelve months but upon asceraning the true state
The Texan editors express the confident expectation
that if volunteers could be accepted for six or twelve
Again we would express the hope that Col Hays may
be successful in his mission to Warrington. ,.;..
skrimmage," which is all the more graphic for the
disjonted rapid manner Of the narrative We make no
excuse for extracting it freely
(From the Texas Democrat OF FeD. wi
A little than fortnight since party consisting
Of Capt. Bartlett Sims Bartlett Sims. jun OF Bosrop
county John T. Clark Esq Bryant M Lane and M.
Indians, left upon a surveying expedition Yesterday
morning MIR. Lane returned, having rdsen from the
"divids between the Guadalupe and the Banco,a dis
lance of eighty miles, in less than day He says that
Thursday morning, about the hour OF 10, Capt Sims
was running line Of connection due north courses
Clarke and Grant claiming young Sims hunting he
and the shawnees were half mile in the in charge
Of the packs and holses-heard yelling and fring.rSde
ton Of the settlements The Shawnees had by this time
the Is ' the hostile
the Dutchman bore to the rght-crOssed another small
ridge here the Indians charged on q
Lane dash at hm-fred his rifle and thinks he hit the
horse then kept his way until he gained position in
dead body towards thcks-is confident II was Grant;
he could nothing Of Sims Clarke. The Indians
effect after running mile or 80 he overlook the Dutch
man. The Indians continued the pursuit eight or ten
miles. When they reached the Blanco the Dutchman
malone 1t probable young Sims escaped; we shall
hear in the course Of few days.
The very next article in the same pepper gives the
| sequel Of the adventure, a. follows:-
Sims arrived in town safe and unhurt on yesterday
Indian fight ascertainsd- when the Indians were
first discovered, they thought them to be Shawnees
nc mads for
pack where their guns were-ths Indians pursued then
! the surveyors made clump Of bushes whore they
were surrounded by the Indians Grant past the
thicket-had kind Of hstcuf combat with the enemy
Captain Sims mounted his horss-went TO the rescue
he was killed before he reached him. The captain say
he saw his nephew, young Sims, IRE couple Of times
saw an Indian fall each umeClarke killed an indiai
The Indians charged upon the thickst, and, is sup
posed, killed Clarke and Dung sims The captain say
body towards the thicket He had in the meantime beer
defending himself by parrying the numerous speal
the arms Of the Indians when they attempted 10 shoe
him, thus fighting his way through the crowd by which
he closely hemmed in. An Indian attempted to dis
Sims at the second trial the captain shot him
dead Believing his comrades were murdered, Captain
Sims started in search Of Lane and the psckcould
nnd them, and thought it best to leave. He reached
Capt. Henry McCullochs camp In the evening. Capt
started detachment to bury the dead, and find the
Young Sims had come in from hunting before the at
tack was made.
Funeral honors were to be paid to the remains Of Capt
Gillespie at San Antonio on the I'd Of March Through
out the whole State of Texas his memory Is
that of one Of the bravest Of the republic Had his
life been spared he would have made his name celebrs
ted throughout the whole country.
Mr. Henri Castro the founder Of the colony on the
Medina has furnished the Democrat the following memo
On the eth November, is4S the RI. Rev Bishop odil
dedicated the Casrovle church, proneuncDg upon Una
occasion sermon from this text The just shall hvs
forever"
An expedition composed Of atty men, with provision,
for two months, and the necessary working TOOLS war
fitted out and placed under the command OF MI Vnnue
burgh They fou nded the town OF vandsrburgh on ihs
Arroyo Verde fifteen miles fro Casnoynie ana nv
sts IRON n tine ne v vsss viii be required to
acres OF lard build cabin on II, and 70 ouuva'e n'
land The fencing and building can be sce0mpnsnea o'
purtensnces will then be worth $50
There are up wards Of COO inhabitants in the town
The viil.~s of Quihs contains fifty families
MILITARY FORCE AT HAVANA gentleman who