The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-27

BY the arrival OF the steamship Palmetto, 1t New
The yellow fever rapidly disappearing from Gal
veft0n, but few caves having occurred Business
vss r~viving. Strangers are arriving rapidly. aud
many houser which had been for some months te-
nsptlesr. are again re occupied.
The Civil, sm Of the 18th inst, says =" Cotton Is
ALREADY arriving in Of
ton .hory be placed upon cur rivers the quantity
will doubtless ipcieafe ,,r. ., .
Tss MRS OF the l4th says -" The actual amount
- az =. staples of oct ton sSnd sugar, which have
been rsis. thu. year, mDst grest ex0eea VIVA" mas
ever been before" ,,. Of the Hunts.
rifle Banne, in giving an aceou o. the u tne
chihuahua expedition under Colonel Hays, tn'0 "
ecIibes the route he proposes to take = .nar..
He will march up the Llano to its head, ma
over to the Nueces river and pass out near the NJ ~
waters Of that river, over to toe Puerco near wnere
that river iuterss cts with the Rio Grande
" After having examined all the crossings on the
Rio GrsDde, and all the pafses through the
the lower route las it IL called 1t 10 the
Of the Colonel to change his course and travel over
the Llapo Plains (the upper route This is the most
dire route and he would have followed direo ous
for the want Of guides Mr. Maverick having travelled
the lower route will act guide until they are en-
abled procure the service OF Indians or Mexicans
well acquainted with the country These they Will
probably ind before going very far "
The Austin Democrat lear as that Capt. j. II. Rails
ton Quartern aster at San Antonio for the last two
yesrs has been relieved by Capt ~ Miller:
The Victoria 4drocote Of the 18th ult says tnat tue
Texan Rangers have not yet been disbanded. The
Fame paper learns that Brgader- General Harvey Is
The Houston Star of the 18th says - We learn
from ge nteman who arrived day two since from
Bear, that party OF Indians lately visited Settle
meut on the Cibola an murdered two men. In con-
sequence # this event, portion OF the Rangers WHO
just be mustered out Of service by Capt
Blake Of the u. s Army, were orderedto pursue the
murd.rers and they will probably be retaDed in the
service until the :. Drsgoous reach that section,
The settlers are greatly that the Govern
ment has been d,sbanding most of the ranging COM
panses and left the frontier entirely exposed to Indi
an depfe datoDs"
The Corpus Christi Star of the Sd inst has the fol-
howi K from Mszapil -" person recently from
szapl in the Department OF Zacatecas, represents
every thing quiet in that section There had been
recent pcursion Of Indians either on the borders Of
that State orin Durango In a short time small par
ty Of traders start for the Rio GIande with the
view Of ascertalning the most feasible point for their
trade Our nfo mant thnRs Laredo will be the point
selected and Of course the depot at Corpus Christi
In times past the u aders from Durango nd Zacatecas
wont to 20 to chihuahua for their goods and in
fact doing at this day which, having been
brought some fifteen or sixteen hundred miles over
land sold TO them nj exorbitant prices. Then,
when the transportation is added to Zacatecas or Du
range Of $50 or 40 miles, 1t is not strange that they
should seek new point at which 20 make purchases
From Laredo TO some points in Zacateeas it is
it is from Cbibushua to Zacatecas aud by purchas-
ing goods from that point the trader will only
the enormous carriage TO chihuahua, but by buying
them the American side of the river, he will also
he duties which added to the price
Of the articles in Chhuahua.p
The sanSe number Of the .3dr0cdte has the annexed
information in postscript -
By the following note panied to learn that
"CLlxrlN Dewitt County, Oct IL. 1913.
San Antonio wewere whipped. John YORK. Isel
James Skies ked three wounded We help
lpmnsoL's on the Coetto. VIM. p PATTERSON.
=. Il Do o. hilNs2N'
'We learn verbally, that Joseph Tumnson, James
York, and II. II. Young are the wounded persons.
in the battle Thi. is truly bad news and our ctzens
mu.t be on the alert. There is no doubt but that it
is The Cana nches.
W. Gfn fha To 70
above letter from j. N. Smith Of Dewitt has Just
been received in town From it we learn that the
number Of Indians is about 200 Fh fight took place
west Of the San Antonio and near the mouth Of the
Cibolo Our were led into q defle, and by
largely superior numbers defeated with the loss as
above. Indian loss not stated A company of men
are preparing to leave here this evening May they
chastise the Indians. They will 60 to York's settle
ment or Goad, from whence the line Of pursuit will
We learn that on last Monday week says the pfcto.
ria .adrOcate OF the 9Th inst, two young men by the
name Of Davis (brothers) were inhumanly murdered
at their house, upon the head waters of the Clay
10, about the upper corner OF Dewitt and Goad
ties. These young men were settling place on
the creek, and, together with another brother kept
bachelors ranch A company of the neighbors
ofthe Cibolo where crossed the San Antonia river
1t is generally believed that these murders COM
mtted by party Of Mexicans, as they took special
pains to leave Indian signs along the trail thinking
to produce the impression that the deed done by
Indians. But the device two shallow to catch
Texans IL s believed that they carried OF several
horses from the settlement
[From the Matamoras Flag, Oct 81
By the mail from the interior, received here the
30th, we have Gates from Monterey to the 18th ult
We extract from letters which have been kindly shown
Us, the following
I'VE received last night Il letter from chihuahua
which states that the dragoons which left Monterey
for California the 10th of July last had arrived in
chihuahua the 18th August and to start from
there for San Diego the I'd Of September All those
who had taken with them Mexicans for servants al
lost their animals the road Capt Kane, Quarter
master of the Cafor MIA exps had two nd
QO q 4 m IN as he rdroha nj
Kane. The dragons had bee we'll received through
out the route, but had lost great many Of their
BY detertion.''
We have received the first two numbers of q new
Mexican paper, (El HeraiioO published at Saltillo
In the second number, Of the 18th utimo, we notice
that the electoral college have declared ST. d Santi.
ago Rodriguez Governor and Sr. Don Jose Maria
Fiesca Vice Governor Of the State Of Coahula
Some sixty Indians have been committing depreda-
tons within some twelve leagues Of the capital, and
the Department of Parras, numbering the Inhabitants
and stealing their animals. The editor Of the Herald
complains bitterly of want Of energy in the govern
ment and the incidence Of the for allow
ing such ttste Of things to exist whilst they have
euch ample means to prevent it.