The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-29
FROM Corrus Christi and The Flo Grante.

from
[From the New Orleans Crescent Oct 20
We have received from Corpus Christi a full file Of
HE Star frem its first number.
we Judge from the following, which we extract from
the Star that the entrance TO Aransas Bay hereto
fore considered very difficult, IL comparative easy
ARlNsAs Passive wero much surprised on crossing
the bar q short time since to find SO much water and
tie entrance to the bay attended with so little diff
Guilty There is between nine and ten feet the bar
and the distance is 80 short that were vessel
10 str ke swellsn would jump her over, and so
pie is It, that few strangers, even, would mistake
the chan rei which is at once seen BY running well
TO he south Once in, the best of anchorage
every inlet from Sabine to Tabasco, stated a
few days ago that he would rather bring q vessel
over this bar than any ether the coast;
and he of the opinion that there very as
much water when he crossed =, as could be found
have done its work. and dsepened the chs mel for a
short distance st the entrance OF Corpus Christi bay,
the vessels from New Orleens and the North will have
no more difficulty in reaching Corpus Christi than
they now have in crossing the bar
A train q carts had come in from Laredo loaded
with wool and hides. Ere long trai ns nd pack mules
were expected from e. points on the Rio Grande.
Some six or sever Mexican families the road
from the Bio Grance to Corpus Christi They propose
settling there and are represented honest ard in
dust-ious in thei- habits Such says the Star would
be acceptable acquisition ocany place grcWisg up
RS Corpus Christi now is
one of the traders recently arrived from Laredo
says that mining company, with capital of
100000, were making arrangements to wcrk the mine
betv cen Laredo and Monccya, and that of the
machine, lad already arrived. The mine is said to
be very rich one and hes not been worked since the
expukiousf the Spaniarce.
Tnp VALLEY OF TIE NUEcEs From the following
description of the valley of the Nucces We should in
fer thatits of tbs most desirable parts of Texas
1t ys the star wetered from springs of pure water
rising IN the mountains, and for salutrty of climate,
rich lnn and grazing, cannot be surpassed. There
are swamps of stsgns water the prarief
beipg high and rolling in he whole extent from the
mos ntains TO the bay though soping somewhat gra.
dusy to the blus Of the river Nueees.
The following I, an extract from a document pre-
pared by citizen Of Nueces county, for OF his
friends in another part of the country :
ain no part O. Texas, and yen know have been
pretty much ak over it, have seen the equal Of the
Nueces valley. With the Lapsn Indians, before my
whites settled mere, traverseo the whole valley, nd
so struck | with its general beauty, its roln g
prairies, susceptible alike C cultivation snd for
Ua the With
Guilty could decide on any particular spot Down &c
the very bay there is but tsle waste land most Of il
beiu tit cultivatipg par poses, and but wha
good for grazing Therefore II of you wish t
raise stock, you cannot dc better than to the
valley the Nueces, which is unsurpassed from tn,
mouth Of the river ur to the Laredo ssiug from
Bexsr. The country IS now receiving additional Do
The Nreces valley Included Co.pus Christi nd the
beautiful and extensivs5ay on which it is situated
and if the rest Of the valley compares with this
extract cbove unhesitatin -ly
From theStar of the Goth ultl
FROM THE RIO GRANpE.-Mr. S. F. Miller came in
from Rio Grande city Saturday fer goods,
with hiya q number cf pack mules From con versa
ton with MIR Miller, learn that hexicans are com.
q OF
those articles known as Mexican goods He saws
that the idea entertained that the country is CODED
with goods Is very erroneous IL f true that in Mon.
terey and Saltilo there large amounts but they
not suited to the trade, having beeu principally
brought in whilst our army occupied the cou ntry,
and selected by persons who knew the leading
tices On Mexican trade The Mexican traders prefer
crossing the river fer goods if there be Ameri-
their side with a stock, for the general belief
that goods cheaper this side has taken such
hold on them that it cannot be cradles ted Besides
they do not have TO pay so higa duty when the
purchase Americal soil.
Fifteen miles above Rio Gran6e city, at the Garcia
Rancho, this side the river town has bee n laid
out, and there already some thirty American.
there, with two stores trading houses the place Is
called Roma. Still higher up, and Immediately oppo
site Mier, MIR. john Hays is building and We have
heard from another source thatG number Of Mexican
families will little below Guerrero fsmi
lies settling and improving
The land lying OF this side, end the banks o
the RIO Grande, have belonged ior years to Mexican
living on the opposite bank who have been deferred
from settling on them from fear of the wild India ms
Now that the country is in the hands OF the nit et
States, and protection is certain, they movip.
over and will continue to do Until the whole ecu
try there is settled up.
An these points MI. Miller sage, look upon Cerpa.
Christi their depot not only from the facility, but
from tho cheap Of transportation.