New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-23
Notes on Texa.

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CoEPUs CHRISTI. Oct p l-f-
Ia this place Tiers IS nothing new or strange 20 tell
you Of AMI things progressing pretty much az al
the date Of my lasithe citizens busy In improve
meut 10 entertain aught that q not relative thereto.
The Aressn wells fourshiBg though not Jet spout.
ing their into the air At the Rancho del Oso
two OF the engineers now hard II work and the
SugeF j. many feet below the surface Of the earth The
spot where they boring Il In the center OF mound
Oh enough above the level OF the prairie render
CATION from the reservoir easy and some 900
vii be kept moist by The bitches through which the
xater will course. The Artesisn wells are looked u
Texas and when those who boring them get
through here there viii be demands enough for them
other places Col kinney devo.es the greater part
% ais time ~ them and % insure success has already
expanded $1,000 IN tools transportation workmeD.
&c and o there vein 0i water Ia the bowels of abe
earth. b. VII have q running over his and. tie i
prepared with implements 70 bore % the depth Of 20
feet although . not thought that u will BE- necessary
70 bore farther than go feet
The dischsrging OF the Texans brought 10 San Anto
MO several hundred persons and the place !. repre-
sented 50 being very lively No less than one hundred
gamblers repaired there from the Rio Grsnie and pro
baby. ere now have most u the money The gam
biers and thieves hsv- followed army through.
out the ate Ike the vu.tures sni while the one
isrienins from the carcass the other would drive
him on % search the pocket. Of the dead while the
living were too busy 10 seton 20 come up 90 their
,eindlng boards san Antonio u their as chance and
they have doc ked there 10 great numbers When the
-afaHfslg way. their occupation Will b gone and
thea vii commence scene q parsleied robbery
the frontier which nothing but the application VI the
strictest Of Judge Lyuchs measures f0r while viii
stop No sale Of public property hs. yet taken place
10 -sn Antonio
The lsst courier from the Rio Granie brings the
news Of the death u Col : Wells shend Of star
County. He Vas killed IN street zht, while 10 Ca
msrgo. Col Wells or Joe Wells. a. he y generally
known one Of The most remarkabie men on the
Texan frontier The hrst campaign he ever made In
tbs country ! was with him. He plssterer 81
trade and followed after comiss OF his frst campaign
oui when Gen Anaya The then Federais,, came 70
Texas for assistance Wells attracted % his side
and vss Lieutenant Coonel In the expedition which
failed under Jordan and Csnslss He killed 5y 40
American. bur did not learn bis name.
Our town continues lively and the increase Of trade
from the Mexican eide q the Rio Grsnde l. consd
cradle There Is not point the river from witch
10 not IN Corpus Christ The Mexicaus = DO
have removed % the American side come here Tor sd
vice % What course % pursue until the arrival Of
troops on tue irortier-bo~ and where they shall ress
their land ltes-Shether they can vote AZ tni.
election for the next American Prescent-in tine ths
DO nothing without consulting Corpus Christi The
reason OF tnis = hat Col b.nney knows every Nex
iean % ne fror;isr and every Mexican knows n.
Colonel and hey have unbounfei confidence In him
On tie other side Of the Rio rande Americana re
treated with the utmost consideration By tie Naxi
They are respected and hon0red more than snv
other igners-nOt only BY private citizens. bu, ~
the civil orcers expected that few year. sfte- IT,
was over sucA would oe case but dd 10, look To-
/, 90 socu- CHApp.s,,