The Arkansas banner., 1848-11-28
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The steasnzlsip PaIsnetss. Capt Saith, ssys ilsc N 0. Pieagwne of the 18th last ar isea this morn ing, from Gavestea, hasig lsfs sfsere ca Fharsday the l1th inE.
 The most fntercssinR paragraph by fsr.we End in the pE2eTk is she fosiowing, h relation te Col Hsys's exPs5iiien- l. Is from the Austin Desocrai q tlse Isih iasi We are grIeved al the II saccsss e. the expedition k
 We lsasra from Capt J. " Hall, inst n frssa San AniSHio, that eanFaay htch Jeff tbst place sev. era deys subsequent to that If Cal Hays. overtook them lasf fhs side of tue Fasreo afeer tNrefjae ihsee days with lhem became diSheast%ned, and iarpe3 back ts San Antoase They reported ll.aI the company ot css4a4zys were eat of provisions, as1 were Aelsber4siag aboHt killing Sorue of shsir bosSes for food; thai they hsd aravesee eeaa- try rocky esd pFeeipfteas thsi they wers reaiiy traded by the hlaod ieft thk rocks where they had passed Col. Tiass. hs9ever. dsserudaed aRaa psshing ahead I, would seem. that unless they hit upon some more fraSA roats on their return, usst iste enterprise must fsh for tho present We dc ID. learn that this company hs suffered any aa- nnyapee from Indians
 Tie Houstoa Telerag.l4 Of the 9th fast, aaaoufs. ces the arrival of 200 C. s. Drssooaz, neder Col. Fauntieroy. They marched immediately for the Interior. The paper has the following art cle nfen tlle defener es ths frontier
 We regrn; to learn that ons of the officers of ths Tnita6 States army, who visited Texss last wntsg. hss fecenaeuded te the War Departsnen. that the
 line Ba nt6rY ross S}tonta bS sS{Afsssird NAfFafa
 instead of above the frontier sniespcns, sad belOw the vc of posts lately occupied hy tie rangers. We ksFe bee croiby informed tl4a: Ac ac:naiiy reeo mcn1oa Ina; sp1ia garid, on the Navssos9 shoal be Gesignzfcd ss one of the lisary statAns. This place ls ws ba!ieve aboat ssvcuty miles below tls pTs-eat frnniieF. f tae ohsee, of this genileRan to enable thc troops 10 obtain supplies of gog &e., conveniently, ana ta ahtai9 protection from tho fros;tisr setiieEs tfis fosi fsigai But for a hs pnFposes of frontier egee il s certaia- ly os.e of lse tl1as eoald he chosen We ear hest}y hepc inst ihe War neparsInentwil net com init great hpaaer cs io neglect the opportunity that is offered te open a cifect line of eommu- Hicaiien between fine posts on the Rio Grande aud those en ihe ArksRsns and Missouri foatieF. If liue ef military posts established ia diFect line from Fort Wasail1 to the Pss>e del Nar,e, scarcely isif ie tFeops wauH he required fu defend il that are noS required en the circaitons as ex- tending from Fort Towsop h sn irregular semicir- r!e ronni % tho Preside lc Eio GFaade. I bis lBe gouid form point d'Appe for al the military operations on inc souih aeserh frontier, oEn iho Arkansas io ihe Rio Giia. at lhe west. 1bc troops. military sioFes, &e for New Mexico and CaIifof- fia could all bs transported along this Foate expe5ioasly, and r.;ore chesply than by the Nor thera or st Louis foHte, aud tiere wou never be any delay on account of snows. which sometimes render the Northern ronle impossible. WsxAiii ye' hope thai inc Department has been farnisheN with accurate information upon this subject, and shaii be re5alced indeed ii we should find that inc drz- gooas fbai their way to tla frontier gre 10 he stationed along this aew route.
 Tbe s,heoHer Victoria, from New 0. leans for Iayacea has been lost op the coast between Yelas- co and the west end of Galveston,
 Gen. Twicgs has decjine Eae honor of rublc dinner tsndefed him in Galveston
 Al the papers speak giou nglg sf the product oi fhe late crops ia Texas.