The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-07

INTELLIGENCE FROM CORPUS CHRIsTI.-The
steamship Fanny, Capt. Scott, arrived this morn
ing from Corpus Christi, via st. Josephs, having
lett the former port On the 2ls, and the latter on
the 22d inst We have files OF the Corpus Christi
Star, from which we make such extracts as we can
find room tor This afternoon
Mr.. Evertson came In yesterday from Preside
Rio Grande. His object is to open a road from
Corpus Christi to that place.
A party OF sixteen traders came IN from Guerrero
yesterday BY them we received lntellige. ce that
at meeting OF the citizens OF that place, they de-
termlHed to open road to Corpus Christi, and con-
sequently do all their trading at this point. The
trade OF Guerrero and the country back OF 1t is worth
having at any place, and will materially advance
the interest Of this rising place.
The train returned from Bexar day or two ago,
and lmme diately started back full freighted. The
one which was started to Laredo the same day,
returned this week, having come down In Six days.
The roads to both places are reported in excellent
condition.
There are ten families on the road from Mata-
moras to this place, who are coming with the view
OF settling on lands of theirs in the vicinity They
bring with them everything they will need here,
and have considerable means.
We regret to learn that the excellent frontier
officer, Capt. Hiehsmuh, Is no more. He had but
a short time returned 20 San Antonio from PresidlO
del Norte, when he was attacked by violent inlu-
enza, which carried him of. Capt Highsmlth,
before his DEATH made report OF the expedition to
Preside del NoIte to Capt Bell. He reckons the
distance 20 Preside at 500 miles from Bexar. Col.
Haye makes it out $50. Some difference, this.
Major Neighbors, the Indian agent, writes that
alta late treaty, the Lpans acknowledged, among
other murders, to have killed two men recently
near Corpus Christi. May not the two skeletons
found by Capt. Dobblns, short time ago, be thus
explained!
Captains Bryan and Mecklin, Typographical
Engineers, U. S. Army, have arrived. We under
stand their object to examine this bay, the route
from here TO San Antonio, and from that place to
Lavaca. When scientific men look at the routes,
we have no fears that any other place than Corpus
Christi will be selected.
We were pleased 10 &c In our town yesterday
Col. Cross, who was chief OF the quartermaster
department In Mexico. He was on leave OF abb
sence in New Orleans, and could not resist the
temptation offered by the departure OF the Fanny
to pay a flying VISIT TO Corpus Christi, the place
from whence the old army rendezvoused, and sal
lied forth to meet the enemies OF our country
~. o. Picoyune, JAN. e.
CHOLERA AT CADpo.-The steamboat Latona ar
rived yeste rday from Caddo. To Capt. Smoker
we are indebttd for the Caddo Gazette of the 10Th
inst. The cholera, we regret to state, has VISITED
that town, ana has, in several instances, proved
fatal TO those attacked by IT. We copy the follow
ing paragraph from the Gazette. II will be OBJ
served that II calls the disease "pneumonia'-but
what's n the name
There has been an unusual number of deaths In
this place within the last week, a majority of
which have been caused by exposure to the pre-
sent unhealthy weather. The diseases are lnflam-
nation OF the brain and pneumonia: No doubt
our county trends will set all these deaths down
10 me cnoela, aithough we assure them 'nat, ac-
cording to the best of our knowledge, the symp-
toms OF not single case resembled those of that
disease in the least There is a gentleman from
the country now in our office, who is concocting
most fnghdul tale to repeat to his neighbors.
Let them beware " As the Latona was going up,
she took IN, at the mouth OF the Red River, a
family gong to Texas, among whom were eighty
negroes. The epidemic, shortly after, broke out
violently among the latter; but there being pen-
tful supply o. DR.. Cannons medicine on board, it
was freely administered to them, and all of them
but two recovered The, Latona LETT Caddo on
the 18th instant, and during the three days pre-
cediDg, there were thirty deaths in toe town.
During the passage down, Ralph Gillett, Ohe
of the disease. The cholera Is raging to an
alarming extent on several plantations In this
vicinity, says the Ihtbodaur Minerva of the 10th
inst. Mr.. F. A. Tete, IN the parish Of Assump
ton, has already lost twelve negroes. A white
man died OF the disease IN this place on Tuesday.
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