The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-07
From the Neto Orleans Picaysne.
From Texas


By the arrival of the steamship Galveston we
have received papers from Brownsville of the 23d !,
and Galveston of the 25th instant.
The returns of tho election on the Boundary bill
are coming in very slowly, though il is almost
tain that there will be large majority in favor of
the proposition.
The following are the returns as far as received,
in addition to what We have already given:
10 accept Reject.
San Antonio. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %
San Juan precinct, Bexar county. 2s
Walker county. ..................2If 4S
There also large majorties in favor Of the
bill al Castroville, and in Burleson and Milan
counties.
private letter, dated the 18th instant from Cor
pus Christi, states that general Indian war on the
frontier Id expected.
In the recent capture of two German girls by
the Indians it was the Oldest that made her escape.
She was to have been married few days after the
affair
A small party of Indians visited the neghbor-
hood Of San Antonio, the 10th ultimo, and stole
twelve head of horses and mules from farms on the
Cibolo. They were pursued. but, as usual, not
overtaken.
The Harrison county delegation in the State L.
gislature have resigned their
The trial of j. II. Warrington, for granddaughter,
in Bexar county, resulted in his acquittal.
The Houston Telegraph gives the details of hor
rid murder in Fort Bend county. MIR. William
Nibbs was the victim, and young man named
Beckum the murderer. The story il briefly this ::
Beckum was staying at Nibbs's house, and diff
Guilty occurred DclWceu tncln, when the
was ordered to leave the house, Nibbs giving him
q draft for some money. Beckum went to Hous-
ton, purchased revolver, and went back to Fort
Bend, and, after riding about for several days, met
Nibbs and shot him. Beckum surrendered him
self, and recognized in $4,000 to appear before the
proper court. He relies threat Nibbs had made
to kill him for his acquittal The Telegraph thinks
the citizens of Fort Bend, who knew of the threats
on both sides, were to blame for not invoking the
aid of the law and preventing the murder.
We take the following from the Brownsville Sen
tinel Of the 23d instant:
''The notorious Captain Palacios, whose actions
we have for some time noticed, in the vicinity Of
Rio Grande city and Camargo, has been again ar
rested near the latter place, and we understand is
being brought to Matamoros for trial. Palacos, it
will be remembered, was one of the celebrated
Mexican spy company which, under the orders Of
General Scott, did such signal service to the Anne
ricans between Vera Cruz and Mexico. Since the
war he has been operating on this frontier against
the inhabitants of both sides of the river His OPP
erations were commenced here by well laid plan
for roguery, which, becoming known, caused him
to flee to Rio Grande city. Here, also, he de-
tected at his old tricks, arrested and imprisoned.
Escaping, he fled to the Mexican side. Restless
still, we heard of his incarceration in Monterey,
from whence he escaped TO Camargo, where. after
numbering man and committing other offences,
he again recrossed the river and was fired at three
times in Rio Grande city. Here we lost sight of
him until now, when we hear that he has been
accounts to settle with him, dating long time
back, and it is due to the inhabitants of both
tons that he be guarded safely"
The following is also from the Sentinel:
"We are informed that Col Portillo, with COM
mand of two hundred men, left Matamoros a few
days since for the interior Of Mexico-we know
not upon what errand.
at is rumored in Matamoros that the wiseacr res
Of that place intend resorting to little ruse upon
the government, for the purpose of raising the
wind temporarily. The plan that ID designed is
too good to be lost, and we should be branded a
fathless sentinel did we not cry the alarm The
is this: The commandment of the military forces,
like Brutus of yore, has short of the sinews Of
war, and has notithe wherewith to pay his grim
visaged' warriors. To remedy this, it is contem :
plated to throw the port of Matamoros open for the
reception of all kinds of merchandise; after which
the government will be informed of the fact, and
before answer can be returned, either in favor or
against the operation, sufficient money will have
been raised to meet the ends desired"
The Rio Grandc is said to be remarkably low at
present. The steamers Calnanche, Corvette, and
Mckinney were aground between Brownsville and
Camargo.
In Leona, Limestone, and surrounding counties
the Upper Trinity, two-thirds crop Of cotton
will be made this year. The corn crop has not
been generally so good as the cotton.
The upper counties seldom troubled with the
cotton worm, and in this respect more favorable
the cotton plan than those the larger
emigration is coming in this year than formerly
rise in the Trinity river of four, feet, at Pine
Bluff reported week before last.