Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-04-11
From the N. .. Delta, 22lh ut.
FROM TEXAS.

The steamship Palmetto, Captain
Smith, arrived this morning from Gal.
weston. We have papers by her from
that city TO the 2od inst.
INDIAN DEPREDATroNs- con.
dense from the Western Texian Of the
7th inst, the following items concern.
ing late Indian deprcdations, for which
that paper is indebted to Gen. Brooke:
A party ofsix Indians killed Mexi-
can near LareJe9ca. the esd ut. Ii.
Vieie startedFip pursuit, but was unable !
TO come up with the marauders. Aboui
the same time Lieut.. Hudson pursued ;
a party Of Indians, who had killed .
horse at Fort Mcintosh, and had a
running fight with them for several
miles. He rescued Mexican boy.
whom the Indians had taken above
Laredo. The lad s,ai.d that another
boy, taken al the same time, was killed
and scalped. The Indians, he said be-
Iongcd 10 the Tah-wah,co nee tribe, and
were about sixty strong, but had diyi
ded, one party going into the lower
country.
An escort returning from the Eagle
Press was attacked by Indians, twenty
five miles west Of Leona. One Of the
soldiers was killed, and The others some
four in number, escaped. A soldiers
wife, in company, and the driver Of n
carriage, are supposed to have fallen in
to the hands Of the Indians. There are
now four scouts out between San An,
tonic and the Rio Grandc, in hot pur-
suit of the savages.
We learn from the Houston papers
that five of a party of fourteen emi.
grants have died of Cholera in that city
They were from this place, and one Of
the deaths occurred on the passage from
Galveston TO Houston.
A public meeting has been held in
Henderson, Rusk county, Gen. Smith
presiding. Resolutions were passed
complaining of the injustice and par
- tiali,y of the late legislature. and de.
claring that the crisis had come when
division of the State should be made.
The movement was sought 10 be jusl;-
fed by the recommendation contuined
in Gov, Bells message to the LcgisIa.
ItuIe, Recommending The creation of a
tribunal TO investigate the titles wet
of the Nueccs. Gov Bell has published
an address to the citizens Of Cameron
{ county, in relation to il. II is a vindi.
. cation of the propricly Of his recon-.
- mendation.
Gen. Brooke has made a reqnisi,ior
on Gov Bell for one company of noun
= ted men, in addition to those now in
service, to serve for the period of six
y, months. The call has been promptly
responded TO on the part Of the State
by the issuance ofthe necessary orders
Gen. Houston has again left home fol
his post at Washington. His sick lad,
. has safely passed the crisis which cause
his visit home.
y Texas SEAT OF -Th
y Galveston News Of the lS,h inst. thu
- alIudes TO the probable result of tn
y late election for a new seat of Govern
90 mcnt in that State. The returns thu
'N far furnish no satisfactory information
as TO the probable result The Yves
Al tern counties appear 10 90 unanimous
s y for Austin, while the eastern ar
n likely to divide their vote chiefly be
rs tween Huntsville, Palestine, Tiuhacanf
Us Should Austin obtain the Rio Grand
I'd vote, as is supposed, it will doubles
70 place the city ahead of all others. Til
middle counties are giving rcspecta
bic vote for Washington, so that it
US impossible to conjecture which pIac
be will be second or third in the rae
lis though the probability is tha, Ausri
n will be first,
!" Mr.. Calhoun, is debating anothc
9, speech 10 be read in The Senate. II
III health is very much impaired. NJ
CT Calhoun ,yas 81 year, 80 ,oo -. a.