The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-10-29

By the arrival of the steamship Louisiana. ves.
terday morning, we have received Texas news Of
the 24th inst. We copy the following items 8, y
The Mericas Reyolution.-We have been in
formed that dispatches have been sent BY General
Twiegs, in accordance with orders from Govern.
ment At Washington city, to Gen. P:F. Smith, in
structing him to uee the means ct his coaananI TO
prevent armed expeditions from this State crossing
the Rio Gfande with q view 70 aid in the ucent
revolution in Northern Mexico. Our information
in regard TO the precise nature Of the instrucsus i
necessarily vague and indefinite but Il the revo.
luton progresses, Gan. Smith may be required to
withdraw considerable portion Of the forces under
him from the Indian frontier; and at any rate these
orders will more or less impede the active measures
Gen. Smith has had in contemplation for the de-
fence of our border settlers from the incuEsons Of
the red men. Galveston News.
Frontier Posts.-lt il said that Cen. Smith con.
templates an entire change in the disposition of the
military posts on the frontier. The infantry aFe TO
be stationed nearer the Indian country, and in
stronger force than heretofore-that IL, greater
number Of men will be placed at each post, though
the number of posts will thereby be diminished.
The points designated for these new military sta
lions, though not probably determined on, ais the
Clear Fork of the Bazos, the Concho and lE,s San
Saba, or the Llano The regiment of matnted
rifsmen will be kept actively engaged in tayen.
ing the country from the Nueces to tho Rio Gsande
and such other measures will be taken will ren-
elude the military in thsir marauding incunion
[Galveston News.
Trail tos FL Paso.-A train of twenty.six large
wagons, fourteen Of which arc loaded with stores
destined for tho Boundary Commission, left the
camp near San Antonio, few days since, for E
Paso. Several fine carriages, accompanied by
Maj. Bartlett, were with the party.
Debt Of Teras-The value of the first class debt
is S3,7ll S2l IS; of the second and third class.
S92l ,246 49, A many claims arc filed which
have not yet been examined, il il not improba,
Die that the amount may hs1red,lo1d below these
figures. Of the first class debk kept t64,17b.
falls within that description q our debt for yls
the President has decided that the revenues ~:
pledged, upon the satisfaction of which he MAXI
the issues of the reserved five millions dependent
The entire debt, as erianed under the provisions
OF the act Of l648 for that purpose amounts 10 she
sum Of S4,63O ,O66 79. The ostensible amount i
not stated. [Austin Gazette. a ~.
Mnrdsrs.-The San Antonio Ledger states that
man by the name Of Sailer was murdered BY
some of Wild Cats tribe, near Eagle Pass, in Ter.
a., about the 23d of September, 1851; and about
the same time, a man BY the name of McGraw lett
Eagle Pass on business, on the Mexican side Of The
kio Grande. to be gone only few days. After an
absence of about fourteen days, a body, supposed
to be McGraw's, was found near Psllotes, in Mexi.
co, brutally mangled The prevailing opinion i,
that McGraw was killed by some of this same
band Of savages. r' i1.9s4
The bark Hercules had arrived from Bremen. q,
Galveston, with large number of passengers.
The Nueces Valley states that horse race 70,
$4,000 is to come off between Eastern and West
ern Texas, at the Fair in May next, at Corpus
Christi; distance, four miles,
The citizens of Austin gave complimentary ball
to Gen. Cazneau, on the 18th inst, in testimony O
their high appreciation OF his past services as ,he
representative, both in the Congress of the ae Re
public, and in the Legislature of the present State
The steamer Fuslier will make but one NOR
trip between Galveston and New Orleans. Th,
steamship Roger Williams is expected to take he
place on this line by the 10th of November.
An important suit, involving the right to severn
leagues of land adjoining the city of Houston. be-
tween Gen. T. J. Chambers and Josiah Fisk ant
others, was decided in favor of the latter, at ,bs
place on the 18th instant.
The San Antonio Ledger expresses great conf
dence that the proposed railroad to the Gulf will
be built. The greatest portion of the capital haf
been subscribed in Bexar county.