The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-12

Intelligence nom Texas,
(fron the n. o. Piesyuns Dec lstI
By the arrival this morning of the stesmship Me-
teor, Capt Lawiew, We have received papers from
Galveston Of the 18th ult.
The Galveston Nnrs learns, by the arrival Of the
schooner Uncle Bill, from Bresos, that Gen Ursea
had arrived at Matsmoras with 800 men, one NOR
tar and several pieces Of artillery, to reinforce Gen
Avalos. Gen. CarVsjal was in the nsighborhoOd
Of Csmsrgo and daily receiving reinforcements.
He is occupying all the roads leading to Matsno-
ras. Brig. Gen. Ford has gone into Texas to raise
men, and was expected bs,k in four weeks No
general action win occur until FORD returns.
tack Caravajsl. The Mexican troops in Matamoras
numbered about two thousand CaravejL had not,
at last advices, more than Ave or SIX hundred men
under his command.
Business ct Brownsville was dull.
In relation to the doings of the Legislature, tas
Austin Gasats, OF the 22d ult says;
An immense amount Of business has been present.
ed, and referred to the appropriate committees,
ter had been made. The Committee on Public
Debt, petition for relief for property destroyed
by the army OF Texas, rs well IS by the enemy,
during the revolution. made report adverse to
BY the House, thus settling at the outset question
which promised to claim much Of the time OF taa
legislature,
The absorbing question of the public debt has,
we may say, scarcely been touched IS yet, though
bill on the subject has been introduced into each
House and appropriately referred. On wednesday
last the Governor sent in message. transmitting
to the two Houses the report of the Comptroller and
Auditor, showing the amount and character OF ths
public debt, and their action in the premises.
The Red Land Heaa says great part OF Rad
river raft has beeR burnt up during the late un-
precedented low water, aud that the rest Of it will
have to be cut up and removed.
The Star says that the entire cotton crop Of
Washington county is yet on hand. Most of the
cotton aud nearly all the sugar grown upon tbs
BRACES Is yet in posse ssion of the planters. The
river is now up, and premises heavy business foe
steamboats,.
The committee appointed By the late Railroad
Conventen at Austin, reported resolutions request
ing the Legisa 70 set apart 5000 900 - al
internal i'm proveme Mt fund, to be lent by the State
to such enterprises of internal improvement as may
be undertaken by any chartered company IN this
State-that is in aid of canals, navixable streams,
railroads and pankroads, in the manner pro posed
in their report asking the Legislature to give .
bonus of GOO acres Of land for every mile of rail-
road constructed in the state, and requesting tbs
incorporation of a company to construct railroad
passing nearly threygh the entire Of our State
to FL Paso, reserving the privilege of tapping said
road at any point and further, that liberal dona
ton in land he N ade in aid Of the construction Of
the same.
The resolutions met with some opposition in taa
convention, and, after discui sion, were referred
back to the committee for amendment, to be acaA
on at a subsequent meeting.
The U. 5. Court at Austin was organizedon Mon
day two weeks ago, by Judge Watrous We Learn
from the Go.dfe that William, D, De Normandis vss
been appointed deputy marshal for Western Texas.
The counties embraced in this branch OF tas
court are Ne same as those embraced in this .ranca
Of the Supreme Court, except the counties of san
Patricio and Refugee.
The San Antonio Ledger of the Goth ult says
We neglected to notice the departure Of Gen Hl--
ney in cur last issue We learn that the Ger
is on visit to the frontier posts on the Rio Graz
for special purposes. We hazard the idea that hs
viii have an eye on those PATRIOTS &c atlemen wao
feel SO sensiby the wrongs Of the unfortunate suS-
jests Of our sister republic.
Col. johnson, Of the Typographical Corps, Ar
rived at San Antonio on the 18th Inst after lo1g
and aborious tour on the frontier.
AT an election held in Victoria county, there vera
eighty. hree votes in favor of the county subscri6
ing so, 600 TO the capital of the San Antonio and
Mexican Gulf Railroad and eleven votes against IL.
The editors of the ddpocateremark that they think
that the above vote will be sufficient to warrant the
county commissioners in subscribing the sum above
mentioned
General Smith arrived at Camp Belknap on the
Sd ult and left on the 9th fer new post, to be
established on the Clear Fork of the Bsazos, from
which point he win return to his head quarters &C
this place IL was expected that the General
would arrive al San Antonio on about the 10th
December. The officers at Cam? Belkuap speak
in the highest terms of the beauties Of the sur
rounding country.
Major Dashiell, Paypas,er U. S. Army, arrived
at San Antonio, on the 18th ult, from For; Mason.
bringing with him two more OF the Mexican pris.
oners given up by the Caman,hes, one eleven and
the other twelve years old. They were delivered
They are said to be very interesting children and
must have been taken when very young, rs they
have lost almost entirely the use of their native
language. They seem to have been per-
attached to che Indiana, having run AWAY froa,
the fort al gained the Indian sap: bat the oil
chief aetampse again delivered them nm. Thev
viii be transferred To the charge Of our Indian
agent, Colonel Rogers