The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-29

We have at last received mail from New Orleans
bringing dates TO the 2oh We find nothing in relation
to Cuban affairs The Pcayune of the goth has The FOL
lowing summary from Texan journals:
LATER FROM Texas AND EL PAso.-By the arrival las
evening OF the steamship Fuseer we have received
Galveston Papers 10 the 18th inst Election returns con
thu, 10 freely. but do not vary the asnec oi m,
case as announced by US few DAYS ago Az far a.
heard from for governor Bell has 4779 votes aud The
next highest candidate has only O34 Bell seems II
have majority all For Congress in The western
and Potter, 1886 - 49,
The San Antonio Ledger announces that the city au.
hoii,es of that place have determined 10 erect monu.
ment to the memory OF Gen Brooke late in command OF
The eighth military division, whose death occurred fe
months since,
The Galveston News says OF the cotton crop
The weather of late has been highly favorable for cot
ton-pckng. We hear OF plantations on which full
and even large days pickngs are made Although par.
ua failures have taken place in the
prospect Is sill good fora full crop In the State at large
The following news from FL Paso is contained IN the
Journal Of the 18th
captain Skillman arrived this morning by the steamship
fuseer lie left the copper mines near the Ga on the
I'm OF July, and FL Paso the 23l and arrived in San
Antonio the 4th instant He il now proceeding 10
Washington. Captain Sklman is probably known BY
reputation 10 most OF readers he has been for
many years on our remote frontier Santa Fe and
tie held command under Colonel Doniphan in his cee-
braed expedition through the then unexpored regions
lne inferior oil New Mexico. TO chihuahua Satllo, and
finally 10 the mouth Of the Rio Grande.
We learn from Capt. s that, early in June party of
twelve men. being their way to California by the
CHA, encountered considerable body of Apache indians
near the copper mines and, after severe conflict lost
two men killed. had two wounded, and finally had 10 re-
treat to the nearest village, called anns with the loss
OF everything they had One of the men killed was
Mexican, and the other an American, named Renfro
Mr.. Hicks was very badly wounded, and Mr. Charley
VILE, from ST. Louis mo } slightly.
The gold mines between the copper mines and the
ella are now being worked successfully Some fifteen
or twenty men are engaged there sinking shafts from
whence they the gold mixed with sand and sep
aa,e It by washing, in California Surface gold as in
California, is found the Gila but no attempts have vet
been made to dig gold the Ga in consequence of the
hostile Indians II is, however, expected that these
mines will soon be worked TO advantage
large number of Apaches are Row at the copper
mines, with their chief. who make professions of friend
ship This is however, accounted for by the presence
OF party OF United States troops at that place. under the
command of Col. Craig
The boundary commission are also now at the conner
mines doing nothing. Ii appears that great error was
committed in running the boundary to that place. as by
mistake IN the point OF commencement, they have run
IT about sixty miles above Ell Paso instead Of six
teen, required by the treaty The cause OF this error
is unexplained but the result has been temporary sus.
pension OF the survey.
The last train that left San Antonio for Ell Paso fou nd
the bodies Of four between the Pecos and Ell Pasn
the 10Th June Nothing is known of the men, or the
means by which they came to their unhappy end.