The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-06
Affairs I'm Taxaa.

ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS NAVIGATION az THE
BRAlos AND GUADALUPE KvERs--rHE COM
PROMISE QUESTION. ETC. ETC.
From the New Orlss ms Picayuns Jan Isl
We have received hles OF Galveston papers to
the 23d inst, besides papers from other parts Of
Texas.
We learn from the Galveston Cip,liar tina, =
party of Capt. McColloughs company OF Rangers,
stationed in the vicinity Of CopanO, came upon Avn
Indian trail on the Goth of December, between me
Medic and Arkansas, which they followed for some
fired upon them, killing two. The Indians returned
the fire, wOunding Lieut.. King in the breast with
an arrow II being dark, and heavy rain falling
a. the time, the Indians escaped without further
loss Capt Mccullough took the trail on the
morning of the 9th at daylight. with party on
fresh horses, and pursued the Indians over twenty
five mles, their route being marked by the articles
thrown away in their flight. The chase must have
been rather an interesting one for both parties, the
Indians running for life, the Rangers tor vengeance
They came in sight OF the Indians, as they were
leaving their horses, on the edge OF an extensive
and dense chsparral, into which they escaped, u
being impossible for the Rangers to follow their
on horse. The Indians lost eyerything-horses,
provisions and arms.
II is understood that some of the felons al
Huntsville are greatly enraged because negro
has been sentenced TO the penitentiary. They re-
gard this as gross insult 10 the white cOnvicts
there, and complain loudly of the Legislators who
have thus placed the white feOn upon the same
level with negroes.
The Washington Rdnger publishes correspon"
dence between the Secretary of War, 1.-THE Hon. G.
M Conrad,) the Hon. VI. L. Howard, and Col.
Albert, of the Typographical Engineers, the result
of which is that order has been transmitted tn
Col. ]. e. Anderson, Of the Corps of Typographical
Engineers in Texas, directing him to make sur
vey of the Brazos and Guadalupe rivers. But to
what extent the survey 10 to be made is not stated
About $500 worth Of articles from the steamship
Palmetto were sold at auction at Matagorda on the
18th inst.
The BRACES river avery low; the Tray ia ,1
fine Iavigabe order, and was rising
The citizens Of Dallas county have determine =
meet ST the raft the Trinity river, on Moadd,
the I'd day OF December, for the purpose of de-
voting few days labor 20 the clearing out of TN.
river.
The total vote on the Pierce BILL as officially Z.
ported, is $50 ayes, 1906 noes.
A gang OF twenty or thirty negroes, under Mr..
w. Ward, have been engaged by the Colorado Ma.
yigaon Company, and are at work on the raft
the great obstacle 10 the navigation Of that beauti
ful river.
The Houston Telegraph states as singular fac,
that since persons have quit bringing oysters to thai
city every appearance OF cholera and disease re.
semblirg it have vanished We think this is rather
SANDER on the byalves.
There were but seventy deaths in Houston fol-
the year 1850.
The corporation Of San Antonio have been au-
thorzed by the vote of the people, to take stock III
the contemplated railroad from that city to some
point en- the Gulf coast.