The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-18
From the Ne,o Orleans PicayIne, Nou. II.
From Texas.

by the arrival OF the steamship James L. Day,
captain Talbot, we have receiye ed dates from Gal.
weston to the 9Th instant.
A letter from Colonel Loring, commander of the
forces on the Lower Rio Grandc, says there ore no
Indians in that quarter, nor has there been any
since the party that crossed the Rio Grande the
sth or 9th of September. .
The Galveston papers contain the returns of the
election held on the I'd instant, from which we
learn that Pierce received 1924 votes and Scott l42
in that town. There was but little excitement, and
a large number of citizens did not vote. The State
will give heavy msjority fo' Pierce. II ia thought
that Potter has been elected State Senator.
The substantial steamboat Julia, of Mobile, has
been purchased by some of the e,terprisng mer.
chants of Galveston for the Brazos river trade and
will be out in a few weeks .-..
correspondent of the Ne,os, speaking of the
sugar crop OF Brazoria county, says that there
5,452 acres cultivated in cane, and that the esti-
mated yield is 055 hogsheads of sugar of n ave-
rage weight OF 400 pounds net. =
The Indanola Bulletin says that the schooner
Arispe, Capt Land bound from Attakapas to In
dianoa, with l50 900 feet Of lumber, consigned to
blow in the Gulf last week. When ten miies out
side the Pass she lost both anchors and injured her
nhinsail 90 that she was compelled TO run the haz
ard Of entering througI the old and shallow pass
above Pelican Island, and without u pilot. She
was drawing seven feet large, and with ordi-
nary tide would have been lost; but as it was she
got in without striking. The captain threw over
board i2ooo feet OF lumber; but the vessel lie not
seriously injured.
public dinner was given to Gen. Sherii!an by
the citizens Of Galveston on the LIST instant in &C
acknowledgement Of his services in the war of the
Texas revolution, aud also Of his cxcrtions in the
cause OF internal improvements in the State.
Judge Luckie, one of the heroes of the revolu.
ton, and the Inst Senator from the county of Bex-
ar in the Congress. OF the Republic of Texas, died
in San Antonio on the Dad ut
The great sale Of town lots in Sa n Antonio was
to have come off on Monday, the Sth instant
The chip Diana, from Bremen direct, arrived Off
Pass Cavallo bar on the 3lst ult She brought It's
passengers, who Che Bulletin says) are of the
better class, md provided with means. Two births
took place on board during the voyage, male and
a female. The frat was named alt err the captain
and the second "Diana,' after the ship. Two other
large sbips from Bremen, lo,ded with emigrants,
were hourly expected.
difficulty occurred between two Mexicans in
San Antonio, during which one stabbed the other
several times, causing his death. Jealousy, we
understand, was the catise.
The body of Ignacio Perez an aged Mexican,
was found in the San Antonio river on the 2Gth ult
From marks and bruises the head nd face, il 10
believed he came to his death by violent means
He was of the oldest inhabitants of San Anto-
Mo, and mt one time Considered the most
wealthy. For soine years his mind has been par
tally derangcd.
The Lavaci Commercial says pecaus are selling
at two dollars and fifty cents per busbcl in that
town.
The Warrington Lone Star predicts that if Texas
does not pay her debt at the face value at once it
will cost her more than she seeks to save by the
scaiing process