New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-04
Later from, Texas.

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Later from Texas.
By the arrival yesterday of the Steamship Louisiana,
Capt Lawless received files Of Texas papers those Of
Galveston to the 3Oth ult
LEcisLArvE-The Senate's bill. providing for the liqu
ation and payment of the debt of the late Republic of
Texas has been engrossed in the House and ordered to
third reading with some slight amendments. The bill
provides for the unconditional payment the second class
debt and such of the first is not protected by the pro
vso 1t also provides for the payment Of the
of the third class since recognized the second class
audited by legislative act with the exception
of S3s53 for which act passed in favor of Stuart
debt Of the first class shall be paid when the Governor
shall be notified that the Secretary of the Treasury has
been required by law issue Texas the five millions Of
stock withheld the provision of the act of 9th Sep
tember 1850 that said Secretary has been required by
to the for which the said State may at any time
present the required releases from any of said creditors at
the Treasury department at Washington City,
1t is proposed to make changes In this bill by sup
Elemental legislation especially in relation to the claim Of
schott s. Whitney, which many supposed to have been
acknowledged at too rate by the terms of the
contract the cash price to be paid for the vessels furnished
by Frederick Dawson S33600o instead OF Ssoo0O as
audited.
BouspARY CosIMIssIos-Col. Graham and Mr. Ogden
had arrived at San Antonio from Fl Paso. for
Washington They report that Col Sumner is extremely
unpopular with all classes being regarded yindctive
and tyrannica Col Emory replaces Col Graham in the
Boundary Commission.
Ell PAso.-Mr W. White and lady Mr.. II. W. Roser and
Mr. John eefe arrived in the train from FL Paso with
Col Graham and from them the San Antonio Texan of
the 22d ult. obtained the following items of news
Col Summers Navajoe expedition has proved an entire
failure and the troops have had abandon Fort Defiance
the Indian country and return to the settlements for
provisions.
Col Emory on his way to Ell Paso met party of Ko-
way Indians at Commanche Springs. who had with them
some Mexican prisoners and near a thousand head of
animals The Colonel toNleave Ell Paso on the 1st
inst the Primo villages where he expected to report
| fol Mr. Rartl of thp boundary Commission
The Indians drove off all the animals belonging to the
Pinery forty miles from Ell Paso and compelled those
engaged there to leave They also drove off forty mules
, belonging to the Government
More extensive discoveries of gold the Gila are
reported.
Silver ore Of a rich quality and in considerable quantity
has discovered in the pine mountains Ell Paso
There is doubt the mines would afford hountul yield
if there sufficient protection to enable them to be
worked.
The post at the Copper Mines has been reestahshed
and is occupied by company of infantry and
y dragons.
Frcnch's train is on the way in and be in
" fifteen days.
Smiths train to leave Ell Paso the 1s of Febuar,
10 Considerable Indian signs SEEN hut no Indians.
The mail FL Paso. which left here weef
since has been returned consequence of Lieut. Brady
Is mules having stampedcd
A CoLp BArH-The San Antonio Texan of the I'D ul
ne says:
By the upsetting of the stage from Austin on saura
Is last the Guadaloupe the mail well passengers
h got regular ducking If the passengers got as wei
soaked exchanges they were in no enyabe plight
!. SALE OF THE FREE CoLoRED SAILoRs-The Galveston
Journal of the h ut gives the following account of tn
of the free negro sailors recently convicted at tina
II place of attempting to carry off a slave:
The four free colored sailors lately convicted for
ceang slave Frank board of the brig Bow with inten
carry him away Boston, having failed to pay thei
e. fines were in accordance with sentence of the Judge
u sold slaves for life to the highest bidders, Monday
y; morning. the 18th inst
III Su,;tI nplW UrpIru nt
Is He buys them speculation to sell again at Mobile
. John Fourney. Of this city. bought Jacob Thompson
$500 speculation. The negroes took things cooly
1t at all discomposed For an hour two betor
the sale they themselves by pitching quoits in TIL
~ jail yard On being sold at half price they seemed t.
"a think good naturedy that the by-standers were har
a worthy of their acquaintance for having put so low
y estimation upon them and for having missed so fine
- chance to make speculation
Il BUSINESS susrEssoN-The failure OF the firm of Nc
Dowcl Mills of this city has caused temporary sus
pension in the business of the house of r. & D. G. Mill
in Galveston which has large amount of money in Gil
I'd cuation in Texas considerable panic created
the suspension but the papers of Galveston express tn
ae fullest confidence in the ability of the Messrs Mills
I'd meet all their liabilities and business 3rthwitl
Several houses have announced their readiness to tax
their money in exchange for goods at par,
eu The RrgRs-The Galveston News of the 30th says:
O. gentleman has just arrived who crossed the Trnit
re river CnGnna Sunday last He states that thcl
nm had been very heavy rains in a the upper country
if expected The river when he crossed it presented
of muddy and urbd appearance and all the usual indie
on tions of heavy rise above
ne we have information also from the Brazos, both
dy Richmond and Washington AS late as Sunday at both
pg feet and the rise rapidly increasing The rains had all
he been heavy nall that part of the country
to SUPREME CoJRr-The Supreme Court was to cormen,
en its session at Galveston on the I'd instant,
,ce IspIANs.-The Galveston News of the 9th says
DER "A letter Informs that party of Indians encamp
Mission BAY the night of the 2Gtb
mt They killed beeves and took five gentle horses
rat longing Mr. Wood and left without doing any 9th
yp- DAMAGE
2l0 MAsoNrc-The following the officers of the Masor
Grand Lodge Of Texas elected for the ensuing year:
GtI ,;s John saye of Washington county g. NJ; Anr
''' Nei, Of Guadalupe county, D. q M Edward IL tt
s,e' Nacogdoches county j. G. w f. b Nichols, of IIo,
~ ton G. T.. Archibald Ruthven of Houston G. So
be FATAL Acclprsr-A little daughter of Mr.. A. NJ Coo
Lavaca recently burned to death by her cotl
TO taking fire. -
PowELLs uIs7oRIcAL PAINTsG.-The Paris correspt
aI dent of the NewYork Commercial Advertiser gives
los lengthy and aering description of Powes great pal
ing the Discovery the Mississippi by DeSoto' VIII
is destined to occupy the eighth and last panel
en the rotunda of he Capitol Washington In escrib
len the representation of DeSotos first interview with
led Indians the banks of the Mississippi the writer
+ the following eloquent remarks: 'e- .a..a.
am To the former companion Of Psarro and conquero
sooner or later TO externaton ne thinks ciVlzatlt
the Juggernautthat can advance only carcasses
most elsewhere 1t Is xeu on the symbol OF his rgh
possessionthe cross-which his followers erecting
of the bank underline direction of priests with and
ally and censer lie does not doubt MS right for has not
The sovereign pon the representative of Him who
rent conferred by solemn grant and sent priests
him in his expeditions against the natiyee' Some Of
ided men dragging forward cannon they will not
pro- until they nave placed IL at thc 1oot OF he cross
% be cannon and the cross. Force ana reason! Might
Ger right The material world executing the command
nge- God. Who shall resist The cashohs mouth men
,ted Indian village the end OF TIC cross drops heavily
the hole dug to receive It, the pests t teir hans
eyes to Heaven in prayer TIE young cavaliers wave
H. plumed hats, the warrSfs clash their swords, and
war trumpeters make the virgin echoes ring with their
fourishes And tbas DeSoto dc yilenueva Govern,
1t Santiago de Cube tpkes possession in l542 for his
that and emperor CHARLES the Fifth of the great Misss
| its tributaries and broad valley" -
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