The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-25
The DAILY DISPATCH
Wennesday Morning, May Is, 1853.

Weonesday Morning May 25, 1853.
LATER FROM TExAs.-By, The steamship
Louisiana, the N. Q. Picayune has later
news from Texas. II is stated in the Calves.
ION NEWS that Hon. Bernard E. Bee. who re.
cen'iy died IN Pendleton, South Carolina. WINS
formerly Secretary Of War of the Renubl;c of
Texas. Nearly the requisite amount of stock
mas been taken for the construction Of 8 ,e,e.
graph from Galveston to Shreyenor, T..
hiaJor howard the Indian agent, started nm
the Sd instant for the Camanche country.
where ne was to have obi, talk, with ,ba
Indians. A lady of San Antonio recently he.
came the joyous mother of three children n,
| one birth. Brgadier General Garland wa.
to leave San Antonio on the 9th for WASHING.
ton. This gallant old soldier is to be com.
mander-in'chief Of the 9Th military department,
in New Mexico. Capt. Coleman, a citizen
who has acted prominent part in the history
| Of Texas, died at San Antonio on The Sd. He
was formerly resident of White Hall. New
York. Great damage was done in Layacca
by the gale on the Cd inst. A gunsmith of
Victoria, German, named Malitz, had his
house broken open by two persons, supposed
to be deserters from the Rio Grande. Maliz
pursued, and is supposed to have been murder.
ed by them. They were afterwards overhaul
ed by officers, and one surrendered himself
but the other, ather than be taken, drew a
| pistol and blew his brains out. Martin Valen.
tine was killed by II. B. White, in quarrel,
| short distance from Fort Merrill, on the 22d
ofApril. These men were teamsters in gov.
eminent train, proceeding from Corpus Chris
| ii to Flrl Ewell. The following is ii }he intel
| ligence we find about gold excitement in Tex
as. The Galveston Civilian of the 18th, SAYS:
The gold fever is extending in this portion
| ofTezas. A number of Galvestonans leave
| to-day for the Texas diggings, and many are
| taking their departure from the lower western
towns. The excitement on the subject Seems
| 10 increase in proportion TO the distance from
| the mines. On the upper Colorado the peo-
pie are decidedly cool.
The LaGrange Monument learns that several
| indiv duals who have just returned to thar coun,
ty from the region on the Colorado, where gold
is reported to be found in valuable quantities,
confirm this favorable report to some extent.
They say that valuable specimens have been
found and that gold mines certainly do exist,
| not only on the Colorado, but ON the Llano.-
10 what extent they exist, or how rich they
will prove to be, has moi yet been ascertained.
FROM SANTA FE.-Files of the Santa Fe
Gazette to the 18th April have been received.
There is little news: The Gazette of the latest
date, speaking of the trtsbles in Meslla VAL
ley, says:
I he correspondence between Gov. Lane and
the Mexican COmIni,,itin the sul;.a. .c IL.
disputed territory has been received, but it is
thought best to withhold its publication for the
present. AS might hove been expected, the
Governor has greatly the advantage. 1t pre-
sents, perhaps, the only instance in which the
Mexicans have been yahqushed in diplomatic
correspondence bat il is common remark
| that thsy write better Than they fight.
An association of capitalists has been form.
| ed in Santa Fe under the title of "Railroad
Association" The Object is to make invest
| men,s in the Great Atlantic and Pacific Rail.
way, provided the main trunk passes through
New Mexico, making Albuquerque point.
The Gazette of the I'd, in giving the news
justreceived from Ell Paso, Of Gov. Lane hav.
ing issued his proc lanation asserting jurisdic.
ton over the disputed district, including the
Mesila settlement, says:
We will not pretend to decide as to what was
the duty OF the military in this natter but that
| the disputed territory belongs to New Mexico,
we suppose none will pretend to deny. And it
is also true that she held possession Of it, and
exercised jurisdiction over it, until the attempt
/ was made by the commissioners to fix the ini.
| tial point cf the boundary line, and we believe
| that possession should not have been interfered
with, until the line was agreed upon and es.
| tatjlished by the two governments. But the
cont.ary of this is true. 1t was Immediately
| seized by the Mexican authorities, and The
Americans who had made settlements on the
Mesilla wefe forcibly dispersed and deprived
of the fruits Of their labdt, without compensa.
| ton for the same. II CIV. Lane had been the
executive officer Of this territory at the timeI
we risk nothing in sayips that this injustice
would not have been submitted to.
We will, in conclusion. say that if Colonel
Sumner was as ready to see justice done to the
| citizens OF our territory as Governor Lane,
this matter would have been settled different
Ily.
1t was unfortunate that the Mexican autho.
rites were advised of Gov. Lanes intention
| sometime before he reached the lower settle.
| nents, and that he would not be sustained by
the military how this information reached
them remains for future inquiry.
s-y An affray took place at Fort Gibson,
tennessee, recently, resulting in the death of
WIN. N. Murray, merchant of that place.
n attacked, with sword cane, DR.. Chand.
Ter, formerly of Natchez, who, in turn, shot his
| assaiiant twice, once through the body and
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