New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-25
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Nv the arrival of the steamship Texas We
have Galveston papers to the lh met ad papers from
the interior g. late ~ due.
TIE Galveston NeicS, OF the lIth, mas the
following paragraphs;
The Hpntsriue Item SAYS a general at
terdsree of Deegs.es from al the lodges Of o. o. F.
OF ,hs interior Counties expected at he mex, session
Of the Grbud Lodge, Ehen the removal OF is location
vii be proPosed to some convenient point OF the IN
terror"
The AduertiSer learns that the people al
Houston have recently raised the price OF storage
cotton &c fifty cents per bale and complains thar such
charge will drive the produce of that section TO Point
Lavscs We DO not think The 4drertise has been cor
recily informed.
Tie Ansiin Gazette learns from Judge Rives,
Who'll up from Bastrop that the small pox Is prevailing
in that place. number of new cases have occurred
within IL las; few days IL s ALL however mild in its
character frequently Welding medical treatment IN
two or three days Ii Is also prevailing Georgetown
TIE Jefferson Herald expresses the opinion
which believe Il gaming ground every day. namely
that every consideration Of policy justice sud good faith
requires that Texas should discharge her public debt
lust in the mani and according 70 the terms in which
twas contracted and that the exact amount should be
paid that was promised be paid, without evasion
subierfuge The editor seems % hlnkt very dscTefit
stle TIE State, hrst 70 abuse our CREDITORS calling
them epecustOrs usurers &c, and then refuse TO psy
them according promises, claiming for ourselves
the right 20 construe written obg sti0ns differently
from their express terms and giving them meaning
them meaning that before thought of ether
by Government or it, creditors.
The steamboat Colorado was stove and sunk
about twelve miles below Lagrange, The lst inst
her upward TIP Cargo saved. Boat thought n be a
total loss except the furniture and boilers The Coora
do bad but Just commenced making her trips to the up
per part Of the river.
The bridge across the Guadalupe at Victo-
rs was recently partly swept away by the pressure Of
focd and rait The Victoria Advocate says:
Mfs,rs Owens & Sutton have sold Their bridge across
the Guadalupe 81 this place. u Capt u. Wheeler and
Mr. Quincy Davidson Tue purchasers promise 20 have
II in ull repair n month from this time We also
derstsnd that ia about eighteen months they Will have
pnn-s plan which has been well tested in some Of the
other States beng durable and substantial, while at
the same time IL cost lie mparatvely small
The regular spring session OF the Presbytery
C Western Texas 90 take place az Seguln on the th
inst The Victoria AdrOcd'e says:
At this meeting. understand, the several church
sessions within the bounds Of this Presbytery
Iected TO Un-h statistics, % be forwarded to the Gen
eIa Assembly Philadelphia also 70 contribute their
that body The following churches are now IN cOnnec
ton with the Western Texan Presbytery viz Lsvacs
Incanola Green Lake, Bethany, Brownsville, Victoria
Goad Live Oak, (at Clinton Gonzales, CibOlo, Seguln
Lockbsit and san Antonio
The same paper has the following paragraphs:
We are informed that our fellow citizens OF Gonzales
and Bastrop Counties to have two newspapers
called The Gonzales Enquirer, and the other The
BddHoD AdUertistT
At late meeting OF the citizens OF Jackson county,
resolutions were passed declaring railroad from Austin
10 Texana more necessary and important besides
invested with fewer impediments, than any railroad
enterprise in Western Texas.