Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-11
FROM TEXAS.

| The San Antonio Ledger Of the 10Th ultm
furnishes the following intelligence
"Capt oGDEN few days ago broke up his encamp
ment at Fredericksburg and is in active march 4
Missouri with some three hundred foreign Indians.
"The Boundary Commission is severed In three divi
sons The trains Of two Of them have been with fol
day or two The one division commences at the Pecot
and surveys distance Of one hundred and fifty miles
and returns Another commences at Laredo and
downwards to Ringgold Barracks The third descends
from hnggod Barracks until the second overtakes and
they proceed together to the mouth of the Rio Grande
The trains ofsthe two first divisions ready to start
The third proceeds by sea-"
An unprecedented freshet occurred recently on No
lands creek, San Antonio 1t commenced raining
at o'clock, and at o'clock several houses were swept
away the water having risen thirty feet Some stock
was swept off and considerable damage done to the
The following gentlemen before the people of Texas
as candidates for Governor: L. NJ PEAsE GEORGE 7.
Woop, I. J. CHAMBERS, JOHN I. MILLS J. w. HESpER-
SON, and JOHN W. DANcY-al Democrats except Mr..
DAScY.
There four candidates the field for
honors in the Indanola district: Gov BELL Mai Sour
RY, Capt LEWIS, and I. W. BLAKE
Hon. VoLNEY L. HOWARD left San Antonio few days
since for California.
Major Howard and Col. CApRoN, Indian agents. have
gone up the old fort the San Saba, to hold
treaty with the different tribes of Indians and make
them presents.
There is from the gold diggngs to justify any
one in going thither The Galveston " Civilian of the
eth ultimo says this subject
The gold fever to have extended pretty far al
though but little OF 1t is felt by the people living near the
supposed pacer in Texas The senior editor of this
per has just returned from Austin, and made it point
during his visit to make close inquiry into the reports Of
gold finding in this State Out OF the numerous persons
he who had visited the reputed gold region he did
not find one who had found and but who had
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tive reported with any plausbity to have obtained
even few dollars. few grains may be gathered in
places though not to the value of twenty cents
day. 1et there are probably thousand persons engaged
in the search, and others still going to supply the
places Of those who return disappointed"
The Galveston Journal of the 26th says mercantile
firm of that city addressed letter short time since to
gentleman at Fort Croghan making inquiries regarding
the gold diggngs and have received the following reply
dated Austin May IT. which may be considered entirely
reliable The writer had just arrived at Austin from Fort
Croghan:
elm reply your questions have say that believe
there gold the region of the State that report speaks
but it in such small quantities that might dig
until the internal regions frozen sufficiently for good
skating and still be without enough to get drink The mines
viii pay for working have from the diggngs,
perfectly reliable who dc speak voraby Of
have specimens but twas through glass; not darkly
but magnier. The comparison with California gold is if
the papers give of imports in quantity about
to l0oO0O000 We have had opportunity to test the
gold.
you have any friends who speak Of coming this way tell
them stay home. My residence is twenty five miles from
the diggings.'
The editor of the Southwestern American gives the fol-
lowing the report of gentleman who had just come in
from the gold region and who had much experience in
the mines of California:
Sratifed formation three miles wide and about sixty in
length running southeast and northwest containing gold
bearing quartz Prospeced found gold but enough
ton Of earth would not average twenty cents Should
there have been twenty dollars per the scarcity Of
rather the difficulty of bringing it into would prevent
the deayng expenses in working The beds Of the creek
The particles Of gold very minute and could
be gathered without amalgamaon with mercuysay
by the Jenny Lind Centrifugal Amalgamator"
The Galveston News, in noticing the arrival of mum
Der Of adventures from New Orleans their way to the
gold diggiugs predicts !" tremendous disappointment