The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-16

We have dates from Galveston to ath lnst and L.
tr intelligence rom he In erior
RETURN OF GEN. RUSK s PARTY
The Austin Stale Gasas of the LIST inst says s-Gen.
Thomas Rusk and his party reached Austin on the 9th
from the city and scorted by number Of our ctzens
and the welcome they ,eved sufi isnt to prove
that the of the Capital of tbs State properly apprs
ciAte his public services Gen Rusk panied
his trip by two OF his sons Benjsm L. and John Rusk,
Col b. Johnson Joseph Harrison, Esq editor OF ths
NAcogdoches ChlG,ic Capt. Owen Shaw and Jim ShAs
the Delaware chief guide Col johnson did not &C.
compan' he party TO this city having left them Fort
Chadhomne to return home. Gen Kusk and party left
Nacogdoches on the 10th Of August tour of plorA
ton of route for the Pacific railroad the ,unty
from the Sabine and Red river in the direction of Psso
on the Rio Grande nearly M might DO the line of
the SO parallel They have been out two months, and
have made thorough exploration far the Color ado,
upwards Of two fundr.d miles a'ove here in . north
westerly direction The route travelled by the piny
from Nacogdo shes by the way OF Henderson aud Tyler
10 Dallas thence the Trinity the vest side to the
mouth OF the Clear Fork at Fort Worth thence tn
10 its head and isto the valley of the Bra
striking the latter river at Fort BsknAp about fifteen
miles sbsve the junction OF the main Brszos with the
Clear Fork leaving Bell ma D. the route lay up the
Clear Fork by of Phantom Hill and out at the head
OF ear Fork and thence in sou ,terly dire on to
Oak Creek tributary Of the Colorado From Oak Ceek,
the party returned oy the say OF Pecan Bayou and Fort
Croghan TO this city
within the teu ents il Is to spsak pac
ulary but that above, General Rusk and Mr. Harrison
cehciloe IN the mos glowing term for iernty Oh sou,
smoothuess OF surface and beauty Of scenery the
Try through which they trav.s Is MT to be surpassed
by any region of similar extent in Texas elsewhere
The preadlg prairie rolling valleys and level bot toms
on the streams, rich the heart OF could
desire surrounded with forests of sk timber of the
best quality tie WI ole dstance-such Ii NIB will be
peculiarly adapted 10 making superstructure and ties
OF railroad Everywhere water Of the purss, nd is
abundant and as grazing country 1t is unsurpassed by
any il the world AL Oak Creek, Gen Rusk and party
met company from Fl Paso who had expl red carefully
the remainder f the route and reported that for oil the
purposes Of cheap aud expeditions construction of rail
road that portion OF the route equally favorable
as the portion explored by Gen. X. The company saw
three bands Of the CamaDches-one unc or Saneco
uE6er Yelog Vol, and under Buffalo Hump. These
Indians perfectly friendly The party gave them beef
and other presents and they promised bring in the
woman and two boys taken prisoners recently by the
Lpans.
ANOTHER INDIAN MURDER.
We learn by letter from Fort Belknap, that wagon
with five animals accompanied by Mexican ster,
Mrs Wilson, from Eastern Texas and two boys whkt
the road from FL Paso to Eastern Texas and when near
the head waters of the Colorado river and eighty miles
the west o. Phantom ILL., attacked about the 9th
of September by party Of four Indians and Mrs. Wilson
and the two bays taken prisoners aud carried off, the
Mexican shot, nnced scalpea and left for dead the ami
II ala stolen and the wagon plundered That q Gen
who was some distance behind after the deed
don found the mexican badly wounded and tried to
bring him along, but could MT his horae tired out.
He then b him by the roadside to die and himself
dered for several days living mosquito beans till dnal
ly found hit in hole about fifty miles west of Fort
behnsp by party OF dragoons sent out to seek him by
Major Merrill That the Mexican being still able to walk,
wands for several Gays without food in the direc
ticn of Phantom hill till finally coming into friendly
Comanche camp runner was sent by them to Major
Silby, at Phantom hill where he brought in and is
doing well He aved his life by fegning death after
being shot The tribe who committed this act not
known by the Mexican Three who accompanied
this till the day before attacked had left 1t
and gone on TO Phantom hill. command of dragons
had gone out to search for the prisoners and obtain nfo
nation on the subject.
complimentary dinner to be given to Gen Rusk,
| BY the citizens of Austin, on the 9th inst.