New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-30
AFFAIRS ~ TEXIS.

Gy lIc lTrFD III new DIein- ct NHN NuHt'c7
Morgan adyices FROM Texas to the 20b ins. have been
received.
Tire State bas gone nearly entirely f,r the Anti Liquor
law Ite Brazeria Planter expresses great gra 6caton
the result in Brazora. The Brzoriau= wer- almost
unanimous against GIaIting licenses COY longer
Tie county of Bsstrop mas gOne against The Lew law
Gen SnitL has called upon Gov. Fease ur sX comp4'
Des Of mounted men, numbering u men ich oe-ie. ON
GER, and 10 be mustered iuO service the irt OF No
yeuber, for year. The men asc 10 furnish iher "Tn
arms and horses and provisions have been made for
paving them they viii. have 10 walk nnti sucn provision
i Ger. Smith proposes TO keep the msn ON the
frontier during the coming winter aud then make an ~
curson pto the eDeies country and strike blow VII ch
eSf4fe Times says the Governor will respond prompt
" tbe suggestive call Of The General The whole State
v III be divided into six districts each district VIII he cali
en VI, for a company No orders for r9ising companies
will be given to any persons who will not take
service will be appointed TO enroll men, The men VIII
select their officers.
On the III We learn Gom TIE AHs,ia Stae Ga-sate,
the contract provide for he construction of the Mis-
"ssippl and Pacific Railroad drawn up by the Gov:
erpOr with the approval of the Attorney General and
sil IL anO sealed by all the parties II then deo0sed
with Thomas j. Jennings Attorney General, and Edward
Clsk Secretary OF state witnesses 10 the contract as an
escrow he cred by them 70 the Governor to take
tct Oh The 3ls inst b. the advertisement OF 'he Gov
ernor the parties allowed until nat DAY to complete
The execution of the contract.
corr spondence between many oi the respectable
citizens Of Houston and Messrs. Walker aud King, a. TO
the present condition and the future property Of the "a
cc Railroad sppesrs in he HDRfoH Telegraph of the
10Th inst.
These gentlemen promise proceed with ali practicable
energy aid d. patch until the road is Completed They
have caused q complete nstrumenta survey 10 be made
by competent cOp OF engineers OF the w2Oie route az
great expense through Texas and wets Ard to the Pacific
ano a,ceralned that the road be constructed upon
easy erod,s ard. with few exceptions, through rich
and beautiful couItIy tO that ocean.
The Gair.stoa Tones of the lsth SAYS Upon inquiry
yesterday, learn that there s new cases OF ye
low fever occurring in city although u believed
that shall no. have general epidemic.
TIE San AatoniO JeIGH of the 10Th has an obituary no-
tice Of Mrs Sarah Lewis aged e YEAR Thj dsd in that
city Oh that day. Mrs Lewis in former years veil
known in The theatrical world hrving been connected
with be stag. the principal cities Of se North and South
Methodist clergy man. lLe Rev. hr. Patton, died in
Galveston r. Gently.
Jbe BYtnham Enqprer says thai VIM. Bird dang
outy 81 OF the 7th inst the road between San Fpe
ard BtllyIe, by one of two yluog men whom he hap
pence II in company with ~ y stated 4. .here was
10 Irovocston given by Biz
Mr. r. A. Lott has been elected Mayor wash.ngton
We gave in issue previous TO the last, say Tie Cen
h gging of Copeland upon the charge OF robbing horse
tracer by the OF Phelps Since then suspicion has
sd opsIy upan c0Pelar&S a. %ss BY 3a%e GS Of
Hanks effected their escape. Hadden however, has been
arrested and the examining Court conceiying the charge
sufficiently established required of Me prisoner security
in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for his appearance
before the District Court, which wss promptly gwen oy
Il party and bis relatives Among other things the wife
OF Copeland testified that Hadden and Hanks, after the
r"bbrg, played game with cards 10 determine wheihef
Phelps should be killed or suffered 10 live.
SiIce hs in type Cope anu has beer arrested
and in defsult of bail lodged ia jail 30 await bic tIst be-
fore the District Court
TIE Gonzales Inquirer of the 18th hes The following
Since our last review Of the cotton crops Of this county
We have heard comp urged by farmers against
the droufh Rain is wanted in some portious of the
county ytt from ali that lesrn, the crops no
whs,e within the limits ) this and the adjoining counties
are suffering for the want OF it.
Nearly all farmers have commenced picking, anu
many Of them averaging from 100 to 80 polnds TO the
hand. Mr.. X. H. Bass had woman 10 pick gu Thursday
last 32e pounds. On OF the farms beOE here,
lesID that the have made their appearance, but
have done but little damage as yet.
We barn that Monday, the Jls; uit says The San
Ahtot Ledger Nat Smith shot man named Provost a.
a grocery miles this side OF Helena. Ii appears
from rumor ihst Provost had been living Smiths family
and after leaving had made some remarks about Mrs
Smith For this Smith follow ed and sho' him down. with
out giving him any waning Az the time he shDt Smith
wss shsking bands with SIR. Dodson aud sho, with his
right banc, lodging twenty huoksbot in the stomach
II Provost who lived till Wedl esiay afternoon Consid
bic excem prevailed in and around Helsua n con-
sequence of this cod-booded murder. Smith WA not
taken st last accoaDt notwithstanding be hsd declared
h in, Lton TO kill two before ne would taken.
rumor prevailed a; Fort Chadbourne, Texas ,hat 40
Indians in the peighbJThoOd OF lhe fort and the
number constantly increasing, Who designed making
descent Mexico 10 syeDge the death Of Of their
people not many months since. The movement amsug
the northern tribes of Induns represented 10 DE- general
Il as feared that the Indisns might sttsck
the fort.