New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-04
TEXAS.

New Orleens Pcayune Feb. =
By the arrival of the steamship Perseverance, Capt
Lawless we have received dates from Galveston to the
18th inst Speaking of the crop OF cotton raised IN the
Trinity Valley, this season, The Ne,os says:
We have been informed by different persons from the
Trinity that the crop of cotton in the Trinity Valley this
year is about double what last yesr and that very
little Of he's yet been taken 70 market Considerable
cotton has been hauled from the Brezos TO Houston but
vet much the larger portion of the crop on that river yt
remains be brought to market The same may be said
OF the Colorado, and other rivers.
The amount of cotton brought 10 our ports IS up
ward Of 10000 bales and the whole amount thus year VIII
probably exceed 100000 bales to be shipped from the ports
of this State.
Austin. The fret paragraph is extracted from letter
dated the llih inst:
To day several very important measures have passed,
among which is law for The purpose OF investigating land
titles west of the Nueces and bordering upon the Rio
Grande high up Ell Paso. This Law provides for the
appointment of two commissioners who shall take test
nouy, &c and report TO the next Legislature the board
il be furnished with Secretary and is made the duty
Of the District Attorney of the District Court to
and guard the interests of the State in the several couh
ties within his district
The ninety four sections of land granted for the
Lands were also granted for company to the
bar at the mouth of the Trinity.
Also, to another company TO remoyethe distractions OF
Reddish Bar and Choppers Bar.
The bi granting lands this island 70 Hall Jones
became law by the omission of the Governor 10 return
the bill within the prescribed time.
The New York Pacific Railroad Company have deter
late law They will deposit the required as for
felt They viii give bonus to the state of 100000 Of
paid stock hall of which is to be permanent fund to
establish Pease University, 100000 of which 20 estab
lh lunatic asylum and the remaining 5000 900 for edu
cational purposes generally
There forty three railroads chartered II ms
State embracing some twelve or thirteen thousand miles
of rairoad-on paper.
Tie Dy Times of the 18TH has the following notice
of an important project
We learn that aprcjot is in agitation, which if true,
will when perfected be great desideratum to Galveston
We refer to daily communication between this port and
Last isand by steamer and o. the Won SGh
all the earnesness of mind soul AMI body which we pos
hope for the of this enterprise should
in fact be undertaken understand II certainly Will
be- When we con have daily mail from New Orleans,
with the facilities for pleasant and speedy travel between
the ports which this fact would ensure the last and only
remaining doubt about the future viii be removed.
The difficulty and dsagreeableness of trip prevent
many from coming by this route TO Texas With this ar
rangement immigrants take the cars at New Orleans
run down 10 Last Island in few hours and run from that
point to this in twelve hours Business then never
become sagnant The facilities OF communication from
abroad being established they viii be Increased with the
interior The citizens from the eoautry will be attracted
here and with them they will bring their trade aud II
will follow just certain the effect follows aproducing
cause that Galveston viii, with this Improvement grow
with most astonishing repidity and assume most enV
able position.
BY the following from the same paper should judge
that the Police Department Of Galveston require waking
We egret hear that NJ Costa the purser OF the Mex
ico was knocked down night before last the Wash
ington Hotel and considerably injured by the blow We
have heard the particulars il is enough however 10
know that cannot walk the streets OF our cy at
night without being assailed and knocked down without
notice Where are Municipal authorities and Police
The IndtQrod Bulletin Of the 18th inst says that four
wagon loads of cotton arrived in lndisnoa on the
18th, and sixty bales from Texana the day before
The San Aaloaso Wes.ra Terah has the following no
tee of assassination of Smith the mail rider between
that place and Fort Merrill on the Nueces River:
The mail rider between this place and Fort Merrill on
the route Corpus Christi did not return from his last
Trip a; the time he should have arrived Fears
eItained that some mshap had befalen him and persons
were dispatched ascertain ii possible, the cause of his
non arrival 1t is painful duty 20 record thai ms
dead body found the chappsra near the Fort
Road al place where he had evidently encamped for the
night HIS death caused by violence and the foal
deed is supposed have been committed By maranders
tho 70 nd him a. his resting place.