New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-24
TEXAS.

II may be Of interest Tor our readers 20 De si'sea
Of the progress Of the trial Of the Fbusters row pend
ing before The T. S. Dbtrict Court
We do not use the term "FiIh5uster in an Offensive
sense but TO designate set OF adventures and gallant
men who very nearly ueceeded three years since, in
tending The AREA Of freedom 10 the Sierra Iadre We
confess weakDels 10 favor of ell such where
we know 10 this that unfortunate people have
90 long groaned under the most gTievOus oppression.
Indictments found against portion Of those en-
gagged in that movement at Brow nsve, AMI the trial re-
moved to Galveston upon the adavis Of the oeiendant
that they could not have impartial trel there on &C.
count OF the pTeudoes existing against them N tna com
muDiy-
Upon the opening Of the Court last week, The first case
taken up that Of Gen Carsveal the cOnmander Of
the forces. lie fled affidavit praying the leave OF tne
Court TO withdraw bis ples Of not guilty alleging tna ne
had unsvoidsbly and hasy plead it 10 ignorance OF ms
right and under the impr ion would not deprive him
Of the right TO plead any other matter sYaaole Ia MS u
feIfe After argument was heard and authority
the Court permitted him to withdraw tne p7 "a ne IsI
fled plea in abatement Gverrng that me tram Jury
who found the bill were seventeen in NUMBER tnAt hN Oh
tbese Jurors were not lawful grand urors and therefore
that the finding was illegal and VOID A. 40. .h ,er.I
Tie District Attorney dsmurred 20 tins pea the fgai
eject of which as Gu admission that FIVE OF the Jurors were
NOT qualified TO serve The court overlooked the oemr
rer ard decided that the qualification OF jurors ~ tle
United Stees Court was the same a. mat required o lne
State Of Te1as that the law Of Texas required that mr.
teen grand Jurors necessary in the finding OF 6
ofindctmen and that az the pleaiings admitted thai
Eve were Illegal without deciding whether single illegal
Juror would not render the finding yod II ~ouii ieaVe
but twelve grand jurors the panel who according 70
decision was given motion Of his counsel Cen Cara
vsjGl was dis haTged. .
be next case taken up was that Of Andrew J. Mason
The District Attorney took different course N the prose
cnto end Instead Of demuing the plea replied to that
the GrandJury good and lawful Jury and upon the
trial and the issue the jury found that they we're lie
then pleaded not guilty Bat during the progress OIL ms
trial be was arrested and committed TO all on charge OF
murder alleged to have been committed eighteen IN nths
since in CCorGdO County lie however, brought be-
orethe Court writ of habeas corpus ana was recon
d4of ody If
on the application Of the District Attorney, the case was
continued until Monday for the expected arrival Of in
dsy Verdict, Not guilty" A legal friend has furnished
with the facts in relation to the proceedings in these
trials. We viii keep our readers appnsed OF Their pro
gress.
ducod into the Texas Legislature is from The AHStH
State gazette Of the Sd inst;
bill has been introduced by Senator Allen 70 "incor
"porate the Texas Steamship Company, by which Arson
Jones William l.. Avery. John L. Linton, ana DINERS
therein named constituted body corporate under the
above In addition to the usual privileges granted to
Incorporated companies Of this character the bill provides
that 100000 Of the fund set apart for loans shall be
loaned TO said Company in the following manner when
said Company shall build first class steamship worth
from sl250 900 to $4,000, to be by them insured Tor
100000 and deliver sad vessel at the port of Galveston
and execute mortgage upon said vessel and policy OF in
sreDce each for the sum of 500 600 in favor of and
PAYABLE to the State of Texas bearing per cent interest
per they shall be entitled to draw 100000 OF said
loan, and like manner upon the completion and mortgage
OF two other vessels Of the same quality they shall be en-
titled 10 draw the balance of the s3OOOO the loan not 10
be for longer term than six years the insurance 10 be
continued through the entire time for which the loan
made Upon afauTe to insure to pay the interest semi
annually the State shall have the right to sell said steam
ships without suit upon giving sixty days notice OF the
time and place of sale in newspaper published in
Galveston The capital stock ofthe company to be s5OooOO
divided inoone The Legslaurereserves
to itself the right to alter amend the charter whenever
found necessary TO protect the interest OF the State pro-
vided no injustice be done to the stockholders
Pol gln Had Har in Ne
and who was at the last of the District Court held in
that town to the Bexar County Jail for safe keeping
has been held bail by the Supreme Court in the sum OF
$4,000.
The Gonzales Inquirer says that a fatal ARRAY took
place recently between Mr.. Richard Parr and Mr.. L.
Nichols near the mouth Of Peach Creek which resulted
in the death of the former gentleman.
The Galveston NeWS of the 10th has the following item
Capt. Coffin left Corpus Christi on Monday last and in
forms that Sunday night last tight took place be
tween seven American Government teamsters and some
twenty thirty Mexcans, at fandangon Corpus Christi
The result that five OF the Americans were wounded
two of whom died early Monday morning. Tn, others
were not considered dangerous The army surgeon 10
attendance the wounded The subject was undergoing
investigation 10y the civil authorities when Capt Coffin
left
Tie GorcstOn Journal of the 9th inst has the following
paragraph:
merchant Of this city who has just returned home
from protaoted tour through the country bordering
the Trinity and upon whose information all may rely
gives il his opinion that the Trinity Valley will ship
double the quantity of cotton market the present
to that of any previous one lie informs us that the in
OF this greet staple this year not owing to the ia
vorabe season but to the vast increase of imm grafton
and that il is quite astonishing to remark the great number
Of plantations opened during the last l2 months
An act 10 from location oil that portion of the
public domain lying west of the Tooth degree Of lon
gtude and north OF Red River introduced into the
Legislature the Goth u The State Gazette says of It;
There will probably be but little opposition to this
if it be amended to limit the operation of the
reservation to term of six years during that time there
will rot probably be desire the part of citizens
not in the object of this movement there
design to prohibit citizens from the right to locate
their claims against the State within that territory but that
Is to protect ourselves against an appreheaded evil Of
entirely different character distinctly set forth in
the second section Of the act which prohibits the loca
ton or survey of any railroad through the district thus
reserved.
Mr.. j. r Sweet of San Antonio, started train Of fifty
carts and sixteen wagons for FL Paso the 3Oh ult with
upward of 100000 ID Of Government stores. He to
start about fifty carts the following week The Ledger
of the 5h inst gives the following account Of the murder
of an American belonging to the train of Mexican
On last Friday morning, man named Lard was found
dead near the gray yard west of the San Pedro lie had
been stabbed in the left breast and in the right side
the small of the back the knife coming out in front On
learning this, S W Barker, Deputy Sheriff work
with his usual energy and sagacy ferret out the assas
and learned enough justify the arrest ola Mex
lean named Aouzo Esteban. Ii appears that both Lard
and Eeban were engaged TO go with the FL Paso train
which was enoamped mile or two from the city.
They came to the city Thursday in company with
two others On the way in Eseban tried to create diff
Guilty with Lard In the evening they lef together for
camp leaving their comrades behind The latter their
return found Lard and Eseban lying the ground near
where the body of the former found Surprising them
to be asleep they attempted TO awaken them but finding
It TO be difficult task they gave il up concluding they
intoxicated. During the night Esteban came into
camp and reported that Lard left him The knife carried
by Eseban fitted the wounds These circumstances led
10 his arrest.
TIE NORMONS IN UTAH TERRITORY
From The st Lops Democrat