The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-23
Interesting from Texas.
have received dates from Galveston TO the 10th

The nyer news was still unfavorable. The Neps
| OF the 10th says that the Houston boats were ALI
aground up the bay, where they had been for sev.
eral days. Business was pretty active in Galveston
and Houston Cotton continued TO arrive freely in
| the latter place.
The Ners has the following article on what IL
| calls the Trial OF the FIibusters:n It may be Of
some interest for our readers to be advised Of the
progress OF the trial Of the "libusters now pend
ing before the U. 8. District Court We do not use
| the term "flibustern in an Offensive sense but IN
designate q set of adventures and gallant men, who
very nearly succeeded three years since in extend
ing the "area Of fref dom" to the Sierra Madre. We
confess weakness in favor Of all such movements
where we know, as In this case, that unfortunate
people have long gr0aned under the most grevous
oppression. Indictments were found against pof-
ton Of those engaged in that movement at Browns
adavts of the defendants that they could not have
impartial trial thele, account Of the prejudcee
existing against them in that community. Upon the
opening Of the court last week the fret case taken
up WAS that of Gen. Caravsja tho commander Of the
forces He filed an affidavit praying the leave Of the
court to withdraw his plea Of not guilty alleging that
ne had unavoidably and hastily pleaded it In gnor-
| ance OF his rights, and under the impression It
would not deprive him Of the right TO plead any
other matter available in his defence After srgu-
mems were heard al authority produced, the court
permitted him to withdraw the plea. He then fled
| o plea IN abatement, avering that the grand jury
VINO ionno Inc Dill were seventeen in number, that
five OF these Jurors were not lawful grand jurors and
therefore that the hndins was iiega and void.
The District Attorney demurred to this plea, the
| legal effect Of which was an admission that five Of
the jurors were not qualified TO serve. The court
overlooked the demurrer. and decided h 1t the quail
fcaton OF jurors III the United States Court was the
same that required by the State # rexas-that the
| law of Texas requ red tnat thirteen grand jurors
were necessary to spe ding of bill of indictment
| and that as the pleadiDgs admitted that five we're
| illegal, (wlrhout deciding whether single illegal
| juror would not render the finding void) it would
leave but twelve srand jurors on the panel, who,
according to the laws OF Texas, could not find bill
ut oil han fht. a.rtCn ,,nE
his counsel, Gen. Csravr jail was discharged.
The next case taken up was that OF Andrew j
Mason The District Attorney took different
course in the tIoseeutop, and ms cad of demuring
the plea, replied to 1t taat the grand jury was q
good aud lawful Jury and upon the trial and the
issue the jury found tnat they were. He then plead
not guilty. But during the proges, OF dis trial he
was arrested and committed TO jail on q charge Of
murder, ale ed u have been committed eighteen
months since In Colorado county He vas however,
brought before court on wit OF habeas corpus and
attended his tria' Oh Saturday, aud recommtted
to the custody OF the Sheriff After court adjourned
on the application OF the Drtrct Attorney, the case
WAS continued until Monday for the expected ARR.
| val of important witnesses The case went TO the
jury on yesterday. Verdict Not guilty" A
legal friend hiss furnished with the facts ia relation
to the procee dipgs in trials. We will keep our
readers apprised Of Their progress.
Robinson, who killed Harris, In Seguin, not long
since and who was, the last term of the District
Court held in that town, seat TO the Bexar county
jail for safe keeping has been held to bail by the
/ supreme COUTt ID tDe huui Oi SlU,UUU
The NeacS states that 1t was in error in saying
that the steamer Magyar was fully insured. Her
captain informs the EDITOR that she only insured
to the amount Of one third her value.
The Cor Zales Inquirer says til fatal ARRAY took
place recently bets Mr.. Richard Parr and Mr. l..
Nichols, near the mouth Of Peach Creek, which re-
suited in the death o. the former gentleman
The Galveston News Of tue 10th has the follow.
ing item:-Cspt CofIiu lef; Corpus Christi ON Mon
day last and Informs us that on Sunday night last
! fight took place between seven American government
teImsters and some twenty OF thirtysMexicans at
fandargo in Corpus Christi The result was that
five Of the Americans were wouL ded, two OF whom
died early on Monday morning. The others were
not considered da serous. The army surgeon was
in attendance on the wounded The subject was I'M
dergong an investigation by the civil authorities
Capt Coffin when left.
The Ga weston Journal Of the 9th inst. has the
following paragraph A merchant Of this city, who
| has Just returned home from a protracted t01r
through the country bordering the Trinity, and
upon whose information all may rely, gives 1t as his
opinion that the Trinity valley will ship double the
qusny Of cotton to market the present ,sOn TO that
Of any previous one He informs that the in.
crease Of this great staple this year is not wing 70
the favorable hut ~ the vas. increase OF I'M.
migration, that it is quite astonishing " remark
the great number Of new plantation opened during
the last tw Give months
An act to reserve from location all that portion of
the public domain lying wesx OF the Tooth degree OF
west long tude aud north CT Red river, was intro
duced into the Legislature the 26th ult rhe
State Gazette soys Off There will probably be but
little opposition this II is be amended 30
To limit the operation Of the reservation 70 term
of six years, curing that time there will not pro
baby be any desire the part Of our ,itzens to To-
cate claims within the territory reserved II we are
not in 10 the object OF this movement, there
is no design to prohibit ur citizens from the right 70
locate their claims against the State within that ter
rtory but that il IL to protect Ourselves against an
apprehended evil Of entirely different character,
more distinctly forth in the second section Of the
act. which prohibits the location or survey Of any
railroad through the district thus reserved.
Mr., j X. Sweet Of San Antonio, started q train OF
fifty carts and sixteen wagons for Ell Paso on the
30th ult., with upward, 81 two hundred thousand
pounds OF government stores He was to start about
fifty more carts the following week. The Ledger OF
the 9Th inst gives the following account OF the muir
der Of an American belonging 70 the train Of q Mex
ican:-On last Friday morning man namen Lard
was found dea near the graveyard west OF the san
Pedro. He had been stabbed in the left breast, and
IN the right side, near the small OF the back the
knife~comiDR out in front On Earning this ). w.
Barker. Deputy Sher f. vent 70 work n'>h bis usual
enetRyand sagacity to ferret out the ASSASSIN; and
soon harmed enough 10 justify the arrest of Mex.
can named AioDzo Es'eban IL appears that both
Lard and Estepan were engaged to 70 with the Ell
Paso ,rain, which was ebcsmpcd within mile or
two frc-1 the city They 10 the city on Thurs.
DAY, Ia company with two Others On the way in
| Esleban tried to create difficulty with Lard In
the evening they left tog'ber ar camp leaving their
comrades behind. The latter, on their return found
Lard and Esteban lying the ground near where
the body OF the former was found Surprising them
to be asleep, they attempted to <skeD them; but
finding II TO be difficult taxi they gave it up con.
GLIDING they gere intoxicated. During the night
Es'tban came into the camp and reported that Lard
| left him. The knife carried by Esteban fitted the
| wounds These circumstances led TO his arrest
| SERIOUS RAILRo.D Academia collision oc.
| CURED about five O'Clock on Monday afternoon on
the Chicago and Aurora Railroad. The freight
train which LETT this city at r. NJ, had arrived q
short distance this side OF the junction, when the
! gineer knowing be was behind time, and that he
would be unable t. reach the next station In season
t. prevent meeting the passenger train, stopped on
rhe main track, and sent u flag man about eighty
rods ahead to sgpaliz- the ex ,resa train on ia ap-
| preach. Hardly bad The flag man reached his sta
ton when The express train came The engineer
sackened his peed seeing tbe flag man, and
| passed Immediately by without waiting for q mes
sage for the length Of two or three rails, when he