The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-30

DEATH OF AN 40 Rkse-SOLlHD9s POR THE |
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DEATH OF AN 40 Rksa-e0Lpqpes FOR TIE
PRONrIEx- PACIFIC kAILROAD.
The Galveston Is"ss. n sbe ly'h. ssyG Upon
inquiry yesterday. 40 earn that thrre aa sail new
cases 81 yellow fevsr occurring In our city, atoous "a
II 10 believed that We shan net nave general
ep dtwt.
obituary potire OF Ms Sarah Lewis, aged fo-sy.
twn years. who did "a tbs city IN that dag. Mrs
Lewis, In former y+asr. wHs . veil known star 10
the theatrical wor d. having been coaoeoted with
the stage In the prioci vi cidcs Of the Nortn and
South; but, hike ma Others in her profession, for
tune did lot sn,le npon be pathway, aud she
probably CONTINUED npnn the stare during the last
few yeors moe from convenience than desire. She
went TO San Antonio some two mouths since, and
was 20. Deoied VI b the rbextse there. She GER
formed sevefsl iupor ant smAtio piece, ;,efone
c DIVIDED snoiences, srd although she lsbored under
great disadvahtsgs, sing IN the state OF the the
st'e s'i1 The seemed 70 give entire satisfaction.
She has left re cildreD to mourn nec unexpected
ances
The State has pore nearly entirely for the Anti
Liquor law. The Brszoris Plonfer expresses 6 eat
grs'i6 anon at ire result 10 Brazoris. The Bs-
icel ses any logger.
TIE county Of Bass'op has gone agsinst the new
law.
The Bvsg s>rivsr has set led down to its lowest
stage, and become cls ar a. sea water.
letter dst. d Aus'in. August 9th. gives the
gratin ing Intelligence that reqnisti01 by General
Smith oD Govesnof Pease for six c,n oaaies Of
RACERS has beeu made. THIS Information Ia au
tbeptc, ard vii be baied ~ith joy by the citizeus
on The frontier. who have suffered m long and so
pstitDtiy from lbdiah incunions- This order Will
give much 0bsmstion ano activity 70 our frontier
to Ds ana ri places If Ies d, zvOus
on the 18th, we l@sru from tho Austi0 State Ga
2etc. The cNn'rnct tn vrOsidc for the construction
Of the Mississippi ard Pacific railroat" VAS drawn
mp by the Governor, W n che approval Of tia At
torne General, and signed and sealed by all The
parties. It. then epOei,ed with TnOs. j. an
| DiDes, Attorney General, and Edward Clark, Sc
cr-tary OF ate. wIvnesses to the contract as an
escro~, t. b. delivered by them to the Governor,
| to take effect the 3lst inst. By the advertise
nert Of the Governor thu parties are allowed until
that Gay to complies the execution The Contract
| The Goozales inquirer, Of the 18th, has the fol
! lowing
Since cur Lost review OF Che cotton crops Of th is
| county, we ave hea d some complaints urged by
| farmers against the drought. Raio Is " anted in
some por inJ Of tbs country, yet from all that
can learn, the crops Dnwherc WITHIN the limits Of
| want IT It.
| Nearly all our farmers have commenced picking,
| and many Ut then ARE averaging from one hundred
to ore hunored and Hft' pounds to the hand. Mrs
X. II. Bass bad ~Onan ~ pick, on Thursday last,
tbre bund,ed ard t@enty eight pounds. On some
OF the farms below here. we learn that the worms
bad MADE their appearance, but have done but little
| damage "a yet
| corre+qsopder ce between many Of the most rev
pectsbe citizens Of Hpu.tcn ard Messrs. Walker
and King, to the D,eseIt 'udtion and the future
| prosperity Of the Pacific R,ilroad, appears in the
Houston Telegraph of the l8tn inst
p,actcsbe energy and despatch until the s ROAD is
| completed. They have caus ID O complete insru-
mental survey to be made BY q comp tent corps Of
engineers OF the whole route, at great expense,
through Texas. and westw ard to the Pacific, aud
asce rtaintd that toe road can be constructed upon
easy grades and, with but few exec ptions through
rich and beautiful country to that can.