Washington telegraph., 1854-11-08
Later from Texas.

We Gather the following Texas items from our
Wv Orleans papers of last Saturday.
N NTho Galveston News of the 18th has the fol-
loving a.. r,orn;,o II,
~, Seawell was accidentally shot last night by
ons of her sons, who was quarreng' and one OF
tben1 holding pistol and threatening TO shoot nis
Lrotber Our information IS 10 Tue eheet that
W. Seawell was shot while attempting to separ-
-.,' her sons. The wound il is said, will prove
@.ortal. This is truly most heart-rending trag-
edy. ~, .,.4o .,..s.
W. beIieye that in the city at the present time
ara M cases of yellow fever excepting those
aarsops who have imprudently returned after be-
Psr away all the summer, or those cases from the
lp2?on;nG w. The disease has gone through with all
ssr ssasp liable among the inhabitants who remained
u +own. and now waits tor new subjects.
J" The steamer Guadalupe, which boat carried
~ The Directors to examine the Brazos Canal
Jae returned to our city. We are informed by
T,nfain Bradbury, that this boat went through to
10 Brazos River and Veasco, drawing about
.bree feet of water. A handsome business might
now be done on the canal by boats drawing two
"nd half feet of water. In one month it will af-
tard greater facilities than now, and by January
t5e canal will be entirely completed, afording
aasv navigation to boats.
n relation to the fever in Houston, the Star of
S,frr4av, the 14th inst, says:
There has been considerable increase in the
mortality from yellow fever since Tuesday last,
when we expressed the hope that the disease
,roald soon disappear. There were four inter-
raeuts on Wednesday, four on Thursday, and three
Yesterday The opinion prevails, however. that
ibe worst of the sickness over and from the III
drations of last week. We have reason to believe
that snch Is the tact.
III off oofA A
I'm county, was killed at BRENNAN short time
since by man named Thomas Cooper. who made
his escape after committing the crime. Smith
WAS one of the Nler prisoners, says the Ranger.
We have received the Brownsville Fiag of the
roth ut which thus announces the close Of the
Tamaulipas revolutions;
Oar news from Mexico this week is not OF
very gratifying character % those who espouse
fine cause of the insurgents, late so victorious
throughout the States OF Tamaulipas and Nuevo
Leon. Since their recent checks at Monterey. a
panic seems to have seized upon them, and a re-
treat was the consequence. They first retired to
Guerrero town some two hundred miles above
this, on the river. Here they met and repulsed
force OF regulars but feeling still insecure without
munitions as they say. the chiefs in council decid-
ed to pass over into neutral territory, and they
accordingly crossed over to this bank OF the Bra
ro We have town now full OF them.
This certainly looks rather unlavorabe to those
who few weeks since left the frontier SO full of
enthusiasm, patriotism and thirst for glory-that
glory which was within only cannon's shot
and who had adopted the vaunting batte-cfy of
Victory Death!"
He that cuts and runs away
Will live to fight another day"
would have been more appropriate. Though, il
Justice 10 those men, or some of them at least it is
but due to say that they have fought nth hero
ism worthy the sacredness of the cause in which
they were engaged. The little band at Victoria
held the place for three days against an over
whelming force of the enemy, and only aband-
oned it for the want OF the necessary powder and
ball, they having exhausted their scant supply
Those who fought at Victoria. we learn attach
great blame to- Col. Capistran for not having come
to their relief, which they aver he could easily
have done, and which would have changed their
fortunes very materially as united they would
have been enabled to defeat their besiegers with
ease. CapistTan. however, seems to have turned
a deaf ear to the entreaties Of his beleaguered
friends, and kept up mastery Inactivity be-
meath the shade ol the chapparal. There he wait
ed until the party were driven from the city and
then together, they marched into Nuevo Leon,
and finally portion OF them across the river.
From all that we can gather, however the aiiiair
isnot yetover. An active preparation seems to be
going on for a renewal of the struggle; and this
time it will doubtless be more successful in con-
sequence of better matured arrangements