The Sun. — 1846-06-24 (London, England)

MASSACRES IN TEXAS.—The following deplorable account of outrages in Texas is from the N. 0. Courier of the 29th ult. A letter from San Antonio de Bexar gives deplorable accounts of murders and robberies committed upon the people inhabiting the western frontier of Texas, by the Camanchas and ILipans. Most of the able-bodied men of the colonies of New Braunfels, Castroville, and Lake Quani, having joined the army under General Taylor, the savages, profiting by their absence, threw themselves upon the old men, women, and children, burnt the houses, the crops of corn, mutilated the dead bodies, violated the %omen, and carried off a number of the children into slavery. The Commercial Association of German Princes who Underteok to colonise the mountains of San Saba. have not been successful in their plans. They directed a convoy of one hundred waggons c.osoniimi‘t‘hiernouthtee totowardsps tine colony, which was attacked by the savages. The Ger that two,i man emigrants, after fighting desperately, were overwhelmed by numbers and oblieed to retreat, o ?ng the hind them a great number of killed and fortunes eosf thet hsaev,,algnei e waggons COllwts'ined the hole, r intpiat,nrtihtehse,,,abubsgsaevh:tegeteoso,hfiefs dut ith,shec:s r—a sh. exigencies of the service vvi p paritc'hheedPweittemsta3d' a force from the main arn ). 11 fl • before ' 1114 rand commit t their appenrattee, the savageswhie. iw...rytnitue,ll:nestmat:ll:etidt return , ,e% ravages. A will idterwat strong body of soldiers should lIAVANNAH.—The Charleston Courier of the near the settlement--; to restrain these Indians. iln rrega rarridv atloatth 15}:,°:ointaini father information by the F. A. Brown, aevsaciaiptieabo,fththee Courier from Havannah. Mexican s!eatnerS, and th  sa) s It was reported at Havannah that a demand bad tnen made on the Bitamtu Goverumetit, by the builders  of these steamers, or by English merchants who advanced the money, for payment, in default of which, their delivery was required, and that they were consequently surrendered to their custody. This course was adopted with the view, no doubt, of saving them from capture by our squadron. Santa Anna was still at Havannah, and seemed to be , very indifferent as to what now happens in Mexico, though he highly disapproved of the conduct of his. Go-. vernment towards the United States.  The brig Joven Gregorio, from Campeachy, arrived at Havannah, the 19th May, with dates to the 22d inclusive. An extra Congresss was held at Merida, the 22d of April—the first and principal object of this Congress, was to be the organisation of the Peninsula of Yucatan as an independent state. The Captain-General of Cuba, Don Leopold O'Donnell, has received from the Queen the titles of Count of Lucena and Viscount of Aliaga. _ _ _  It.was believed at Havannra7h that there would be no privateers fitted out to depredate on the commerce of this country. _ _ _  The export of sugar from Cuayama, up to the 20th May, was as follows :—to United States 6,906 hhds. ; Europe, 2,249 do. ; British provinces, 950. Captain Burt, of the brig Adeline, from Cienfuegos, informs us that the planters say that in consequence of so much wet weather, a great deal of their cane will be destroyed.