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diDg within said limits shall be entitled to nil the Tights
and privileges enjoyed by the inhabitants of the severul
counties in this State, except as to the right of separate
lepresentation and a separate land district. The inhabi-
tants of said county shall severally be considered as at-
tached to the county from which they were taken until
entitled by numbers to separate representation.
rx Sec. 3. Beit Timber enacted, That James E Hopkins,
"Robert Hargrove, James Ward, William Wilkins and
Barker, be, and they are hereby appointed com-
missioners, whose duly it shall be tojind the centre of said
county, and select two places within three milesof said
centre, 'having due respect to donations that may be offered
toy individuals, of land or property, for a town site for the
use oPthp. county. The commissioners shall then pro-
ceed fojiold an election, and the.place receiving the great-
estmamber of voles shall be the county seat of said coun-
ty;jmUiiq,place so selected shall be known and called by
JLheame "of TarranL After which the commissioners
-- "shall proceed to lay off a town and sell the lots therein at
public auction, on a credit of twelve months; arid ail the
proceeds arising from the sale of lots, or other donations,
shall be applied by the commissioners herein created, to
theTereclion of public buildings for the use of the county,
Teserving to themselves one dollar per day each, for each
and every day they may be required to serve as such com-
missioners.' Sec. 4. .B-s.it further enacted, That this act take effect
from and after lis passage.
Approved, 25th Mirch. A D. 1S46.
AN ACT
Authorizing the Governor of the State of Texas to cedo
and transfer to the United States all of the properly of
what description soever embraced in and contemplated
by the joint, resolution olboth Houses of the Congress
of the United Stales, approved 1st of March, 1843; and
ihe Sth section of the 13lh article oT the Constitution of
" the State of Texas.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That the Governor thereof be, and hereby is,
authorized and fully empowered to cede, transfer and de-
liver over to the United States, or any agent or agents by
them appointed, by such instrument, in writing or other
mean's, as he may deem proper and necessary, all the
publiCcdificeSj fortifications, barracks, ports and harbors,
navy and navyyards, docks, magazines, arms and arma-
ments, and all other property and means, pertaining to the
x public defence, belonging formerly lo the Republic, now
th'e&tatc, of Texas.
0eci2. Be it further enacted, That ibis act shall take
effect from and after its passage.
Appro vedViViarch 25th, 184.
"'. 'i AN ACT
v? i. - .Creating the County of Dallas.
Section l.Be it enacted by the Legisluure of the State
of Texas, That all that territory included within the fol-
lowing limits, in Robertson and Nacogdoches counties,
to wit: Beginning on the southern boundary line of Fan-
nin county, three miles east of the eastern boundary of Pe-
ters' colony grant; thence, south thirty miles; thence,
west thTrty" miles; thence, north thirty miles to Fannin
county lintr; thence, east with said line lo trie beginning,
be, and the same is hereby created a new county to be
known and called by the name of Dallas.
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants re-
siding within said limits, shall be entitled lo all ihe rights
and privileges enjoyed by the inhabitants of the several
counties of the Slate, except as lo the right of separate rep-
resentation,, until entitled by numbers to separate repre-
sentation, and the rights ot having a separate land dis-
trict. Sec. 3. Beit further enacted, That this act shall lake
effect from and after its passage.
Approved, March 30th, 1840.
AN ACT
To authorize parties to suits lo appear therein in person.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That in all sui's hereafter pending in any
Gourt in this Slate either plaintiff or defendant shall be
"permitted to appear therein in person and prosecute or de-
fend the same. ,
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect
from and after its passage. -Passed,
March 31, 1846.
- AN ACT
To provide for fixing the Seat of Justice of the county of
Austin.
Section 1. Be enacted by the Lagislalure of the State
of Texas, That the second Saturday of May, one thousand
eight hundred and forty six, be fixed aMhe day for hold-
ing an election in the county of Austin, for the election of
a suitable place for the permanent location of the county
seat of justice of said county, and it shall c the duty of
the Cheif Justice of said county, lo give public notice of
the same, In writing, to be posted up at the different pre-
cincts immediately after the passage of this act, and to is-
sue writs of election to the different precincts at least ten
days prior lo said election.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That il shall be the du-
ty of said Chief Justice to "receive and make public, in
writing, posted up in the different precincts, such propo-
sitions as may be offered by the citizens of the counly, as
inducements in favor orthoselection of places recommen-
ded as suitable locations for the counly seat of said coun-
ly. ,Sec-3, Bet il further enacted, That the propositions,
fT submitted to ihe Cmef Justice in compliance with the sec-
ond section of.this act, shall be in the shape ofpenal bonds
ami shallfbe collected at the suit of said Chief Justice, or
Jiis successor in office, in the District Court, for the use of
vthe county and the proceeds applied to the erection of
county buildings
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the election for
said counly seat, shallte conducted in conformity with
the existing laws regulating olections,and the returns made
to the Chief Justice, in ten days after the election, who
shall declare the place receiving the highest number of
votes to be the legal seat of Juclice of said county : Pro-
vided, any one place shall have received a majority of nil
tho voles polled at said election but in the event no one
"- place shalNiave receivfjLlhe majority as aforesaidj jhen,
--ntfStnTthat'ctiat-, it shall db tne duly of the ChiefJuslTce to
proceed to order another election, after giving notice as
in the first instance, (putting in nomination the two places
that have received the greatest number of votes,) which
shall be conducted, and returns made ns hereto'ore provi-
ded, and the place then receiving the highest number of
. yo'.esshall be declared the county seat of Justice.
. Sec. , Be it further enacted, That John P. Shel-
bourne, J. Harris Gatlin.John V, Collins, William Brad-
berry, R, R, Peebles, William Cooper, Louis Kleberg,
Oliver Jones and Doctor William Matlnews, of whom
s ihree'rjuiy constitute a quorum to do business, shall be, and
iboy arehereby appointed commissioners to lay 6ut and
"elWotSifnecpssary, and tosupeiinlend the carrying out
v ofBUcb propositions ns tray have beenxnudein behalf of
"tbertfre location selected, and report to the Chief Justice.,
wSethor or nit the ton! containing the proposition.in favor
. ofsaid selected place, have bten strictly complied with by
the makers and obligors of the si me.
Sea G. Be il further enacted, That as soon as the coun-
ly buildings are received by the commissioners and re-
ported to the Chief Justice, the Clerks of the District and
Couuly Courts, Sheriff and County Surveyor, shall rr-
move their offictsand papers to the place selected ns the
county seal, and all courts, thereafter, shall be held at the
said county seat.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That ihis act take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, March 25th, 1846.
We find the following letter fromjhe war department
to Gen. Gaines:
War Department, May28; 1846
Sir: His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky has
j.nolifiedllhis Department that, in compliance with a call
from you under date the 4th insL, he has cauacd to be or-
ganized and sent forward a volunteer force composed of
. eight companies, denominated the ' Louisville Legion,"
destined for Texas.
1
This call, as you must be aware, has been made by
you without the sanction of law, and as similar calls ap-
l peir to have been made by you, on other staUs without
authority from the president, or this Department, and
which are calculated to embarrass the Government, you
ire hereby directed to discontinue your independent ac-
tion in these matters, and to confine yourself to carrying
nut the orders and views of the President, so far as may
oe communicated to you from this Department. You
j will forthwith revoke any call you may have made on
f Stiles for volunteers and militia, beyond ihe number al-
s ready sent into Texas, or to Gen. Taylor, under these
calls
i The Louisville Lpgion having been sent forward, al-
1.1 L i .L ..! -., ...:!. r.k TYinnrt
uiougn contrary iu wie views uiiu wianca ui iuc jt-yan-
ment, as conveyed in a communication to his Excellency
theGovemor of Kentucky of the 18th inst., the President
hasthought proper to give directions to have ihem receiv-
ed and mustered into service. You will therefore cause
the Legion to be embarked for Point Isabel, to report to
Gen. Taylor, should il have arrrived in New Or-
leans. The appointment of Gen. Debuys as Inspector Gene
ral of Volunteers, which you report in your letter of the
16th inst. as having been made by you, is not recognized
or confirmed. The President himself has no authority3to
make similar appointments under existing laws; nor are
you authorized to add to your own staff by appointments
from civil life no such appointments will be recog
nized.
The department has reason to believe that you have
called into the service persons to be employed asaslizans,
&c, &c Such a measure is unwarranted by law and is
disapproved.
Very respectfully,
your obd'l servant,
(Signed) W. L MARCY.
Secretary of War.
Maj. Gen. EDMUND P. GAINES,
Com'ding West. Div , N. O. La.
THE TELEGRAPH.
EDITED BY FRANCIS MOORE, Jr.
e Foils to n, Wednesday, July S, 1S4G.
It is mortifying n ihe extreme at this j unci lire,
when the utmost harmony should prevail in the
national councils, to find the Secretary of War and
the two most distinguished Generals of the republic
at variance. It appears from the correspondence
between Major General Scott and Mr. Marcy, which
has recently been published by order of the Senate
and the orders that have been issued to Gen. Gaines,
that both these high military officers are censured
by the Secretary of War. We regret that this cor
respondence is so lengthy that we are unable to pub
lish it in full. But the following message of the
President, and a Jew extracts from the letters of
Geu. Scott, will serve to show the nature of the con
troversy between the Major General and the Secre
tary of War. In the letter of Gen. Scott, directed to
Mr. Marcy, under date ol the 21st ult., the writer
says:
'1 have received no orders, as yet. assigning me
to the imnii dia e command of the army .ibout to be
raised to conquer a peace within Mexico; but I have
been told to hold myself in readiness for that ser-
vice. From that moment I have occupied myself,
incessantly, with ihe Vdst preliminary arrangements
which can only be made advantageously at thi
place.
"In the midst of these multitudinous and indispen-
sible occupations I have learned from you that much
impatience is already felt, perhaps in high quarter..,
that 1 have not already put myself in rou e for the
Rio Grande; and now, with fourteen hours a day of
preliminary work remaining on my hands for m.tiiy
days, I find my-elf compelled to slop tnat necessary
woik to guard myself against, perhaps, utter con-
demnation in the quaiters alluded to. am too old
a sold.er, and have had too much special experience
not to feel the infinite importance of securing myself
against danger (ill will or pre condemnation) in my
rear belore advancing upon the public enemy.
"Not an advantageous step can be taken in a for-
ward march without the confidence that all is well
behind. If insecure in that quarter, no general can
put his whole heart and mind into the work lobe
done i'i front I am, therefore, not a little alarmed,
nay, crippled in my energies, by the knowledge of
the impatience in question, and I beg to say 1 feur
no other danger.
"My explicit meaning is, that I do not de.sire to
place myself in the most perilous of all positions
ajire upon my nar from Washington, and the fu-
in front from the Mexicans."
These statements unqualified by any explanato-
ry remarks to indicate to whom they were applied,
were very naturally considered both by Mr. Marcy
and the Preident as intimations thai they were the
parties referred to, and Mr. xlarcy in a letter dated
May 25ih referring to this language of Gen. Scott
says:
"That it conveys the strongrst suspicion and not lo
say a direct imputation of most unworthy motives in the
Executive government of bad faith towaids yourself ol
a reckless disregard of the interests ol the country of a
design to carry on a war against you while you are sen.
forth to carry on a war against the public enemy, theit-
can Qcr-i-itiiiMT-no-qusiHin-
And concluding his letter the Secretary of War
remarks:
"Entertaining, as it, is most evident you do, the opinion
that such arelhe motives and designs ot the Executive to
wards yon, and declaring it lo beyouriexplicit meaning
that "you do not desire lo place yoursf in ihp most per
ilous of all positions a fire in your rear from Washing
Ion. and the fire in front from the Mexicans" and so en
lertaing them entirely without cause, or even the shadow
of justification, the President would be wanting in his du-
ly to thecountiy, if he werelo persist in his determination
of imposing upon you the command of the army in ihe
war against Mtxico- He would probably understand the
objert you had in view in writing your biter, and disjp
point your i-xpectaiions, if he did not believe ft was in
tended lo effect a chane of his purpusu in this reppect. I
u m therefore directed by him to say that you will be con
tinued in your pnsent position here, Bnd will devote your
efforts to m iking arrangements and preparations for th
eaily and vigorous presecuiion of hostilities against Mex
ICO."
Gen. Scoit in reply to the letter of Mr. Marcy
denies that he intended any disrespect to the Chief
Magistrate of the nation. He says:
The strongest passages in my condemned letter are,
I ihink, hypothetical. In it, I spoke of ' impatience"
"perhaps in high quarters," of "perhaps, utter condemna
lion, in the quaiters ailudid to," of the 'infinate impor
lance of securing myself against danger (ill will or pre-
condemnation) in my rear, and of that "most perilous of
all positions" to any commander "a fire upon his rear
from Washington, and the fire in from from the "Mexi-
cans." And I also spoke of the necessity of "the active,
candid, and steady support ol (sueh commander's) govern
ment" in the hope of conciliating it.
?ni in tne nope ol conciliating it.
Now, if there be any offince to the President in these
ssagrs the intention of committing which 1 utterly
pas
disclaim it must, in candor, be found in the meaning of
the passagP3 "high quarters" and the "quarters alluded to"
which qualify all the others quoted by you.
It will be perceived that I spoke not of the highest quar-
er, but. iri the plural, high quarters;" and I beg as an
act of justice, no less to myself than the President, to say
I meant 'impatince" and even precondemnation," on
your part, and the kno n, open, and violent condemnation
of me on the part of several leading and supposed confi-
dents of the Presidents in the two Houses of Congress,
(high quarters;) becauso, on an intimation not an order
I did not fly to the Rio Grande, without waiting for the
invading army, yet to be raised nay, abandoning iuo
get to that river as it could, and without the least regard
lo the honorable pride and dislicntion of the gallant gene-
fully accomplished
Bui lhat I did fear, and meant lo express lhe fear in my
hasty letter of the 21st, that those persons here enumera;
ted would.sooneror latcr.impart their precondemnation of
melothe President, I will net deny. My letter was :
written, in part, to guard both the President and myself !
against such a result, which would have been fatal, not on-
ly to me, but perhaps, for a campaign, to the service of the
country."
Several other letters appear in the documents as
published, which followed those here alluded to; but
they are unimportant except as evincing the earnest
dtsire of Gen. Scott on the one hand to be allowed
to take the command of the army, and on the other
the settled determination of the President to grant
this command to Gen. Taylor.
It h pleasing to notice, from the whole tenor of
this correspondence, that the President has evinced
not only a most praiseworthy zeal to prosecute the
war with the utmost vigor; but has also shown mili- -tary
talents of a high order in designating the plan
of the intended campaign. Indeed it appears that
the President was so fully convinced that the army
under Gen. Taylor would be reinforced by the vol
unteers from the southern and western States, so as
to render it sufficiently powerful to prosecute the
war against Mexico, without the least delay, that he
evidently desired the army to march even before
m-.dsummer directly upon the capital. Gen. Scott
however, entertaining the opinion that ihe campaign
could not be opened until September, was making
arrangements to defer any decisive measures until
autumn. In his first letter, speaking of the necessity
of cavalry, and ihe impossibility of collecting moun-
ted Regiments from Kentucky, and other western
Slates, he says "if horses be a necessary element to
success, (and tvo-lhirds, if not three fourths, of the
Mexican army are understood to be in the saddle,)
what utility would there be in forcing the foot much
ahead of the horse?"
If Gen. Scott had been at all acquainted with the
character of the enemy, he would never have made
such an assertion; so fai from it being a fact that
two thirds or three-fourths of the Mexican army are
undeistood to be in the saddle, scarcely one-tenth of
the Mexican army is composed of cavalry. And
such is the superiority of the American horse over
the poney and mule dragoons of Mexico, lhat one
Regiment of American cavalry would be a match
for five or six regiments of Mexican horse. Gen.
Scott discovers equal ignorance of the character of
the country that is to be invaded. He says:
" All the information that can be obtained here
represents that ihe rainy sea-on on, and sou'h of the
Rio Grande, begins about J me, and terminates a-
bout the 1st of September; that during that season,
the hoof of the horse and the mule becomes softened
(though shod) and diseased so as to disable the ani-
mal lor travel and work."
The rainy season here alluded to would not in
the le.ist retard military operations on the route to
Mexico over the table lands. The rains generally
fall only between the. hours of one and three P. M.,
and th n only in such light showers that the trav-
eller is enabled to resume his journey immediately
after the showers have fullen, and the hoofs oi hoises
and mules that are shod, are not in the least degree
liable to be softened or diseased, except on the low
sick y p ams near the coast in the vicinity of Tam-
pioo and Vera Cruz; which are the very sections
iiiut our .iriny should avoid.
It is perhaps fortunate for ihe country that Gen.
Scott entertaining such erroneous views of the chai-
ucterof the Mexicans, and the nature of the country
that is to be invaded, has been jeheved from a com-
mand for winch, he appears lit pre.sent, less compe
tent than Gen. Taylor. The latter by his expe-
rience and situation, has had opportunities of ascer
taining vnh accuracy the character ot the enemy
and the nature ol thecounfr) he is to invade; and
we Tl-joic. that lhe President has deermmed to en
trust the campaign to his direction.
Ml M T ArV i-JcVOT OH TTTE TltlNlT Y. W8 !
have le uned tint a military depot has been estab-
lished at Robb.n'b Ferry on the Trinity; but at this
season of ihe 3ear it will be almost, if uot quite im
possible to transport military stores to that place
from Galveston. We understand that the water in
the Trinity river, is now at so low a stage that evert
hghi diaft steamboats can ascend but a fe.v miles
uhov. Liberty, and it is probable lhat most of the
stores that have been shipped on ihe G..zelle and
Samuel M. Wilhnnis, will not reach their destina
tion for several weeks. A part of these stores have
been already landed at Liberty, and we learn that
the U. S. aeenls will be conmellpd to transport
tin m on flat boats or by land conveyance to ihe de
pot above mentioned, a distance of about 150 miles.
The current in the river is such lhat flat boats can
only be towed against it at the rate of about six or
ten miles a day, and the roads are so wet and miry
from the late rams that teams can with difficulty
travel more than (en or twelve miles a day. There
is much reason th. refore, to fear that the military
stores will not reach ihe depot until most of the
troops for whom they are intended, have crossed the
Colorado. If the depot had been established :it
Libeity, military storts in abundance could have
been transported toil from Galveston, ns steam boats
can easily ascend the river to that point. As most
of the troops from Kastern Texas, and also a large
number of emigrants have recently passed along
the route from Robins' Ferry to Washington, they
ral already in command on that river; who we knew, had s the requisition of Gov. Henderson.
.i n j-: li i ...l i.. ..:. i It 1
uuuts wen, was uuui" wen, uuu wuu, l was uuuc auie, auu it ., r .
his HuIfiVrmv. woukl. if the occasion offered, cover them. Pose e f lhe foUr companies
selves with glory. My prediction in this respect has been ! requisition of Gen. Taylor.
must have consumed most of the corn and othpr
means ofsubsistence in that section, and unless some
means can be devised to transport supplies to some
point on that route at an early day, the troops that
are marching from the States eastot the Sabine, will
be compelled to wait for supplies in the eastern
counties or march by some one of the routes nearer
the coast.
A corps of volunteers from Mississippi, which ar-
rived at Galveston a few days since, has been en
rolled by Col. Seefeldt as Texian volunteers under
They will corn-
required lo fill the
They were furnished
with arms by Capt. B. O. Payne, who has been ap-
pointed to fill the command at Galveston lately oc-
cupied by Lieut. Kingsbury. This corps is styled
he Claiborne Riflemen, and is commanded by Capt.
Shivors. We understand lhat seven companies of
volunteers from the Red River counties, consisting
of 498 men are near San Antonio on the march for
the army. These companies will probably more
than fill the requisition of the Governor.
Hon. T. Pillsbury representative from Ihe 2nd
Congressional district of Texas, took his seat in Con-
gress on the 10th June.
The sloop of War Austin has been sent to Pensa-
cola, to undergo repairs, previous to being placed in
commission. She is to be commanded by Captain
Hollins.
Catholic Pkusts. We learn that about twen-
ty Catholic piiests have recently embarked from
Europo for Texas. Most of them probably intend
to locate in the western colonies, and in the Mexi-
can settlements on the Rio Grande. Two Catholic
Priests, one of them the Rev. Mr. McElroy from
Georgetown, D C, accompanied corps of volun-
teers on the Alabama a few days since, bound for
Brasos Santiago.
A son of Gen. Taylor arrived at Galveston oh the
Alabama, on the 22nd June, on his way to the
American camp. It was reported ai Galveston thai
he bore the commission of Brevet Major General for
his father.
The supplementary war bill of the United Statps
Senate to authorize the appointment of two Major
Generals, was amended m the house, limiting the
appointment to one Major General and two Briga
dier Generals. The amendments of the house weie
concurred in on the 10th June by the Senate.
The act of Congress establishing mail routes in
Texas, is almost a literal copy of the late law of the
republic of Texas. The U.S. mail agent, Judge
Toler, is authorised to continue the contracts ol last
year for transportation, with the old contractors du-
ring the present year. The contractors will receive
the same compensation from the U. S. government
that they received from the government of Texas.
Important Rumor. Advices have been receiv-
ed from Washington lo the 11th June. On that day
it was currently reported in the city, and generally
credited that the President had transmitted a confi-
dential mejsage to the Senate, relating to a proposi-
tion which had been made by Mr. Packenham, the
British minister, for the settlement of the Oregon
question, upon a basis satisfactory to the majority of
the Senators as well as the Cabinet. The corres-
pondent of the Baltimore American, says:
" The message and correspondence is understood
to be in eferenceto the Orgou question, and it is
further understood that the President has called up-
on the Senate to advise in reference to the acceptance
of a piopositi.in 10 settle the Oregon question upon
the basis ot 49 deg., giving England Vancouver's
Island, the free uaviuation of the Columbia, keeping
open the Straits of Fuca, with some advantages to
the United States.
u I pretend not to give details, not having them to
give, Mr. Packenham, it is und rstood, has "not made
tne ffer directly, bu he asks if it will be acceptpd
if made, and that is, in substance, probably the
question before the Senate."
The following officers have been appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to the command of the new regiment of dra-
goons authorised to be raised by the aci of Congress
of M ty last:
Cohwl PersiforF. Smith, of Louisiana.
Lieut. Gilontl John C. Fremont, of ihe Army.
M jor George S. Bnrbridge, of Kentucky.
Captains William H Lormg,ol Florida; Wins-
low F Saudi rsmi. of Ohio; Snnmpl IT Wnlbpr of
Texas; Henry C. Pope, rf Kentucky; George B.
Crittenden, of Kentucky; Stevens T. Mason, of Vir-
ginia; John S Sunonson, of Indiana; John B Back-
enstoss, of Illinois; Bela M Hughes, of Missouri;
Stephen S. Tucker, of Arkansas.
Santa Fe Expedition. We learn from the St.
Louis papers of the 9ih June, that Col. Kearney had
received information lhat a company of traders were
on the march lrom Santa Fe to Missouri, escortpd
by two companies of Mexican dragoons. A large
quantity of arms and ammunition had been lately
sent from St. Louis for Santa Fe, by a company ot
traders which had already passed the frontier of
Missouri, aud Col. Kearney had despatched two
companies of U. S. dragoons to overtake the cara-
van and detain them until the Colonel with the main
body of his troops could reach them. It was thought
that Col. K. would commence the march for Bents'
fort about the 12th June. He was authorised to en-
list a corps of hunters and trappers at that fort, and
it is believed that lie will beprepaied to march di-
lectly upon Santa Fe from Bents' fort, about tlu 1st
of July. It appears that the news of the commence
ment of hostilities beiwe n Mexico and the U.Stites
had not reached Santa Fe, w hen the last canvan
commenced its march for Missouri, and it is proba-
ble that the two companies of dragoons sent out hj
Col. Kearney, will be the first to convey the news to
the Mexicans on that frontier; and it is not impro-
bable that they will capture the two companies of
Mexican dragoons if theyjhould meet them on the
route.
The schooners built for the Mexican service, and
lately purchased by our government, aie said to be
quite small and capable of carrying only one gun
and twenty-five men.
The military authorities of Missouri misunder-
stood the orders of the Secretary of war, and called
for a much larger force than was required. Great
numbers of volunteers who with generous alacrity
enlisted in the new regiments, were sadly disappoin-
ted to learn that they could not be received into the
service. One of the companies of mounted rifle-
men which was rejected, started for Fort Leaven-
worth on the 7ih inst. expecting that Col. Kearny
would receive them.
The Post-Master of this city recently received a
letter from a South Carolina whig, urging him to
"forward the best whig paper in Texas." The
writer might as well .have sent to Greenland for
orangesj for there1 is not a whig paper in Texas.
St. Joh.n's Day. This anniversary was celebra-
ted in the usual manner by the Masonic fraternity of
this city. An appropriate address was delivered on
the occasion at the Methodist Church, by Col. James
Reily.
New Bridge. We have been requested to men-
tion that the Bridge over Brays Bjyou at Mr. Cole-
man's is completed, and as it is elevated two feet
above high: water mark, the Bayou may be Crossed
at this place at any season.
Rains. The heavy rains that fell in this section
last week, appears to huve extended gene: ally over
the country. The Brazos rose eight feet at Brazo-
ria on the 22nd inst. The Bayous near this city
rose about twelve feet on the 21st We regret to
learn that the cotton on many plantations a!onr the
Brazos has been seriously injured by the rains.
We learn that the steamers Suin'l. M. Williams
and Gazelle, have been chartered'by theU. S. gov-
ernment agents at Galveston, to convey nitrfiary
stores, from the latter city to the upper landings on
the Trinity, where the dragoons and mounted rifle-
men from the western Stales are expected to Cross,
on the route from Fulton in Arkansas, to San Anto-
nio. It is expected that 1000 or 2000 mounted men
will reach the Trinity in one or two weeks, on their
way to the Rio Grande. They will probably, cross
the Brazos, at Washington; the Colorado, at La
grange, and will proceed by San Antonio to
Laredo. Other detachments will proceed along the
upper settlements to the same point crossing the
Brazos at the Falls, and the Colorado at Austin.
These steamboats will probably be detained in con-,
veying stores to the landings on the Trinity one or
two weeks; and in the meantime, we shall proba-
bly be deprived of the facilities of mail conveyance
between this city and Galveston, unless some o:her
boats should be engaged for this purpose, or a new
mail route shall be established by land. Our mer-
chants will incur great inconvenience by the with-
drawn of these boats from the trade, as a very lare
amount of goods which have been or will be shipped
to Galvestion from the U. States, to be forwarded to
this city, may be detained in thestore houses at Gal-
veston for several weeks. Emigrants also, who in-
tend to remove to the interior will suffer great incon-
venience, owing to the difficulty or rather impossi-
bility of procuring tenms or other means of convey-
ance, at Galveston.
It is reported at Matamoros, that Genl's. Arista
and Ampudia have quarreled, ana that their forces
have been divided; part acting under the orders of
one General, and part under the other. Ampudia
u is saiu, aiter tne battle ol the 9th was the first to
flee to Matamoros, and immediately after his return
to the city accused Arista of treason, attributing
trie detent of ihe Mexican army entirely to the mis-
conduct of Arista. We doubt this report, lor we
believejimpudia is too arrant a coward efsher to
charge Arista (who is certainly a brave man) with
treason, or to wish at this crisis to supplant his rival
when by so doing, he would be compelled to turn
about and face the enemies that he fears more, than
the ghost of the murdered Sentma'.at.
We learn from the "Republic of the Rio Grande"
that a traveller on the routt; from Tumpic-o to Vic
toria, met a Mexican conrrier hunting for the army
under Arista, for whom, he said he bore orders to
retreat upon Tnmpfco. Ji'he sigejcoiinselIors of
Mexico wonTd "oTotinTfess rejoice to draw the army of
Gen. Taylor into the low sickly region around Tain-
pico and Vera Cruz, where the yellow fever at -this
snason, would be tenfold more destructive to the
American troops than the Mexican bullets. The
ministers of Paredes are evidently aware that the
rouie to the capital by Monterrey is the most vulner-
able point of Mexico at this season, and they wish to
draw the American army from it towards the south-
ern and more dangerous routes, by Tampico or Vera
Cruz. Their wily artifices however, will be of lit-
tle avail, for it appears that the "gallant and judi-
cious" Taylor has already made arrangements to
open the campaign on the route by Monterrey, and
he will probably be thundering at the gates of the
capital, before his superior in command has conclu-
ded his "study of the interior and southern routes of
that republic." Marshall Nil while lying in a snow-
drift, his troops falling around him chilled by the
wintry wiuds of the north, tht fierce hordes of
Cossacks hovering on every side, and a vastly supe-
rior force pressing on his rear, concluded his study
ofihe interior of Europe, and marked out a route
that saved the relics of JS'apoleon's mighty army
from a force infinitely superior to his own. The
gallant Taylor has doubtless ere this, marked out a
route that shall m ti few brief weeks be illumined
with a series of glorious victories, and win for Tay-
lor the epithet that Ney won amid scenes of toil and
suffering and danger, that seemed beyond human
endurance "brave hs bruves."
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Moore, Francis, Jr. Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 1, 1846, newspaper, July 1, 1846; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48416/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.