The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 31, 1849 Page: 2 of 2
two pages : illus. ; page 15 x 21 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
r5t.
i
h.; v re ' .a.: w t'ito
v ...-"- ---.
s-s. as1 a. -.
:.. Oaf
fcO
'!.
m
"SX
-1"
i5fiT 'f Jf'S!p
F&s'
-i San
V
TBE .CIVILIAN.
TWAKT. gMtor.
JIIBNDAY. MAX 28 1849.
DKPREDATI0X3. The Western Tex-
aaituM the followirur extract from letter .written
tledo aoddated April 88th : "The courier from
Darts' rlarajsio arrived bat night bringing intelligence
!vJt " "Baga. Mma na wnito men "J """
u Confirmed by ft letter from Dr. Campneit oi u. o-
Army.etatiooed at Dotia' Rancho that a party oT
Amriceaa havfi teen tha dead bodiei or several pcr-
aata rteagaised as members of Gonsales' family on
theirway from Mier Mexico to Corpus Christi. Col-
Kiaoey lost ito favorite white mule team and wagon
;tbe tame made a present to him by a U. S. officer and
Tataed at tTUO. The driver was found dead and all
the bodies scalped. About half an boar since a man
(Mexican) came into town in great haste soliciting the
eitixeni'of Laredo to turn out en matte and follows
party vf 40 Indians who this morning bad made a
detent upon a rincbo (.from here only six or nine
tmtM on the road leading to Guerrero) and killed and
slaughtered outright three entire families consisting
fmeowomen and children in number some 16 or IS
''human beings who wereindastrioutly and quietlypur-
r-teou their rarious arocations about the rancho. So
I QacVlatibtiiiNaBddiscreetdispositionof our troops
by a set of men at Washington who Tcnow as much
' boot the requisite number and dispositioD.of troops
for this frontier and. areas much about Has'Ocn.
jj 55imiiiJrx3r5ryswjjK letters
fromfttouroa trail can wiwtwi vu . an mii i
old experienced Texan Banger.
- AAsVrESTOX'AXD BKAZOS CANAL. From
a Utter received from Cot. J. E. Johnstone chief of
V. S. Topographical Engineers dated San Antonio
15th inst. we learn that the examination of the pro-
posed Canal route will be attended to by the engi-
neers in the department so soon as certain pressing
duties on the frontier hare been performed. Wo are
-ratified with the prospect that the surrey of this ca
nal route will be made by and under the direction of
gentlemen whose still nnd experience in their pro-
fession trill giro the utmost confidence.
TTlE'Cn&LERA AT SAX AXTOXIO has prob-
ably nearly run its course so for as the present popu-
lation is concerned. The last number of tho West-
ern Texian publishes a list of the 'deaths for the week
ending May 17 amounting to seventeen in number.
Although this in ordinary times wonld be looked upon
as a frightful mortality yet it exhibits so marked a
M.-.!:- ... ...Jf IT ""' "jar" is"aueu
dcS i rzrzz:: xz : z :'tlc
ebeUevetheyareall unfounded viththcexcention
or those which we have heretofore published We
notice m the published list mention of the death of
ton of Maj. Babbitt of the Army.
Tho Western Texian mentions a rumor which has
leached San Antonio from a source which it could
not trace that tome of the mules and horses belong.
ing to the corps of Topographical Engineers ib-it left
San Antonio tome time since to explore th pnnni.
to EI Paso Lave been recognized at Fredericksburg
aa belonging to that party. Tho report states that
tne Indians brought them into the latter place for sale.
The Vieiaria Mrocale states that the cotton crop
on tbe Guadalupe is "-as fine as it can be the injury
none by the frost is scarcely perceptible and if the
season continues favorable and the wnrm Uu it .Um
planters will make at least twp boles of cotton to the
aere.- i-
The last nnmber of the Jdrccalt mentions twd
OJ euoicra on ol which proved Cital at Victoria.
Tbe Victoria Admcnlt docs not place much con-
fidence in the report of the murder of Major Barry's
party of Cafiforuians by the Indians in Mexico. That
paper says
A letter was received here from At M. Wigginton
Esq a member of the Victoria California Company
dated at San Fernando on the 15th ult. and very
probably was brought into San Antonio by Mr. Cain
which does not say one word about the murders A.cr
On tbe other band the party were nil in good health
and spirits and getting on well. They bad no diffi-
culty in obtaining their passports and found the
Mexicans very kind to them.
- hh wiiukui iub u Bin auuinns ivcrc Known
to be in the country and any danger was lobe p-1
a..i.aa r .i. at. -n r..? j t. "! ."I
neleel confident that if any Indians -were known
prebended from them. Mr. V irintrtn wmiM hnr
v in sis icner.
CU0LEBAATLA11ED00NTIJEBI0GRAX
The Western Texian 'cives the following extl
'E.
from a letter written nt Laredo by a respectabe eenl
nan well known ia Texas but whose name is not
mentioned : "The Cholera baa swept like a whirlwind
over Laredo leaving scarcely a family tbat is not iu
taoaroing. It raged for twenty days and then began
to disappear although it still lingers there being a
otto to-day. About 2C0 Mexicans have died. The
company of tbe 1st Infantry stationed here lost 8 cot
T 30 and a company of emigrants 6tylcd the "Essex
Mining Company" from Boston buried five of their
vmmber here and I much fear will lose more on their
route-Tney have left for Ijunpascns they number-
ri 30 rnen when tbey arrived few days ago." This
letter confirnu the report relative to the loss ofCapt
Burbank's men by cholera published in our last The
writer says : "The distress and desolation here beg-
fttrs chaeription tbe panic was great and tbe people
naked bom the town to thejranchos in. theiitaghbor-
TtPtTVMcn only nmdetfce'inxtter' W'oritfaiidiEey
yttn dairy brought back to die the prearauituTy ttsges
having been neglected from their distance fraca and:
iedaid.". nefurther says tbat there are maaybouaet
Taoant thtinhabitanuj all bavins died n &m;i
a ptniraWr he mentions which conaiated of nine
penoot of arnosn eigni aiec.
Ciizt MituniTt The Brooklyn Advertiser
sens oa aniucnt m tuat cuj man oi property
character and standing apparently rational but who
hat lately given away to entire strangers and casual
litietrt ny o wnoie mock in trace winch consisted
rfaTefyeodttortment of tobacco and cigars and
i llm artaelaa oaoallr retailed by persona nmnvl in
that Uitintas. Under tbe imnremion that the last
tru-apHwaatKmtuwsTOwleu.anatbitbewason
Jtottttf bemtaoeamonedby the angel Gabriel to
-tJTCH artoont of deeds done in the flesh be thus
reaUaassy dupostd of the acormulation of years jot
ilattt J anil Tni. nm ir-y un nini it nnn his family
'0wji4ih'Jtaaetrfwrihchoieraimslhpotniea-
tttta. ns4 awiantta. We have six or eight ramisters
Imitrm jtarehei and sgreral placet of worship.
. TikaaaTaiillMiiir Ibe "Ark" does notindnde
asiliaiiaiiiiiaiiai ox j. unransana that '
ka. . a ' - - . S
E aaraa tuaoiiai aan aia tor our eavkraor-
lHnuUtCmftt lifts.
ee ifyf. Newark ia noWKom-
U am Inereaae ttSOOO bum
Iof80 bwiUino hart been oat
i tkc part Tt7lcleW four ebtnbes.
t'Jb. t IS"
. tJ - .
UPMAN LIFE appears to fctfte wnnilsrfally
cheapened at San Antonio tinea tte'ipptwaace of !
the cholera there. We bast alrtsdf stationed n so
icide to escape tbt boron of lb ipMfjiP tat the
Us t number of the Texian racjUotit a fearful increase
of supposed suicide though wa doult wicthcr so
manysuddea deaths arejusUyebargeaUs to tlm cause.
That paper says t v
" A recklessness of life unsReeccntcd. has exhib
ited itself in many instances ; the horrors of death
or tue teanui consequences oi a nersaitcr icema so
make but slight impression upon the minus of many
the last four or Ere daTs not less tbsn fire snd seme
report seren. bodies hare been found in the San An
tonio nver ana tne aiteu issuing irom ine Alamo to
tue bead or the nreropposea to nate been arowneu.
The nsmes of two onlr hare been ascertained Dar-
enport ud lYater the latter employed in tbis office."
Ono would think that the cholera was thinning the
ranks of rtbe tiring rapidly enough without the aid
of man eitheir in self destruction or destroying the
lire of others lho coming summer we fear wil
be a notable one in the annals of mortality. We bare
already accounts of the appearance of the cholera
in all the leading western cities and not only along
the principal rivers ; but in many usually healthy in-
land districts. That the cities of the Atlantic sea
board can escape is not to be expected ; and with the
thousands of emigrants crowded into them and of
others deprived of ail the ordinary adrantages of
comfort nnd health even to a sufficiency of pure w
ter and ir. it u scucelr be otherwise ttuuf thai epl-
lUniv cbofcni wIUawrrpthcVnuikraanrtiQery does
tVouorut snny.-svoe wouia nasurany suppose inai
prospects so full of alarm and calling so loudly for
the adoption of means of prevention and precaution
against disease would have the effect to render peo
ple prudent and discreet in all that relates to health
and its preservation ; and that the dreadful scenes
presented around them would naturally awe nnd
sadden people into sobriety and religion. An un
usual increase in the bills of mortality however fre
quently lias a very different effect being exhibited
in an increased apparent recklessness of death and a
grca'er indulgence in dissipation and revelry. In the
cholera season of 1632 and in other epidemics we have
known more than one reckless jester to go from the
convivial board at night to be carried to the grave iu
the morning; we have beard the music of the ball
room from one side and the groans of the sick Irom
the other of the same street oa the same night. It
is doubtless an effort to shut out a consciousness of
the unpleasant scenes by which they are surrounded
that leads men to disipation and debauchery upon
these occasions. Some imagine that it looks like bra
very.jctitis real cowaruice ju last uut uie lion's
-?ria!&
Z. .S? ' J. Wch they wih to
u V I J "mtcd b' the tfforts b'Kb
T! .'" and at 0le "vd wth seems
farthest from death be is too often. Lie il..v.ut..
at the Egyptian feast the only sure and permanent
b-w-. -"'j w suunoineroccnaimiB m ni..
ui rpmemic h is particulariy true that
I'FmiMj at (h !. . a.. . ..
. .... . "J mnwimtra
Aor .rr till. b. mlanlhl boil "eS"o ' '
Piety is a good thtni: at all time. ; hn :....
those who are partieularly pions as well as those who
arc uncommonly wicked in times nt . a1
Trite as is the observation we all die once and it
vnt. tsiH4B t-a t!aat. - t. . . - "
-...:. uu. nine wneiner the Urira JIOMter
rilVS '" kt' wrm "llh arw bro.
Or in IU nthinsitriin ibe aii.
Thematfr wtiti.T.a to..- ...
- "" ii moi.io regard and over
WimuTlivej that in which we die is most a L
ntubu nt: nnra rnnet mnftv.! :. t. ...
beyond he control orhumanprBilence'and calcula-
tion. He can't be vrronir .whose life u in il.rii.
nnd it matters but fettle how we die if we have lived
as becomes reasonable creatures :
"So lite la.i .bra itj mmmoni 'on. u jo.n
The iDDtimrbIe crat ao UiU morn
To ih: mmrtiooa rralm nhe ro each afaaU uk
Hii chaoibn la lho allaot halla of dum.
Thou go bat likethe OMarrj-alavoatolf hi
Ncourj.d lo bia dou;ioa but .uulnnl and .oolbri
Bj an ODbnlirrloi lni.t. approach ibr traao
L kt om who wrapa lha draperj ol b la couch
clboatbiin.aad lirsdjwauplejuuuldlrama.
THE BRAZORIA COMPAXi TOR CALIFOR
NIA. Some of our Brazoria friends may be pleased
to see the following letter :
FaCDEaicKsatrao. Anrll 95 1RJQ
JtincsJaMEsLovs: '
My dear Sir Knowing Tour aniietr tn I... ram
. t t . . ...
?' l ta. S VU"?m tofbnn you we arrived
i here on the 22d in safetv. all we 1 nrl in rA .:-.
' I W SB aral1llaa1 a-.aaaah1aa. J. it O . " ai a.
. .... n.u.uiMvuimm toctuer to-oay organized
and appointed Dand S. Terry w.thout opposition
X. .""" "". it e are aoout u strong all
Texians. There aro two more companies here one
from Louisiana tbe other from Missouri about the
same strength. We set out to-morrow at 10 o'clock
for El Paso. There are about X or 60 waggons in-
-.-... .uw uuluuj uuj ataie that will
leave in four or fire days.
About fifty Comments came in to-day to trade
and they state the route from here to the Cboncboii
practicable for wagons. This we had previously
fpaaniwl rmmi f.nt 11. .... I.. . . f- . -
'. 7: . .. r ": "'iu went out irom Aus-
tin I5th March. They also state that there is a trail
from the Choneho to FJ Paso and that" there is no
difficulty in getting on with our wagons. There are
no mountains out some mounds or Lilla ihnt r.
easily wind round. Ifthis information be correct we
hope to get to EI Paso with more ease than 3nit.
cipatcd. There are two companies or pack mules
ahead of ns and two seta oT engineers; eo I think
with their land marks we will he able to get on safe.
Our animals generally hare improved since we left
and I fullyhelieve tbey will ret fat hr ik. i;m. -.
get to FJ Paso; if so we will climb the hills to the
Gila with a bold front.
The weather hat been unusually cold here for ns
lower owti J - pwle. -lHautict coats and log fires
bavt been rery comfortable. Tbe frost baa killed all
the forward eon to they have to plant over.
V. J. KYLE.
The World teithout a Bible hss been a -rnrl.l
without humanity. The idea tbat ail men are equal
exalta men and humanity truly conceived ia above
nationality. Give up this one idea or eatulit ..
hnmaniry it lost and castes and pride prer.1 ti
Chinese and the Indian know nothing of the end of I
uuniauiitj. sue aiiuio giTes uie omy true idea of lib-
erty. God is tbe head of all government. 'At-'the
national law is above that of this state ao is the law
ciuouaoovcuiatoianyoiner. ine liberty of Greece
was not tbat orman. but only that of Greeks as Greeks.
In many of their States there were more aim il...
freemen.' Trjeworidwitlwot the Bible baibeen without
domestic aoejsty ; woman has not been appreciated
nor bM wxopted her proper station j without the Bi'
hie the world has also been without popular edoea-
m'ju aiuui owuiapiiiVao w uomj-jteecheT.
The London Times raya: nv. aawa.- 1
cortfirmed bdSef of tvery rjeorde wnder beayati tLaat
nothing abort of ox teak and alcohol oaa tatisfy' the
J-n o a rf.a . . e-if.---
corisidsrtd BiiMMrjr to nt at -water to a Mar
' !
Bran roaiOrrscsLKja nhanlmaia cJK. ;. Ua.
bwowal of tht usnitoai4ouaa and pott often ia the
city of Philaiflphia rabaUy do not exceed tot 1iua-
dred and Bfty. There have been two thoojuuul an.
p hcanU (or mn is Ue ciutoa-hoM alout.-
fcfte;-4tauTUatt .wl
Wednesday; mat an.
ICE CREAM PAimr The Ladies of thai
oopa) Church will give an Ice Cream party tcr
nt TrinltT School Ilcmicthe proceeds to be ape
ihn navment of tlia debi of the Church. - "J
We bespeak a fitting reward of Uicir benen
bora in a large attendance.
tr-- Thceteim shin PrtlmtJfo. Cant. JerJSerith
arrived yesterday (Tuesday) mornlngrremX.Odjjns
barirg left that port on Suniliy. I
DISCOXTIXUAXCE OP TUE TEXAS. CltD-
"JjANCE DEPOTS General Army Order So. is
sued mm tbc War Department on ue iiuunsuays
" The ordnunco depots at Galveston and Poiaiajubel
which were established for the operations ofjsj ar-
my during the war with Mexico being no longen re-
quired will be discontinued. Such of- the tint and
munitions at these depots as may be needei Ibr the
troops in the Stb Department will be transbircU to
tho commanding officer of that department and be
removed under his directions to some mors (leni-
ent and central position. The remaining oriuoce
and stores will be sent to Baton ltouge arsensj"
&3 Mr. Aaraua Lixic who has filled tij'tincc
pro tern during tbo absence cf Mr. KenneofThas
been permanently appointed British Consul aVthi
port. x
' THE CHOLERA appears to be on the incite in
CiacinPafr-hul lUKntqavat-LAuuniu' xr"
cases occurred at Cincinnati within the twtnt) four
hours ending the 17th inst 8 P. M. Sevcnted new
cases and eight deaths are reported by UleepV or
the !M. In Louisville on the 18th icit..t haf al-
most disoppeaied a fow cases only resioimns and
those convalescent.
Cholera was raging on the Kanawha at fie latest
datrs. H
It appears by our exchanges that most of tbj tarns
and cities on the Western waters and more tsilcu-
larly the passengers and hands on board of stcun-
boats are suffering from this dreadful disease. IiSt.
Louis the whole number of deaths for the wetk aid-
ing the 13th inst. was 273 cf which 1S1 were Jfciol-
era. This is gircn'by the papers as a fair cdtMon
for other places. Tbe Keveuls of Ibe 15th pis a
hit of mortality on n eingle Lost the Jfonr-
tween St. Louis and Jefferson city. Fifty-thn
sons had died before the termination of the t
THE OVEHFLOW AT K. ORLEANS a
to have passed its climax. The waters have
to recede; yet much of the surface of the atyand
rriday tlifc water in tWrnrma :.. r nr- l
to four indie? tT- T-f I J M "?.
ro lour inches. This is attributed to the opdU
"iTwDclu saysths on
umc eigut or ten large passages through the le at
the lake which give outlets to the water He ing
through tbe cuts made in the Metairis Riige A
strong westerly wind however which lomre the
water a the canals and bavous runnim? fmre' tWH
and ita faubourgs to the lake is supposed tohavi ex-
erciscon material influence. The burying grosnds
are nearly all under water seme of them scvcrilreet
and it is difficult to inter the dead with tccomiu. de.
cencv. The Delta nt ik. ii. k. i. gene back irom laos in search ot the scientific in-
ia malint wartl T J h" 6a"at '"menu and otlr property lost by Col. Fremont
in maung war upon tbe congoes and masaiin malea ' wl.-n ano-r.bnnH m iU moaitoino. . .irf t;m. .:-
which swarm as they did in Ejvptjwbi-' oitoj by On their return they encountered a party of Indians
the plague of unclean things." rne same papcrCaya supposed to be tbe same that had been ao roughly
" The fashionable ojrclci have abandoned theirlfina luu1Iedll7 a party of dragoons under Lieut Wbitt-..-t
....-. ' . .. atr-t. IX lesev. at the Rio Colorado. and wenemtmlereil hv thom
...lw.tusuvermounwoarn-jlr;w5 -V. r 'j.cmci--wttsoo-
iu.rTerj.nnd lalt -i (a"jMoilkiifr ce visited upon the savages."
uay parties or ladies may he seen in the aftcriwu f
fluttenng in neat pretty little ikiffa which with &eir
..... . f
prettT snoWT SOUS Ikim nleatanl rnvrr h- rniU.
I ;.....' '
teddistncU" I
Hie efforts to closo the creiasso appear to have
wholly failed. It is stated that as fast as the wotk u
cnntM1.l.n... a.t.v.A
-.r. ...r. .malliaa ajncu
is reopened. Tho water continues to pour in with
unabated force and volume; and wo presume that
the only real relief expected is from a fall in the river.
.
GRE4.T FIRE AT ST. LOBIS Tbe steamboat
irAiir Cloud took fire at St. Louis on the 18th inst
und caused the destruction of twenty-ono othersteam-' ! . Rochler late Pastor of tbo German Pres-
ers viz : To-Wienf. Coles. value 420.OQO. Bo. V I S?ter.!mCuu.rcl & d.e(1;a'rf new election re-
srs viz : Taglioni Coles value 20 OOO Boreas Vn ? . . vuu.rcD ?'BS aeleated in a new election re-
ai- .pi - faMUw "cqiescein 'he dec s on oftbc church retain-
tJlee Jmtncan Eagle Sarah Montauk Kit ed the keys entered tho pulpit and commenced the
arson nmour Acadia Mameluke Prairie
In addition to the boats a number of houses on
shore were destroyed. So intense was tbe beat oris-
ing from this great conflagration which extended
with short intervals from the head or the levee to the
head or Duncan's Island tbat it set fire to the build-
ings at various pointa along tbe levee. We have not
room for the details ; but the entire loss or properly
is estimated nt five millions or dollars.
In addition to tho other property there was a vast
amount or groin in sacks hemp bacon etc. etc on
the levee which caught by the heat sent off by the
boats and was destroyed and unfortunately on one
pile or hemp which was covered by a tarpaulin it h
said four persons were sleepingand all were deitroy-
eo. mere were a numtxr ol kegs or powder oa
board the various boats and aa the fire reached' then
they caught and exploded with a terrific crash scat".
tenng tbe burning lragments in wild conhision.
By one of these explosions one man atandihg on
tliftlAviHa.'waaJrtUMlaannlfiorjKra aiknokiM&y haper-
atcd indifferent partsbf his body. Before the pro-
gress of the flames could be arrested on abort it was
found necessary to blow up one or two booses net
the corner of Market and Second streets and ia doin-
to nt least three persons were killed. -
Tbe extent of the conflagration from iu beeinninri
to its termination is said to cover about one rouo
length by two in width.
Tbe last European papers received in the 17. States
contain full particulars of the surrender of the' Sikh
army to the British troops in India. Sixteen thou-
sand prisoners of war and forty guns were placed at
the disposal 01 tne conquerors
The CauToaim Fetu. A New York letter to
the Philadelphia Ledger lays
At I said yesterday tbe last news wa cot from Col.
itomia waa reviving the " goM fever " hereabout ; bait
the telegraphic daspatcbet received this morning-
t eleven days later. hat Droueht back tha dWn.
in good earnest three or four rmila wart" put eo
att. and tha mv.r.' (; at! -.I-k-.a... rJ-
-ft. . a"t " . " ta-aaoaa taStlBK
alarge business. -
twi. h.;r. -aj tv j-j. an..- "il.i.' "
my brother was drowned here aatlsnffam hnt a':
loitBrfWmnjmaadvorlwoJe'r.o Vau
iaie r.aaara vales nuaora SI. filers Elita1" """'""-"ler usa usurped nis place and
tetaart Bed WinA. Hamilton Martha Belltf!rLJiI:i"ilV.'i"iMtl'SV'
Itlendan Gen. Brooke and iVWfc oined Ih I by'bo m t L? LZZl
4 i
- raaiicgttrti S.wttc
The steam ship fanny arrived yesterday from
Corpus Christi and other Western ports. Wc'roake
the following extracts from the Corpus Christi Star of
Saturday last May 20 :
ttTUE INDIANS. Since our last we have beard or
no fresh depredations by the Indians in tbis section.
The horses stolen from San Pntricio appear to have
been taken by a band of whic thieves mixed with
Mexicans and negroes. They were pursued by a par-
ty of tbe citizens who kept them in view for tenmiles
but being badly mounted were uuahle to overtake
them.
A gentleman in tbis town has received a litter from
a Mexican friend of his at Laredo which gives an ac-
count of a renconire with the Indians near that place.
lie says that a party of fifteen Comanclies arrived at
tbe Kancho Capitancno and cam'cii off a girl about
twelve years ok tier father and relations immedi-
ately called together the inhabitants of the other ran-
cho and pursued them but being badly mounted
their force gradually diminished until there wero only
eight men left who heing friends of the unfortunate
captive and excited by a feeling of anger against those
atrociout Caribt. resolved to pursue and punish
them severely. On theTtb inst. tbey overtook them
at a nlace called Mazuevitos. f near the old Kancho de
Dolores in the Laredo District) and after a fightof
more than on hour succeeded in rescuing the captive
cirl. Tbe Indians had three kilted and the Mexicans
three wounded ; tho former losing all their plunder
and horses. Since that day tbe Indians hat e return-
ed in force and now range the lino with perfect free-
dom robbing the rtnclios and destroying every thing
they aan lay their bands on.
AxoTitu OrSTBauE. A Mexican named Besen-
dea arrived yesterday from Matamoros in company
with four families who intend settlins here. On Weif-
...!.. 7. .il ... .il .i.tw.-f t--t .wr-M-it
wwiauv jiuj wLUc the men were out getting their
cattle together a party efJndian attacked the cauljl
and earned off four women two of them married
and a Tenuis child two years old. They took an old
woman whipped her nearly to death and let bcr go.
it ucn mo men reiumeu tue inaians naa Deen gone
some time and they saw no more of them or their un-
fortunate cantirts.
The same man reported that the old and extensive
Bancho de Kosalia above tbc town or Santa Rita on
the Bio Grande had been entirely broken up and
the inhabitants were making their way to Corpus
Christi. Tbo whole Kio Grande country with tbe
exception if tbe largo towns is said to be completely
dna .' in A !.. V.iMna .n .1 ..lit 1 Itttn. - -..1
.. .& itiuuii luiHiub niiikiuiti); loan biiu
beast wherever they meet them. The inhabitants
were canting longing eyes to the Government for re-
lief and we hope it may arrive before it is too httc.
And Still Akothxr. Yesterday two Mexicans
belonging to Col. Kinney's Bancho del Osowere shot
on tne west Dang ot tne -Nueces just above can fa
triad and one of them it is thought mortallr wound
ed. The persons who shot them arc said to be whites
and doubtless belong to the same gang who stole the
uuibco at can rauicio.
Ma. II. Stuskt Dear Sir : U ill you do me the
favor to announce in vour next paper that I am com
pelled by imperious necessity to decline tbe nomina-
tion tendered ma hr t rltmnpmfiitnolinn'IiM in Inta
city a few weeks since as a candidate to represent
this county in the next Legislature for reasons he-
'yond my control and of a purely privato nature. I
'.taketbiJ occasion to tenJe? my'beartfclt thank to
of the democratic meeting and to my friends individu-
"Vi tor ""aT. confidence and partiality towards me.
Very respectfully your etc .
M. B. MEXABD.
GsLvuToy May 30 1649.
Dxatu or Ktuavs An Williams We learn
says the Santa Fo Republican of the 31st March "that
I Dr. Kcarns and 'Bill Williams ' the well known guide
and trapper were recently murdered by a band of
Eutaws. The particulars as lor as we can ascertain
Btnl m fo-low : fh Doctor and Williams bad
' -""""'c " Loss or Lirx .An appalling
case of suflenno' nt i InLlanMrnj :.!.- ..?
-rt...L.- ---. ..-."J """''" "UJevicinnv
V' vueoec. xne wtrx rticarnqua Captain Marsliall.
from G onpeair-r mV. ..n...L. V";A:J . I .'
.'"' rBrt f the crew and some of the passeners of
I's :rnSy'of. Maryport Capt. Shaw which
! led on tb3d of A pnl fromXewry. Ireland for
yuehee. The Hannah came in collision with the ice
at 4 o'clock on the morning of tbe 2Dth April when
I "? paengets were in bM foundering in about 40
a'ate' n; TerfPta!n " ond mates
i -;- " "JS". w"v0 '" uc Bu;p in toe mo Doat imme-
- -a - - . "i m mc uiu uuat II
(lately 8n finding that tbe ship was going down.
A Riot occurred at Pittsburg on Sunday the 20th
icciaiun ot tue cuurch retain-
pulpit and commenced the
'scrvices. Mr. liuubar the newly elected pastor then
era were arrested by the police and the Mayor now
hnli-l -tr.tratii-m aF t-.a !. ...!.
MlvaaaV TVVVIVM VI tltClailUIVlIf
lNniMmTr.-On the 23J ult the French Aweni-
u.j "" iu noica aiiows to tne lorraer propri-
etors of slaves in the Colonies 6000000 francs in til
ths
five per cent rentes and COOOmidr
one-eighth part rf the 6J00000 rentes which goei
to tbo Colonies or Guadalupe Martinique and the Is-
land oT Bourbon fa to go to tbe establishment or a
bank in each or these Colonies. Th ih;l ...):.
'ics in money ;
was to take place in a Tew days.
Srrin. The Baltimore Sun or the 17th inst in
relation to the quick passage or the Canada thus dis-
courses :
The Canada has put her best foot foremost in her
trip across tbe Atlantic this time and mado the run
from Liverpool tollahftx in eight days. Really it
sounds very Tacetious ironical to talk ora voyo ' to
Europe now a-davs. Vi'e may malm n .... v
Orleans Point Isabel or some other remote locality
npon our own coast to say nothing oP California and
urcKviu uu. -voyage to uirope" is aroonsstth
tuitelbl.arcT. It la only atnn neraaa tha
A week at sea "for the good or your wholesome."
The bark Kicarapua. from GIom-Mta- aa.t.1 ..
Quebeo on the 12th inst. brought up part f tho crew
arrdpassengenoftbebrigiliinnaAjSaiiedfromiVewry
on the 3d of April for Quebec which came in collision
with theiee on thcZJth oCApnl when tbepassengers
were in bed foundering in about forty minutes after-
wards Tbe Nicaragua succeeded in ;... too
passengers end six seamen from the ice. Fifty-five
.n wa ata. aiia In !... .--1.1.. J !.L . . "
lavu a. aia av iwic tVtlSUVU Wim iOt C01U.
Natw AiCHsHiiors. The Catholic Council at Sal
timora have it is laid. created severtl new arcbUaba.
Bishop Hughes has been made arehbuion of vSL'
Tork Bishop Blano. ArchbUhop of KW1K.'5
Bishop roKclLArohbi.hor. of einchMtiT ' d
Coickitio brSnsnsrParliijriiiW .
turn snows ijiat the nnantitw ra.r.Ui.AV
rathe 'omted Kingdom in the year 1B48 wot 23-
230066 gaftmt-ol- which 2323379 gaII?tyielo!.
ing a uuty in tifiufxn were entered lor borne con-
sumption. -i
The New fork Board of Health reported on Ibe
i7thwiaU four ew cases of cholira. The death that
hare taken praot were amonr TaWatm of th .
filthy coadinon.
we vraa on tM.deerete In Pant. The whole
nasobtr oT eases anaowud ty tbt least retamt to
aStkbr which V proved utaL
n cllja. u. b a ... .
- id.tetrcrix&StnaterialBiQo'is..
CANADA"." '
Moiwsui Thtiriday Evening Nay 10.
Thmk.i Wn ni oicilrmtnt dunnir the whole
of this day in consequence of the attack madebythe
mob last tnltlnight-on Titus's Hotel at the time tbe
Ministry were dming.
1 1 seems from the most authentic accounts that this
mob was organized to make this attack. The mode
of proceeding to break open the door was to use a
tnica. pinna as a uaticniig nun.
As soon as the-door was broken ODen. the parties
in the inride fired along the plank with pistols with
the result reported this morning. i v1
At nigiitimi tne military were caiieu out.
This precaution no doubt saved the house of Mr.
Dmmmond. Solicitor General for Lower Canada; for
it being rumored that he waa one of the parties who
nad nreu tne nioo were medidaung revenge.
We bad another hot debate in tbe Assembly this
afternoon on a motion of Sr Allan MeXab for copiea
of correspondenco on the Rebellion Indemnity bill
ana whicn tuo uovemment reiusea.
Fridav. Noon. Mar II.
All has been auiet this mornin?. but there U much
bad feeline elrjtinp the Reformers rcnrobltine ih
no measured terms tho wanton attack on Titus'silc-
tel; and tbo oppositional bitterly reprobating tbe
dinner as a political demonstration iu a time of such
excitement as tne present.
FOM St. Doitiirco Tbe following important
tntelhzenco appears in the N . 1 . Sun of the 1 4th inst. :
We have received intelligence fiom bt. Domingo to
the 27th ult. by tbe arrival nf the schooner Forest
Cant. I'utkis.rom Porte-au-PIattc. A great reverse
bad taken nlacc in tbe nositinn of affairs m the island.
PresiJent Soulouque with his army had encamped
within n few miles of St. Domingo using water from
a atroam trboae source was near thecitv. This hod
been poisons! byttra OmxiTf-iiuoi: uccasionedc
MIWU.1 WU.UKN M.1H H 1 1 .. . .JIIWJ 111 MIG a.ISII
army. At this time the uonucicans attacked them
making many prisoners ana nearly capturing Soulou-
que himself. His army was entirely put to route.
Ixscnarcnoss iv Baizir. Tbc port of Spain
(Trinidad) Gazette of the 3Uih March mentions tbat
by an arrival by St. Thomas it was ascertained that
several vessels bad recently arrived at this latter island
from Brazil in ballast having been unable to obtain
any cargo in consequence of tbe condition of the coun-
try the slaves being in a state of insurrection. These
it was said bad been setting fire to the estates in
every direction and the whole country was described
to iv iu uamot irom one cna to tne otuer.
Xcw Yobx Polick Foscr. Some idea of the
strength and efficacy r.r the X. York Police may be
judged from the following from the Tribune in reftr-
ence to me nrrangements lor preserving the peace on
Sunday nigbttbe 13th inst:
There was no military force about tbe Opera House
last night. About six hundred policemen occupied
the house and did duty around it. Nearly all tbe po-
lice or the city were either on duty at the snot or
awaiting orders and their plsecs were supplied by
private citizens sworn in Tor tho occasion. It would
have taken a greater number or lawless rioters than
we trust the city contains to have stormed their fort
ress.
A Resolute Sitrairr.- Tbe BaltimorcSunof the
16th inst says that Ibe deputy Sheriff or Weitchea.
ter X. Y. while arresting a tew days ago some of
it n.la.rt... .r it r I ll. .7 .
UNiiuiiuuiBW IUC UM1 IHfia UUK UI1IO SUlCO OD
the Hudson river railroad was set upon by three Irish
men uemanuing tne release ot two prisoners be had
band-cuffed lie resolutely refusing each undented
a pistol at him threatening to blow out his brains.
Jlr. recit the omcer instantly drew a revolver from
his coat pocket and hot in rapid succession one
through tbe breast one through the neck and the
other through tbe arm. The whole body instantly
fled and with the exception or the wounded return.
ed to work. The man shot through the breast is not
expecteu to recover.
Betrisutjoy. Poland is indeed payingoff des-
Eotism lor the flagrant injuries inflicted upon her in
er memorable dismemberment to satisfy tbe ambi-
tion or Russia Prussia and Austria.- From that day
to this the moat efficient officers on tbe popularaide
in every-European popular outbmak ending in the ob'
rosnii o abridgment of royar or aiittocratic pow-!
er everywhere in Europe bawshcen natives or tbis
murdered country. The present position or Bern and
Dembiaski and the snecess or their efforts aminst
Austria ondl.ussia prove that Poland'awns arc true
to their glorious purpose of wiping out her deep score
-0 -.... usu n way mj centuries to
lu-uiiuu tue tasK. tor. oy Me Union.
Px-rrr LiKcr.vr smono the Cosxoiaruas
s-onuon papers give an account of tbe arrest of a
young nummismatologist from Viennj.orrashionable
appearance and highly respectable connection who
had been detected in pilfering valuable ancient Greek
andIcman coins from the British Museum in which
bavin? been nmnfrlv intnvfiwwwl 1. l..l u : :
0-----1---I J' -v uc iiuu 1CUIU1UCU IU
the medal department atudvin?. and atmlina. r-1
montbs. The large collection or coins found at bis
lodgings including those stolen from the Museum
waa valued stewards ol 2fi00 or about ten thou-
suiiu uunars.
WOMESf IT THE An.MT FlOUTI.VC The Ia( Or.
man papers say that Hungarian ladies are fighting
with tbe same enthusiasm for frN.inn. it;- ..
trymen. Among one hundred and forfy Hungarian
captives taken by Gen. Simonish there were nineteen
Hungarian ladies with muskets in their hands and
dressed in military uniform. A Cnnntoaa ri.. t:.h
est rank has raised a regiment at her own expense
nnd her enter is the commander or this regiment.
We get some idea or Ibe commercial character and
value or annuities and pohcies oP Ida insurance in
England by the following report or n sale recently
made by auction in London. Two annuities amount-
ing to IS0 per annum less the legacy duly durin-
.... w. MKciiiiciiiiui ogeu anu a policy ot in-
surance for XI GOO on which there were nccumula-
u.;na nmouniing to i i to ( the annual premium bein'
JC15 12s) sold for 171. r
ExrEXiaiflTaz. We honnl nf Ana tnn.. ...
1 J..rv..r. t. .7 l. ..:'---T ""t
.uUU w wiiiumu nni iook nis uiansct and Slept
n an open porch. The next morning he concluded
not to CO. Another tnntK rnliii i.f mm i..li..
ellcd about six miles through the mud. lie found it
was a pretty bard day's work. Tbe next day be gee-
....u ...tm ua upuu anu t uat evening toox his
w-uiv wu aus CMlilluia Hat.
A Young Lawyer was onco asked by a judge
whether in the transmigration of souls he would pre-
fer being turned into a horse or an ass 1 "An ass''
quickly replied the lawyer. "IVhy-' aayi the judge.
"Because I have heard of an ass being a jud-e but
never a horse."
A! V ?ow.-Mr. James 0. Oliver orChatles
county Sid has a white crew which was recently
taken from the.nest oi :U black pareua.
..S0?; - gentleman from Chicago aayi that en
ie 6thnut.theanowintheSeIdsadjacent totbatckr
ni three feet deep.
Dr. Coolidge.who was convicteil some months since
ofmurd-ring a Mr. Mathews by administering to
him crasaloeiJhas committed suiealein the Peni-
tentiary at Augusta Maine.
The Boston Times speaking or the firm qaaritiei of
the ice fathered from Fiah I'nmi. in tlatL4;t- ..
Ita .at.... .LI. 1. v.-"." - --Vt J-
. ia ia - as tinea as tue neau oi a tanauo ano. as
cum as cnanty."
A wae tawiniT with a u that m. mai it atiaia.
latin the World after trying in vain to taw with it
"'" out at last aa iouowi : - in all in saws that
i ever saw taw 1 never taw a taw saw at that taw
taws."
Sir teter lily nude It a rule writ to lbtk it k had
picture having found by exptrienet tutt whenerer he
end ao.nia pencil took a tint r-om it. Apply the same
rait to bad hooka ml bad company.
It wont do for a nun to bump his head tcainsl a
uintpiKt umsst nt otiitrti toat ma BMd ft ue
Birarat .
VFOBOON. The steamship Canada has arrived-
bringiag news from Liverpool to tie 4th tatt.
Four of tbe French steamers returned to ToolseT
from Cevita Vecchia on the 23th when tbe prepara-
tions were immediately made to embark another";
detnchmentofSUllJiuuntrywabatteritarafrtsalMT
ami several squaarons oi cavalry wtucn u ira- f
peeled would sail for Italy on the 2d inst.
Tbis movement migbtlead to tbe soppoaitioritIiat
Gen. Ondinot expected resistance at 1 tome; however
tbat may be il is stated that be would not wait far;
remforctinenM tossaifc.JAorirrm.of fool abate fiat-
but been already directed toward that city.
'Vha naara nf ilia arriral ttf I lia Vaal..1. laa .aa.'. a
great tenialion at Rome where it was said Avitxans
had gat 20000 men under arms to meet them. Anoth-
er report atatea that the Romans did not wait for the"
arrirsl of tbe French' troops to riseagaintf tbt trium-
virate.
Martim bad.accordinr to the statement 'fled and
tbe population pronounced for Pius IX
The Sicilians beaten at all points have virtually sub-
mitted to the King of Naples and tbt French.
Later advices by the overland man eoninn to ins
fallest extent the previous sccoants'of tbe entire ter-
mination of tbe war in the Punjaub.
There has been a slight improvement in tbe Liv-
erpool cotton mavketfor American descriptions but
rptian and urazu nave declined.
KELAND. Tbe following letter faintly portray!
the deplorable condition or the inhabitants:
All attempts to depict tbe existing state or tbe mis-
ery or the masses beyond the Shannon must come ut-
terly short ortbe truth. All that tract or country from.
KUialoe to Ponumna on tbe Galway side or tho
Shannon is lying waste and uncultivaUd. About
tnree out oi luurot tne miserable nuia are unrooted.
Some ortbe former inmatea are dead some in the
union ail aAf & haxldicd togethcrhToneor two-
cf tho huts itHIexiiting. The men-generally hart
Tbt correspondent of the Packet having described
scenes of human misery on which a demon could
scarcely look without emotion concludes thus :
Willi largo tracts or land lying uncultivated a few
miserable men are employed on tbe roads at what
wages think you ? One pound of yellow meal -less
than one penny per diem! Great God how is this to
cure ramine ?
If tliis process or depopulation goes on a Tew months
more yon may seek an ahla.bodied man in vain for
twenty or thirty miles or country.
Distiess .3 Jesi'ssleu. In a letter signed by
the Rabbis and a very large number of Hebrews in
Jeru'alem addressed lo SrM. Montefiore we find
the following passage :
Let our European brethren remember that thtro
arc in this city various religious sects each having
their places or worship their well rumished houses
their tiere (castles or palaces) their courts and their
meeting places all are regulated and conducted all
adequately supported and supplied ; w bile the houses
and establishments or Israel are poor and mean so
that we roust struggle hard to keep our faith. Sorely
our enemies shake tbeir heads and say " Is this the
nation chosen by God ? Is this the people sfho boast
of their wisdom and tbeir laws?" Thus are we d-
spised by our neighbors and thai do we daily becoma
more dejected. The ruhscriptiocs from Europe toward
odr support from the Society or no!y .Offerings bare
fallen off dreadfoUy the allowance per head is mere
nothing and our condition ii deplorable beyond- do-
cription. Methodist Cutrcb South. From the Southern
Christian Advocate the Charleston Mercury makes
up tbe following statistics of the M. E. Church South :
There ore nineteen annual conferences in the Church.
South covering tbe Southern States and the Indian
Territory. The general superintendence of tbe wbola
is in the hands of four bishops ; the regular pastoral
and missionary work is entrusted to tbe care cf 1476
travelling preachers being an Increase during the past
year of 73. The total number of superannuated
preachers is 103; and of local preachers 3026' a de-
crease or 116. though some or tbe conferences givo
noreturns. ThetotaInumberofmembersis49IB6t
viz: whites 354238 colored 134132 Indians 3375
exhibitinz upon the returns oT last year the larze in-
crease of 20223. The missionary collections of the- .
iJp-jtTesrnre
.fra5Sccsio
and amounStn a Utile nnwardalir 65..
-- a uiung uown tne conicrenees not reported ac-coaJl-a
ti ilrourm-nCihe previouVycar the ag- -gregate
missionary revenue will stand at about $67
W an improvement or more than $4000 npon" last
yeat's operations.
Octpoor Etiouette. A Gentleman meeting or
passing a lady on the sidewalk should always pas? on
the outside. r
One gentleman meetinganothershouldalwavi pass
to the mrur. " r
man V ... . .. ... - ..i
A gentleman walking with a lady should never ten-
der his nlit arm.
A lady as a general rule should not take a centle-
man's arm m the street in the day time. However
it is not improper when the coun.'e nm ctMn-M :..'
the city or when thewalk is thronged with strangers.
A gentleman meetin? or nasin- a rMitUm-al-j
a lady should pass on the gentleman's side. A lady
should pass on the lady's side.
A gentleman should never Tail to salute a lady of
his acquaintance when within a proper diatance un-
less she wear a veil in which case it would ! M-M.
tinrnril Crt in.tnrf-nTA !.
V hen passing a dwelling as a general rule it is
not polite to look into the window but when a pretty
woman is sitting by it for the ostensible purpose of
heing looked at yon may be considered uncivil and
ungenerous u you do not cast an admiring glance.
ErrECT os- Gektlxkfss. -Burke wrote as follow
to his captious friend Barry while studying his art
at Rome ; "That you have just subjects or indignation
always and or anjrer often. 1 da no wars. Innht .ah
can hvein the world without some trial oT his pa-
tience? Bnt IirllOrmAlna Ha. w It..! ll.. 5iL
; ." ...j. . " -ijiiiaiiictima niui
Which the ill dispositions or the wnrM nm In hi rvr.
bated ond.the qualities by which it is to be reconciled
to us and we reconciled to it are moderation gentle-
ncsa h'ttlo indulgence to others and a great deal of
distrust of ourselves ; which are not qualities of a
mean spirit as some may possibly think them lut
virtues ofa great and nohlo king and such as dignity
our nature as much as it contributes to reposa and
fortune ; for nothing can be so unworthy ora well com-
posed soul as to pass away life in bitkeringand litiga-
tion ; in snarling and scoffing with every one about os.
Again and again my dear Barry we must be at peaca
with our Species. iTnot for their aalrea. vol raw mrwti
r-nnrwt.' - - '' -i
A Sum molt Choice. Tie Paulding (Miss)
Clarion says: Un lS17.aMr.CasonorYazoocoun-
tT.reqeested that nt his death his faithul servant
Jcs should be free. About six months ago his re-
quest was complied with by the negro being taken to
Cincinnati. After renting there about four months
he became dissatisfied with tbe nominal freedom en.
rained by the blacks in Ohio and resolved to return to
Mississippi where under our laws fie would be again
suijccicu to servituae. ue accordingly placed him-
self under the protection of the lion. P. W.Tomniina.
on his return home and arrived at his late master a
resiaenoi a lew weeke ago."
A1.btiho roa Moxet. A prudent and well dis-
posed member of the Society of Friends once gave tha
following friendly advice:
" John" said he "I heard thou are going to be mar-
ried." 'Yea'' replied John."! am."
"Well" rejoined the man of drab "I have only one
little piece of advice to give thee and tbat is never
marry a women worth mors than thou art. When I
mimed lay wife I waa worth just Illy cents nnd aha
waa worth mty-two cents; and whenever any differ-
ence haa oceurreoVbetween us aince abe hat always
thrown up tha odd ihilfisg." -
It was at Admiral Walsimrham'a tarda that Datrhw
Johnson made that catting and excellent reply to a
pen cuxcomn wno astosattry oattta maanrmgain.
ner litre. f
Pray nrjw." Mid nt to the Doctor. "wbatwrwH.
yon give old geaUeman to be asyonngand apiighHy
as I am i"
Tfltw ata W aH.!:! Ita t Klsaam raa mwla U T
rtlhlt I would xivoiT be content o be n MfaF
i
-B
.
fj
d
i
r-i.T
KS-sr.wf
rs -a
.&
ixr .tf " v:
!?-
rs.
'&mf
teSfi
i"
.t
JSST
tsars-
..r . a A a.-'F - .A""3'?
:i
sr-m-sr te
-i-
--
- -- - -- r- - - - - p "" - . - r -:
J?l
Jrr-7-s" Vlfi
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 31, 1849, newspaper, May 31, 1849; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80307/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.