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scarno any thin* oHmpnitnnee has occnrr' »l. On flm 29lh May, ijjn coiisliiniiop of Conhuila ft nilI(Jfnuk llmt slgnifleil llic ^renteat litlucinnent and regard forlne United Stales— n btill clp.ed jhc day. Thn constitution is printing in this thW in EnllHK wW. ft* soon as completed you slmli lm a-rt copy—’‘Is said to be an excellent production.A {cvy.days.8ince.news arrived from Npcn^b-elms tiiat n parly of Kickiipop Indians were there and held n Council'to take into Consideration the propriety of making an aitfaqk on our frontier— that they had sblicitod the sanction of the Mexican authorities, but ware positively reused, and they for tiie present.diEsundedfrom It. That they tire hostile to ust there is no kind of doubt and 1 tliink that the present force of the United Statu*' troops above on Rod River should bo augmented. The greatest dissatisfaction exists aitrfmg tonio of the savage (ribes arid the genius of n Tecnmaeli is.only wanting to carry, their threats into execution, and.on fovbattle. [' i '* '£hree men arrived jjprq yesterday fiom Washington, Hfilnpstend county, Arkansas; reported themselves as desorters irotri ft body of men BCf in dumber, \t1io hud been enlisted New Orleans for tlio ostensible purposo of surveying u grant of land from tile Mexicans for some English gentle , men; they ascended the OuchUa river, affu when in tlio neighborhood of Rod River, muskets,' swords and knives wore placed in their hands, and their baud nssumed a warlike anpearunce, iindnr the command of a mun named Legrnnd, said to he Maryland. fT!ioir movements are mysterious, but conjecture is afloat that they exnect t|ie assistance bf the Cherokee■lt;, and will make a descent on the fortress of Nacogdoches. - Sincerely do I hope, if that is their object, that they may bo unsuccessful, more especially as Legrand’s party is composed of all n.ftiooj, among them A-mericans too, which circumstances miglit have a l6hdoncy. to excite unpleasnnt feelings in the Mex icans against us. TbfJVIexicah officers at Nocog-duL-hus,nre spoken of in tho highest terms of commendation, and their hospitality is. proverbial— every assistance in their powor they render travellers. ln other p'arls of the Mexican Territory, all at present appears Ip be tranquil, A light House is to he erected at Galveston.
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Savannah Republican
Savannah, Georgia, US
Mon, Aug 13, 1827
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