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0rFrom Texas.—The New OiIean3 Jef*fersoniar. Republican of the 26th givesthe following letter from Texas, showing the prevalence of utter disorganization and anarchv there:Galveston, 22d May, 1845.The important event of the day is the arrival of Commodore Stocton with his fleet- Two days after he anchored here Col. Love received information, from a reliable s *o~ce from the West, that the Mexican force on the Rio Grande would attempt to rwwipy and maintain the line of the Ncuoes at the moment of the completion of Annexation. This news hecommunicated to the Commodore, whoadvisee an immediate occupation of that lin by i%e Texan troops offering hisco-jlt;rrFtiicFrd«roperation sea.* The Commodore, accompanied by Col. Love, Col. McKinney, Samuel Williamsand C A Wickliffe, late Postmaster Genera! of the United States, will sail to-morrow to obtain intelligence, and will return j. in a week.Tn the meantime, Mpjor General Sher-i man is to visit 4 *e Kxecutivo and ask his* approval and co-operation. Should he' refuse, Sherman eontenus that he is em-! powered by the General terms of an ex-j isting law, to act independently of the President, i he will do so.He will *jall ihree thousand men into immediate se; vice, to rendezvous at Corpus Christi, and the call will be promptly obeyed.Things here are in a great ferment.
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Monoquet Kosciusko Republican

Monoquet, Indiana, US

Wed, Jun 25, 1845

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