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 deiected. lt has been ascerinined that the freight landed from the steamer Enterprise was consigned 4o Mf. Uhde, the Prussian Consul ai this place, anal was brought from Havana iu the SssT, an American schooner, which obtained a permit from the Collector at the Brasos, to land the goods on the Mexi. can ssde of the Rio Grande, free of duty. 4 portion oi the goods were accordingly sent up here, and lhe steamer had returned for the balance when II was discovered that there was an lrregulariiy in the transaction. Lieut.. Chase, the Quarter-n,aster at this place, with his usual promptnsss and independence, sac- ceeded in ferrcting out the natter. and all the goods that have been found are strictly guarded, and under seal until the arrival ol Mr. c. s. Cook, the Collector at the Brasos, when more thorough investigation will be made. The cargo is valued at txo hundred thousand dollars"

 DEPARfEp.-T The company of Rangers raised in this city by Capt. l.. J. B. Rhine, left us on Saturday last, to tender their servi- ces at head quarters. Gars R. bends his course first 10 Camargo, where, it may be, that his command will be received hy Gen. Patterson, as |. would furnish several com petent guides in thes intended march upon Tampico. Success and glory attend them. Flag, 1874 insi ftf.. taae. CHASED BAcK.--A party of three gentle men left here about eight days ego, intend ing to go to Corpus Christi. After crossing the Rio Colorado, they came upon. a war party of Lipan Indians. Only lew Indians were seen, but the signs betokened a con- siderable number near at hand. Thinking ''discre,ion the better part of vslor," our gentlemen beat a precipitate reaseaa and ar rived back on Sunday last. much chagriied al being disappointed in pursuing their jour ney. lt is supposed that small parties are frequently "pike,! np' travelling this route Ibid

 SETTLERs.--American settlers are already commencing to locate on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. Several tracts of land, be- low Camargo, have been purchased from Mexican claimants, and the new owners have commenced improving. A young friend of ours is the purchaser of one of these tracts, and he tells us that he intends being nabob in five years, We have no doubt but that he will-fve years is time sufficient for an enterprising and industrious man to accumulate fortune on the banks of the Rio Grande, in agricultural and stock-raising pursuits. At the expiration of that time, the change that will have been produced on the banks of this river will have no precedent in the United Siates.-I5id.