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TEAlAs SALr.-Severa enterprlsing citizens Of
the West, have Tor some months past been engaged


in the transportation OF salt, from bayou near
Padre Islands, to the Western ports. Many hun
dred bushels of this salt haze been rcinovcH unc
sold q, the rate OF from four to six bits bushel
Nearly all the settlers west Of the Labacca have
been supplied with salt from tbs bayou. 1t is be-
lieyed that during the succeeding summer, Hous-
ton, Galveston aud other cities. will DC furnished
with supplies ot,* article. a gentleman who
has been for some months engaged IN this bIsi.
ness, has informed u, ttitt#salt Of excellent
quality, and quite equ. TO the Turks Island salt,
can be furnished in Houston At 30 cents q bushci.
rh- bayou from which ,ilis ,ait is procured il very
extensive and sufficient quantity could be OBJ
tanned each year, t- saaPy every family in the re-
public. We re.jo;ced that spirit OF enterprise
has thus been excited tha, long neglected sec
,ion.ZWe look confidently forward 10 tie period
(no, far distan,,) when those bayous now deserted
but teeming with wes,t:i, stiaI! ring with the hum
OF busy villages a:s towns, supported b. the man
Qfaciure Of this useful article. HsusLon Eel.