The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-23

Bv the arrival of the steamship Portland, Capt.
Place, from 6 weston yesterday, we are in pos
session of Guy eston papers TO the 10th inst, and
corresponding dates from other parts of the State.
Indian Fight.-The Victoria Advocate has the
following extract from letter dated San Antonio.
August 24th "A few days ago Lieut.. Brown, OF
Capt Crumps Company of Texas Rangers, with
about thirty men, had fight with about the same
number Of Lipan Indians, who had stolen some
horses from the Rangers camp few weeks ago.
IN which engagement ten Lipans were killed
Lieut. Brown took their camp and about l25 head
of horses and mules, and returned without the loss
of a single man."
The Road to chihuahua people of this city
[says the same letter. are in mighty stew about
a great commercial road from Port Lavaea, via San
Antonio, to Chihuahua, and the celebrated Col.
John G.. HAYS will leave on the 26th or 9th inst,
with an exploring company of some twenty citizens
and Capt. Hghsmh, with thirty or forty Rangers,
rs a guard to the expedition. The design is to as
certain if practicable road can be made from this
place to the mouth Of the COnchas and also to the
Passo del Norte.
The Galveston News remarks =" The success
of this undertaking, which we do not doubt and of
others which will follow it, will result, unless we
are greatly mistaken, in a complete change of the
route of the overland trade to Mexico The dis
ance from San Antonio 10 chihuahua is not one
third that of the route now travelled from Missouri
Crops and Hedlh.-The following we clip from
the Galveston News of the 18Th inst. -" A plan
ter just from Brazoria county inform US, that the
caterpillar has made its appearance on several plan
tations in that county. At present the injury is
very limited. The rains have of late been very
heavy and constant for some thirty or forty miles
from the coast, and within this distance 1t is appre
hended the worm may do considerable damage
Higher up the country the prospects for cotton con-
Linue highly favorable. The cane never looked
better.'
The Gazette regrets to learn that more than the
usual amount of sickness now exist at Houston. In
some cases whole families are down. The Presby-
terrain SAYS
:" In our last we spoke of the weather as having
been remarkably hot, which, as we afterwards
learned, was the cause of quite number of VIC
lent attacks of fever many of which proved fatal !"
The Gazette speaks thus in relation to the health
of Galveston, after contradicting a report of the
yellow fever being in the city 1.-THE sections pub
lished reports embrace all deaths in the city, and
the number is not above the average of the most
healthy seasons. There have been during the sum-
mer, perhaps, larger number of cases than usual
Of intemittant fevers but the attacks are general
ly very slight"
Corpus ChrlSti-The annexed paragraph, in re-
atiOn to this place, is from the Presbyterian:
We are well pleased to learn that this sea coast
town is rising like Phoenix from the ashes, and
regaining at least portion of its former prosperity
BY gentleman arrived from there, and resident
of the place, we learn that among the contemplated
Improvements, is an ediiice Of brick to be used as
school house, masonic hall and church. A Sun
day school has been organized and well supplied
library of the excellent publications of the Ameri-
Sunday School iTniOn- obtained from its Aren't
in this place. A week day school is also in ex-
stence.
The Matagorda Tribune contains an account Of
an oily, yellowish green scum which has recently
appeared upon the peninsula and bay shore in that
vicinity. 1t has an offensive smell, like putrd flesh
The account says " in Uncle Moses Bayou, which
is some twenty yards wide and about four hundred
yards long, the matter, whatever it is, appeared to
issue from particular spot" 1t emitted a strong
phosphOrescent light when agitatsd. Great num-
bers Of fish have died in the waters covered by
this scum.
Eighty wagons and seven hundred mules, be-
longing to the army, have passed through Crockett
On the way to Louisiana from Mexico. Some three
or for hundred more wagons were reported to be
behind.
NeoD MericO and Terds-The Galveston Gazette,
noticing the reputation of the claim of Texas to
New Mexico by the Santa Fe papers, says:
We would be pleased to see what kind of " gov
eminent the greasers would erect if left to them
selves. But this cannot be the case and they will
have to submit to the laws of Texas or the soldiers
of the United States. Perhaps they prefer a con-
tinuance of military rule, as they are accustomed
TO it.