The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-01

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We received yesterday evening full files of Texas
papers The Houston Telegraph learns from Mr..
Mckenzie, of Dallas, that the French emigrants,
or communists, who commenced colonial set
tlement above the Cross Timbers, a few months.
since, have all become discouraged with the diff
culties they have encountered, and the privations
they have suffered. and are preparing to return TO
France. Some have returned, and the rest VIII
follow as soon as the inyalids can travel
LATER FROM THE INDIAN CAMP.-We received
on Thursday night, says the Housson Telegraph Of
the 26th ult letter from ouf correspondent at Vic
toria, dated October 18TH in which he states that
the party of Indians which defeated the company
from the Cuero settlement, at the mouth of the CT
boo, after passing down the San Antonio river
near to Refugio, turned towards San Patricio,
closely pursued by force of 100 volunteers, who
had collected from the settlements on the Guada-
lupe, the San Antonio and Mission rivers. The
Indian force was supposed to number 200, all war
riors. The pursuing force was pressing them close
ly, and asrunner from camp who arrived at Victo-
ria late on the night of the 18Th stated that the In
dams were preparing for battle the afternoon of
that day. Our troops were holding them at bay,
waiting for more reinforcements, and if none ar
rived before evening" they intended to charge into
the Indian camp Nearly all the men OF Victoria,
able to bear arms, had gone in pursuit of the lndi
ans. The runners reported that twenty-five persons
had been killed by these Indians, on their route
from the upper settlements on the Sandies, to the
Mission.
1t appears that they came down between Austin
and New Braunfels to the head of the Ciboo, down
that river its mouth and then followed the west
bank Of the San Antonio river to the Mission. If
the citizens of Bexar and the upper settlements of
the Guadalupe have received intelligence of their
movements, they may have taken measures to in
tercept them on their return to the mountains.
INDIAN INYAs1oN.-We just nowlearn by a gem
tIeman direct from the West, says the Colorado
Tribune of the 18th, that a large body of Indians
have made an incursion into the country situate
between San Antonio and Goliad, within the last
two weeks, committing every species of robbery
and murder upon the defenceless inhabitants
within their reach Almost within the imme-
date vicinity of Goliad, a Captain York, his
brother and negro, were found murdered by them
a short time since, besides a number of others
whose names we could not learn They are sup
posed TO be the Camanches, and were trailed head
ing in the direction of the lower country and fears
are entertained for reenactment Of the Lynville
affair on some Of our isolated villages the route
or at least attempt at it. 1t will be reeolected
that short time SINCE this tribe, in talk y with
Major Neighbors, expressed much dissatisfaction
and restlessHess at the killing of one OF their war
ri,fs, which they charged upon the Rangers and
they have now most probably awaited themselves
of the opportunity, on the discharge of the Texas
troops to wreak their vengeance upon the frontier
inhabitants. Gov. Wood has ordered the immed-
ate raising of three companies of Rangers, which
will 90 far towards quelling the savages, though
such force is much too small.
CAVE IN TExAs.-The Austin Democrat learns,
from Mr.. j. C. Lee, that cave was discovered a
short time since by Capt Harrell, on heDry Prong
Of the Brushy The chamber Of this cave is about
thirty feet wide, by sixty seventy feet long The
height is not stated The opening Of the top is only
large enough to admit the body of man. and the
distance from this opening to the bottom of the
cave is about thirty feet Mr.. Lee and several
others visited it a few weeks since, and found the
shaft of large spear with an iron ferue at the bot
TOM and rattle-snake A similar cave was found
about three miles above Austin, on the west bank
Of the Colorado about ten years since. These caves
were probably formed by streams of rain water
which, penetrating crevices in the soft limestone
rocks, have gradually worn away low narrow
caverns, which communicate by subterranean pas
sages with the copious fountains, like Barton's
Spring, and the Comal, which gushes out in large
streams al the foot of the hills, between broad lay
ers Of limestone
Gr The Victoria Advocate learns by several
gentlemen from San Antonio, that a set of despe-
rate men in that place-gamblers and discharged
solders-had collected together to the number of
about seventy, on pretence of fighting the Indians
but with the real object Of robbing the Quarter
masters safe and stores, but prevented by the
death of their leader, man named Sears, who was
shot by Mr. Wallace, whose store he rode into with
a cooked pistol, intending to kill him. Some ofthe
party, after the death of their leader, revealed the
secret
GRAssHoPPERs.-Th Austin Democrat mem
tons that myriads of grasshoppers, about an inch
long, have lately appeared in that section, and are
scattered along the whole country from San An
tonic on the west, above the highest frontier settle
ments, even one hundred miles north of Austin.
OF There was severe frost at San Augustine
and in several of the Eastern counties as early as
the Sd inst.