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

The U. s. steamship Telegraph, Capt Folger,
arrived yesterday from Brazos Santiago, in pas
sage of eighty-two hours to the Balize. The Tele
graph brought over companies and E of the Is
Artillery, and company E of the Sd Artillery, whit
the following officers Brevet Maj t. w. Sher-
man, Brevet Maj. ]. F. Reynolds, Sd Artillery ::
Lieuts. James B. Ricketts, and A. Doubleday, LIST
Artillery Lieut. Thos. J. Rodman, of the Ord.
nance Lieut.. ]. A. Brown, 4th Artillery Lieuts.
ID. M. Beltzhoover and O. H. Tillinghast. LIST
artillery; and Lieut.. J. C. Tidball, Sd Artillery
From the American Flag, of the 18th ult, we
make several extracts. The Flag is now published
at Brownsville, nearly opposite Matamoros
from the American Flag, of Oct. 49,
Company E, I'd Artillery, under Capt. Jaresohe
Gareschel went up the river on the steamer Col
Hunt. We understand that they have gone for.
ward by request, to aid the civil authorities in
arresting some gangs of desperadoes that have
been mtestng the upper country, and committing
serious depredations. For some time to come it
will require that the military should aid the civil
authorities, and are gratfed to see it so prompt
ly granted
DISTRICT CoURT.-The District Court for the
county OF Cameron commenced its sitting on
Monday, the 9Th inst, Judge Norton presiding
! On Saturday, the l4th, the trial was had of the
State of Texas against Thomas Lewis for sbootipg
S. j. B. Rhine, on the 18th of June last Of which
notice was made IN our paper at the time The
evidence in the final trial was the same as was
published in the Flag after the examination Of M,
Lewis before Thomas B. King, who was the ex-
aiming magistrate and who bound Lewis 10 an
pear before the District Court at the present term
After the trial concluded the jury retired and in
about an hour returned with verdict of man.
slaughter; but as the constitution and statutes of
this State requires, in the trial Of criminal cases.
the jury trying the same to find and assess the
amountof punishment 10 be inflicted or fine i'm
posed, except where the punishment is specifically
imposed by law, and the statute makes the
punishment for manslaughter not less than one nor
more than ten years Imprisonment in a common
JAIL the court directed the jury to return and assess
the punishment, whereupon they returned a verdict
of manslaughter and imprisonment for one wear
the shortest period fixed by law, with their unani-
nous Recommendation to the Executive of the
State to pardon. Cornelius w. Peterson, District
Attorney, for the State-and Rice Garland Volnev
Z. How ard and Israel B. Bigelow for the defence
TIE FERRIEs-A difficulty has occurred in re-
gard to the rights Of the American and Mexican
authorities in relation to the ferries. L appears
that the authorizes of Cameron county first rented
their ferry privileges Some dissatisfaction on the
part Of the Mexicans growing out Of the then state
Of things being manifested, an arrangement was
entered into that seemed fair and unobectionable-
which was that the authorities on each side should
grant the privilege both sides Of the river, and
thus nave independent ferries. Il seems, however,
that the gentleman who purchased the privilege
from tiie mexican authorities, NEST exOrbitant
price, has within few DAYS found that the Ameri-
can ferry monopolized the chief part Of the BUSH
ness, whereupon he attempted with the aid Of the
police 10 force passengers from the Mexican side To
cross at his ferry 10 this resistance was made