The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-19

From Texas.
BY the Palmetto steamer, which arrived yesteE-
day, We have Galveston papen of the 18th inst
We copy such items a. are Of interest:
THE WEATHER AND THE CRops-A drv north
wind has prevailed for the last 6,sr davs. which
must have highly favorable infi1 . in maturing
the sugar cane. The growth is already sufficiently
luxuFiant, and the crop in an advanced stage
With continuance Of the present favorable
weather, the sugar crop will be by fat the largest
and probably far the most profitable, of any ever
produced IN Texas Planters inform US that thew
can make sugar-at q cents per pound and do very
we'll There are hundreds of planters upon the
worn out lands Of other States, whose property
would increase at least 100 per cent. in value and
produetivensss by aTemoval to Texas
The weather Of the last four days, although not
cold enough for frost, has been such as efsetualy
70 put stop 10 the raVages of the cotton worm, and
cheek the further growth of the plant-bOth de-
sirable results. Il, however, the weather. in other
States has correspoDded with that here it Is to be
epprehended that the more northern cotton grow
ing regions, where the crop is much later, have
suffered seriously from frost-C iUilidn, 9Th inst
% The weather here, for the last three or four
days has been OF the finest descriptions cross of
the Italian and Indian summer, or spring and
autumn. The most perfect health prevails among
our citizens, and any one who dOes not feel the
pleasure Of existence in Galveston at this time
must be decidedly hard to please. As for subsis,
tence, one has but to cast line or draw net in
the bay or any Of the bayOus about u.s. to procure
supply Of fish which would gladden. an epieurean
and change to one an anehorite.-EdeHI, 18th.
The CRoPs.-Ws trust, from some late informa.
ton, that the cropa of this State, especially of the
interior, may not prove as bad as they have been
represented. A letter dated Leona, the Cd, saws:
You are not correctly informed in regard to the
crops in this country, Below this, it is true they
have suffered dreadfuily from the ravages of the
worm. But in this county and Limestone, Ander-
son, Houston and BRACES countless Ehear very little
complaint"
We also learn that large planter, on the Brazos,
who, it has been said, would not make the fourth
of crop, having suffered more from the worm than
almost any other, now says he will make full
half crop In fact, should the weather continue
as favorable as i now is, there is some reason to
hope that the failure will not prove SO serious as
has been generally apprehsnded Weekly Ne0s.
THE CRoPs.-We have letters from various sec.
tons of Texas of late date. The accounts Of the
cotton crop vary with various localities The fol-
lowing extracts will serve as a specimen:
TeraRa, Sept. 29.-Crops of cotton and corn
are fair in this county. The worm made its ap-
pearance few days since in the cotton We have
had incessant rains in this neighboFhood in the
last few days. General health good"
A letter from Wheelock, Robertson county, Ja-
ted Sept. q, says The cotton crop is fine in this
immediate neighborhoOd, having escaped the rava-
ges Of the worms. The farmers are actively en-
gagged in picking out, and preparing to meet the
advanced price in the Market"
A letter from Jasper says: "The cotton worm
began to show by its webbing about the lst of Au-
gust, and by the LIST of September the whole of the
crop in this county had been stripped of the leaves
cutting off the crop at least two-thrds and probably
three fOuFths Corn is a fair crop. Our county
people are very healthy" -CiUiliqn, 12h inst
The Telegraph estimates the cotton crop of the
Trinity valley, this year, at 5000 bales. This is
rather discouraging, not only to planters and mer
chants, but also to steamboat owners.
WHEAT CRoP:-The Telegraph says the wheat
crop in the Northeastern counties of this State
has almost entirely failed owing to the frost in the
Spring and the recent wet weather. The average,
in many of the Upper Trinity counties, it is said
will not exceed five bushels to the acre.
DS- The trial of Geo. A. Davis, for the murder
of Z. w. Banton, in WalkercountY, is represented
by the Huntsville Banner to have been of a highly
interesting character. The lawyers, on the part
OF the State, were Messrs. S. ID. Hay, District At
torney, H YOakum, p w Gray, A. M. Branch
and s. d. G. ABBOTT; for the defence, Messrs. Sam
Houston, J. NJ Maxcy, A. P Wiley, Ebenezer AL
len and H. n. Potter. The jury found verdict
of guilty of murder in the second degree" and
fixed the punishment at three yeas' imprisonment
in the Penitentiary.
) o. Sausum, one of the negro thieves arrested
in Fayette county, has arrived at Huntsville, and
has tho honor of Being the first convict in the Pen-
t6ntaTy OF texas.
90 A paragraph is going the rounds Of the wing
papers in other States, claiming that Col Bell the
Governor elect in Texas, is q wing The statement
is erroneous He is democrat, and so declared
himself in his circular, before the election. Gov
Wood is democrat also. We believe majority
Of the wings voted for Col. Bell-not, because he
was less democrat than Gov. Woods, but on other
grounds. 1t is not probable, however, that he re-
ceivsd sufficient preponderance of wing votes to
make up his entire majority in the contest. The
democrats had made no nominations, and nearly
every candidate for Governor, Lieut.. Governor,
and Congress, declared himself to be democrat.
Not one ran as a whig.-CiriliaR.
BRAzos NAvIeATIoH-The Washington Ranger
OF Friday last contains the following notice on this
subject: " Last week subscription was gotten up
Tor the purpose Of clearing out the river, and in
few honTs $500 was raised. Every preparation
was made to start the steamer Washington to en-
gage IN the enterprise, but on Tuesday the river
rose flve feet, which will prevent any further work
thereon during the fall and winter unless the river
should again get unusually low, which from pre-
sent indications, looks quite improbable. The
steamer Brazos has made channel through Ran
dons Shoals, sufficient for the boats to run in the
lowest stage of the river, and when she was over
taken by the sudden rise, she was cutting her way
through COoper's Shoals. She is expected here
this evening, when these fine steamers will com
mence and continue their regular trips."'
90 Gen. Davis, Of Polk county, informs the ed
ltor Of the Telegraph that the Trinity river is now
sufficiently high for boats of a medium size to as
cend several hundred miles. This has been the
case for nin5 months, with the exception of a few
days last spring.
CALIFORNIA EmIaRANTs.-The Houston Tels.
graph OF the 18th says: 9" We have been informed