The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-03

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From Texas
By the arrival Of the steamship Palmetto CapS.
Smith, we have Galveston dates Of the 30th ult
The vote q Galveston, on THE 2Sth ult, as to
whether the corporation should take stock in the
proposed canal the Brazos, resulted in favor Of
the measure. The voters expressed at the polls
the amount they wished ihe corporation to sub
scribe, and all in favor ofthe largest amount
$4,000.
A new paper is to be started in Lagrange under
the title Of the Texas Monument The proceeds,
after defraying expenses 60 towards the cost
Of erecting the monument 10 be built there.
The Trinity river very high, but falliag
slowly, at last advices.
The Indians still pursuing their depreda-
tons. The Texas (Austin) State Gazstte of the
18th ult- says: The Indians have recently sazde
their appearance in Cameron county, in the I'M
mediate vicinity Of Brownsville. The settlers
have generally abandoned their farms and driven
their stocks of cattle the river into the Mexi-
can States Of Tamaul.pas and Nueya Leon r
The Brazos is reported to be falling. The daai-
age sustained by the planters though considerable,
is not as great as was anticipated The Yagua las
been higher than it has been known for she last
| four years.
The sth and 9th Of May were duly commemos
rated on the battle fields OF Palo Alto and Resaca
de la Palma, and by the firing Of artillery from
| Fort Brown.
! We learn from the Galveston News thal The
artist A. Ratissean, died the 9th ult. Mr..
Ratissean execnted some years since several fne
paintings glass for one Of our churches.
The citizens of Cherokee and Nacogdoehes
counties are taking deep interest in the naviga-
ton Of the Angelina river, and public meetings.
have been held the subject
| The News states that Capt Glover merchant,
while coming from Monterey, had forty thousand
dollars in specie taken from him by the Mexican
authorities at Camargo, the ground that his
passport or other papers, were not in legal form.
He had, however, instituted measures to recover
| his money and expected TO succeed.
Fourteen negroes have died of cholera ON the
plantation of Gen. Coffee. on Oyster creek. The
disease had not spread beyond that place
The News says: we understand that lass
week five barrels of lard, two barrels of pork, one
barrel and one keg of whisky. marked for Califor-
MIA, were picked up on the beach near the mouth
of the San Bernard. These articles were all Of
good quality, and in good preservation
1 /
!, There has beea another catastrophe in New
York, accustomed by the falling Of the walls Of The
store of Samuel Perry, No. 8 Front street. which
was destroyed by fire on the night Of the 24th nit
The Herald gives the following account:
''About IL O'Clock the flames began to appear at
the top, and the sparks shot out in great numbers,
till l2t, when the side wall Of the building fell out
into Stone St, with terrific crash crushing two
frame buildings, one of which was occupied as
| lodging house and the other dwelling and dasbine
the broken materials into the street with great vio
lenee, burylng the fisemen and engines beneath.
Fortunately, the WALL before it FELL swayed to and
fro for a moment, and gave indications of its
coming down, so that most of those who were in
danger had time to fly. They fell over each other
as they pressed back and seme were trampled
down. The scene that ensuea7 battles description
the shouting and excitement, the tearing up of the
fragments OF The frame buildings TO exlricate those
beneath, and the cries of the women who inhabited
those houses, and had Just left them carrying out
their furniture. while some of their relations and
friends We're inside assisting TO bring out the
malnder. In the meantime, Of the fremen
threw himself down from a wing Of the building
that still stood, and it was feared he would be
killed, but fortunately he escaped with triling in
jury But the fears for others were Of the most
painful description, as it was stated there some
on the roof when the crash took place, and some
Immediately under the wall A lad about fourteen
years of age, named Mark Nunigan, who had been
a waiter in Gunier's Hotel, and was assisting
Engine Company AZ, was taken out with his leg
broken, and otherwise so injured that he could
scarcely speak. He was conveyed to the station
house, and subsequently to the City Hospital.
n Victor ChatDuh member of Engine Company
%, also exricated, seriously if not mortay in
Jured and an old man whe had been in the lodging
house removing the furniture, named James Cum
nngham, was also so injured that it is feared that
hs will not recover. He cut out of the build
ing with much difficulty, by George Mouni1y, AS
sstant Foreman Of Hose Company IA, and John
Wynns, Assistant Foreman of Hese Company 36.
Thomas Armstrong, another old man who was en-
gagged In the same way, received a bad wound in
the back of his head, and was otherwise severely
hurt These men Were all conveyed to the station
| house. where they were attended by Doctor de For
rest, Doctor Andrews, and Doctor Traphagan, also
Mrs frsphagan, who was as busily engaged in al
! tending the wounded as any of the doctors. Two
members Of the AZ Engine Company, named Hod-
dock and Johnson, were seriously injured, and six
in all were more or less hurt. They were brought
are any actually killed and under The ruins is not
: yet ascertained, bn it is feared there are.
e CALIFoRNIANs DRowNKD.-While the CFes-
cent was lying at the dock at Kingston on the 18th
e ult body was discovered floating in the water.
A coroners inquest was held, and it proved to be
1 one of the passengers Jonathan B. Pratt, OF Wor-
cester, Mass, from California. He had been
laboring with fever and deliriOus at times since
: leaving Chagres. Verdict, accidental drowning.
4 Another passenger missing, Abner Moalton
o of Massachusetts,, who it is supposed met the same
z fate.
q The BENTON AND FooTE DiFFIcuLrx. TX
I of the Baltimore Sun, says:
i "The Benton Committee are about 10 Fesum
operations, They have, after long consultation
come to the conclusion to confne the investigation
d strictly 10 what occurred in the Senate Chamber
Is BY this decision, some twenty or thirty question
i which the gallant Colonel had propounded 20 Mr
l. +. y, Gfand have been ruled out, and the hbsFil
OF the press projected against all impertnent nqui
e g ries. The committee have shown their wisdom
:. and discretion The investigation will now Ger
talny terminate before the August election in th
~ - State Of Missouri"
10 Nor BRITIsH 6 CoLoRED" SUBJKcr = /
ne turns out that there has been no abfidgement o
ne the liberty of British sabsct ia America, in the
n, ~ case of the colored man at Charleston. II has
= a "a n Il II.