The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-06
The Troops to the Texas Frontier.

The Fort Smith (Arkansas) Herald publishes
important general order, received at that post
on the 10th April, which commands the Seventh |
Regiment of Infantry to proceed, without delay, to
take post in distribution for garrison duty - no
garrison to have less than two companes-at
various points named in Texas and New Mexico.
The general order" after describing the sites
where the posts to be established says & at the
number of the posts, as well the sites, will be
determined after careful survey of the country
along the route mentioned, or any other route which
NAV best sustain the line of defence of the Eighth
Military Department, and fulfil the conditions of
restraining the ncursons of hostile Indians against
Texas, as well as protect the route of emigration
from Arkansas to New Mexico.
This order we had seen previously of the move
ment of the troops we had been aware. We
rate the terms of the order, that may show (by
the Fort Smith Herald) the importance of the
movement, and the route to be protected
"The route on which these troops will be sta
toned is of high national importance; it will rem
der New Mexico of easy access and open direct
communication between 1t and U tab. 1t inter-
sects and crosses every considerable river that
| flows through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico and
it is along these water that the Camanche
pursues his route to the settlements OF Texas
ostepsibly to follow the alphabetically, to murder
and plumber. Now, however, he will encounter a
force on his hunting grounds that will teach him,
by force of if need be, that his reign OF terror
| and impunitv is drawing to close.
"For several years back, but especially during
| the past year, the emigration to Arkansas and
| Texas has gone with unexamped rapldity and
seadiness, and at the present moment is ii posi-
| HE on the ncrease-very certainly there IS no
| diminution This immense tide OF population
would ere this, have thrown itself out upon those
fertile plains, had not fear of, and an inability to
| cone with the savage, IN his mode OF warfare,
restrained it. This fear will happily soon be
removed, and immense field be opened to the
| exhau.tless and indomiasle energy OF our race
That it will be right speedily dotted by the cabin
OF the settler does not admit OF doubt.
| 1.-THE safety of the emlgrant has been heretofore
| the only drawback, and this will now be better
secured than by any other route. Gordon OF posts
hence to Donna Anna, Santa fe and FL Paso at rea-
| sonable distances apart offer security hitherto
unknown on any of frontiers. From hence.
forth this must inevitably be the route to Santa
Fe, and the overland one to California. Nature
has so decided and from that decision, in this
there is no appeal. The characteristics of the age
demand the most approved means of inter-com
munication, bat this must be Their p0th,cay."
WILLOW BAYOU NEGRO AND PANTHER
The Madison (Richmondl Journal, of the Both
gives us the following, to begin the season with
Panther Kiued-A negro man he longing to The
Hon Thomas b. Scott, at his plantation on VIII
low Bayou, was attacked by panther, while en-
4 gagged in cutting wood in front of his master
dwelling, a few days since, and considerably in
iIred. The first notice tie negro had of the pan
, TIERS presence, was the attack. Fhe panthe
ilmped npOn his back, and the negro IN his frig h
dropped his axe, which he soon recovered, how
ever, and by well directed blow, killed his an
taqonist The animal measured something les
han six feet in length from the Zip OF his tail t
the end of his nose. Mr.. SCOTS overseer the da
| Sbnta IN al. g., a
iug on the CARCASS OF the panther, which measured
| WIKI its wings extended, siI tset,