The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-27
EW ORLEAN s.:
THURSDAY MCKNJNts. FEBRUARY ~. 1855


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By the steamship Galveston, which arrived yes
terday morning, we have received files OF Texas
papers considerably later than had previously come
to hand.
We are glad to learn by the Galveston News,
that the steamer Gen. Hamer before reported
aground and probably lost, the bar at the mouth
of the Brazos has been got off. 1t is not stated
how much damage she received We understand
that her cargo was only about half thrown over,
and that the balance is probably saved with but
little damage. The whole cargo is estimated at
$4,000 about one-third of which was not insured
The Victoria Advocate reports the death of Judge
Townsend Dickinson, who it appears, was drowned
in fresh water lake about sixty miles from Corpus
Christi. He was travelling in buggy with Mr..
Armstrong, from Brazoria, and in attempting to
cross the lake in the night they missed their road
and got into deep water, when Judge Dickinson
was unfortunately drowned He formerly filed the
station of Judge of the Supreme Court OF Arkansas
We learn from gentleman from the upper
country that the Trinity has OVERLOOKED its banks
in the neghborhood of Alabama, and has caused
some little damage, but was subsiding at the time
he left A boat is hourly expected up. lltem
A deep laid plot discovered among the ne
groes in and around Brennan, to rise in body and
escape into Mexico. Several white men, who
supposed to have concocted the arrangement, have
made their escape, and party of the citizens of
Brennan are in pursuit of them.
A letter in the Texas Ranger, states that the ne
groes had already provided themselves with several
kegs of powder, guns, pistols, etc. They were to
rise simultaneously, and be armed to resist any
force. The letter states similar plan had been
discovered in Columbus on the Colorado.
In regard to the Indians, the Houston Telegraph
says:
We are happy to learn that Gen. Brooke he's at
length been fully convinced, that all efforts to
Cate the Camanches by any means at the dispo-
siton Of the United States Agent are unavailine,
and that their treaties are only intended to dupe
The military authorities, SO that they may rene W
their depredations under more favorable auspices.
He has therefore determined to punish them SO ef-
tecually, that they will in future either remain
open enemies, or be deprived of the power to com
nit deprejatOns We understand that soon as
the spring opens, a campaign will be made directly
into The Indian country, and the savages will be
visited IN their own hunting grounds. The Sem.
mole chief Wild Cat, is now waging war with the
Camanches in the uelgh bOrhoOd Of FL Paso, and he
Will probably force the western bands to fail back
towards our settlements on the Colorado. A strong
military force therefore should be sent to the Sa!
Saba or the upper tributaries of the Colorado, Il
dslodge my of the hostile savnges that may gathe
there. If the Dragons east Of the BRACES should
also be concentrated the upl ,r part OF that river
these UsF1lDlOnS lrlDrS would US hetnmSi
effsctuay, that they would be compelled 10 sue fu
peace. These savages boast that they have neve
been conquered, and the course Gen. Brooke hal
hitherto pursued, has only served to fattar thei
self esteem. He has treated them with so muct
respect, that the cowardly scoundrels imagine nk,
the ragged King of the Mosquitoes, that they are
great nation.
The same paper has the following additional
items:
Wild Woman Caught.-We have been in
formed by Mr.. Lawrence that the famous wild wo
OF the Navdad has been caught. part,
OF hunters who were out hunting deer accidental
came upon the camp OF this singular creature an
captured her. She is an African negress who 1e
to those wllds when the settlements We're deserte
Just after Fannin's defeat, and she has been wan
dering like an ourang outang for period OF abor
fifteen years Her food, during that period, ha
consisted oil acorns, nuts and other wild fruit.
with such other food she could OCCASIONAL
steal from the neighborng settlements She car
not speak any English but converses freely wit
the Africans on the neig hborng plantations. Thu
IS solved the mystery that has hitherto given n
mantle interest to the story OF the wi d woman
the Navidad.
The town of Parras, Mexico was recently cal
tured by large party of Indians, who committe
the greatest atrocities. The departments of d,
range, Coahuila and Chihuahua, have been owe
run by savages and vast numbers of cattle ha,
been destroyed and captives carried of,
The work Of removing the raft from the ColoraG
river is rapidly progressing.
The steamer Yacht on her last trip from Ne
Orleans, encountered violent gale. The Tel
graph states that her machinery was so weak thu
she would have been driven among the breaker
had not the wind fortunately veered so as to bel
her off from the shore.
The San Antonio Ledger says:
We IRE informed by intelljgenca from Leon