The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-24
Gbs Daily Cresc'!ent
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
70 COxmcd Of sks Gec,pd MuwSetpalifv

Of As Council Of tks Secund Mwwictpsl;fv,
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30 Cr0ps.-The Lavaca Commercial, of the 18th.
SAYS;
sesrhs vveb wo,m I. do;r. ~,... a.n... =, 4.
eotton cron abovs Wh.rsyst ~ =. y we
rnost abundant, the worms have sposar "a n .rsst
numbers. Places where thsrs has been but 1jtile
rain, rave 90 far escaped. We understand they
have also made their appearance in the neishbof.
hood Of Goisd. The cotton crop ia this portion Of
vsd ,;l va nne, and promised an sbundan.
comnsncsd '''' 'syssss VI inh aes'fueuse insect
~ !" We have seeu fine specjmen of cotton ..,h
cred on the llth inst on the nlantstion of fao,'s
Fitzpatrick, some twelve miies above this Mn n
The Colonel informs us that he will have isis n
marker aufns the course Of next week" ~ r
Inc Houston Beacon, OF the 18th. says:
.o,,1n m n. oseIy oirscuCn inc sccoann OF the nav
drought. the nrospcct /. no. ssx"1"hs ~. .ae
crop" :. ~ '@'s'
The Galveston Civilian. Of The lfth. savs.
:" According TO all accounts, the corn crop Of
Texas will be somewhat short, while there is q fair
~. ~. .ull srop o. coiton. This u the pres
10 lie ctsst The s,,U., c.o AL. '
yield will be small, in of tho dsl;cit IN
seed cans''
The Monument, speaking Of the country about
LaGrange, says:
Tbs section Of country has been visited with
49, ,,h t,eresnlne snowefs within the past two
corn. which has bsso .,e..ii o;nSn. ne eaty
drought The prospect for good cotton crop is
sscs.isnt, while the corn planted late has been
1,.9 u"... 1o".n.vu' sna promises well.
w. 'S ,"".s no. . .'e.oy'enan saSs'
rains in The no,,ss,n ~ navs 10y - peen soe hesy
Leon county. Crops srs said IN hs sooa in ~ ,hs ~
northern portion Of Texas"
In the east tbs nyosnsct I. M, ~ 80, r..
Marshall Patriot says:
The crops in this section of the country. wa
lear, Will Dc almost total failures. Corn has been
ton |. vs,n lor 'ne want OF raln' and cot
60 Go,
- ~, '.'.-A t,a'n Of ~ wagons recently
on'''" ior Aa!edo' ana more than a
ou ~'sons were ABOUT leaving for the hio
ee 'A'ey' II 'nougnt the trade OF the set
se"s"'. ~ upon tne mo 0rande Will centre at Cor
p % Tue most accessible and central
A ~ .ns coast. Large orders tor good. for the
w anue vai'ey pass through commercial houses
Col. Whit;na II 4 oaa hsA - . VOW ol'e.n:
nation fo msk. !, ., ue.u."n-
supplies.
I,,;
~. Is.,;~. Ao I'io olanoe oentnei says that
Pr....;,," .a.se u"'no'e',eo rom Laredo TO
.ah, nsn IT.: Aas ..ey nave recently kliied
,hs hs..,,,a en Ancu's,ons are very annoying to
up'n 'ne Al'o ufanoe.
''11 hnion'o and Gny Raaroad.-The San
a;.avu anu uun na''foad project continues to be
S.n Au,.";s 1ron Ts Talne''ness Dy tne people Of
~ AAs 1eoger speaks IN sanguine
'."' " INC prospects In view, and seems to eater
'a'n no douot but the necessary amount, 10 insure
commencement Of the work. will aoon he ob.
tanned.
p,r,:. IT,
r.a,~ congressman contest, in the
Eastern Dis'fict' Is now narrowed down to Messrs,
Scurry, democrat; Ochiltree, whig, and Wallace.
independent democrat Although Mr.. W.I,.c.
will, doubtless, interfere greatly with ~. vo,. r.
the yeg,l., t.,,..,;. WIN 'ne so'e oi
o .' 1.'""',auc canoidale' great confidence
P,e'a"' IN tue eIecuon OF Mr.. Scurry In the
western District Gen. Howard and Mcleod and
Col. Lewis continue violent contest. which se.r,.
largely in favor of Howard. Rut no,h;na ..,;.c..
tory can be gathered from ,b. n.r,;.I .s...". se
,be n,n.rs R.n s,. ~" "s Psr's' accounts OF
the papers. Dell, dem and Epperson, (whgl.
continue the one sided canvass for Governor
Negro Muydsrs-On III. 9Th ;,.. y,
a,;on of n p...,.. e o.A ',''' =. .ne Piant-
e. " ~ eoP'es' IN Aasan' La, Mr. Askew
'osefseef) was ON the point of whipping negro
grl, when he was killed by the girls father, The
citizens of the neighborhood seized n. r..,o ,na
hung him, On the 11.h ;r., M, p...s.,n. 11
wife were t;lIsd l., .. s' W. Ds.er ana ms
,.r,.,;. e ~ iunsway negro who was at
m"P.,ng 70 make MS escape after being arrested.
Hundreds Of the citizens Of Austin were out in
pursuit Of the negro, who had fed
Smell of W.. 1r.,.,.
Hous,or T.,.., onoei 'nis heading the
on Ae'egraPn mas this interesting statement:
several persons who have lately visited the
towns OF santa Rosa, Morelos and the Presidio.
LOT the purpose OF recapturing runaway slaves.
have returned, and report that the fugitive ssv -
are harbored by the Mexcans, and in soma inssar.
Ges force has been used to prevent our cit.en.
from re-capturing these slaves. This has so era..
perated many Of the settlers at the west that thev
are determined to raise force sufficient to over.
power all oPposition and re.capture their slaves ~
all ha1ards. At the last accounts, q large party Of
armed Texans had assembled near Preside. and
threatened to attack the town if the fuut;vs ,.na
Mercan ta" .a, wG thousand fugitive slaves in the
Grands "a ns pl.ween 1eeween the mouth Of the Rio
Eo,,v sua;,;.. iesloio. In santa Rosa, there are
a. '"s"iscn VINO escaped from one plantation in