The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-29
Latest News from Texas.

By mail, and the courtesy Of the officers of the
United States steamship Galveston, we have
supply of papers from various towns in Texas
Our Galveston dates embrace those Of the Oath.
There is nothing Of excitement and not much of
public interest noticed in the columns Of the papers
received by this mail.
The Galveston Civilian, OF the 22d, has an art-
Gle on the quarantine regulations of that city, in
answer to an advertisement ofcomplaint by Messrs
Harris & Morgan. 1t says:
"The city of Galveston, in the exercise of her
undoubted right to prevent the introduction and
increase of contagious diseases, and of persons
liable to become charge to the city, has estab-
lished quarantine and health regulations, by which
to examine and determine what objects are liable
to these objections. Fees are charged vessels and
passengers to cover the expenses incident to this
arrange ment but proviso is inserted in the ord-
nance on the subject, by which vessels are ex-
empted from its operation, by agreeing to pay fifty
cents each for all white passengers over fifteen
years of age, which sum is appropriated by the
city to the support Of hospital, kept for the use of
such diseased and destitute persons as may be thus
introduced. This arrangement has been cheer
fully submitted to by all other parties having ves-
sells similarly crcumstanced. Foreigners are taxed
one dollar each, for all ages, under law Of the
State, on arriving here"
Court House Burned, and Oaken Justice.
The Court-h house at Petersburg, Lavaca county,
was destroyed by fire on the 7th inst 1t was sup
posed to be the work Of an incendiary
Judge Jones, the District Judge, and members Of
the bar, were present. They determined on dis
pensing Justice beneath the shade of neighborng
| oak.
| The citizens of Austin contributed $50 dollars
to defray the expenses of the steamer Colorado, on
her experimental "trip to that city.
From the hsterior.-The Washington Ranger
of the 10th inst, says heavy rains have fallen in
that section, washing the soil in some places and
damaging the crops The same paper says the
| crops growing finely, and the prospects OF the
planters very fatterng. The Brazos was very
high, and in several places out of its banks. We
| have report from travellers that the Brazos was
rising This intelligence has led TO approximations
| of Il serious loss Of property on the bottom lant
| plantations.
| The chihuahua Trads.-A gentleman who ar
rived the other day from San Antonio informs u.
that there were FIVE Chihuahua merchants in Sar
Antonio when he left. Their goods had beer
| transported from the North to Lavaca and they
were waiting their arrival at San Anrono. One o
them, Mr.. Magofin, had brought fifteen larg,
wagons Of his own, each Of which will carry iv,
thousand pounds.
The adoption of the Texas route by these expe
| renced traders, and the advantages which they sal
it affords, will most probably, be the means Of i'm
medately turning all that vast and profitable com
merce, which has heretofore found its way througl
Independence, into the Texan channel Thes
merchants state that they can have their goods il
chihuahua two months earlier every spring, by tn
Texas route than the other They can start
month sooner, on account Of the milder winter ant
earlier spring of Texas, and they will save mont
in the shortness of the road.
Rio Grande Trade.-We notice a communica
ton in The Rio Grande Sentinel, complaining tina
| the steamboats, on that river are carrying on a.
illicit and peddng kind of traffic. 1t is stated tina
they often delain their boats, for the purpose @
vending barrel of -four, or purchasing bee
hide. That the merchants are forced to pay
license and other taxes, while these boats avo
these burthens by their sly manner of doing bust
| ness Ii is stated that the merchants finally refused
to patronize the steamers Tray and Mckinney, o.
| this account, while the steamer Comanche is nov
| carrying on the same kind of traffic to muc
| greater extent.
| We learn from letter to merchant of this city
that the Mexican authorities on the Rio Grande ar
now enforcing the collection of duties with unusua
zeal and vigilance. On some articles, it appears
that The duties have been greatly increased Of late
The duties on beef hides amount to 81 cents each
| Matamoros and Camargo are the only points fo
collecting these duties and all goods articles
trade can only cross the river at one or the other
| these places. Guards are stationed up and dow
| the river, to prevent smuggling between thes
points. Higher up the river, however, we teliev
| there are one or two other custom houses estat
| lished