New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-17
Later from Texas.

The steamship Yacht Capt Thompson. which arrived
yesterday brought news from Galveston to the 18th
| ultimo.
The News says that there s mue, sickness in Middle ana
Western Texas though is generally ague and fever anC
| not often fatal.
On the 9th inst, Mrs Edmonson the wife of Dr. H. Ed
monsoon dentist of Galveston died in her bed her
band being entirely unconscious OF the dreadful coamit,
that had befaen him, until he awoke in the morning and
ehed the lifeess corpse by his side Mrs Edmonson had
been icted with the toothacle for time and had
been accustomed to find relief in the of chlorofor
administered by her husband 1t believed that she was
afflicted with the pain in the night, and being unwilling
to wake her husband procured the ehorofor and adj
inistered herself in such her death
correspondent of the News, who has been travelling
through the State that the crop of immense
and the cotton crop gave better promise this
of the year He does not think the land
planted in cotton is large it year All the
other crops look well and give promise of abundant
harvest
Texas is supposed to contain population of 100000
souls having about 10000 persons twenty years
age who neither read write
The Western Texan says the food in the San Antonio
occasoned by three days of heavy rain in the last week
of July was two feet higher than the overflow of last
spring which did much damage 1t swept away seve-
raj public and private bridges bath houses fences etc
Buildings near the bridges'were also washed down
The postmasters the route between Houston and
Austin have all written to the Postofce Department at
Washington City, recommending the establishing of
daily null between these two points
The editor of the Texan Advocate learns that offers
have been made to deliver contractors for Gov
eminent supplies at San Antonio, twenty-five cents
per DHsIel
man named Samuel Compton was killed by man by
the name OF Goss at Cameron, recently with pistol
Each of the following religious denominations in Texas
have under their auspices the institutions of learning
located us follows Methodists at Rutersyie and Mar
shall Presbyterians Co. S. at Huntsville Goliad and
Fredona Episcopalians, Anderson and Cumberland
Presbyterians, at Dangertield.
Two hundred Sunday school teachers much wanted
immediately in Texas They would lind good employ
ment and equal to what paid in any part of the
United States.
The Brownsville Rio Bravo has the following paragraph
MAN Ku.LEp-Durng the election at Brazos Santiago
on Monday last. an old well known by the name of
Spanish Peter,n who has been in the employ of the
quartefmaser on this frontier since the
ment OF the and who had eneared himself to the
officers of the department by his fidelity and integrity
was killed by named Thibeautt who struck him on
the head with stick fracurng his skull and causing his
death instantaneously Alas poor Peter again will
he ringy de bell he is gone and may the earth rest
lightly upon him Thibeautt has been arrested and is
now in jail to await his trial We therefore refrain from
making any further comments upon this occurrence
The Rio Bravo speaking of the election in Brownsville
charges that large number of illegal votes poled
The whole number polled in Brownsville is stated to be
whereas this paper the legal votes could
exceeded 6l4-making 200, nearly third Of the
whole vote illegal