New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-26
Later from Texas.

b,y. not vet bpard our latest dates Austin reaching
only the 18th inst But from all we can gather noun
ing whatever done towards making OF
ing any internal improyements-an opJeee WHICH W. nave
deemed of paramount Importance" -
Mr. shaw tbe Comptroller of the State. probably ar
rived at Austin the day before the adjournment and
was said that he the bearer OF propositions from the
United States Government to the Legislature The sub
ect of railroads and canals continue to agate the peo
| n,e throughout the State. bill has passed both
Houses anproprating 100000 for the erection of
| Stata-house.
Tp,s,ry RryER-The Civilian and Gazette of the Goth
vs we learn from Henry F. Glett. just arrived from
the Trinity the river had fallen at Swartwout Tues
lay morning about 2s feet from the late rise But he
also reports coming from good authority, that higher
up at Leon there had been of six feet Saturday
and that the water still rising there rapidly From
this Last rise may anticipate that the verNl continue
for some time in good boating order
STEAMER SuNK-The Elite whilst lying at the
wharf at Smithfeld sunk Monday morning. the 10th
she suddenly filed with water from leak occasoned by
not ascertaned when our informant left She
had ON board $50 bales cotton of which about $50 al
ready saved of much damaged The furniture of
the boat is all saved 1t is uncertain whether the boat
will prove or not total wreck.
FuE-The grist and saw mill and cotton gin of Mr. R.
Cartwright of Shelby county were lately entirely de-
stroyed by fire The originated in the machinery of
| the mill.
Reconstruction Lemuel Dale Evans has resigned the
| Judgeship of the Sixth judicial District
| New MAIL RourE-A new mail route has been put in
| operation from billiards to Carthage.
| INDIAN DEpREDAr1oNs. - The San Antonio Western
| Texan. of the 18th inst" says
We learn from reliable that the Indians
GENTLY killed man named Moses Meek belonging to the
English settlement the Cowhousc He was scalped
and his body pierced by two arrows II Is supposed to
| have been done by the Camanches or Wacos
| Ind who stole the animals trCm the LeOna
were pursued by Mr.. Nelson and party OF his neigh
The latter followed the trail in such hot haste that he
came up just the former party fired on the Indians
They killed one Indian and all the
California fired by the Indians somewhere
and Eagle Pass and four out of the five slight
| y wounded A party of troops We're sent in pursuit
| from Fort Duncan, also party from the seco
AFFEAYs-An ARRAY took place in San Antonio on the
night of Friday the 11th inst between party of Ger
mans Mexicans, which resulted in the death of Mr.
Philip sauer There six eight engaged either
side The papers do not give any particulars nor the
causes which led to the affair.
the Soth ut at Andersons grocery Fayette county
an ARRAY took place between Wilson Simpson and Will
bourne Wiford which resulted in the serious wounding
| of the former
FEoM J,MaIcA-By the arrival Of the steamship Facon
at NewYork dates Iamaca to the I'd instant have
received They not as late as have been received
by other arrivals but items furnished which
| have not before. The Kingston Dispatch of the
| 2dinstant says:
| Kingston was thrown into a state Of considerable
excitement Friday and Saturday by the presence
some five hundred recruits principally Irshmcn. wearing
the United States uniform VINO had been permitted to
land from the American steamer Falcon and. having be-
drunk had got into several rows with the black
people and the police. Several broke heads on both
sides were the consequence but the ost rotou of them
became after while overpowed with liquor that they
easily secured and either confined in the for
4 the night on taken the lookup A lot of the
ATTEMPTED to rescue ana put board the
ship took post the coal heaps. from which they show
cred down huge humps of coal on all around
Two subatern officers attached to the force-one OF
them we learn Lieut. Mason, of the ID infantry and
anothar whose name we did not ascertain behaved with
great spirit and pluck the occasion and it in
great through their exertions that the
got board The officer in command of the detachment
we understand is Capt. Day. Those officers appear to
have had no control whatever over the For our
part wonder the affair passed off well as it did and
that lives not lost Nothing could exceed the
the black people, aud if they had not been
restrained convinced very serious consequences
might have resulted
| indeed we are panied to learn that American Off
GER Major Sutton received blow the forehead
from bludgeon held by negro, which cut through the
scalp and inflicted painful and serious confusion. We
fear large number of the men will be found to have de-
sorted 1t found absolutely necessary to arm the
force batons being quite useless IT was deemed requ
| site to send to the Admiral at Port Royal for
| parity of marines to assist in restraining them. Som
fears were entertained that attempt would be b,
the recruits possession of the American steamship
FnoM thu: Isrir,rua.-The Georgia had arrived
at Gagres the 9th with 1900 passengers The Gorgon
| 'ie lava
! boats 81 or So.
In Chagres the United States troops who created $
much disturbance at Kingston appear to have been equal
F disordery if we are to judge from the tone of the ia
maica Daily Advertiser. of February 9, from which w
| clip the suhjoined extract:
| passenger per Eel Dorado from Chagres informs
that the arrival of the Falcon in that port the
dents the Spanish side aided by the authorities. siren
uously opposed the la nding the American soldiers
the officers of the ship compelled engage boats
| take them to Navy Bay. At Panama our informan
heard it reported that the military under il
| THAN, etn,,ca hnutI bp rpn1i rpI
These troops had got the Isthmus and the Panam
| Star of the Sd inst. says
We are happy to announce that the United State
troops, numbering originally 500 under command
Capt II Day of the Cd Regiment of Infantry whose eS
pected advent into city has kept citizens tn
nj ,fpe for several days past arrived aud departed
'ney were shipped yesterday the steamers Taboga
aud California for the island of Taboga where they vii
remain until the steamer California is ready to depar
| with them
| THE GARDNER FRAup.--A Washington correspondent
says: The truth respecting the indictments for tn
Gardner fraud about which there many rumors
that they continued to the next term of the Court
on motion of the S. Attorney account of the
arrival Mexico of important witnesses for the prose
cution The Government received information respecting
this evidence through its diplomatic agents The pro
prety of the present secresy regarding its exact charac
will apparent all, When proper time, ii shal
| be dyulged.
THE N4yy-A writer in the Portla nd Advertiser tn
tubec of the United States Navy furnishes inter
esng statistical facts, illustrating tn slow of
motion in the Navy and to tb following concl
tons the correctness of which at all familiar witt
the subject doubt, viz that first. there is hopeless
chance of promotion in ordinary lifetime in the Navy
rs at present organized and that it is necessary tina
some thing should be speedily done to give it vitality
and secondly. that the Navy has not been increased il
proportion to the commercial progress OF the country
Justice and eSpediency both require tine part of
national legislators decided action in relation t.
these matters
A writer in the Washington Republic suggests plal
promotion by purchase in the Navy in connection witt
the present system Such plan will hardly meet witt
lnuch favor,
| FROM CHiLi-The British steamship Bolivia arrived a
Panama from Valparaiso the 10Th ult and of he
was brought TO NewYork by the steamer Falcon.
terrible excitement prevailed in Ghlthe people gains
| The government. bloody battle had been fought be
tween General Cruz and the government troops The
+ ,ught for hours. The government troops wer
victorious. Two thousand killed and many wound
ed. A treaty of peace afterwards made
Present KossurH-lIon. Asa G. Dimmiclt. Of tn
Ohio state Senate has presented Kossuth with gold
posing rule which he is at liberty to into money
reserve as present to the printer of the first free