New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-13

BY the arrival yesterday Of the steamship
Mexico, Capt. Talbot, VIC have received Calves
ton papers to the 9Th inst, three day Z, "a Ian
came by the James L. Day.
COTTON PrcEfse.-The Lone Star publish IS
the result OF some days cotton picking in Nasf-
ington county. On uplands, worth from "a In
80 per acre, the smallest quantity picked in
one day, by one of eighteen hands, was 304 lbs
and the largest All lbs. On Mr.. Gresham,s
plantation, near Chappel1 Hill, with i,fteen
hands, the largest quantity of cotton picked by
any was 533 lbs. and the smallest 800 ihs
a Mexican was convicted Of horse stealing at
the late term of the District Court for Washing
ton county and sentenced to the Penitentiary for
FIVE years
a negro was convicted of murder at the same
court, but his counsel obtained a new trial
ANOTHER INDIAN FIGHT. Capt shw. previous
to his own fight received letter from CAPTAIN
Clay Davis, also of the rangers, which stated
thai he had been attacked by about one huu-
dred Camanches, somewhere in the neigh borhood
| OF Rio 6rande City. He lost eleven men Our
informant did not learn the number of Indians
killed. [san Antonio Ledger.
| We see it announced that Gen P r. Smith
will soon remove his headquarters from San An
tonic to Corpus Christi.
The Galveston News Of the 9Th inst. SAYS Gen
Houston arrived at his home in Huntsville on
1 the Both ult
| INDrANs.-An express rider from Los Ojuelos,
arrived at Corpus Christi on Thursday evening,
| and reports the appearance of thirty Indians
about eighty miles from there. They passed
within few feet of where the messenger was en-
camped, about 8 o'clock in the evening, and
were apparently bound for the Rio Grande
| The Nueces Valley of the ID inst. says, we are
without single item of news from the Rio
| Grande this week. Capt. Lewis, who is reported
hi, L
ary letter.
| Among the distinguished strangers who have
visited Corpus Christi lately, we notice Lieut.
Col Porter, Of the Rifles.
| The Indianola Bulletin of the 7th inst. pub.
| fishes list of premiums offered by thirteen
mercantile firms of that place to the traders and
producers of Western Texas. Among the pre-
miums we notice one for the greatest number Of
bales cotton brought in for shipment; one for
| the best packed lot of cotton; one for the larg-
est amount of hides and peltries; one for the
best hogshead of Texas grown sugar, and sew
| eral minor ones. The premiums are wrought
silver pitchers, goblets, etc
1t is designated to have an inscription on
each memorial, with the name of the person 10
whom it may be awarded.
CRops.-The Galveston Journal of the 7th
inst says: A travelling correspondent Of ours,
who has just passed through Harris Montgem-
cry, Grimes and Washington counties, writes Us
from Washington as follows: "The crops .ye
good. The corn crop is supera bundant: the
cotton crop excellent"
LIEUT.. STREET, U. S. Ave are deeply
panied to learn that Lieut.. Washington P Street
| recently committed suicide at Fort McKayitt
Texas. Lieut. S. was young man of k nd
heart and good education--a son of the late ss-
| teemed General Street, who was for many years
known an Indian agent on the Upper NJ ssIs-
sippi. The Lieutenant passed through Indian