New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-08

| LATER hCHl 4e&as'
We have received IndianOla dates to the Slst
ult., and Galveston to the Sd inst
Reports concerning the state of the crops are
very contradictory The Civilian and Gazette
however, says
"The crops. as far as we have intelligence,
| are very promising, throughout the State Some
parts Of them are very backward from late
| planting, but all are vigorous and thrifty The
amount OF land in cultivation this year greatly
exceeds that of the past or any preceding sea-
SON During n recent visit to the country, we
were charmed with the many new fields and
| farms in cultivation. We saw enclosures, many
| Of them several hundred acres in extent, and
one of them a thousand exhibiting with a luxu-
RANT growth of corn and cotton, on ground
which last December, when we last saw il, was
only fenceless prairie, which plow had
never penetrated, and on which grass and low
ers had been the only growth for thousand
years
The State Gazette says that Gen Clark Ex-
Governor Payne, Of Vermont, ana Mr. Greeley,
| had arrived in Austin q week previously, and
left for Fort Graham, where they expected to
meet Gen. Rusk
| \ Mr. Benedict, of Galveston, has prepared
an elegant pair of boots made of alligator's
skin, which he will send to the Worlds Fair
The manufacture of this style of brogans is said
to be original with Mr. Benedict.
new Female College is about being erected
in Huntsville, The building is to be Of brick
sixty feet by forty, and two stories high
The Galveston, Houston and Henderson Rail
road have advertised for proposals for grazing
and constructing the entire distance from Gal
weston to Elous ton--52 miles
The Victoria Advocate learns that three Mex
leans are in custody at Goliad, awaiting their
trial for the brutal murder of several Ameri-
cans near San Patricio, a short time since The
Americans had number of horses in charge.
on their way into the interior of the State when
they were waylaid, murdered, and their bodies
burnt to ashes by these fends
The gold fever is dying out--the returns not
having equaled the antcipations of the miners
Fifty cents per day is the highest sum yet at
tanned The gold lies in small quantities on
the surface, and scarcely pays for the labor of
collection party are engaged in digging,
with the hope of meeting greater success within
than upon the earth
The Shreveport Gazette learns that recent
heavy rains have rendered the roads, in many
portions Of Texas, almost impossible and the
creeks have been raised 50 as to wash away most
of the bridges.
Brutal MuEpER.--The Bayou Sara Ledger of
| the lth instant contains the following account
Of a brutal murder committed last week near
the Pointc Coupee and AYoyelles boundary
line:
1t seems that two pelders started on a ned.
ding tour from this parish and when they ar
rived in Pointe Coupee they fell in company
| with a man whose name We have not yet learned
! who told them that he could show them n near
route to their place Of destination his prone
sition being accepted by them, they Travelled in
company until about : o'clock, AM, when he
fell upon one Of them aud beat him in 50 severe
a manner that he left him for dead upon the
| grosnd. The other, who it seems was not near
| ut the time of the rencontre, but perceived his
comrade lying dead as he thought upon the
ground, Immediately fled which the scoundrel
no sooner saw than he followed in pursuit They
ran until they reached the river, but the heart
less savage sought him there and killed him
while in the water.
! We learn that the murderer has been appre-
hended and lodged in the Marksville iail, to
await his trial at the term Of the next session of
the District Court The cause of the murder
it is said, was merely the paltry amount Of
goods which the two peddlers possessed.
The steamship Arabia has established her
reputation as, beyond all comparison, the crack
| ship Of the Cunard line Her last trip from this
| port TO Liverpool is said to have been accom-
! plished in ten days and seven hours. Her
return voyage has been equally creditable-
1 sailing from Liverpool on the 2lst, at q:l5 4 N
and arriving here at 1890 p. N, the 3Ist
She has thus managed to perform the trip in ten
days and three hours Nothing like this, if we
remember correctly, has ever been done by the
Africa Europa or Ameriea--the three next best
steamers Of the Cunard line These SLOW coach.
es must look out for their laurels. The Africa
has made several quick passages, but her great
| est speed falls something short OF the time nade
by the Arabia, on her last two trips across the
Atlantic We repeat it, the Arabia has won the
championship of the-Cuaard line (N. Y.
Express, 3lst ult.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRoN.-The Albany brought
down from Lake Superior on her last trip some
splendid masses of Iron ore from the Sharon
mines The ore is just as it was taken ont, and
locks as rich in its raw state as common pg
iron, These masses are intended for the Crys-
tai PAlace exhibition at NewIork and are well