New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-07

II is Low pretty generally admitted thst the
cotton and corn crops Of this county will be re-
narkahiy good We have seen ani conversed
T..h 3eversl Of our planters within the last week,
and al seem hignly gratfiei with theirprospects.
W. learn from Capt. Branch that the cotton
and corn crops between here and Mr. Polands,
ifteen miles Seow Victoria are in a aourishing
condition. The tarrnors have bad sufficient
quantity II rain, aEl their prospects now for
full crops are quito encouraging The health
of the country generally is good.
The Houston Telegraph of the 1st inst says:
Col, ClUto u pushing forward the work on the
Telegraph Lne between this city and Galveston
with commendable energy The holes have been
lug iof the posts as far as Harrisburg, and he
expects to have the posts erected in a few days
about SIX miles On the line towards Galveston
lie ha. received the wire for q distance Of ninety
Hiles and the instruments have arrived for
sorne four Or five stations. He thinks the Tele-
grnph will be in operation between Houston and
Galveston IN a month
The same paper states that Gen. Tarrant,
prominent whig, is a candidate for Governor
This statement the Galveston News is author.
ized to contradict.
! 1t ia stated that property in Lavaca has taken
hunezpected rise Lots, situated on the outer
liInlts mt Of the town, have recently sold for from
| f1p . $50. The business prospects Of the
| P-- - INCREASING rapidly.
Inc ci'iSehe Of San Augustine and the vicinity
nave Suo7cFIoea one hundred thousand dollars
to the Opelousas aud Texas Railroad. and IL ia
| expected that the adi1ining countfzs will suh-
scribe one hundred and ffty thonsand dollars
more to insure the term jnes Of the road AT Ful.
lerton's Bluff, on the Sabine. The people of that
section expect that this railroaa will he ex tended
from NewOreans to San Diego, c~ the Pacific.
| The San Antonio Ledger says that,~o pentle-
| - +Aa, x-,x
900 to invest in cotton mandatory il the
neighborhood of San Antonio.
| CHIHUAHUA ITEMS
! The editor Of the San An onio Ledger is in
lebtel to an intelligent friend for some Chihua-
hua items which may be interesting to the gen
eral reader.
| The town Of Chihuahua embraces population
| of about two thousand souls. The foreign pop
ulation does not exceed to much extent two hun
| dred. The bu ldings are mainly constructed Of
stone or abode and the style of architecture 5
| # the Mexican model thick walls and fat roofs
| The principal products are wheat, corn and
| beans, the former Of which is cultivated entire
ly by irrigation, The yield is oftentimes stu
pendous They are furnished at moderate
prices. Flour can be procured at as low rates
as in our western States. The price at present
g at the rate Of six dollars and half for three
hundred pounds.
According to the late araRcet, the tariff on
staple articles Of dry goods varies from to 4
cents per vara. 1t must be understood, however,
that this is the tariff enforced upon the intro
luction Of goods into the Territory. The mer-
, chant is nulcted additional duty oftwo cents
, the vara
The mining region commences about four mile.
. from the city. There are but few mines worked
by foreigners. The discoverer ola mine, though
| 4 he on the PREMISES of another is entitled t(