New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-09
Later from Texas.

three children Mr. J,ns, and Ia M nsslSrisht ana
~ psasp a. . Leuts Neil and Miekler Msssrs
i''fk bsumsna and child, Humphriee DR. Brown J.s
so'iey A. horris- A. Oliver, Goodman Dsrsy,nI and
q on deck o'eeAi Sn1
The Tt1srs-The Galveston Gazette hs, the fo,,o,,,
relative 10 the rise Of the rivers:
The Trinity. Br.zos and Colorado are all ,ow In s.
condition for steabost navigation The UuntviTs Is,
me trinity river is up ~ for steamboats, still
.,ns Th sna s., raining The La Orange Monumsnt
hatboat went down few nights since but No steam.
BOAT hs expected up that know Of" The Washington
ranger speaking Of the BrsEos says the river contn
ues IN good 6oatlng order and looking daily for
the steamer NJ Harris she has been In the river
some s'ine' waiting for a rise to come up on"
I The Galveston News says:
good rise had occurred in the Trinitv r;var I,,
@ o the 23d ult and from Cincinnati Of the
ON eau tor steamers and confirmation Of the ria.
by ths next mail the Gusdooupe and Jack Havs viII
at nltn goods that have bean stored in Houston and
ior want Of Opportunity to haul We hear Of other
steamers preparing for the trade
.faoiheI Indian Murder etc-We learn bv ,et.- F-o,n
Fort Belknap that wagon with fy. animsl. ~
ed by Mexican teamst.r Mrs Wilson frorn E.s,.
f1as ana Two boys whilst the road from Ii Pas, 10
E.tfrn rexas ana when near the head waters Of the ca
dorado river. and eighty miles on the west NJ pb.
M was about the 2thiof September by psrty
lour Indians and Mrs Wilson and the two BOYS taken
prisoners, aud carried of the Mexican shot laneed
,caped and left for dead the animals ston and the
goD plundered That German who was som. ais,ane,
behind came up after the deed done found the
lcan badly wouaded and tried bring him along but
not a. hs horse tired out lie then left him
(
lng on mesquite beans, till finally found hid awsy In
noe about nifty miles west of Fort Belknap bv partv Il
sent out to GEEK him, by Major Merrill That
the Mexican being still able walk wandered ior
uays Whout any food, in the direction Of Phantom Hi
si nnaiy coming into friendly Comauehe camp a run
net was sent by them to Major silby At Phantom Hin
wnsIe ne was brought in and doing we'd lie saved bis
ne ~ fegning death aft.r being shot The tribe who
committed this act was not known BY the Mexican Tbr
men VINO accompanied this wagon till the day before II
vas attacked had eft it and gone to Phantom Hi
command OF dragons had gone ut to search for tbs
On ha
weston News ''N' l'A'
, Bogus Money We have been credbly informed that
thefe gang OF men whose establishment is supposed
- oe located IN orange county sdisou
engaged IN manufacturing counterfeit money Their
whirb bouaHn 70 zen ana twenty dollar gold pieces
arge quantities Of this money been carried To the
ana western counties and robbed
widGw IN 1yier county Of negro which he bought and
paid Tor with this spurious money have heard the
names OF thoss supposed to be engaged in
hs money and We trust the next session Of District
tour In orange county will throw some Light on the
dark deeds said to be doae there rE
Under new arrsngsment shan during this and the
next msnth have three steamers every weeks from
New Orleans The Perseverance is expected here on
asy NJ xt ana ths toosng are the dates departure
Of steamers from bere to New Orleans viz November II
10 20 $3.50; December 4, 9, IA Is. Is IS IB
Heather aud Crops The Lsvsca Commercial SAYS that
'hs certainly one Of the most favorable for
smigrsnts that have had for some time Provision,
fs'-ry kind aboundi in the greatest abundance through
out the entire western portion Of our State Thousands
-Ot 10 Opr
bu'he and the Commercial says good locking emgrants
may get it upon credit that price
The Galveston News Of the 4th adds
we nave bad clear and hne weather during the week
ana we have pleasure in stating that for number Of
days no Of yellow fever have Occurred ana maj
1t Is considered by medical men that ali danger Of
contracting the disease is over and accordingly look
Tor an early opening of active business
Our advices from the interior about progress of crons
ior cotton and sugar, continue favorable.
Frost has visited every part of Texas believe with
the exception of the Islands along the uf coast
From Mr. Pennington, in last night from Petersburg
we learn tha the crops OF Lavsca county very good
and that tine health has prevailed generally in that
region. llndSnoa Bulletin.
Muider-on last Monday evening. in Robertson COUNTY
near he Brazos river fatal rencounter took place he
tween hr L. Winston and DR. Jesse Giyeus both cti-
Aens Of Bursson county which resulted in the death Of
M, me aatser @ gsnteman Ihe following particulars
appears that Dr. Giyens had been river into
hooer.son county and on returning was passing the
plantation OF Mr. winston but seeing Winston he topped
and inquired Of W if he going to cross the river
that he was compelled to go that evening as be in
tended to go to Caldwell the with Judge Dsyis
or the purpose OF getting cut Of difficulties for
whipping three Winston replied that he would NOT
90 aaa renarkea You Old devil you have to-day
casons, and now intend to kill you He then shot at
Gyens with double barrel shot gun loaded with buck
shot, and died Immediately He was considered a dan
gerous man Dr. Giyens leaves interesting famiiy-a
wife and three daughters, to mourn his loss
Mr.. Winston gave himself up to the civil authori |
Ties was taken to Wheeocs there tried aud acquitted
Texas Ranger.
KILLING Al LocKHAEr,-The Victoria Advocate SAYS
We are Informed by gentleman who just returned
from that direction rencontre took pisca A. Iork
hart few days since between Mr. Robertson and MIR
Wilson. They exchanged five shots when Wilson was |
nortsy wounded and not expected to the
,nec OF the WOands Robertson escaped unhurt one
" son's balls passing through his hat and another
through his coat.
Gs''erai Hoas'Oa.-The Huntsville Presbyterian an I
aounces the departure from that place of Gen Sam
N IN and
county, which is to be their future home
fetOm Fsre-Ths Victoria Advocate Of the Goth saws
We stop the press to that yellow fever has
1roken out in this town Last evening several cases
which had been pronounced deDgue unmistake
'be indications OF that fatal disease Two our phys-
'ians now pronounce it yellow fever. 1t must have
originated here No new has occurred, a. We know
h for three or four days It is to be hoped the
atene.s Of the season will prevent the disease from
prsadlng to any great extent DR.. Bonney died last
light -
The Indianoa Bulletin says Cant Teal of the pbu,
ielphia schooner Martha, died his vessel at Laysca
asst week, Of yellow fever, Excepting this we have
ieard OF no other death there since and under
tand the place is again healthy
The Houston Telegraph says:
We learn from Mr. Carter who has recently visited
nclnnat on the Trinity that seventeen parsons bav
su IN that town within two or three weeks yellow
ser thsre We're twenty persons taken sick aud only
hree survived He inquired if any person had brought
ne disease there from Houston Galveston and was in
oned That no case had been brought there from either
those cities and the citizens wholly unable
eeount for its appearance unless it local origin
dead horse had been permitted To remain close TO the
own and that the stencil used several nights
nroughnut all the settlement The sickness broke out
n the houses close to this rotlg and so
Malignant that the town almost depopuleted in
ew days
Mr.. 5. Allen who visited Redmond on Saturday last
Dforms that the yellow fever is still raging in that
own with unabated maignty About twentysix persons
lad died of this disease and several still sick and
n critical situation Only forty fifty persons re- !
NAMED in the town.
The Telegraph hiss the following additional items
Gold H.atos We have received n letter from NJ n.
SWELL Of Caldwell in which he mentions that one of the
odhunter who has lust returned from Guadaleupe
MOUNTAINS reports that the party he was found
bandance OF gold al the place designated by Mr. Stewart
eore he was taken sick He says that gold found
quartz but IN the soil in the dry diggins of Cali
'rnia They found an abundance water about half
lie from the mine that the gold may be obtained
lth little difficulty with cradles and other machines for
sshing it,
Flour is selling in the eight to nine dol
us barrel In Cincinnati it is selling six and
half dollars a barrel
Appointments of delegates have been made in most
of the attend the Democratic Convention to
e held in Austin the 9th of January next
The OF tho marching OF Mexican troops upou the
issa valley has proved to be totally without Foundation
Miss Davenport, the celebrated actress. who
as been travelling in Europe the last mouths ar
we'd at Boston on the 18th ult, and commenced an sn
agement at the Howard Athenaum in that city ON the
1t inst