New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-13
Later from Texas

y
terday morning from Indanola with the follow
ing passengers
| &c shaw and lady, Mohrc and lady, Mrs soutbwplL
Mrs Carey. DR. Rhodes and lady Allen and lady Miss
McCulough Mrs Ayres. Mrs shelton Miss Hall Miss
Elder Miss Woods Dowds, q Ball Butler, Mrs But
Ter. Miss Ritter, White, Mr. Hartley J Benedict
Messrs King Wood, lowering, Gonzales Davis Welsh
Beaumont Rose whippe Iultz CLARK Lee, Sergeant
smith Dtliritton lebt2 Evans Retts. Weaver Sh fer
Maddox Wright. Mckinney. Harrison Mnby. Campbell
Moon, and fifteen deck
We have received by the Perseverance Gal
weston papers to the Sth inst, and orr exchan-
ges from the interior as late MS due. The pa
pers are barren of news of interest.
The fourth of July was very generally cele,
brated throughout the western portion Of the
State.
On Friday, the LIST inst during q severe
storm, two Germans residing ON Bray's Bayou,
some Asse miles from Houston, were killed by
lghtna1s
The Townsville Flag is advocating an outlay
on the part Of the United States Government for
the purpose Of improving the channel of the Rio
Grande
! Books of subscription to the stock of the
q Texas Western Railroad Company have been
opened in San Augustine, Sabine, Cherokee, and
other counties, and quite liberal subscriptions
obtained
There is to he a new superior hotel erected
mt lndianola in short time. The matcrinl has
been purchased and will arrive in about four
weeks.
Lieut. J C. Ives, U. s. Typographical En-
ginCer, and party, were in San Antonio on the
30th ult on their way to Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and would leave there in the course Of
a fortnight.
Lieut., Stevens, United States Engineer, has
recently completed survey Of the raft near the
mouth Of the Colorado, and reports entirely in
favor of it. The last Congress appropriated
100000 for this purpose.
The Austin State Gazette gives column Of
extracts from various papers and other author
tiles. all going to show that the tide has recently
set very strongly in favor of Ex-Governor Geo
+ Wood, and that the chances are decidedly
that he will be the next Governor of Texas.
The Austin American of the "a instant saws
Late advces from Waco state that Governor
Paine is still suffering under severe indisposi-
ton, but i is to be hoped that he will be able to
battle his disease
Gen. O. Clarke left Fort Graham on the 23d
ult, accompanied by lieuts Tyler and Bing-
ham, IN charge Of an escort of Dragons, fur
nlshed by Major Arnold, the officer in command
Mt that post, for the purpose of making a re.
connossance one or two hundred miles west
ward ON the parallel Of the sd degree of lati.
tude
The Columbian Democrat of the 9th says
We were shown yesterday by Col Thatcher
OF Wharton county, some very fire apples grown
on his place. lie has about one hundred trees
that are doing finely and nearly all hearing
lie says they grow alike thrifty, whether
grated or trees grown from the seed or the haw.
The Matagorda Tribune of the 5th instant
says the following is list of the sea going yes
sells at the anchorage nj that place, already
loaded or taking in cargo
SchoonerS Blooming Youth, Lewis, loading for
NewIork Cicero, Speed, loading for NETWORK;
Emma Norton, Webster, sugar, Mobile This
latter Is the first shipment of sugar of any mo
nent that has ever been made from this bay 10
Mobile
The Matagorda Tribune of the 9TH has the
o lowing account Of II violent storm at that |
)lace
very heavy storm was experienced in thi. |
'lclnlty on sunday morning last 1t commenced |
raining about two o'clock, AN accompanied |
BY heavy gale from the southwest and inceg. |
ant flashes Of vivid lightning, and continued to |
our down in torrents until long after daylight |
Shen the wind suddenly yeerel round 10 the
North, and the storm somewhat abatpd with no
'ery pacific indications, however, in the dense
LIQUIDS mantling the heavens in every direction
Monday morning following tthe glorious
'olrth) was ushcroi IN with heavy ram,
which dns continued TO fall at intervals up 10
he present writing.
During the early part Of the gale the .ehr
5loomng Youth, Capt Lewis, Of Baltimore
9oni tor Ncwl ork, was struck by lightning
'h.ie lying Mt our anchorage Her foremost
Mt foretopmas We're badly sAiyercd, which we
eLeye was the only injuries she received She
al q large quantity OF cotton On board If not
portion Of her cargo on deck at the time. AMI
se",, S "g 1e CoHs,uer'i miracle that she
AZ itcm ' Of ~ irnnnsi,1
aimed in cargo of snpar rettin ,yat on Ioar,l
f a lighter in the bay0u The botchcs.o ~ M
assels were left off during the nigbt tbr,,I.,b
heh the rain poured in torrents. and ami 7@r
lrty hogsheads She had on L1orJ r,oI, l,l,..g,,,
tird will be lost.
w,.,.c,,. Il
,ntinues in this section On, .;gt",, ,sI
II, and vegetation is surftiled with 50 much IF
eooi 'hlng
From all quarters the news regarding the
2".' J'at7 y az SINUS Is most promising
'al.e ~ '5 parts 81 the country and i
eos''''' e'''is aiiu corn were well advanced o
a, - I" q 'l' ~ says
y. . NY sI,'u 70 learn mat the crops IN our
% y sqsiet eoulllea promise remarkably we'll
heiu8lo' particularly, we arc told that corn
nnr pa,o', th le, ,'n.t too ,,i 'ellef
ayyars aI,,d.t $50 ~ H'tSt nay heayy
nets win va ~, "a5 y. Inuhoailhg our i
,nths M b,,l ecarc. III, s'9's tMo +