New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-06
Texas Items.

BY the steamship Louisiana, which arrived
hero yesterday morning, we have late dates
from Galveston and Houston:
AT Galveston, the Civilian, of the 30th, says
the mercury vent up to 93 degrees in the shade
the day before.
The Trinity continued full, even to overflow
ing in some places, as reported by the tele-
graph
Until recently the weather has been quite
rainy in the interior; but ut last date the at
mosphere was extremely dry and warm.
We hear of no damage to the crops, but APP
prehend some, unless the rains abate.
The Lavaca Commercial, of the 18th, says:
The prospect for fine crops of corn and cotton
was never more tlattering than at the present
time. The corn crop this year will be much
larger than that of last year.
We we're visited by another terrible gale last
evening from the southeast. The wind COM
menced blowing last evening, and continued all
night, accompanied by heavy falls of rain. The
tide is very high; several bath houses have
been washed away and some little damage has
been done to the wharyes. The steamer that
was due yesterday has not yet arrived, and
some fears are entertained for her safety She
mny get in to-day,
The Houston Star, of the 18th, says
The corn crop of Texas, from the increase of
land in cultivation, and the extraordinary heavy
yield now promised, will probably exceed that
Of any other year by at least so per cent.
| The incessant rains that have visited all
parts Of the State cannot prove otherwise than
seriously detrimental to the cotton crop. The
complaint is general that there is not enough
| dry weather to work out the weeds.
Gov. Pease has offered reward of $3.50 for
the arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Harris
county, of Justus Odum, the murderer of Peter
| Sauer. In addition to the above, the citizens of
! Harris county have contributed 800, which
will be promptly paid over, on the lodging Of
0dum in the Jail of that county.
The Houston Star announces the resignation
of Hon G. W. Buckley, Judge of the Seventh
Judicial District, to take effect on the third
| Monday in September next The Star says
Judge b. has resigned thus early to enable the
Governor to order an election at the usual time,
the first Monday in August
| The Star of the 2Sth ult says: John Curtis
and Joseph Wilks got into quarrel at Rior-
dams corner on Monday night, and the latter
was stabbed in the abdomen with a knife, sup
posed to be in the hands of Wilks. No person
saw the stab inflicted. Curtis died this morn
ing, Wilks was committed to Jail.
/ The proceedings of the Educational Conven-
ton in Huntsville are published in the Presby-
terrain. They recommend change in the Con-
stitutjon, enabling the counties to sell their
school lands for school purposes on long
credit. The plan, we believe, is much like that
recommended by us some time since, and which
has succeeded so well in Wisconsin. They esti-
mate the children of the State, between six and
sixteen years of age, as follows; Males, 1872;
| females, 12192--making a total of % ,554 pu-
| pills This number is obtained by adding fifty
| per cent. to the census of 1856; but they think
| the increase has been at least one hundred per
cent, which would make the whole number, at
this time, 28,332 children. Surprising their
education costs the State $50 per annum, the
whole cost will be $685., 1920
The Houston Morning Star, of the 2Sth ult.,
says the Brazos river was falling at last ac-
counts. It had overfowed the banks at several
points, doing considerable damage Some of
| the bottom fields We're submerged and the crops
| destroyed
The Galveston News understands that Shultz
has made a full confession, not only Of the
murder of Bateman and Jett, but also of a long
catalogue Of other murders and crimes during
period of many years We have not as yet
been put in possession of full details, though we
hope soon to be. We can only say now that he
| confesses to having killed an old pensioner in
| Knoxville, Tennessee, before he came to Texas.
He does not remember his name, but says he
had Just received his pension, and upon the
| strength of it, he drank q little too much He
adds that when he was on his way home that
night, he waylaid and shot him, and then
placed his body under projecting rock-that
some school children found the body the next
day. That suspicion attached to himself-that
| he was taken up, tried, and acquitted
He says he belonged to the g Murrell Gang
and recites many robberies and crimes of which
he was guilty, while in that connection. He
finally came to Texas in 1885, for greater secu-
rity. He confesses to having shot Colonel Teel
in his tent, in the fall of 1886. Many of our
old citizens will we'll remember that event The
night was one of the most stormy on record, and
the darkness was SO great, that nothing could
he seen but the flash of the gun Suspicion at
tached, he says, to several persons, but not to
/ himself.