New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-02


were drowned. The inhabitants Mt san ia
ointo were in the second stories
The brig Pratt, from Attakapas for Philadel-s
iphla, with q cargo OF sugar and molasses. went
ashore at the High Islands, between Galveston
and Sabine, during the late gale, and will pre-.
baby proves tosal loss We understand that.
both vessel and cargo were insured
On Old River, which connects with the Trini-
~, few miles from Galveston Bay, We learn
that the storm was particularly severe last
Tuesday afternoon and hight. The water rose
nearly nfteen feet IN the valleys in some places,
and many cattle and hogs were destroyed, but
no human lives, the houses all being situated
on high ground, AT the mouth 81 the Trinity
the wlna was comparatively light and no dam
NORTHERN FRoNTIER.-At ou,r last dates. 2stb
August, all v 10 peaceful ON our Norshern from
| tier Tnere n ere NO Indian fights OF depreda-l
tions. Col. Fagg, of Fort w asbita has issued
orders reques ing the heads Of families of all
non military residents located on the reserve
prior to the 1t of July last, to report to him
their names, number in family, occupations,
Tune q arrival, and the authority under which
port the date Of license and bv whom issued.
These regulations are necessary to the proper
police Of the frontier, and will prevent many
bad white men from committing outraees under
the cloak Of Indians. The contracts far s,lp-
plying the Fort with corn, were taken at 81 SO
to 81 90 per bushel It affords some idea Of the
scarcity Of tne article. Capt. Pope with his
escort LOT new Mexico, under Lieut.L H. Mar
shall. have been heard from since laay;nr Fort
Washita, and were getting along finely. A par
ty OF men from Grayson county, made an IN.
successful attempt recently to run otf a negro
woman, claimed by Overton Love. near Wood
boro, on Red River. Mr.. Love lost one hundred
bushels Of corn by the party tearing down the
fence Of his field, Estate Gazette. sl
BAsrRoP. The Advertiser says the weather
in that quarter has lately bean warm and dry.
The health OF the town continues unusually
good. ine eotton crop, owing to the combined
light. .-5f IA
The ADVERTISER says that Fayette county is
raising funds to be appropriated to the improve
Ement of the Colorado river, that successful and.
permanent navigation may be established:
which will allow her to get her present crop Of
COTTON ana produce to market early in the sea-
SON X
Richard Meyer, youth at San Antonio, was
killed instantly q few days ago, by the acciden
tai discharge of a gun in the hands of another
boy, named John Lorenz. 7sss
Among the deaths announced by the Houston
Telegraph, we notice the name of Mr. George
Allen, brother Of the editor of that paper, and
g native Of Madison county, N. r.; also the
name Of B. F. Moore, late printer in the Office
Of the Telegraph, who is represented to have
been youth of more than ordinary promise.
The western Texian has the following:
There is now in our city a negro man, belong
ing formerly, we believe, to d Mr.. Gordon, Of
texas. re ne is strong, healthy man, in the
prime OF life He has been in Mexico two years,
and says he was one of the lieuteuants of Wild
Cat. Like all others who live there. he has .
poor opinion Of the country and laws, Many
negroes are leaving Mexico and coming to Texas
to keep from starvation. Z
The citizens of San Antonio lately got wind
OF plot to run off some negroes. A party COL
lected on Sunday night--proceeded to the desip-
mated point and succeeded in arresting four n e-a
groes, hve Mexicans and two Americans. They
ing for Mexico One negro escaped. Another
in similar attempt had a horse shot under
him. They are all confined in the Jail. 1t is
thought that the Mexicans and Americans will
20 tried and punished summarily The partic-
ulars of the affair have not TRANSFERRED
~. - $500 -
correspondent of the Charleston News SAYS:
g The wonder of American theatres is said to be
that which is just about to open in Boston No
expense has been spared, according to all
accounts, IN making it very noble affair a
distinguished and travelled gentleman told me
that it was superior, as a theatre, to any in the
world. 1t will accommodate several thousand
persons; and is SO arranged that any subject
any form of spectacle-ean be produced. For
example, the entire stage can be made to dis
appear, and a nautical drama can cover the
scene with the lively and inspiriting scenes Of d
regatta, or a sea fight. Here you may see the
Battle of Actium reproduced, on scale almost
as large as that in which Mark Antony lost his
empire for a woman smiles y
AT meeting of the citizens of Kansas, held
On the LIST u1t., q large majority were found to
be favorable to Kansas being made a slave
State.
LIFE IN THE PAcIFIo-Among the myriad
stands which dot the surface of the South Pa |
,ltic Ocean is little island, about ten miles in
diameter, lying near the Fejee group, called |
Horne Island. Its climate and productions are /
aearly similar to those,of the Sandwich Islands |
Lts inhabitants are dark Gomplexioned, and are |
'aid to be the most ferocious and savage of any
n Polynesia. Until very lately they were can
1ibais. A correspondent of the Picton Chroni- |
lie, writing from o whale ship in the tropics, |
gives the following description Of visit to these
interesting people for the purpose Of procuring /
wood, water, yams, etc
On our approach we were Immediately sur
'ounded by twenty or thirty canoes filled with
he most hideous looking Wretches ever beheld,
Their hair, which is long and very coarse, stands
rect, giving them most ferocious appearance,
Ind they kept up such an unearth1y yelling, /
being overjoyed to see us, that we finally came |
g the conclusion that we might possibly by /
mistake have discovered small corner of the /
nfernal regions After satisfying their Curl
,slty and ascertaining our wants, they imme-
lately returned to the shore to satisfy them
q a short time several canoes came alongside
illed with the choicest oductions of the island,
consisting Of hogs, fowls, yams, cocoanuts, and
fruit. of all kinds.
Then commenced a trade unsurpassed by any
'ag fair in Europe; but We were not little
urprised to find that our money was of no value |
o them, and they refused to take it; therefore
regular barter commenced Old shirts, hand
lerchiefs, pipes, tobacco and fancy trinkets took
veil with them Our captain being an old Cape
jod Yankee, who had been scattering for forty |
1ears, understood well what was required for
ratio with the natives, and having, of course,
ome prepared for the occasion, laid in forty
logs, two hundred fowls, a large supply of yams, I
ocoannts, etc., in exchange for what cost him |
lot over fifteen dollars, in the shape of red fan
lei, knives, hatchets and beads. It was quite |
Inusing to see him bargain for his supplies, I
specially the yans, which grow here to size /