New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-01
Later from Texas.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CHARLES MORGAN

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Later from Texas. |
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CHARLES MORGAN. |
The steamship Charles Morgan, Capt Law
less, arrived at this port yesterday morning,
bringing dates from Galveston to the Goth ult
Her freight and passenger lists will be found in
the ship news column.
The Galveston News states that the health of
that city is quite restored, but advises unaccli-
mated persons to keep away for time,
The health Of most other towns in Texas is
said to be good.
The News says I'VE have conversed with
several gentlemen who have recently travelled over differ
ent portions Eastern Texas and they all in the
opinion That the cotton CROP east of the Trinity will very
little exceed half an average yield In counties it
may be twothirds perhaps more but in other places
it will probably fall short Of half full crop The amount
land planted however greatly exceeds what it has ever
before been and the conclusion of nfornants Is,
therefore, that with favorable fall for gathering the
total crop OF the State not fall very far short OF what
it was last year The quality is, however. admitted on
all hands to be generally very Inferior The late storm
proved very destructive nearly all over the State far
at least, as we have heard from"
We clip the annexed paragraphs from the
Jefferson Herald Corn crops by great odds better
than any previous year in this immediate section Of
country The has also been greatly benefited by
q
be fair average yield.
Large Of fine beeves being driven from
the praires to this sectionH
A son of Capt. William J. Dural, pupil at
the Masonic Institute in Trinity broke his leg few days
ago while engaged in game of ball.
We clip the subjoned items from the Nueces
Valley Of the 18th ut The country between this place
and the Rio Grande River has again been flooded by
heavy rains The prairies the Matamoras road are
with and at places the road is almost
impossible, such is the depth of the water.
The late gale which caused so much destruction of
property and less of life Galveston and Matagorda
Bays did not extend far south Corpus Christi Bay
1t is stated in the Texas papers that runaway
negroes who take refuge in Mexico, Immediately
seized and enrolled in the Mexican army.
SHOCKING Academia correspondent of the
Trinity Advocate, writing from Fairfield, Free
stone county, under date Of the 10th ult, COM
municates the following painful intelligence:
have to inform you of most sad and painful acct
dent which occurred in the 9th inst in the
death of Col John Whtt's interesting little daughter
Fanny. aged about three years.
Mrs Williams, her cousin, with quite number Of
other ladies' visited Mr. Cnes Daguerrean Gallery early
in the afternoon Of the 9th inst with the view Of having
their pictures taken when the child Fanny asked for
water Mrs " turned to the Operators counter the
front side of which the water usually kept but
busy-body had removed the pitcher containing his
gayanizng fluid from the to the front of the
ter and Mrs W mistakng it for water gave to the
child drink, whereupon it Immediately commenced
crying. Mrs. W tasted the solution immediately and
asked what 1t WaHt MIR. Cnue stepped 10 Ene
and observed You have taken the wrong pitcher and
| the child is posoned.'
Mr. Williams took the child in his and down
into Dr. Miners office who with all possible haste tried
a mustard emcte. but finding the child could not swal-
low, resorted Immediately to The stomach pump and
ceded throwing off good portion of the contents of
the stomach but to good purposeor the poor child
| was dead
The poison was preparation of Cyanide of Potassium
and Chloride of Silver The child lived about four or
five minutes but nsensibe in less than one minute
| from the time,
| Mrs Williams was considerably affected from merely
tasting it. and that connected with the heartrending
grief consequent upon the loss of her little cousin
well nigh depriyng her of life Che is fast recovering
however, at this date.
| FRONTIER INTERCHANGEABLE Austin State
Gazette the 2lst inst learns from Major Stein that
accounts, all quiet among the Indians about
Fort Chadbourne The old chiefs had succeeded in sub
| DUNG all characterization among the young men
| GGN. HousToNs SPEECH.-The following is an
extract from a letter to the Galveston News
touching the speech recently delivered by Gen
Houston at Brennan:
| Chad the opportunity of hearing speech from Gen
Houston delivered at Brennan last Wednesday, He pro
ceeded render account of his acts and doings from
the of thu Creek down to the close of the las
Congress Perhaps it was very good speech in many
particulars but taken in the whole it unsats
factory to most of his political friends present as far as
could learn To me, it the most disgusting egctisn
and uncandd effort that ever knew any one to make
before respectable auditory 1t replete with
ausion to past events and such not fitting to BIZ
reCApltulteu that lie abused almost every
body Unfortunately He boosted of his superior
talents aud nexibe honesty, and Of his rreproach
able moral character which, he said every body try
ing to steal from him although they must know the,
could cut no better figure in it. if successful thar
little sonny did in his fathers great IT (his char
acter) was too good any other alive to get aon
with. He said all the editors were rascas who did moi
approve of his every act or at least those he named
Some them he said, yearngs, too small for mark
ing but they all ought To be hanged At least Richard
son of the News got particular blessing from him. ais
Com Moore and Gen Thomas jefferson Green, Tor Dos
Green as he called him The only portion Of his speed
any interest in hearing that in relation
to his vote the Nebraska bill In his attempt to jus
tfy that vote, he certainly failed most signay even il
the opinion many Of his friends He used the
guments he did in the Senate aud which Judge Dougla
so merciesy him to retreat from tn
Senate Chamber, to get out OF hearing"
Major Emory and party leave our city in few days
The energy and promptness displayed by the Major
seeing the expedition eectualy organized and this in til
very limited period he has been here, argues well for til
final of the expedition We assured that 1t
the best organized in all its parts to accomplish every
proposed that has at time previously left city
al like purpose We learn that sixteen of exp,
enced frontieTsnen have been selected accompany II
t expedition Tsan Antonio Ledger, 231.
/ From the Galveston Times of the Goth "
learn that the Railroad office ut Harrisburg desroye
by fire on the previous Friday 1t understood hs
| the books and papers were consumed.
Cant. Stone, of the schooner Moses Warning
assisted by his mate and several others nights sine
boarded tho schooner Troy, lying Arkansas Bay ar
forciby carried of two sailors They deserted from u
Warning in consequence of the bad treatment, and aft
being arrested were legally set at liberty The kidna
i ping had caused considerable excitement.
The Western Texan of the 10th ult. says
The party sent out by the U. g. Commissioners arrv'
at Ell Paso on the goth of September, and up to this tin
nothing had been heard of the Mexican party, only
t. report that they hemmed in by the Indians, al
r, would not probably reach Ell Paso until November"
The schooner Texana sunk at the end
Nash's Wharf Layaca the morning of the 26th, wi
cargo from schooner below. The cargo was consde
: ably damaged.
10 The Texas Republican says: The Count
l. Court of Washington county Texas in view of the fa
that the people have voted down the present license s,
tenn has appointed attorneys present every instance
violation and the law enforced Something ought
be done here to prevent the eyasions of t