New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-23
Late News from Texas --Arrival of the
Steamship Charles Morgan. %

| Lawiess, arrived here yesterday from Indianola
cia Galveston, bringing dates to the 10Th from
the latter place.
The following items we CLEAN from the Gal
weston papers and those in the interior of the
| State
| Every county in Texas, as far as heard from,
with one exception, voted, by overwhelming ma
jorities, against the liquor traffic.
An ATTEMPT TO MURDER AND RoB.--A young
man from the west named Bird, says the Hous-
ton Telegraph of the 10Th inst, was shot on the
7th inst, near San Felipe, by parties with 3
supposed purpose Of murder and robbery. The
ball entered the mouth and ranged down the
cheek, cutting off part of the tongue The horse
on which Bird ode took fright, and ran with
his rider TOWARDS San Felipe, where the latter
was picked up wagoners. The young man
is recovering. The perpetrators were immedi-
ately pursued.
The same par IT says:
A man named Thompson shot his neighbor,
Mr.. Dykes, in Bell county lately, in consequence
of q difficulty about some hogs. Dyes is not
expected to live, and Thompson has escaped.
named Covington killed his neighbor, Mr.. Guth-
rie. by beating him with the butt Of his gun.
Coyington has been committed to jail.
The Jefferson Herald states that the drought
In that section was becoming excessive. The
corn crep. as general thing, had been made
fbefore the want of rain was felt The cotton
crop has been materially injured, think it to
the amount Of one-half, and the young fruit
trees were dying in many places from the want
of rain.
The Columbia Democrat gives statement Of
cotton picking by some of the hands of MIR. d.
H. Yelser, for the week ending Saturday last,
the hands varying from 100 to 210 pounds per
day, which, we suppose, is very good for this
early in the season.
Rev g. L. Patton died in Galveston on the
18th inst, after an illness of three days
The citizens of Richmond have lately held q
public meeting relative to Cuban affairs The
meeting was addressed by F. NJ. Gibson and Fl
3: Waller Esqs,, after which resolutions were
adopted, sympathising with the Cuban patriots
and censuring Judge Campbell They recon-
mend the latter to ''the accomplished Queen Of
Spain as eminently qualified for the office Of
Captain General Of Cuba"
Friedman, who was lodged in the Jail at In
dianola short time since for the murder OF
Wingates, made his escape from the same on
Thursday night, the 10th, and is now at large.
Mr.. Shannon, of lndianola, has been arrested
on suspicion of aiding him in his escape from
the Jail. He was afterwards re-arrested in San
Antonio.
4 We learn by the Austin Gazette, that the Pa-
cifc Railroad contract has been finally ratified
and with the understanding that it shall not
take effect till the 3lst inst. The company will
therefore have till the 1st of March, 1866, to
complete the first fifty miles. 1t seems from the
following, from the State Times, that the con-
tract embraces some conditions not required by
the law:
g In addition to the provisions required by
w. contract of of hn trnp
of the road shall be surveyed and located to the
l06th degree of longitude west from Greenwich,
Il which strikes the Colorado, near Port Chad
bourne, within two years and half from date
of contract ID, That the survey and location
shall be completed to the Rio Grande within
four years and o half. Sd, That the survey
and location shall be completed to the Rio Grande
within four years and half 4th, It also provides
how the lands of the company shall alienated
in case said Company fails to ALLEVIATE them as
required by law.
The object of the first three provisions of the
contract, is to have the route of the road sur
veyed and located throughout the State within
four years and half from the date of contract
or at least sufficiently definite as to enable all
parties to determine the limits of the reserved
lands, and retard the location of individual
claims and the settlement of territory adjacent
to the lines of reservation.
In the event of failure on the part of the
Company to comply with the three tirst-named
provisions, they will be confined to line OF
thirty miles on both sides the 32d degree of lati
tude north, for the selection of their alternate
sections.
A correspondent of the Galveston Journal vim
dieates the Houston Railroad Company as fol-
| lows: . .=.
ssMajor Burke, since he occupied the position
of contractor, has kept forty hands constantly
at work, at an outlay of $500 per month
Those men have regularly been paid; they have
not been bought up by the New York Pacific
Railroad Company, neither and their interests
identified
Hon. Robert J. Walker and t Butler King
were expected in Galveston on the 18th.
| A letter from Cotland, Newton county, dated
the I'd inst, to the editor of the News, says:
"a snag boat is now in Sabine river, as I'M
derstand, ordered by the State of Louisiana, to
work six months on the river. She will be most
ly employed below Belgrade, and between Barr's
and Belgrade.
The following paragraphs we take from the
San Antonio Ledger:
1t will be seen, from extracts from late or
ders from head quarters, thatimportant changes
have been made in the disposition of the troops
of this frontier, and that they are now being
concentrated on line from Fort Clark to Pre-.
sidio del Norte. This may prevent the Indians
from passing down to the lower Rio Grande.
We learn with regret that John Tice, well
known to our citizens, was shot and killed by q
runaway slave, on the Medina, on Friday last
It appears that Tice, in company with lad
came suddenly upon four negroes. two men and
two women. One of the men shot Tce, killing
him instantly. The other advanced upon the lad
with tomahawk, who shot and killed him
The negroes then fed, and were pursued by the
people Of the neighborhood, but had not beer
captured at last accounts. The negro killed
belonged to Mr.. James Newton, who lives il
Guadalupe county, near Post Oak post-ofiee.
Fieldman, who murdered VIM. Wingates, a
Layaca, week or two since, was recognized il
our city to-day, and arrested by Marshal Gross
He doubtless escaped from Jail. He was riding
q mule which he had tried to sell.
Mrs. H. Lewis, the well known actress, dice
on the morning of the 10th. Mrs. Lewis has
been in our city for several months, and played
a very successful engagement at the Histrionic
Hall.
! We take the following extract from q letter
to the Brownsville Flag
% For the last fortnight the Indians have
committed more depredations than have known
since have been living in this part of the
country We are all on foot On Tuesday last
in day light, they entered my potrero [feld,
and took off three fine American horses-twc
of which cost 5000 eaeh-together with lot o
mules We pursued them as soon as we coulC
mnnnt ouroalyao hut thew crossad ovpr int