New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-17
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characteristics He had become infrm and was
n reduced circumstances. Messrs Hickmott
ind Hill gave him theatrical benefit, and
placed him in funds, short time since, after
which be went on grand blow out, and kept
it up till the last. When he found he was going,
he requested his friends to bury him on the bat
lie field Of San Jacinto, fire a volley over his
ashes. and, after returning to Houston, take
rink all round to his memory. The interment
took place as directed. We believe the drink
was omitted.
The Planter states that most of the produce
has been taken from the lower Brazos country,
aud the steamer Bell has gone above, where she
will remain a short time, cleaning up.
During the summer and fall her trips will be
less frequent than heretofore.
The Criminal Docket is to be taken up next
week in the District Court for Galveston county.
1t is pretty long one, embracing about twenty
cases, in which the charges run from murder
Town A jail delivery is much needed, as the
county is paying at the rate of $4,000 year, TOR
the support and safe keeping of prisoners.
The small streams of the interior were unusu-
lily high about the first of this month, so much
80 in many cases as to retard the mails and put
stop to travel.
Wilson, charged with the murder of a negro.
was sentenced to be hung at the last term of the
District Court for Tyler county, The evidence
was circumstantial. but such as to leave no
ioubt of his guilt The negro was the property
If a neighbor of the murderer, and killed through
malice towards the owner.
Another new steamboat has been launched at
Lagrange, for the navigation of the Colorado
rhe Monument furnishes the following descrip-
ton of this boat 125 feet in length by 293 feet
in breadth, 4 feet hold With her machinery on
board she draws IL inches of water; and it is
thought that with four hundred bales of cotton
she viii not draw exceeding "a inches; or with
seven hundred not more than four feet She
left her yard on the 30th ult. for the mouth OF
the river, where she receives her machinery
She took down about two hundred bales of cot
ton.
The Water Moccasin has made another trip
from the mouth of the Colorado to Bastrop
where she was built. She has proven even q
better boat than was expected, and easily makes
seven miles an hour against the current in high
water In addition to the steamboat naviga
ton, thirteen fat boats, laden with cotton, have
started down the Colorado the past season
Two of these were, unfortunately, wrecked, as
the Monument says, from want of experience in
the pilots
The Western Clarion has an account of the
murder of James Tomerlin, who was shot from
his horse by one William Montgomery, while the
hart, in company with his little son. Mont
gomery attempted to kill the boy, but he escaped
by pushing his horse. Montgomery was ar.
rested and held to bail in the sum of $4,000 for
his appearance before the District Court Of the
county.
MURDERS Mexican named Manuel Gonza-
les was shot dead about fourteen miles from San
Ap+ btyc Ea 1aft "a
large family
An ARRAY occurred in the city of San Antonio
between a couple of Mexicans, in which one OF
Item received a mortal wound from d revolver
CRoPs IN ENAs.--Nearly all our exchange
papers speak in the most exulting terms of the
present appearance Of crops in their vincity in
some places the corn was Mt one time affected by
drouth, but the rains of late have been abund.
ant, and with but exceptions in some places in
our State, the crops the descent year will be the
most abundant ever known.
The truth Of the matter is, Texas is great
country upon which the blessings of an over
ruling Providence are showered in profusion.
BURGLARY Some few days since, Mr. James
Dimitt left his store, situated the east side OF
the San Antonio river, and was absent about
half an hour and on his return, he found it h d
been opened by cutting away one-half Of the
window. On examination he found his six
shooter was absent, nothing else was disturbed
Whoever it was, must have been lying in wait
and as soon as Mr. Dimitt left he commenced
operations. The person who took the pistol. not
having left his card, it leaves the matter rather
uncertain who he was.
CONTEMPT OF COURT.-We have slight re-
collection ofhaving read, heard, or dreamed Of
the following scene in court:
n In Via
think this witness is, by his own showing, in.
terested in the event of this case. | object, on
that ground, to his further testimony If a
man may swear himself into the possession o
| two hundred dollars in this Court, why, all ]
have to say is, that this is ID Of q pretty
Court Of Justice
Tipsy Judge--Mr. Brown, your objection
seems to be well taken The witness may retire
from the stand. This Court permits no profan,
| language in its presence. -FOUR language, Mr.
Brown, seems to bed--d profane You are fneG
five dollars for contempt of court.
Drunken Attorney Slightly sobered by thu
| fne4-Why, your Honor has just made use o
| profnne language yourself.
Tipsy judy tgetting more tipsy by his effort
to collect his ideas)-Did the Court use profan
language Well, then, the Court fines itself
Here's the money, Mr.. Clerk. The Court in
tends to preserve its dignity without regard t.
| Ca GSuSC'
A DESPERATE CoSvIcT.-Samuel Murray, sen
fenced to the Sing Sing State Prison for a tern
of ten years, for highway robbery, made DIES
perate and bloody attack upon the keepers wit
razor, inaicting three terrible gashes upo
Mr.. G. P. Sherwood, two in the left thigh an
one in the groin. He also attacked another off
Ger of the institution, who defended himself b
shooting the prisoner in one of his legs with
revolver. The Desperate was finally secure
and locked up, Mr. Sherwoods wounds wer
considered very dangerous
ANOTHER QUAsIMoDo.-A poor dwarf, by th
name of Dwyer, an Irishmau was found browne
on the Jersey shore, opposite New York, fe,
days ago. II appears that he had for the pas
three years worked for Mr.. Marsh, in that city
where a young woman named Amanda Frenc
had also been employed He became deeply en-
amored of this girl, but she declined his atten