New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-11
LATER FROM TEXAS.

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ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PERSEVERANCE
The steamship Perseverance, Capt. Place. ar
rived yesterday morning from Galveston with
dates to the 9Th, and our files Of exchanges
from the interior. The lie Grange Monument
makes the following announcement:
The Rev DR. VIM. z. Smith has commenced writing the
History of Texas The DR. is old Texan and is very
familiar with all tho incidents Of Texas in early times
Dr. Smith Surgeon General of the Army of Texas
under command Of General Stephen n Austin, 81 The
beginning Of the Texas revolution, and distinguished
himself by his extraordinary GOODNESS and on
important occasion, during the memorable Siege Of
San Antonio in December, 1885. :; aans 4
night of the 23d, young man Of that place, named
Joseph Nance 50 severely wounded BY quantity Of
powder ssons that hs aes On s1s sansas
had been placed in hole bored for its reception In
veoak tree, and that fragment Of the tree was d.
recte by thu Of the explosion between his and
side breaking his and 50 injuring his side
4 his death. G@fAg$ 4e $s
| The same paper says; az 80
Millions Insects infss this section Of the country
We may expect them again next snticpa
ted that the crops will be injured by their presence
| The Houston Star of Wednesday last says:
Several eases Of fever occurred in this city last week,
OF which resulted of them in the family
u the editor Of this paper The impression SO common
erroneous had not several
frosts but had had considerable cold weather. The
weather again turned cold on Sunday Last and on Monday
| night there was some sleet. s4s4
The Victoria Advocate of the I'D inst, publishes CALI
from number Of the most prominent citizens OF that
town and the surrounding csanry for public meeting
with view to taxing steps towards the navigation Of the
| Guadalupe River. The Advocate says
Various circumstances have occurred unfortunately,
for several years. retard this important obactthe
most conspicuous however the project Of the San
Antonio aud Mexican Gulf Railroad Siuce that project
has exploded at least is postponed for indefinite
afinff fho
here highly important to the interests Of this town
We find in the Seguin Mercury Extra Of the 18th ult
an interesting letter. from Maj Eskne to his son at &c.
gum dated Below Santa Cruz twenty three miles down
the Santa Cruz River, Sept 40 We extract the
| following sgs5'.-5 s4ss = il.ia-
Ali my men are in excellent health have not been
sick hour We have had the finest kind of grass
since left the Rio Grande In this valley II is like a
4 Meadow
About hfty-fse miles back, In the valley Of tho San
Pedro had stampede; rainy, dark night, and but
three men on herd The hands at camp did not know
Of until some of them got away. BY 10 O'Clock next
day. had collected all but one hundred and eleven
head during the day collected all but forty seven
We stayed two days and then left eight hands to hunt
for thsni and vent on with the train After going five
or six miles we came upon grave where Dunaps broth
er-in-law Houston, had been Killed few days pre-
Yious by the Indians. They got twenty of Dunlap's
horses and 16o head Of cattle belonging to Beck Bry
| ant which have never been discovered When we got
near Santa Cruz learned that the mountain, ten
twelve miles east Of Santa Cruz Fsrchilds was at
was killed. The entire herd Of cattle driven off.
The were left untouched. This happened on the
2Ist of August Houston was killed on the 18th. We
| passed Houstons grave on the Both Of August.
When arrived at Santa Cruz, found Dunlaps train
and swsly families Beck Bryant with the balance Of
Of their cattle Franklin with $50 head They glad
We had to stop TO rest stock. Gallaghan
took fcnrteen of our men, twsnythree of the other
srans and five Mexicans and started to try and
6nd Indians with the stock They started
81 night; next m2rnug they came suddenly upon forty
indians light; killed all but nine got Next
| car killed ard three four wounded slightly One Of
our men, Sheppard wounded in the shoulder with
arrow II has not prevented him from doing service
From a Brownsville letter to the Galveston
| News, We extract the following
From the interior Of Mexico, by way Of Maamoros
have nothing Of interest," except the sts admission by the
DictaLogs organs that His Serene Hghness Gsubdue
or hold in check the revolution in Mlchoacan. have
seen private letter from General Alvarez to dis
tipguished Mexican exile, residing here's which among
other things he says that he will by the December
be laundering person at the gates of Morea the
capital the revod Department. uness the place before
then surrenders Of his Leutenants who carry
military operations in that section of the country
Alvarezs object to occupy every seaport the Pacific
and thus cripple the yrans already exhausted resources
word NJ 8 9@Ga F34N&e #llH 79s
We learn from the Austin State Times that Capt Travis
had returned from his scout without having discovered
Indians. The Times has the following:
Capt Travis had returned from his scout without having
4 discovered any Indians. .5S
| David Dean, member of Capt Travis's company
killed MIR Kirk messmate Of his, in Fredericksburg
The murder bastard and cod-blooded. He managed
10 disarm Kirk then blow his brains out The eyer
ton of Capt Travis alone saved him the inction
summary vengeance by the men The excitement was
intense but ehapply restrained Dean in custody
| strictly guarded by fifteen men. s5fit
Capt Walker after returning from tho San Saba made
Reconnaissance on the head Of the Guadalupe He
eountered party Of Indans-ked several and recap,