New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-05
Later from Texas.


The United States transport steamer Fashion
Captain Baker, arrived at this port from Corpus
Christi, pia Galveston, on Tuesday, but we die
not obtain her advices in time for publication
yesterday.
The Fashion reports having fallen in with, on
the Oath ult, the schooner Mustang, of Mystic
dismasted, and towed her to Indianola. On the
26th of September fell in with the schooner
Emma de Russey, fifteen miles west of the
Matagcrda Light, dismantled and signal flying.
took her in tew and towed her to Indianola.
Left at Arkansas the schooner Moses Warning.
for New Orleans.
The following is list of her passengers,
Edward Hanrick Berran, Rosenfeld J Amo
nett Bell. J Beal, Joseph, Watkins wife and
children, Joseph Beischon, and two on deck
There was no gale at Corpus Christi nor at
Arkansas. Spoke the schooner Gen. Taylor 80
miles west of Ship shoal on the I'd inst, at me-
ridian.
In addition to the particulars of the late gale,
which we have already published. we take the
following from the correspondence Of the Calves
ton News Speaking Of the destruction Of Mata-
gorda. the writer says,
Such scene of distress and suffering / hone
shall never witness again, and which language
fails to even give you the most distant idea Of
| saw one lady who was driven into the streets,
with four little children. come staggering in
(where several Of US we're trying to take shell
ter) with every thing she had on blown from
her body and from that of her little daughter
The infant she held in her arms alone retained
its clothes; the other two, one three and the
nt Fuax oil @nx, L,
supposed to be lost. Nor was this the only case
of the kind; for am informed by Mr. Powell
and others, that there we're, perhaps, hundred
others who were picked up in che open streets
and yards early in the morning. But enough
of this.
The loss Of property is estimated to be &c the
entire value of every species of personal prop
erty in the place"
Speaking of the loss of life, the writer goes
on to say!
The number Of lives lost is not yet known.
We only know positively of six, the names of
whom have not yet ascertained. The mother
of Gen. Gordon has just been taken out of a
mass Of fallen lumber, and is expected to die
soon. Mr.. James Selkirk had his arm broken,
and large number of other persons were badly
hurt. There would have been a much greater
number Of lives lost, but for the untiring energy
of few young men, who, throughout the
whole entire storm, encountering the crash of
buildings and flying missiles, were engaged in
visiting from house to house, extricating those
who were buried beneath the ruins
FROM NEW MEXICO The mail from Santa
Fe arrived at St. Louis on the 25th ult bring
ing files of the Santa Fe Gazette to the 18th of
August That paper complains bitterly against
the United States Government for its delay in
furnishing aid against the hostility of the In
dians. We make the following extracts;
The present war with the Jicarilla Apaches,
and other tribes, their confederates, has de-
monstrated to us beyond doubt the absolute
necessity of IN increase in the regular force sta
toned in this country The situation of the
people of New Mexico is one of extreme peril,
and we are almost at the mercy of the numerous
savage tribes that surround us on every side.
We have within our limits, about thirty thousand
wild Indians, among the fercest and most cruel
of all the Nsrth American tribes They roam
throughout the extent of the Territory at their
pleasure, and can, at any moment, pounce down
upon the unprotected settlements and murder
the inhabitants, or carry them into captivity.
On the east, the entire frontier, from the
peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the line of
Texas, is without protection, and the settlements
are in daily danger of being cut off by the
savage hordes that swarm along that region.
The northern, western and southern from
tiers are in similar situation, but more exposed
than on the east. Now, for the protection
and security of the whole Territory, both in
peace and war, there are not two regiments of
troops of all arms They occupy several posts
in different sections of the country, one and
two companies at place, and are SO remote from
each other that there is no possibility OF their
concentrating in case of emergency, and act
ing IN concert. And again, when sent into the
field, they have to operate IN so many different
sections of the country at the same time, and
being divided into small parties the efficiency
OF the whole is destroyed. The small force Of
regulars stationed here are as gallant and well
otfieered as troops possibly can be, but that can
not supply the place of numbers, or give them
ublquity in their operations New Mexico is
almost entirely dependent upon the regular
troops for protection from the Indians, because
the people are without arms and ammunition,
and hence unable to defend themselves, When
the militia were called out this spring, many of
them went into the field with bows and arrows,
and some, like David when he slew Goliath of
Gath, were only armed with the ordinary sling
and thus equipped they went forth to contend
against fierce and we'll armed sayages
It is not only at our very threshold that we
are thus exposed, but in entering and going
from the Territory, our people are always in
danger of being cut off In crossing the great
plains that lie between us and the United
States, in a distance of nearly eight hundred
miles, there is only one military post, with two
companies of troops. These plains are traversed
every year, by hundreds of our citizens, and at