New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-02

from Sssg Sa,

We have Galveston papers as late as the 10th
ult.. from which we extract the following;
MORE TEXAS CATTLE FOR CALIFORNIA. The
Victoria Advocate, of the 18th inst, informs US
that Messrs. MoRae and Rankin recently passed
through that town, with drove of seven hun
dred stock-cattle and beeves, on their way to
California. This company consisted of fifteen
hardy, resolute men, beside Messrs. McRae and
Rankin. They were all armed with revolvers
and other weapons, and were fully prepared, in
every respect, to 'shold their o,oa1,' if they
should happen to stall in with any hostile
party of Indians, not numbering more than ten
to their one. The Advocate learns that there
are several similar companies, either on their
way to California, or about to start there.
We have lately had an abundance of rain, and
we learn that rain has fallen almost daily for
some days past, through the country. The corn
crop is now beyond the reach Of drought, and
from all accounts the yield will be a very heavy
one.
The Brennan Enquirer says efforts are being
made to establish cotton factory at Chappell
Hill.
The Recorder says the cotton is in blossom on
several plantations on the Brazos.
The BITE OF RATTLEsNAKE.- most
simple and convenient remedy, says cores
pendent Of the Macon Messenger, l ever heard
of, was alum. A piece the size of q hickory
nut, dissolved in water and drank, or chewed and
swallowed, is sufficient. have a good author
ity for saying it has been tried many times on
men and dogs, and that they have invariably
recovered. | know of some planters whose
hands are exposed to be bitten by rattlesnakes,
who always have them provided with it, in their
pockets, and they have several times found use
for it.
We happen to know something about this and
can suggest an effectual remedy. We mean al
coholic liquor. The philosophy Of it is simply
this: The venom of a serpent is powerful Sc
dative which it requires powerful stimulants to
counterfeit. We once saved the life of q valua-
BILE domestic by giving him lin the absence of
any other liquor) q whole bottle of alcohol in
doses of half g tumbler at time. 1t was only
when he drank the last potion that intoxication
showed itself-so powerful was the sedatiye
action Of the poison Once make man, who
has been bitten by o venomous reptile, drunk,
and the victory is achieved. From that moment
he is safe, and the sore may be treated as an
ordinary and slight flesh wound.
How TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT Colt WILL
ATTAIN WHEN FULL GRowN.-Mr. Jas. B. Mar
tin, OF Kingston, Ky, gives out the following
upon this point, which is certainly novel, and
perhaps it may be true:
can tell you how any man may know, within
! half an inch, the height a colt will attain
when full grown. The rule may not hold good
in every instance, but in nine out of ten it will
| When the colt gets to be three weeks old, or as
soon as it is perfectly Strengthened in its limbs,
measure from the edge of the hair on the hoofs
to the middle of the first joint; and for every
inch, it will grow to the height of hand of four
| inches, when its growth is matured. Thus, il
the distance be found sixteen inches it will make
a horse sixteen hands high. By this means a
man may know something about what sort of a
horse, with proper care, he is to expect from his
colt. Three years ago, bought two shabby
looking colts, for twenty dollars each, and sold
them recently for three hundred dollars. So
much for knowing how to guess properly at a
colt.
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