New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-11
Later from Texas.

Inc seeaulsnlp NautlluS, from Bra2oS Santiago
and Galveston, arrived at this port Yesterday
morning, bring dates from Galveston to the sth
inst.
We find the following items in the Galveston
Times of the 9th: m@.%-1~5
The epidemic, we regret to state, is increasing
both in the number of cases and the fatality at.
tending them. At this early date in the preva-
lence of the fever as an epidemic, the number Of
interments for day have reached within two or
three Of the highest number Inferred any one
day during the summer of 1858.
Letters received here state that the health of
the country on the Brazos is not by any means
good The bilious fever is prevailing In the
town Of Bastrop, the sickness is reported, by
Of that place, to be pernicious inter
mittent, accompanied with congestion. It's cpl
demlc in its character.
Houston, we are happy to learn from Capt.
Sterritt, was never more healthy, There is not
case of yellow fever there. We earnestly hope
that such may continue to be the case, and that
throughout the season the citizens may enjoy
the most perfect health
Major Neighbors arrived at Austin from the
frontier on the LIST inst, and furnishes the State
Times with variety of interesting information,
from which we extract the following:
The selections of lands for the settlement of
the Indians have been made. Capt. Marcy is
making the surveys All the locations are
made on the waters Of the Brazos The Little
and Big Wichitas were first explored and then
the main Brazos. The country on the Little
Wichita can be settled The scarcity of wood
and water on the Big Wichita will prevent set
Elements from being made. The country west
Of the Brazos is good The Brazos and the Big
Wichita both flow through an immense field Of
gypsum, or plaster of Paris The latter stream
and some tributaries of the Brazos have their
sources in immense hills Of gypsum. There are
strata of this substance four hundred feet in
thickness. Dr. Shumard Of Fort Smith accom-
panied the expedition. He made extensive geo.
logical examinations, and his report may be
looked for with interest. During the soiourn of
Major Neighbors he had interviews with the
Southern Camanches, the Wacos, Tahuacanos,
Ionies, Caddos and Anadarcos They are
making preparations TO settle upon the lands
set apart for them. Jose Maria, Chief of the
lonies and Anadaroos, has already broken up
his camp for that purpose.
Major N. states that &c the northern Canaan
ches and Wichitas are hostile,'' and that Z a
party of some five hundred Indians, composed
of Northern Camanehes, Kiowas, Ar
rapahoes and Cheyennes, passed the heads Of
the Brazos and the Colorado about the LIST of
August They represented themselves as being
determined to revenge the defeat of the Conan
ehes near Chihuahua, during the spring. They
declared their intention to make no prisoners,
but to kill all they met, without regard to sex
Or age y
As this band g proposed to cross the Rio Grande
at the big bend, near Preside del Norte," it is
though by the Times that it will be divided into
smaller companies for the purpose of devastating
the Rio Grande frontier. We trust that the
movements of the United States IL oops, recently
made by Gen Smith to that frontier, may prove
to be in time and force enough to insure protec-
ton against this. If vengeance has been deter
mined upon by these Indians, no time is to be
lost in sending upon the field the Rangers au-
thorized to be called ont.
The State Gazette also says: tsWe continue
to hear Of depredations on our northwestern
frontier. A party Of troops, headed by Lieut..
Tyler, are now in pursuit of depredatory band
Of Indians who have been stealing horses and
cattle near Fort Mason and on the Llano.
We learn that rencounter took place between
Mr. Augustus Hernphill and Mr.. o. IL. Ship, of
this county, on the goth ult. Mr. Hemphill1 was
it is feared fatally injured. AS we
have not learned the full particulars of this af-
fair, which will undergo judicial investigation,
we forbear making any comments. fBastrop
Advertiser.
From the Brownsville Flag, of the % inst.
ANOTHER BLOODY BATTLE THE INSURGENTS
AGAIN VICTORIOUS I'VE are in possession of re-
liable information from the camp Of the nsur-
gent army, which states that there had been
another bloody engagement between the insur-
gents and the Government forces before the city
Of Victoria. From what we can learn, it seems
that Gov de la CARA was besieged in Victoria
by a regular force of 1900 men The besieg-
ers, confding in their discipline and vastly su-
perior numbers, charged the breas tworks Of the
besieged with thoughts Of an easy victory. The
numbers within the hreastworks were small in
to their assailants-- numbering, all
told, not exceeding or 700 men-but they
we're buoyed with determination found in the
sacredness of their cause and met their enc
mics in the true spirit of freemen. Three diff
ferent charges were made upon the triple en-
and each time was the enemy re-
pulsed with heavy loss. The insurgent state
ment estimates the less in killed and wounded,
on the part of the enemy, at 4UO, and we are
told that the officers of the regulars themselves
acknowledge q loss of 160 men. The fight, we
are informed, continued for three days, when
on the night of the third day. the insurgents,
having exhausted their ammunition and being
out of provisions abandoned the city. This they
were allowed to DO Rltnout oppositions taxing
with them all their artillery save two pieces of
heavy ealiber, which could not be removed and
which they spiked. In these engagements some
eight or ten officers are said to have been killed
or disabled, and among the killed the gallant
Lieut.. Col Lamadrid of the regiment of Tres
Villas The loss ON the side of the patriots is
said TO have been very trihing. This whole of.
fair occurred before the junction of the forces
at Victoria with those which left this frontier
TO their assistance. The latter never reached
their friends until after the fighting was over;
but they are now united, however, and our in
formant assures us that they feel themselves
to cope with any quantity of hire
ling mochos which their tyrant masters may
send against them. Their new auxiiaries took
to them good supply of the much needed am
nunition, and 1t is confidently predicted by
hose who should know that they will soon be
in possession Of stronghold in which they can
laugh to scorn a protracted siege of hireling
ninions So elated are they at their recent
victories that they declare they care nothing
for all the regular soldiers on this side tho
mountains '
NoS.eoA4uNIeATIoN.-on Monday morning