New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-06
Later from Texaa.

= speoie' anu nne cargo OF assorted merchan-
disc
Later from Texas, .ss.ss4....
ny the steamship Perseverance,, which arrived
yesterday afternoon, we have received dates
from Galveston to Saturday last and our files
from interior Texas, but they contain no news
OF consequence.
The Brazoria Planter, Of Nov. "a. saws that
the weather for week previous to the 28th had
been rather too warm for the season-the tber-
mometer indicating at several times as high as
eighty five degrees of heat On the 18th a dry
norther sprung up. Sugar making is proereas-
ing finely; planters have generally got about
hait their crop secured-producing superior
article Cotton planters are winding up their
picking. The corn crop is abundant, and ship
ments continue to be made to Galveston. Corn
is now worth, at Columbia, from so to rs cent.
an average price being 62a centa.
On the night Of the 18th rlt the Court house
IN Corsicana was DESTROYED by fire, together
with great many valuable papers.
Tne San Antonio Texan, Huntsville Item and
several other papers, express the opinion that
the Legislature of Texas should instruct Cen
Houston to resign his seat in Congress, on ac-
count OF his anti Southern sentiments. Meat
ings have been held in several counties and
resolutions passed strongly condemnatcry Of
the course be has pursued, and instructinr their
Representatives in the present Legislature to;
move resolutions in that body, instructine him
to resign his seat as Senator.
We lean from the San Antonio Texan of the
I'd that the Indians have recently been steal
ing horses and cattle near Fort Clark. on Las,
Moras. The Texan has the following ,ara-s
graphs ,s ts s 4. &C. It
Another company Of mounted soldiers arrived in o,r
city few days since armed equipped as The laW
confidence in the prospect for future seuce on Cur o
tier When the news came to town on Tuesday eye
nng i,s ass o. Indians hat bad been eighteen
mines rom tne CITY in twenty i've minutes company Of
" Mounted Rifemen left our city in pursuit .1D-s !
on Tuesday some twelve Indians were seen in the
vicinity OF the Medina, eighteen miles from our ctv
1t seems that they upon party of Mexicans who
we're some distance from their rancho and upon seein
them the Indians pursued them short distances but they
evidently had idea Of overtaking them short tms
alter tney we're by another party of Mexicaus
ss me nsss to e our city We informed
that small party started In pursuit. soon struck the
are not informed. 88385 y M : F~
ny Oh fne gulf mas had large fail OF OF late while in
our vicinity for the last month have had much less
season
Dill has been introduced into the Texas
Legislature for organizing regiment of Ran
gers for the protection of the frontier.
The New York Journal of commerce save
there were only about 4.500 bags of saItpetre
in that city, and 1900 bags in first hands at all
other ports. 0nly 1000 bags are known to be
on the way to New York from England; from :
Calcutta 10000 bags are known to have been
cleared, and on shpboard at Calcutta. Septem-
ber 6, 1884 bags. Whether these shipments
Will be allowed to clear under the recent ordsr
OF tine British Government, to prevent the ex-
port. is not known. The fact that two vessels
for New York had been obliged to discharge
their cargoes of saltpetre-one OF Liverpool and
the other at London-has been made the sub
Ject OF earnest remonstrance to Secretary
Marcy, as 1t is most arbitrary interference
with our commerce, to issue an order which
should extend to goods on shipboard, technically
cleared. - 81
The OREGON INDIANS. - Private letters re-
,eived in Washington recently, represent the
condition Of Oregon and Washington Terrific
ries as most deplorable through Indian out :
RACES. II is said that they do not make indis-
war on the whites, but on the Ameri-
cans only The subjects Of Britain there re-
main almost entirely unmolested by them.
This is accounted for by the fact that their
arms and ammunition are procured from the
dudson's Bay Company, which still has sta
ions in that quarter Of our country By the
reaty, they may retain their posts and trading
louses on our side Of the line until this Govern
nent pays them valuation for them. Having
walled themselves Of thepriyilege (no provision
laving been made by Congress to dispossess
hem as provided) their commerce with the hos
lie savages is really at the bottom Of most of
he murders and robberies the latter are com.
hitting on our people.
CAPT. lNGEAHAM's MEpAL.-The gold medal
truck off at the U. S, Mint, by order Of Con-
,ress, to be presented to Capt. Ingraham, for
lis conduct in the Koszta affair, was sent to the
resident on the 18th 1t weighs q ounces, and
ost $60O. One face represents the American
nd Austrian vessels atSmyrna, and the reverse
'ears the following inscription, I" Presented by
ne President to Commodore Ingraham, as a
estimonial of the high sense entertained by
congress, of his gallant and judicious conduct
n July I'd, 1852
at municipal election in New Haven,
,onn., on the 2Tth, the entire American ticket
Tas elected by over four hundred majority.
The vote amounted to three thousand five hun,
lred.
Mr.. Caldwell, conductor on the Chicago and
Burlington Railroad, has been convicted of en-
'ezzlement, and sentenced to years imprison-
nent IN the penitentiary. Motion has been
made for a new trial.
On the evening OF the 10th a locomotive ex-
loded on the Worcester and Nashua Railroad.
illng the engineer and badly ipjuring the
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The New York correspondent of the Phila-
elphia Ledger says that seats in the court dn-
ing the trial of Louis Baker, for the murder
. B'il Pool" are commanding q premium.
md that from two to five dollars are offered fo,
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