New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-09
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mas. -horgah, Capt. fIace, we have re-
celyed dates from Galveston to the 4th. and files
Of papers from interior Texas We and xerv
lletle news The proprietors Of the Galveston
journal and Texas Times have joined their OF.
ees and commenced the publication of a paper
called "The Confederate in place of ths two,
former. 1t will advocate the principles Of the
American party
The Galveston Civilian says:
Before his execution, ahuItz made fulI CON
tession to Lewis M r. Washington, Eso,. who
des,gns publishing it, with two accurate like
nesses /, Oh tae Murderer, one taken in the prison
aha ene oener on the gallows, in New York this
summer. He confessed to having killed Gal
Teal, Of Texana, in 1887, Green. in Gonzales
county, In 1874, Bateman and Jett, flor which
ne was hung3 and diyers othera II, other atates
lie gave bis real name as Jesse Hamilton Sb1,ltz
and indiana IS his native State ssr Washiro.
ton will portray his dreadful career In ali In
details.
The senior editor of the Houston Te,esrarE
returned home ON the 18th ultfmo, from 4 visit,
TO the country in behalf of the Houston Rail-
foaa. Ae brings assurances of geGtipg up stock
90 the amount of S200, ,000-enough 90 enable
the company to proceed at once with the next
section on the road He raised between 10000
ana Sao,ooo, IN two neighborheods, in neither
OF which the canvass is completed
The grading on the Houston Railroad Il nearly
completed on the first section of 25 miles. the b.
ties are being delivered, and the uorL oenaraJJy
Is IN state of forwartness that vial ena Die tbs
contractor to compete it before the ss5sne rys4s
auired by his contract Messrs JAS W. Hurke
d Ce. have about 1l5 hands employ ed a. the
earth work, bridges and cnlYerts, and in getting
ont ties, etc. There are besides several sub
contractors for timber, on which between so and
100 hands are employed. The work of laying
down the iron will commence in few days
Up to the 9th ult., there had been 80 sos
bales of cotton received in the warehouses Of
Houston, since the first of September last In
addition TO the above, the receipts on the wharf
have been from 1000 to 5 900 bales The
amount received at that place last year was
less than $4,000 bales. The crop Of last year
now coming forward, says the Telegraph, was
fally ene=third short of an average yield; and
had it been an average one, the total receipts Of
this year by the first Of September, would not
have been less than 5000 bales The crop
from the upper counties is just coming forward,
and the reeeipts,are fully as heavy now, in the
beginning of July, as they were in April last
The total receipts for they ending Septem-
Der next, instead of stopping at 10000 bales, ss
estimated by us some weeks since, will overrun
The Austin State Times says :s.s sa4sasi5 e.
1t is reported that the Indians stole horsex
from ranch near CastrovilIe, and also from
| the town, in the early part Of the present
week. Accounts of depredations are quite
| frequent on the frontier west of the Colorado
| An expedition was fitted out by citizens
living on the Blanco and Guadalupe rivers IL
is the intention of the party to follow the trail
OF the next band OF savages who make descent
upon them, until they find them. Edward
Burleson will accompany the expedition, pro-
yided it is well armed, mounted and proyisoned
for thirty days He is an experienced Indian
tighter. Something must be done to protect the
frontier from the incursons Of the Indians, else
the settlements on the upper Blanno and Guada-
iupe will be broken up. The citizens must look
| TO themselves for protection. The disposition Of
the q. s. troops prevents intelligence from
reaching them in time to strike O. blow at a
party Of marauders upon those streams &..5s,
| AN IRISH WIDOW IN NCLovER.-Seedy Mahomed
/ soon after his elevation to the throne of Mo-
rocco, about the middle Of the last century, was
desirous to complete the defenees of Fee, and
knowing the superiority of the English in engi-
| neering, he applied to the British Government
for the aid of some person skilled in heAart.-
i The request was aeceded to, and an experienced
| sergeant of the Sappers and Miners having been
selected as a fit person, was placed at the dis
4 posal Of his Majesty. Seedy Mahomed received
him with much kindness, and allotted a suitable
house for his reception The sergeant con-
tinued in the service of the Sultan for some time
\ after he had completed the work at Fez, and at
i length died, leaving his widow without issue.
i After his interment, the widow, who was pretty
| Irish woman, sought an interview with the Sui
/ tan, in order to obtain pension and the means
Of returning to her country. His Majesty was
| much struck by her fair and comefy appear
ance, and treated her with cendescension and
benevolsnee That interview resulted in the
! poor Irish widow becoming the Sultaaa Of Mo-
rocco. [Connolly's History of the Sapper's and
| Miners. 8.ssgl
/ EXCITING ADVENTURES WITH a BEAR.--An en-
counter of an exciting and dangerous chsrae-
| ter with q hear, occurred on the 10th inst.
| near Wellsville, in Allegheny county. Mr.,
Francis Smith, young man residing in that
| vicinity, being in the woods with his gum, shot
D fawn. After loading his piece, he proceeded
q few rods, till on climbing over a large log in
4 a windfall, he chanced to rouse q large bear
4 which had been quietly sleeping on the other
side Bruin being thus unceremoniously dis
turbed, sprang upon Mr., S. and caught him
around the waist. The embrace thus given WAS
considerably more strenuous than welcome.
| The enraged brute would doubtless have made
short work with Mr.. s., who is person of small
4 size weighing only one hundred and i've pounds,
but for the promptitude and presence of mind
| which he was able to command Placing his
foot beneath the breach of his gun, he contrived
4 to raise it SO that with his hands, which were
i fortunately free, he turned the mLzzle down.
i wards upon the bear and fred. The charge
took effect and the formidable animal fell dead.
MIR. S. doubtless felt that he had narrowly es-
eaped deadly peril The bear was found to
J weigh 800 pounds, Rochester American
> C4pTuRrNa soNGsrER.-It is related in the
!, English papers received By the Atlantic, that .
= Yorkshire nightingale, having located itself il
1.-THE quiet valley to the right Of Beresford Hill, i
> soon became known around the neighberhood
; aud hundreds Of persons, especially from Barns
: ley, went nightly to hear its song, which was SC
, fine that numbers walked the footpaths ant
fields the whole of the night, and as early a
,, three o'clock in the morning warm beds wer'
forsaken by hundreds of married and single, oil
maids and bachelors, to go to hear the nlghtin
II gale At last the visitors became go numerous
aad the damage so great to the crops and fence
. by being trampled and broken down, that 1t wa
| found necessary to snare the bird.
ACAvE ADvEsTuRE.-A correspondent of th
}, Bedford Standard relates the adventures of
. party who went On an expedition into Han
3 8 mer's Cave, near Mitchell, Ind The bottom I
= the cave is covered with water, in some place
han on