New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-23
LATER FROM TEXAS.

Galveston and interior Texas.
The Galveston News Of the 10th states that |
great numbers of cattle were dying in the coun,
les of Liberty and jefferson, Of the disease
,alled charbone. The News says
The cattle are first attacked with swelling
IN some part of the body, which, if searifed and
burnt, generally disappears, but if neglected
goes on increasing until the animal chokes and
dies. If the place first attacked is on or near
the chest death follows sooner than when less
vital part is affected Some persons suppose the
disease is caused by a fly, but the more probable
suggestion is that 1t is the effect Of the brackish
water the cattle have used during the late
drought.
Three prisoners, two Of whom were confined
for murder, broke Jail at Austin on the night Of
the 18th ult., and escaped. A man named
Wright, who was also confined for murder, re-
fused to make use of the opportunity thus
afforded him.
The Austin State Times has the following &C.
count Of a bloody transaction in that city. The
victim, Mrs. Malone, was the mother Of ten chill
dren: 4e
On Sunday morning last German named
Frederick visited the house Of q Mr. Malone,
living about twenty miles from this city on the
Colorado river, and asked for some buttermilk
Mr. Malone, who had not yet risen, got up, and
let the man in and then started to the milk
house to accommodate his guest While he was
gone, Frederick walked deliberately to the bed
where Mrs. Malone was sleeping and sheathed a
broad knife in her breast, killing her instantly.
Ct is said that no previous misund ex-
listed between the parties, and that Frederick
had frequently been at the house before the day
of the murder. On the return of Mr.. Malone
with the milk, and his discovery Of the act, he
took down his shotgun and aimed at the muir
derer, but the gun unfortunately snapped; the
murderer then made blow with the same knife
with which he had killed the wife, at the hus-
band, who dubbed his gun, and knocked the
william down. He arose and renewed the attack
on Malone, who gave him second blow with
the gun, breaking his skullbone. He then tied
him, and having attended to the burial of his
wife, started with the prisoner to this place, but
before he reached here the murderer breathed
his last.
Under the head Of " More Indian Outrages,n
the San Antonio Texan furnishes the following
account Of recent desperate fight with Indians
near the frontier,
On Saturday evening, June 80, some fifteen
Indians surrounded the house of Mr.. Westfall,
| who is we'll known to most Of our citizens, and
1 who lives on the Leona, some thirty, five miles
below Fort Inge and In this county. The attack
was made upon Mr.. Westfall while he was absent
| from the house, leaving at the time no oecu-
l pants in 1t but Frenchman named Louis, aud
/ a large dog. 1T seems that the Indians had
| been lying in wait for some time, and took this
opportunity to attack him. Mr.. Westfall, how
ever, succeeded in getting back to his house,
wounded in dangerous manner,-the ball
striking him in the left breast. high up and
| coming out at his back under the opposite
shoulder. He fastened the door, and the In
dams then commenced an attack upon the house.
Louis and Westfall now exchanged shots with
/ them in rapid succession; but Westfall was fast
| failing from loss Of blood Louis approached On
aperture in the wall in order to make sure aim,
and was shot through the heart, fell and expired
/ The faithful dog, on seeing Louis fall and the
blood streaming from his body, became frantic
with rage, and, rushing out of small aperture
sprang among the Indians, seized one and tore
every garment from his body and was on the eve
Of killing him, when he was shot and overpowered
| by the demons in human form that surrounded
him. Poor dog, he has nobly sacrificed his life
in defence Of his master. Well may the poet
| say
| s;My dog the trustiest Of his kind,
| a With gratitude infames my mnd.D
Westfall, oyerpowered by the loss Of blood
could only support himselfnow by holding to thu
walls Of the house; but nothing daunted, he tor,
a larger aperture in the wall and stuck his CUR
| out in order to keep up appearances The In
dams, no doubt. thinking they would have .
long seige, and many of them being severely
wounded, left, taking with them all the horses
belonging to the ranch.
It was now night, and Westfall remembers o
crawling to his bed which was the last conscious
ness he had until Sunday evening, when h,
found himself lying on his bed, covered witt
| blood that had come from the wound and from
Il l.. 4. I.,H II
| his bed until Monday, when from the stencil O
the dead body in the room he found somethiu.
must be done. With great effort he sue
ceeded in dragging the body about twenty feet
but could get it no farther At sunset on Mon
day evening he started towards Fort Inge fol
assistance but succeeded that night in gettin.
only four miles and on Wednesday evening h
arrived at q house in the vicinity of Fort Inge
where he procured assistance and is still alive
and his physician has strong hopes of his re
covery.
| Mr. Westfall is man of strong frame and ex
traordinary constitution, which accounts for hi
remarkable escape. He is terror to the In
dams, and is known on the frontier by the nam
Of Leather Stocking The Indians withou
doubt were the Lipans, who commit their muir
ders, plundering, ETC., and then take shelter ii
Mexico.
The Texan has also the following paragraphs
BY private correspondent, we learn that {
boy by the name Of Eichorn was closely pur
sued, near Dhanis, in Medina county, few
days since by q party of Indians, but he was 81
fortunate as to escape from them A party was
soon mustered and sent in pursuit; they took
the trail, but the Indians had the start suffi.
GENTLY to get to the mountains of the Hondo
| where they could secure themselves, before the,
overlook them, and thus they escaped.
We learned q few days since, that party Of
men from Medina county, who left in pursuit
the Indians that had lately been stealing horses
and committing depredations there, followed
them ON the trail past the residence Of Mr.
| Westfall, and there discovered the body of the
unfortunate Louis some twenty feet from the
house, where it had been left; they buried the
body and continued the pursuit.
LAFouRcHE ITEMs.-We clip the following
items Of intelligence from that excellent paper
the Thibodaux Minerva, of Saturday last:
The weather has become very regular in its
habits lately. The mornings are hot, sultry
and oppressive; about the middle of the day the
| clouds gather over us and weep as though tht
| hood-gates Of heaven were opened to their full.
lest extent; and in the evening we have a rene.
tition of the roasting and boiling process OF
course mosquitoes flourish NEST luxuriantly
under such state Of affairs, and the specimen
| now lowering about orr head and heals 90