New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-19
Later from Texas.

The steamship Charles Morgan arrived from Galveston
on Monday evening, but from we did not OBJ
| tain either her mails or manifest 4
The health Of Galveston remains good The Nsvs o.
the 10th states that few cases Of fever had
The Houston Telegraph Of the 12h states that cases 81
fever occur 10 that town among the unaccimated, but
readily yield to the ordinary treatment The Telegraph
4 says:
1t is reported that an expedition has been raised in
aoiad and other places to into Mexico to
perty that hes been feonousy abstraced harbored
on the other side of the Rio Grande three hundred
men reported to have Joined tha expedtionn
The San Antonio papers Of the 9Th 9Th are fu OF
accounts of Indian murders and depredatons The In
dams who killed the little boy Of Mr. MoGee pur-
too strong In numbers, and after few shots the white
men we're obliged to fee for their lives The particulars
dragged from his horse with lasso and killed with
lance.
| On the aoth ut, party Of Indians and white man
killed Of them, named Hopkins The other escaped
party Of twelve started in pursuit. the lst
overlook the indians the Bapco The Sentinel
| gives the following particulars of what followed;
There were eight Indians-hve Of them In camp
with their horses staked out; the other three
distance horseback Those on were
first discovered and pursuit instantly made They
had not proceeded far when cabalado of were
discovered not very distant, to eide The company
immediately turned their attention cutting the Indians
OH from the horses, and were successful in doing So
La coming near, the other Ave discovered and
charged upon. Two were killed, and the other three
very seriously Wounded, but succeeded in reaching
dense hcket of weeds and brush about City or one hun
yards Distant before they could oyertaken by the
party
When the Indians reached the thcket, they were
scarcely able to walk The grass along ther trail was
dyed with blood that poured from their wounds Each OF
them had received two shots through his body
The party brought back Indian scslps two shields
and a large number Of spears, bows, arrows, etc.
The Texan gives long account OF affair In which
Mr.. Frank Pitmesky and Mr. F. G. Jones defended the
house of the latter, In which number of women
and children, against the attack of fifteen Indians
number of the Indians wounded by the of the
oeseged and by several eree dogs MI Jones
The Indians finally retreated taking away all the horses
they could find.
The Texan appears to be astenshed at the obstnacy
with which the two defended the In
dams " Only wanted their scalps"
The Sentinel has the following paragraph. |A#
We have received news by private correspondence
from Fort Chadbourne that Mr. Alexander b. Davis was
killed some fourteen miles from that place by the Indians
on the ia of August. 1t that Davis, and man
by the name OF lodge distance from the
Fort and attacked Indians compelled either
to surrender or fight their way through Knowing
there would be no hope for life ease they sur
rendered they determined their way through the
enemy and in doing Davis was killed and Hodge for
tnnatey made his escape.
We learn from the Clarksvle Messenger that Joseph
Dickson citizen of that place had been shot and
ously wounded by man named Pat Clark
The Messenger publishes the returns of the Eastern
Congressional District giving Evans Amerean) major
ity Of 2S6