New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-14
Later from Texas.
ARRIVAL OF THE CHARLES MORGAN.

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The steamship Charles Morgan from Galveston and
Indanola, July 10th, arrived here on Saturday morn
ing. Il
By this steamer we have full files from all portions
of the State, but they contain no intelligence Of
Importance
The Galveston News Of the 10th complains of the
drought gardens ruined and the cisterns getting
empty. The same paper says
This excessive drought seems to have prevailed
generally in Western Texas, though they have fortu-
nately been more favored in the East.
We learn from the Houston papers that Miss Mary
Major young lady of that city, aged thirteen years.
died very suddenly on the 5ti instant. Upon post
mortem examination of the body, it was found that
she came to her death by takirz at.5z at5 -s,t..s.
The family of Mr.. Hogan was poisoned with ar
senic at the same place few days since it was not
known whether it was an accidental case or not
We find the following letter from Madison, Orange
county, dated July 1st in the Galveston Civilian of
the Sth instant:
In the last Weekly Civilian were some exaggerated
accounts of our difficulties. There has been no regu-
arly fortified place in this county; neither has there
been any equal divisions or parties. The murderers
party has been the smallest all the time and gradually
growing less till it dares not show its head Orange
county is little, but she is death on rascals! few
of them may yet remain behind to assassinate in the
dark, but all open opposition is overhe seat of war
is removed beyond our limits.
Everything now in this country denotes a change
for the best and there is no for the Governor
order out any more of the militia for we obeyed his
orders before he thought of them.
We clip the suhjoned items from the Central
Texan, published at Anderson, Grimes county:
The drought, which has now attained a duration in
some parts of the county of more than two months
continues It may now be safely asserted that the
crop will fall short fully onehalf and the cotton
crop has already been much damaged.
Samuel Williams youth from Choctaw county,
Ala, died in the county Jail of this county on yester
day. He arrested and tried at the last term of the
District Court of Leon county, charge of muir
der, found guilty of manslaughter and was SEN
fenced to ten years hard labor in the pententiary.
The case taken to the Supreme Court, and he was
confined in the Jail of this county pending the Judi
cal proceedings He died of wounds received in the
fight with the youth whom he killed. He received
every kindness which knd-hearted Sheriff could
bestow to alleviate his sufferings.
The Ell Paso correspondent of the San Antonio
Herald writes that an overflow had taken place in
the Upper Rio Grande at last accounts that, al
though there had been rain in that vicinity for two
months, the Rio Grande was higher than it has been
for twenty years. and still rising The river bottom
opposite Dona Ana under water as also the gar
den belonging to the troops at Fort Fillmore, on
which the water stood three feet The houses in the
same bottom haye all been abandoned and were fall
ing down.
The town of San Elizario was saved by the canal
bank which runs to the north of the town. The
water bubbles up the streets and in many cases. seve
raj families have abandoned their houses in the centre
of the town, thinking them unsafe.