New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-16


Which go, like birds that come not back!
On memory's wasted track! wa ". e
. L.. o! for she wings that made thee best, .--s5
To fee away. and be at rest. .--I ........ ...r
"@ 4. Later from Texas.
By the arrival yesterday Of the steamship
Perseverance, Capt. Talbot, We have received
files of Galveston papers to Saturday lest
Nothing of much interest was occurring. In
the News we find an article in favor Of the
Texas Debt bill, from which we extract the fol-
lowing: 5 /
There never has been session Of our Legis-
lature when there was as much important busi-
ness to be transacted, or when SO deep an inter-
est was felt by the people generally, in their
proceedings. Up to this time, the public ex-
peetations have been disappointed. Very few
measures have been finally acted upon, and
these few are comparatively Of but little general
interest We will not attempt to enuTnerste3
the measures which are imperatiyely demanded
by the best interests of Texas; but we do not
hesitate to say that the final disposition of our
public debt question, which has SO long para
lyzed our credit and defeated our prosperity, is
considered by nearly everybody, as q measure
of paramount Importance.
By simply accepting the present bill, this
public debt which has harrassed us SO long will
be paid to the satisfaction Of all our creditors;
and that too without taking a single dollar out
Of our treasury; nor indeed will it take dol
lar from any fund that we ever have had, or
ever are likely to have possession Of. And yet
we are debating whether we shall allow our
creditors to receive their pay Of Congress!
The Civilian of Friday says:
We learn that both the Sabine and .Neohes
rivers are in good navigable order. The schoon-
ers Mary Ellie, Capt. Guptle, and Civility, Capt
WinsloW, are both at Sabine loading with cot
ton for New Orleans. There we're upwards Of
Eve hundred bales Of cotton at Sabine.
From the commercial article Of the same
paper, we extract the following.
The past has been week Of more than usua
activity upon our streets and wharves. Th'
receipts both Of country produce and Of mer
chandise from abroad have been heavy, and i
has often been difficult to obtain drays ant
laborers to discharge and remove cargoes from
vessels. The shipping now in port is of tn
most respectable description, and embraces
three fine ships, ten barks, seven brigs, ant
twelve large schooners; besides the fleets of sea
bay and river steamers, and of small sail yes
sells, which are continually coming and going
The ten large wharves in front of the harbor Or
all occupied in the receipt and shipment of com
modities, and present scenes of active industr,
rarely surpassed.
4 Cotton has continued to arrive here at abou
the usual rate, in the absence of river nayiga
ton. The receipts of the week sum up 2O2
bales--the principal bulk Of which is by way 0
! Houston. The exports amount to 973 bales
The market suffers somewhat, in common viii
! New Orleans, from the difficulty of negotiatin!
exchange on the North or Europe, though thi
A effect is counteracted to some extent by tn
good supply Of shipping in port. t-....
The stock on hand is quite limited, and the trans
sections Of the past week do not exceed 800 bales
including purchases from Houston, and except
4 ing some $50 bales damaged on board the steam
er Magnolia, sold yesterday at auction at price
varying from $l6 to $ss27 so per bale. The com
petition at this sale was pretty lively, and show
ed good deal of confidence on the part of pur
ohasers We hear of private sales of Low Mid
ling at &c. per lb, and dealers rate Strict Mid
ding at ST to 9ac The feeling is evidentl.
much better than that of last week, and tn
demand fully equal to the supply We wer
told yesterday that the amount Offering in tn
market did not exceed 800 bales.
Ordinary to Good Ordinary. Ty...............6A to 7E
Low Middling. ......,...s........s...1N u 70
Middling ...................s35to to sA
GOOD Mlddnng. .....;.....'.......:.'o tos
SUGAR-There has been q reaction from tn
late active demand and high prices Of sugar a
New Orleans, the advance Of the week previou
having been lost last week. In that city tn
stock is pretty heavy, and Fair to Fully Fair
, selling at 81 toll. Here the receipts have bee
only 293 hhds.
We hear of sales at 70. for lots averagin
Fair; probably good criterion for the market
The papers of Northern Texas continue I
report the arrival of large numbers Of substar
tial immigrants. 6-=. ..s ,..5
The Huntsville Item is informed by Mr.. Raj
dolph, postmaster, that destructive fir
occurred at Nacogdoches, which consumed son
eight, ten buildings, together with lare
G amount of property. The District Court Clerk
n office, the County Court Clerks Office, a lars
i new hotel and several stores are among IL
buildings destroyed. The loss is estimated
$50 900.
The Victoria Advocate says: The town coul
II Gil of Victoria have concluded o contract wi
Mr.. A. Montgomery, by which the latter is
clear out the distractions in the Guadalu
below Victoria, and to cut o channel throut
all the bars in the bay, at least three feet
depth at low water, from the mouth of the riv
to Saluria, the whole to be done within fo
months. He is also to put suitable boat
20 20 that trade, and to make at least two trips
month between Victoria and saluria The A
vocste says that such is the energy and unifor
success of Mr.. Montgomery, in whatever he u
: dertakes, that permanent navigation as high
ID Victoria, may be considered fixed fact
u.s. We learn from the Brenham Enquirer tn
Amos Atkinson, who shot Mr.. Thomas Harl
son in Bellville, on Saturday the 23d ult., W
captured near Mill Creek, about daylight t
Sunday morning following Atkinson is NJ
lodged in the Jail of Austin county. Five hu
dred dollars was paid for the delivery of Atki
W VI son and seven hundred and fifty dollars reWa
raj is nov offered for the person of A. J. Cloud,
is charged with being engaged in the murder
The Brazoria Planter says that most of
planters have completed theirsugar boiling, a
e. all have made fine crops We have heard
No. sugar crop of Brazoria county estimated