New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-10
NUM- !. ..B|'Es.RI ] I62.
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ARRIVAL. or THE STEAMSHIP PEBsEFERAss

Ihe steamship Perseverance, Henry Sheppard. com
faaadef rom Galveston and Indianola arrived here
morning. Wsh dates from Galveston to TIE
9Th inst, and a the 81 the State as late Dis
due. 'tf#ff st 4
The Galveston Civilian, Of the 9Th, has the follow
ing items: 5lA
The Senate has rejected abiIi to- incorporate Mons
Consfderant and his company Of French coIonists
It would have been well had the same course been
private companies. Al general rne, these CORPORA
tions expect nothing from such acts except e fac
tious reputation Of being creatures Of the State ami
immunity from individual responsibility on the part
Of those who expect to be benefited by the aaoea-
tion. : e 5i 5 5. z
The Supreme Court commences its next term at
Austin on the third Monday in 0ctoheE-the
Legislature having passed an act to that effect.
Galveston was visited By a fine rain last Wednes
dsgthe first for some weeks The ciaterns row
repenished the grass will grow again, and the pros
pect is good for fail and winter gardens.
Col. Menard the founder of the city Of Galveston,
died in that city few days since. From lengthy
obituary notice Of him in the Civilian we learn that
he came to Texas in 1926 while It was under the
Government of Mexico and has resided In that State
ever since. In 1883 perceiving the Importance of
the position Of Galveston Island as mart ior te
future commerce Of Texas, he located q SSfexfcan
grant on the present site Of the city and III 1886
purchased the REIMBURSEMENT Of the title Of the Gov
ernment Of Texas to the for $50 900 ad formed
the original city company. 55'
No man, says the Civilian was more thoroughly
identified with the history Of Galveston than Col
Menard. From the inception of the cityuatif tie
time of his death, he took leading part In all mea
sures for the promotion of its growth and
using his means and influence freely wherever they
could be Of, service. 3essf
large concourse Of citizens attended his remains
to their last resting place.
"A TEXAS SrEAIBo Ar.-The Houston Telegraph, Of
the 1stiinst., says: a
,t Onlast Saturday new steamboat arrived at our
wharf from the yard of Capt. G. C Spears, to whom
the boat belongs The length Of the boat is lao feet
25a feet beam, with entirely new engine, boilers
chimneys, etc. The boilers and doctors were manu-
factured by Close Cushman, Of Galveston, aud are
Of the best and most durable patterns The boat is
built OF trstrate Texas timber of which our country
furnishes an abundance. To show the strength and
capacity OF the steamboat we have only to say that
brought np, on her first trip cargo of so 900 feet
Of pine lumber from Capt. Spears saw.mill
The Bayou City, published at the same place, has
the following items: M
i After long and disagreeable drouth we were yes
i terday favored with u delightful and refreshing
shower. Although there was not sufficient amount
of rain to benefit the csterns yet the atmosphere is
much cooler and the dusty streets bear marked and
agreeable change fSf Es5
i We are informed that q new paper is to make its
appearance to the public next Saturday under the
title Of the American Union, and is to be edited BY
C h. Hanson. It is to be devoted to the interests d
the American party. Come on, friend Union, for op
position is the life of trade. 4
A Fillmore and Donelson Club has been formed in
I Austin. One was also organized in Palestine. AN
1 The Gonzales Inquirer reports the murder of Mrs
1 Schrynps, German widow lady Whe resided on the
Sandy Fork of Peach Creek, in that county. Her
own son is suspected of having committed the dia
Il holcal decd. z5f.s AZ lt t iEt'
: The Liberty Gazette, of September LIST mentions
slight rains in that vicinity. The Gazette says
.sThere will hardly be half crop Of corn raised ii
this county. Of cotton, if the majority Of planter
make half crop they will consider themselves dont
we'll. Onso plantations the cotton Is :. burning
|upn The grass on the prairie is dried up, and it
difficult for cattle to obtain food.p $
: The Tyler Reporter, speaking of the new boa
which Capt. Patton is building for the navigation
the Sabine, says: @f tNt
Smith county is deeply interested in this matter
Not less than $1,000 bales Of cotton alone are raised
annually by her planters. In year, by the navga
ton Of the Sabine, the county, by freight on cottor
alone, would be saved $4,000. In the item Of sup
plies we would save S25 900 more / We now pay
from IS to SO per bale to get cotton to New or
leans. By the Sabine the freight would not exceed
81 per bale. Why then shall we allow this grea
natural ''hghway of commerce. to remain ap
/
cry (now almost an unavailing cry) for railroads
when natnre haa given artery of trade
which flows from the very heart Of Texas to the Gulf
and capable of bearing on its bosom tile richl,
freighted messengers of commerce
The Bastrop Advertiser has the following uniqu,
items ----g t@a ri" lsS ss&%
The weather continues dry and snltry. We hear,
a man offer to wager, it any person would give hin
odds, that it never would rain again in BastrOp.
FRIDAY, 2 o'clock, P. MA delightful rain has Sc
in, and promises to continue several hours The drop
are as large as frying pan and the streets begin
assume q muddy appearance. sl. ia s5Sf$s
The La Grange True Issue states that company
forty negroes in Colorado county have been detecte
in making their arrangements to go to Mexico.
The editor of the Liberty Gazette learns from til
mail-rider from Woodgilles to Liberty, that ma
named Smith, his wife and young lady were kille
by some unknown person or persons on the eyenin
OF Tuesday last week. The occurrence took plac
on the Angelina river below the town of Marion, j
family were at supper. The perpetrators of the fol
deed was not discovered when our informant lei
Woodville. The citizens of Angelina were maxim
every exerlion to discover who the villains were.
ARRIVAL OF THE SANTA FE MA1L-The SanSAr
tonic Texan, of the 2sth, has the following items
the Santa Fe mail: h5'
The Santa Fe mail arrived in our city some fe,
days since. The news from the upper country is {
but little Importance. gt-g-e.,s. W i..yl
+ The notorious Jack Jordan and his companio
Blair lately made visit to El Paso from the India
| country. Blair had threatened the life of q ma
named Dowel, who had accused him of robbing til
! safe last winter and hearing that he was stoppin
:; with man named Hughes, he made for the plac
Dowe had been notified Of his approach, unknown I
Blair and was ready for him. AS Blair entered tn
house. Dowe shot him through the heart with sewers
buck-shot. After he was shot, he turned and le
several yards and before he FELL he was shot throug
, the head by man named Coon. He threatened
take vengeance for the life of Blair fourfold. si2
shooter was procured that belonged to Wright, VIII
was killed some time last winter. ,ss sq#o.#
| FILLMORE IN OHIo,-The Cincinnati Times, Of til
30th ult., says: '.5 '+' ." '>S
: We believe there is as much anxiety manifested
relation to the increasing popularity of the cause
. . Ohio as any other portion of the Union. Where R
publicanism thought that would have nothing to
but to walk easily over the track, it has found TIL
I the organization it treacherousy endeayored to d
u stroy, is coming up to the work with renewed re
" and rcdoubled energy From all quarters the tidin
reaching us, not only that the party is organzin
: but also that they are surprising each other by tt
great number found to exist where it was suppose
= scarcely corporal's guard was to be found To th
y effect we are receiving letters every dayand the
!. all speak most encouragihgly.
n ONE. OF THE BEAUX.-The Cincinnati Commerci
II tells the following good story: h aas
A. young man from the town of s., in Rlc
land county, Ohio, having determined to celebra
= the Glorious Fourth, !, visited Cleveland on that
= cas,on ocrounaned hV a fair damsel The yOul