New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-25

GRUM lE&AS--IhUte LtipuH Sttti u5to'--Lle Nlttd-
gorda Chronicle of the 18th says of the practice of
firing the prairies
Almost daily dark clouds of smoke fill the atmos-
phere and almost every night the urd glare of the
deyouring element is seen in some direction. con-
tinuance of this practice will in few years, make
these beautiful pastures desert waste The conse-
quences are inevitable If persisted in much longer
the roots of the grass and heritage are parched up
and the seeds burnt up in mere wantonness. Large
numbers of cattle, horses etc. have died Of starva
ton during the long continued cold weather of the
last month, and many more must die before the new
grass can become sustenance for our herds, which
otherwise might have been able to survive the rgors
OF a severe season.
The same paper says: ..:-.
We regret to state that much of the stubbe and
seed cane has been seriously injured by the late
freezes, 50 that scarcely twothrd crop can be ex-
pected under the most favorable circumstances next
season. .t5
The Columbia Democrat of the 10th has the follow
ing paragraph: -...,
We learn by the mail carrier from veasco, that on
Monday, the llth inst, Mr.. W. G. G. Lynch of this
county with his wife, started for Galveston in ski
from the Bernard river. After passing the bar at the
mouth of that river they were struck by north
wind, which carried them out to sea. They were
watched by some one upon the beach until they
passed entirely out of sight. Since that they have
not been SEEM and it is supposed that they lost
It was the intention of Mr. Lynch to come in at the
mouth of Bazos, and go to Galveston by way of the
canal. s45.z ss47 i,z n S 4...za
Under date of the 31st ult, correspondent Of the
Nueces Valley Advertiser writes letter from Laredo.
We extract the following paragraphs:
Since my last, the Lipans have been down in full
force, During the last week there were some sixteen
or seventeen of them in the little town the opposite
side Of the river They say that they are at peace
With MsSso but the truth IS they rob and murder
openly. The writer, in company with others of our
Citizens visited them for the purpose of seeing and
talking with their Chiefs We convelsed with Chit
quito and Comanchito the two principal chiefs of the
party above referred to. They expressed desire to
have peace with the Americans, bnt declared that
they now considered themselves hostile. They said
that while they lived this side of the river they
were always blamed for DEMONSTRATING etc. whether
guilty OF not but that now they would give the
Americans real cause to blame them. Such talk was
not very gratifying to us, as you may imagine but
having the tricolor of the magnanimous Republic
floating above us, we, of course through the super
abundance of our respect for the neutrality laws OF
the United States had nothing to say in answer to the
gentlemen.
AS an Indication that their threats were not to be
in vain, they have, since our visit swept the ranches
on tile river, above and below us-takng off near lift,
horaes within five six days, and killed Mexican
named Filpe Flores, It is now really dangerous tt
Travel three miles from town, unless in company witt
an armed party. The events of last summer are abou
to be reenacted in our unfortunate county.
as an instance Of the (under the present circum
stances OF this frontier absurd strngency of the Or
gers bndlng them, give you the following, which il
of quite common occurrence;
Ihefe is report of Indians-tLe commanding off
GET q ne Fort forthwith orders out party of men t
follow them-the Indians are in full speed down the
co1n tg To ho and maEdsrn having their spies
behind them, and when the latter begin to press tor
closely, they make for the river, Which they are
smart enough to keep pretty close to,J and, il the
troops set near enough to see them it will probably
hundreds of dollars worth Of property, from that mo-
ent irreeyaby lost to the owners as the troops are
not permitted to cross the river in pursuit. >''>