New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-14

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Ihe ssearaahif I.ouisiana Capt. aaFfFed II
Whence she sailed on tfe 10th inst.
nlooking oyeFodr Texaa EXCHANGES vi aieafl little
aof interest I'VE subjoia i feW items:
The Galveston News has been informed thaf Harris
Morgan expeef I'd have two steamers r.inuirIr b.
tween Galveston and BcrWicga Bal before the end Of
the present fears With the Cpeors5
road at TigersYille Messr Harris Il Mofaaf, nave
recently fad that Bay sounded and iase found that
eight feet water can be depended Oh. hone, ere
long To have THE pleasure of elronelng daily nail
between this city and aIyestoa.
Frontal accounts tie increase ii the eyiltars of
wheat very rapid IN Texas, 81 much 80, that We
il not unreasonable 30 calculate that, Id five
years hence, there Will be Texas wheat and apar 4
enough 70 supply the demand Of home consumption
learn from nearly al parts Of the farthest IN
teer that they have of lite bad very heavy rains and
that The Trinity isoverfoWfng ts banks some
plases also learn from View Bfaanfefs that the y
raias heavy IN that section, flooding
mot anisl streams Ioayer down, however,
t3she 9plartels complain generally of drought The
fpn{l aas bseouse baked and The cotton comes up
is Slowly aud eas ass entertained that there viii
hea bad stand ON aeeesnts of tie cane are still
Ee severe rosts Of tie winter hay
ling destroye neaEl 5aH tha ratooa.
The Galveston Views VI tlre stf1 instant ssgss
Mr. ae Mahfn 9f $Bsri safrsIs N, t1as he
has planted big cane land and aIi ii his
i have also done this in Brazora county saF FSTfi9h
4 therefore, as we have had fsr sugar this nast
year, the probability i that re to pay stin
4 higher. 335 sS5tSss5sS I'd {SS55577s
The PeIastine American states that there afs SIN
remaining for shipment 500 bales of cotton ~
i Magnolia, 3, 900 Parkers Bluff and some 900 or
1000 above that point and below Greer Buff We
Ioat
near the banks Of the Trinity Fariously estimated at
j from ten to thirteen thousand bales
The Galveston papers report the los Of TIE steamer
j Kate, while trip from Galveston up tile Trinity
river 1t is feared that the boat and cargo Will prove
4 a total loss
{. The orange trees in Galveston, which were sup
posed to have been killed by the cold Of January are
4 now looking green and fionrishing.
i We learn from the seguin Mercury that grassop-
pera are beginning to make their that
i section in good earnest
i Our San Antonio exchanges seem To have all IN
. failing yof Indian news Judging from their
accounts NC should think the ii The vicinity
Of Antonio ss nile il peril from them,
q as eighteen or5 twenty years ago.
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4 BLOCKADE .oF the arrival BIZ the
. barqne Venus at New York from Curacoa ysa have
received adYiees from Venezuela to March 20. In
i consequence Of . serious destruction to property
belonging to the Dutch resdenss VIE de oro, by
the inhabitants off, Coro si1 months back the
Dutch Naval West India fleet are at present at la
Gsunyra To claim ttrton for the above damages.
/ On the sailing of the Venus they had not come to
terms. II the event Of Venezuela not the
I above claims the Dutch ComrnodaE has positive
orders to blockade the ports and declare
!. Ear, lin which case there viii be no more shipments
4 of produce from the main The issue ID doubtful.
Y The ApRI ATIc: :: The neH steamship Adriatc, Of
1 the Collins line was launched in ork on the
It 7th inst. from Messrs Steers the East
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