New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-10-27
Later from Texas.


Later from Texas.
By te arrival on Saturday morning, Of the steam
ship Charles Morgan, HI Place commandlns, nom
Galveston and ndianola we have received iull mes
from Texas up to the 223d inst. tronl when we
extract the following items Of Interest:
The Galveston Gazette, of the 2lst, says 55s
E THE receipts Of cotton at Houston for the week
ending yesterday, Oct. were ,64I bales.
for the bad state of the weather and the roads, Is
large amount Houston is now IN rallroad ccnnectlon
with Richmond 2s. miles distant.
sIScREAssp MAIL i ABILITIES IN THE STATE.-The
I News further states that semi-Weekly four horse
coach now connects ut Richmond, and runs thence,
\ Via Columbus, to Gonzales, through in three days
Grange Connecting at that point with the Austin
malls also through to Gonzales, in three days IRON
Galveston. These lines afford to mails and pass1en
gers bound for many points in We IeSas
the steam navigation between this city and
We are advised that the mails for Huntsylile Feleis
burg and Texana will go with more expedlton py 1ile
Richmond route than by lndianoa.
DETERMINATIONS BY THE INprASs-Ihe Austa so.ate
Times of the 18th inst, has the ioilo"lns iiio's1
1 items:
II. Byrd arrived in the city on Tuesday evening.
He is direct from Fort Belhnap anu e lalea'
4 news from that quarter.
The Indians on the Reservation, when Mr. Byrd
4 left were quiet.
4 made descent upon the settlements and carried on
i 1, OF ten horses and mules. They came close to
Fort Belknap without being discovered.
Near month since stealing party OF ten Indians,
said to be Keechies, but generally thought to be
northern Comanches, made foray upon the frontier
and took off upwards of fifty animals belonging to
sundry persons They passed almost within sight OF
Camp Cooper, cavalry post, where they stole horses
and mules from Charles Barnard and others. They
also robbed Mr.. Harvey Matthews Of fifteen head of
horses and mules within five miles of Fort Belknap
The troops at this post made no movement tor the
recovery Of the stolen but the force Is al
infantry and they could have effected little or nothing
The mounted men from Fort Cooper pursued the In.
diansWere out two days and returned with the usual
\. regular luck not having seen or done anything
These are but two of many such occurrences ransplr
ing on the frontier.
FRosT.-The same paper says:
Wewere visited bya frost on Thursday morning.
+ 1T has done little or no damage to vegetation.
HousroS -The Telegraph Of the I'D inst, has the
1 annexed items \ ss5
The large quantities of cotton being daily deposited
iii our warehouses give the streets Of Houston lively
appearance. Business is growing brsker than ever
4 We are informed that some lands on the Brazos
4 river are producing an average Of bale and quar-
II ter Of cotton to the The late rains have inter
fered with cotton picking, but the dry weather OF the
past week has enabled planters to resume operations
There was a very heavy frost on the 10th inst, al
Lagrange. twas not thought that any damage K
4 the crops would result from it. 5
n The Brownsville Flag says that the Mayor Of tina
\ town is taking steps to suppress Fandangoes in TIL
a limits of the town. K, y
II "A Nj w Cannon INVENTED gentleman of on
acquaintance, says the Dallas Herald residing in Tar
rant county has invented a cannon which can be dis
charged forty times minute The gun swabs itsel
Z and does not become heated atall. Theinyentor vii
X proceed to Washington soon to geta phtent for til
invention. Should it prove successful il will reyolu
n tionize military operations, and be numbered anon!
Il the most important discoveries Of the age
81 The inventor entertains no doubt Of its compiet
success @ ~
3 INDIANS SEARSSAN Antonio THE San Antoni
II Texan says that several Indians were seenin Medin
II. countyia st week md were pursued by asmal com
pany Of soldiers they were 2Yertaken, 9 large mum
er III horses taken from them and II " thought tina
II several Of the redskins were wounded during th
H melee zf $5s3g N
$ls PEcAss. The papers upon the Colorado the Qua
"A talonpe and tile san Antonio, represent the peca1
FL crop as quite abundant this season. Z 5 5 IA
The pecan crop on the Medina, it is said, will b
N larger this year than at any former season. "a
"A These nuts are some years exported from Texas K
n 8theSvalues Of $5O 300.
IN N N
"a KENTucKYs1 any Of or readers doubt how Ken
n tuekyssYH cd On tile 4th November let them rcat
the snbjoined circular and be convinced. (Sloriou
DID Kentucky always has loyal and tine to tai
B|fUnion and always will be. The home Of HENRY
n CLAY could not be otherwise: Ss5
OFFICE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PARTY
~ Frankfort, KY October 81 1856.
Ithaving been ndustriously asserted and circulated
by the ant. American and Sag NIGHT press, that Ken
lucky will gveher ELECTORAL vote to Buchanan ant
II Breekinridge fs 5$l
Therefore, to satisfy and assure our friends through
out the Union we announce to them that the vote Q
a Kentucky acHi be cast for FILI,aIO RE AND DON
IN IsIS0N. From information derived from correspond
a ents and from many other reliable sources we tel
IA the people Of the country that notwithstanding til
importation Of foreign voters, and the distribution
Il large sums of money that the State iscertGi, an
N SIRE for FILLMORE and DoNELs0N.
II BY the memory Of Washington by the battle field
"A Of our Revolution, and The blood Of our foretathers
by our glorious tuition, and the triumphant fla
Of our country we invoke the people Of the States
come UP to the help of the Union, now in DANCE
ion. liz strife Of conten5ng and reckless sectonf
parties, and to cast their votes for MIIARD Fill
v, MORE ii the man who can give peace and ranquilt
\ to the country, s$55 wv II IN IT,
4 Kentucky has ever loved and been loyal to til
h Union as the best of human governments; she wi
4 stand by it, to the last--come what will come VIII;
&l may. She led the American column in 1866. She
vet unconquerea and unconquerabe despite of traut
$i and largesses. Stand by her in this hour Of o.
conntry's danger, Patriots and Union men Of all pa
\, ties and we will elect WILLARD FILLMORE, ~
b and silence forever the wild fury of section