New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-17
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By the arrival yesterday morning Of the steamship
MEXICO John Iawless, commands. frorn CALVES
ton va Powder Horn the I4til, We have received
full files Of Texas from which W. extract t1e
following items of intel ifgenee i s
GALVESTON CUsToM- HoUsE~ TT Galveston Civil
ian, Of the 18th inst has the following
The Collector of Customs has received 4ea
dispatch. directing him to re-adpeftise fos propos
for building the Galveston Custom ete The
proposals. to be opened the 28th October.
We learn from the same paper that d meeting was
held in Rrazoria on the 8t ina to take into consi
Grafton the present state Of affairs III Kansas Reso
lntions were adopted strong denouneing the eoase
Of the Freesoilers on the Kansas question. There
were twenty four volunteers enrolled, and the amount
Of seventeen hundred dollars subscribed towards
defraying their expenses. s 353
The Galveston Confederate, Of the 18th inst. aays:
Ihe business season jndg dgng from appearances, has
come upon VS. all At once. Within the past few days
there nave been dozenor more arrivals from sea- as
our shipping LIST will tell and goods of every suece
and description from Yankee clocks and wooden nut
and filing the warehouses. The upper bayous are
sending out the bay steamers, which have been lying
ldiyby during the summer months and fitting for
the winters trade. f5sS 355s I'd & E
The late Legislature, according to the Austin IN
teligencer, was remarkable body, having served
through the eoldest winter and hottest summer ever
felt in Texas. They served three months III winter
and two in summer. They have spoken, written,
printed and more speeches and reports than
were spoken by the Federal Congress and Convention
from l776 to the end Of the Federal Convention which
framed the Constitution Of the United States.
Capt. Gumman, Of the bark Mustang, whieh az.
rived at Indanola On the 9th, reports as follows:
September 5th, in lat. 1901 NJ long 81. saw
vessel bottom up with masts gside
heads and appeared to be schooner about 100 tons
Bottom oppered, with black top. Rudder unshipped
The Ilflianoiia i the 12t
The brig Storm King, from NY, which arrived
here during the week, picked up at sea small
schooner within one hundred miles of Cnba, ana
brought her into this port. She had tHer been
abandoned, or broke loose from some port during a
storm The name, painted on her stern was Ell
Rosario.
The Galveston Civilian has the following IN regard
to this vessel 5 s
passenger by the steamship Louisiana, from Mat
agorda bay on Wednesday, last, stated that a vessel
had arrived at Powder Horn and reported that she
had discovered q schooner abandoned at sea, floating
about with her helm lashed and made snug
She is described as vessel of about 100 TONS and Of
that fast sailing and peculiar build and rig which
causes her to be suspected Of having been engaged in
the slave trade. 1t is furthermore sad that her in.
terror fixtures leave little room to donbt that size had
but recently been occupied by d living cargo. The
strange eraftWas taken into port. and Of course we
will shortly learn more about her. @