New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-09-26
Later from Texas.

Through Toby's Express we have received Calves
ton papers to Thursday last, and other Texas ex-
changes The Herald of Thursday has the following
paragraphs: ,..
The weather for the last few days has been delight
fully pleasant, with gentle breeze from the north,
just the kind of weather to please the planters being
most favorable for cotton picking. i' q
Gen. Henderson is said to have entirely recovered
from mis- recent protracted illness and has announced
his willingness to accept the office Of United States
Senator for the Eastern District, il rendered him.
The recent arrival of several vessels from the North
has created quite a businesslike appearance in our
city. Cotton begins to come in freely, and people
from the interior have already commenced paying
their periodical visits to merchants. There is
every appearance that the business season is fairly
opened .-ts ia. .ss.
letter Of the 18th from Austin states that street
fight occurred that morning between Maj. John Mar
shall, of the State Gazette and Dr. W. G. Phillips in
consequence of several personal articles which had
appeared in the Gazette. They fired several shots at
each other with revolvers, without doing any harm,
and were then separated by mutual friends. -
The Houston Telegraph of the 21st says:
| A regular norther sprung up on Saturday last the
second of the season. We may soon look for them
weekly. Some weather-wise people prognosticate an
early trost and consequent light winter. ~, Al. ,4
| The Victoria Advocate says that Capt Dycus has
made good channel in the Guadalupe fftytwo miles
us VIII lAse tllt Iue QlS
tance to Victoria, twenty-five miles. completed in a
short time. er,-5 Is.
The editor of the Quitman Herald says that during
recent visit to Hopkins, he was informed by gen
| tleman whom he met that some considerable excite
ment had been produced in the lower part of Titus
and the upper part of Cass county by the recent dis
covery of valuable silver mines. -. A.os. q.
The San Antonio Herald of the 10th has the follow
ing particulars of the attack upon Mr.. Tobin's cart
train: "a. ~. ..ra5... AZ. p .y.4.s5r.p. i.
the attack was made two miles this side of Helena,
about O'Clock Friday evening, by considerable
number of men with blackened faces-the cartmen
fighting bravely shot down two of the attacking
party, whilst of their own party Antonio DeIgado
was killed, and Necanor Valdez, and two other Mex
| leans were wounded. At o'clock the main body of
the train came up under charge of Mr.. Tobn and all
Bueno that the assaiants watched his camp all night
and he expected every moment that they would re-
| new the attack, but they did not g
| The San Antonio Texan of the 18th has the fol-
lowing:
We have just received intelligence that man
named VIM. ANDERSON was hung last week, some
counties, near where he lived He was taken from
his bed in the night, by some eight or ten persons
leaving behind his wife and two children The wife
with her children wandered to distant neighbor
and gave the information The cause for the hanging
we have not learned. He lived quite distance from
any neghbor. .gs.
I'VE have been blest of late with heavy rains in
Western Texas the streams are very high, and many
of them impossible so that the mail is often delayed
Fine prospects for fall feed. a ,ss = sc-
TN In q