New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-18

island that there frost night before last, though
it ia hoped that great injury has been done. The
weather is now becoming milder and pleasant. A
We hope we have seen the last OF cold weather this
spring. .s'---> ---z-, n - --e-- 1870
The Brazos river was up and rising. The Richmend
Reporter of the llth says:
rise of several feet in the river has taken place at
this point. For the first time during months the water
is muddy. As write. the rise continues and some
are artiGipetinsa very high stage ct wateH1prpg "
the spring H51ths. as s ~ s.ss 4 afs,ss
The Austin Inteligencer Of the l1th inst, has the
following paragraphs = e ~ fSa zrf:ssF : ~
< We learn by gentleman who came down on the
Waco stage last evening, that there was an outra-
geous affair occurred there few days since. .~a55sJ
The notorious Bill johnson who broke jail some
mortay s1 siev wounded i The sber m f patty Of
men and undertook to arrest him but ne took b
refuge in house with some of his friends, and theye
shot four Ct the shers party q whom i i
several flesh wounds, came out and shot down by
one of of the sherifs party ft mas .asst. RI 3
There has been Vigilance committee appointed 70
try and find out his accompliees. s- =. .f-
We learn from Capt. Radford, late of the United
States army, that the Houston and Austin stage On
its upward trip, when about three miles below Gun.
ninghams the night of the eth inst, was capsized
with full load Of passengers inside and some five or
six on top: Capt Bradford and Mr. Taylor Of George
town, were good deal injured. "A gentleman from
Alabama seriously injured and others were more
or less hurt. The accident was attributed, by the
driver, to the shying of the horses while going down
hill. .4slt or N a7a aag5 BFGG &G't* yG1fH :
The same paper says: ~ -1 ss551i.S
From every section of the country we receive the
most cheering news in regard TO the wheat crops IN
Williamson county the fall wheat Is already so lot
ward as to cause fears to be entertained should we
have early rosts The spring wheat looks exceed -
ingly we'll Should disaster befa the crop, Texas
cannot consume the crop of this year and wheat :
would become article Of export was there any way
to reach voter with it.
| FROM SANTA, FE.-The January mail from Santa
Fe arrived at ST. Louis the 10th inst by which the
Republican received files of the Santa Fe Gazette to-
the 31st of that month, from which the following
! items are extracted: 10 =t-t.t 1l.-=5s6r .si
BY the military express which reached here on the
14h inst. we learn that difficulty occurred recently
on the Mexican side Of the river at Ell Paso in which
a soldier of the American army was killed, and SIX
others wounded, one OF them supposed mortaliy: 1t
seems that American soldier was for some offence
imprisoned the Mexican side of the river and that
apartyof his friends, soldiers ALSO crossed the river
for the purpose of releasing their friend by force In
: this attempt they fired upon by fine Mex!eans,
which resulted above stated p - b.
The Post of Los Lunas was abandoned on the Ith
inst, and the troops that formerly occupied it now
J. form part of the garrison OF Albuquerque
; An additional force Of twenty men has been added
to the escort under Lieut. Randall for the better pro-
/ lection of the supply train to Tucson, This train will
IL probably leave Fort Thorn on the lSt proXmo.
} Capt. Gibson arrived in town the evening of the
D. goth inst We understand soldier was shot dead at
y Albuquerque short time since whilst In the act Of
rObblng the subsistence stores, IN cnarSe Oh
l Trevtt, the Commissary of the post. b $50 -
|
LAYING THE TELEGRAPHfe CABIEs--We learn that
the Secretary of the Navy has ordered the steamships
Niagara and Mississippi, now at the brooklyn Navy
n Yard, to be equipped with despatch, to assist in
laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable between
! Newfoundland and Ireland. s'
The Niagara is the largest shipofwar in our navy,
It and her of construction well adapts her to the
peculiar service for which she is designated having
large Flush" deck with high ceiling upon which the
to, nf fhp
ship, and from whence it can run Off through the
hatchway, by the aid OF suitable steam apparatus
The Mississippi will actas an escort to provide against
accident Another pair OF steamers, detailed W the
English government, will be similarly equipped; and
the whole proceeding to point in the Atlantic, mid
way between the continents the two steamers having
the cable board will connect the halves carried BY
h them respectively, and steam away at moderate
Speed in opposite directions, for the shore. ,
The two factories at which the cable is being man
- ufactured are located at Liverpool and London The
Niagara will sail for of these ports soon as she
= can be made ready, say by the end Of the presa
~ month-an English steamer loading simultaneon
i the other factory. Meanwhile the Niagara. s&a
% fitted up with apparatus to pay out the W.! u
a s ponding with that which was used by tha1 "a
A. in laying the Newfoundland cable, 8 ~
m derous kind, as the cable soon 3 lsf ~
ir The new cable is making g ~ Fmiles
10 per day at each factory aaa55 M 8e COM
eted and laid ID down " s will not no
ID United States uatiasa - laying
9, of the cable sASsqna5Agl6aaI sdssil
\, "a wAsH1sGroN's n W AppA1
ed delpha Bulletin thaaaa yyllsBb6ses of thss
/. original copy of wastiingtons Farewell
az ~ been stolen from the State department: e
Di. The original draft was never in the pos
cd government. 1t was sent by Washington at -
at it was written, to be published in the newspap
of published in this city by Mr.. Caypoole. The latte
en- it set up without damaging the COPY The ~
IT'S script was carefully preserved by Mr. c. and in
er or so it offered at public sale in this city by thu
heirs of Mr.. Claypoole. Congress entered into COM
cir petition for the prize but after spirited bidding
ns was knocked down to James Lennox, ESQ, of New
as York for exceeding two thousand dollars. Mr.
et L. had some exact copies made for his friends but tn
great original still remains in his possession. We
ter that this explanation VIII reieve the patflote og
ed nation OF those VINO eVhee SO ueh anAiets eseth
ire ing the important document. ~
ad- Snow IN NIGKsBuRG--Ihe 5lekspufS wing