New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-19
Later from, Texas.

By the arrival at Berwick,s Bay, of the steamship
Opelousas Capt Ellis and through the politeness of
Toby's and Jones's Expresses, we have Galveston
papers to Thursday last The News Of that day says:
Goods are being shipped fast from the whaIves
ano stores In town are rapidly filling with desirable
After series Of heavy rains for ten days, weather
mas again cleared up since two days. Some fears are
entertained that rain must have done severe injury
70 70 cotson as iar az accounts have been received,
tney snow tnat extreme wet weather was confined to
the coast The prospects Of the sugar crop in Brazo
ria county has further improved.
Brazos river is reported in boating order; from
Trinity We have not heard Of rise sufficient for
moving steamers.
The receipts of new cotton amount TO- about 800 2
bales, and increasing deliveries are in prospect.
The demand was active last week and about 400
bales have been Sold mostly at Is to I5fc for mid
ding to middling fair. Since Friday buyers have
been holding back under accounts Of difficulty in me-
gotiating exchange at New orleans, and under ap-
prehenson of further depression of the money market
During the past week not day has passed without
more or less rain in fact, we do not Tecoleet for
many years Of seeing such a quantity Of water fall
in the space Of time. Our cisterns are full to
overfowing, and the drains in the back portion OF
the city present one broad street of water.
The first trip of the San Diego mail which left the
Pacific the 9th of Jnly arrived at San Antonio
the 9Th inst, with considerable mail matter for New
Orleans The mail is expected hereafter from that
quarter. every two weeks.
| The party on the route met with no obstacles
| The San Antonio Herald of the 9th inst, says:
/ Mr.. Tinan has arrived this morning and reports
that he was Of the partythat pursued the Indians
that took the horses from the Geronimo few days
| ago. sss1s g5gz4S} fgfel
/ He says the party followed the trail as far az
Bancera, when the horses gave oat. a fresh PARTY
was Immediately raised and went on after them *
short time after party Of dragons came up, and
followed in pursuit. The Indians, he thinks were
1 only two three hours ahead and he believes the
horses will probably be recovered. "Quien Sabe?r
They are thought to be Comanches. No further in
jury was done by them, except killing beef ~
The Austin Inteliigencer says that Matthew Hickey
while engaged in digging well for Samuel Red,
near Austin, killed the 5th inst, by the ace-
dental fall Of heavy stone upon his head. The
fragments of rocks which had been removed by blast
ing careessy left the top, and one of them
rolled in upon the unfortunate while working in
/ the bottom of the well. Al "a s-.sEztgs l,-F4yg
The True Issue informs us that the weather in the
regions round about Lagrange so long scorched by
most unprecedented drought, has at last been re
freshed by copious showers Of rain. More rain fell
on last Sunday and Monday 18th and 7th,) that has
fallen altogether before for eighteen months Indeed
we really never saw more water on the ground than
we had on Monday evening The rain is too late to
affect the crops but win be of ncalcuable benefit to
! the grass, which was well nigh burned up BY the
parching sun. -Sf s-e-.4rtsssA ls,fF5i,E ss4ga
! The Brenham Enquirer says that the planters of
that section now busily engaged in picking and
preparing the cotton crop for market, and number
, have loaded wagons for Houston. p +'f'