New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-27
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By the arrival yesterday mornins of the s,eaosb;n
Opeousas, Capt. Ellis, we have Gakeston papers to
THURSDAY last s7s
The reports from the crops in nearly all parts Of
the State are promising. A letter in tn Civilian
from the Guadalupe dated 18th inst, says:
This section Of our State has been renowDa for /
corn growing in bygone days but has been cursetso
severely the last year with drought, and this yes
threatened with famine, have not had rain enough
since the 18Th May 1856, to wash the trash out Of
the dry branches and thus cause vegetation to spring
very indifferent stand Of anything, and some farmers
no stands Of anything. No time was lost, however,
when the rain came, and we soon found we had good
stands Of corn. Cotton did not promise we'll On
at night we had good rain, reviving cotton and
pushing corn on very finely. Our county has on its
usual green habiimsnts and begins again to look like
ITSELF II we can get few more rains, though late,
we will make corn in abundance. Early wheat made
an entire failure, spring wheat s much better than
could have been expected without rain. Owing to
the drought and cold we got but thin stand, but the
| heads are of good size and the grains large and
plump ss Il 5s.s---4s4 sIz4- III 5.s Sis a5
The Guadalupe river is very low; few miles above
New Braunfels man it afoot; about twenty
miles aboverNew Braunfels the bed of the river is
said to be dry some distance the water Of
| sinks, as it is running above that place flush.
The News has the following paragraph !:
The State Engineer, Hon. VIM. Fields, has given
the contract for improving the Colorado river from
Matagorda to Wharton, to HJ. Powell of Matagorda,
ands VIM. J. Philips, of Wharton, for s46,240 55,
being the whole amount Of the State appropriation
for that river This contract obges the contractors
to clear the river of all snags and obstructions and
cut canal Of forty feet in width and thirty inches
deep III ordinary low water around the raft, for a
distance Of about three miles, Two years is allowed for
the contract although the contractors expect to finish
1t in less time. z,E :. -. ~ s.
In Rush county it is said the wheat crop now being
harvested will average eight Or ten bushels to the
acre. Corn, oats and cotton, though somewhat back
ward, look well.
The Brazora Democrat notices q refreshing rair
last week. which revived the languishing crops ant
filled the dry cisterns in Columbia. Some portion
of the county are still suffering, hwever.
The Washington county American says the hous
of Judge Fielder was struck by lightning on the lit
inst and large portion torn to atoms. The famil
were all in the house at the time but fortunately
capped without injury. s-,.---+z
a The recent copious rain makes everything gro,
finely, and the planters are in high spirits.
The editor Of the Ranger, who has been on Wis
to Austin county, says that and cotton doin
: well, and unless unusual drought sets in, tber
will be larger quantity of raised in Texas tina
> ever before. -.s- n p, e..la
A letter from sumpter, Trinity county, to the Lii
erty Gazette, says I'D .5.5yS i
The crops in this section OF the country are r.
markably good | have seen corn from ten to fou
teen feet high, and it looks beautiful ro
n knee-hgh to waist highland is doing fine. Tbel
3 has been very little rain in this region, but hay
heard the people of Walker and adjoining countit
n have had series OF fine rains. The crops Pol
l. and Tyler look fine.
n A letter from Livingston says the crops in Po
look well, but not near as good as in the lower pa
. of Liberty.
IS The Gazette, published in Travis county, says:
b. The farmers Of this county, since the recent rain
are anticipating heavy crops. We are pleased to
the departure of their sad forebodngs and to witne
IN the sunny smiles OF theiraces. With good crops
p may reasonably expect alarge addition to our pop
n lation during the present fall and winter
az CRAWFORD, THE SCuLPToRA Success of DR.. FL
il the american Physician.-Crawford, the sculptt
IL is still under the care OF DR.. Fell in London. p
ms tiOn OF the cancerous tumor back OF his eye is
moved, and with no subsequent return of paralysis
ns epilepsy, and with great relief from pain. The p
cess of removal employed by the physician cons
its in the application to the eye OF some powerful
been disclosed,) which is followed by prcking, a
in. thus drawing out first the eye itself and then
os- tumor behind it. In this way the eye has been
stroyed with a part Of the tumor.
q The physician has been entirely successful WI
aS umors OF this character, and is only the
nection of Mr. Crawfords with the brain which thro
any doubt on the success of the present experime
1t is little than two years since DR.. Fell left
Id York, where he born and educated. Since he
81. taken his residence in London his success has be
NJ such that he has rival in the department OF me
or cal practice to which he has confined his studies
- All classes flock to his Office to undergo his meth
of treatment, the success of which has already
re cured him lucrative post in the leading hospital
ew London 1t is sad however, that he has prepared
,or work, the publication OF which will shortly rev,
til the secret which he has used with such advantage
tn himself and to his patients.
ad 81.
WEATHER AND CRoPs IN NORTHERN LOUISA,
,ol The Natehoehes Chronicle Of Saturday last says