New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-08
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Later from Texas


By the arrival at Berwicks Bay yesterday Of the
steamship Galveston, Capt Washburn, we have Gal
weston papers to Saturday last From the Civilian
we extract the following
The weather in the interior continues favorable for
cotton harvesting but as yet the receipts are light
only 80 bales since Monday. The export has been
but "a bales, to New Orleans. The total stock
nominal prices are nearly so though fall fifteen cents
per pound for old Middlng cotton is still understood
TO be the standard, and readily obtained
ol Inc e. w9s M "a aaespsnng y the water on Coprards
nearly completed. channel has been opened CIV
ing we believe SIX to seven feet water at ordinary
over the ground and who has esn engaged in cotton
raising for several years. and close observer of that
plant in all its different phases, says that half
average yield eannes by any possibility be obtained
distance of 100 miles. Corn no better.
The Houston Telegraph says that the Houston and
Texas Central Railroad was opened to Cypress,
twenty-five miles, on the 18TH Of September last year
and to Hockey, ten miles fnrtner, on the 18th May.
1857 During that time the business and income OF
the road were as follows !: Passengers, $ls,6l3 a5
up-freights, $11 ,522 s2 down freight, $7674 SO.
Total receipts, $Ss,1l0 so. The whole number Of
passengers transported was l4,05l. The Telegraph
anticipates heavy increase in the business OF the
road the ensuing year. IN
The Southerner writes that D. B. Arnold, ESQ.,,
| whose 1arm lies on tne braZOs, Hedr WdCo, Is
much pleased with his experiment in raising Chi
| nese sngarcane. He says that the syrup made from
one acre Of this will bring an income Of 5000
| that the seed is worth as much one acre OF the
best corn, say 40 bushels both for hogs and cattle
that the fodder from of the is worth as
much as that from an acre Of good corn, and that
horses prefer it. -,
4 The Victoria Advocate mentions report that Mr..
Groesback slarge train Of forty odd carts attacked
in Karnes county, on their way to Bexar, and cut to
pieces The Advocate does not credit the report,
but evidently thinks its truth not impossible The
train had been armed to resist the attempt to drive
all Mexican teamsters from the road.
The Palestine Advocate states that Mr.. T. n. NJ
Cray is about to establish cotton and wooden manu-
factory, with $500 spndles and so looms at Telico
Ellis county Texas. The house is now in course o.
erection, and the boilers engines and fixtures arr
already upon the premises.
The Galveston News of the Sd inst says:
BY gentleman residing in Calhoun county, we ar
informed that this summer has been the most dis
astrous season among the stock in the region border
, ing Matagorda Bay, that has been known for man.
years The unusual drought for the past three month
has devastated the praries to an incredible exten
and the amount lost by stock rasers in that seetio
by actual death of the cattle for the want of water
q unprecedented
The range in many portions of st. Josephs Island
in Calhoun county, is literally bleached with the bone
1t of dead cattle. 75-. ~ -'