New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-22
Later from Texas.

By the arrival yesterday at Berwek's Bay of the
steamship Opelousas Capt. Ellis, we have Galveston
papers of Wednesday last.
The full returns of the election are not yet in,
although the result was time ago placed beyond
doubt
The Citizen, published at Columbus, on the Colo
rado, says:
Cotton is opening in this county, and some of the
planters have commenced picking We learn that the
crop will be a toelably fair one. We had fine rain
in this place Monday night the 10th instant,
which, understand, was pretty general throughout
the county.
The Ranger rays that, in Washington county, the
cotton crop will exceed the expectations of the most
sangune. In the southern portion picking COM
menced week before last. On the plantation of Mr..
James McDade cotton was bursting forth luXuriantly
as early as the 4th of July.
We learn from Judge Allen, says the Dallas Herald,
that Messrs. Pierce & Bacon, of Boston, have pur-
chased the iron and material for the whole of the
third section of the Houston and Texas Central Rail-
road. Three hundred hands are now at work grading
the third section, and the work is progressing in
most satisfactory manner.
In the Indianolan of Wednesday last we find the
following:
On Friday last, grandson of Capt. Place, the
board from the steamship while lying at our wharf
and was drowned. The little fellow had been playing
about the decks during the morning, and it is sup.
posed took fright at the remark OF one OF the hands,
who said "your grandma is after you, and in
endeavoring to hide from her, whose anxiety and
fears for the sake of her pet caused her to keep
strict watch over his actions he fell overheard and
met watery grave.
A letter, says the News, from friend in Newton
county, dated the 10th inst, says:
Crops throughout this comfy rather better than
average, both Of corn cotton and other products
Should there not be considerable immigration to this
section, will be very low, as the surplus will be
large. Notwithstanding whitening drought in July,
cotton looks much better than last year. but this crop
is subject to so many casualties that scarcely
venture conjecture upon the coming crop.
The News has the following paragraphs:
A letter has been received in this city from Rich
mond announcing the death, by suicide, OF James
D. PentecOst, of Fort Bend county, who shot himself
few days since. We learn that he left a written
statement explaining the cause that led him to ter
inmate his existence, the particulars OF which have
not come to our knowledge in shape sufficiently
| authentic for our paper.
The numerous small crafts constantly plying be-
tween this port and the Sabine, speak well for the
prosperity of that section of the State We are in
formed by gentleman, recently settled IN tnat re-
gon that the prospects there were never beter new
settlers of the right sort are coming IN rapidly
several new mills are being erected IN the neigh
bolhood and everything is prosperous and cheering.
The Harrison Flag of Marshall of the Sth inst,
says:
The general impression warrants the belief that
there will he an average crop OF corn IN Eastern
Texas. Some fears entertained that the CATER
pillar may visit us since the recent rains Cotton
though late, looks remarkably well.
Some neighborhoods have suffered severely with
drought in this county, while others have been
blessed with timely seasons.
The Upshur Democrat says:
In all the adjacent counties from which we have
information there have been copious rains. Bu
crops in maay parts of the country were seriously
damaged before the rain commenced.
The News thinks that the majority of Runnels ovel
Houston may reach II 900.