New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-29
Later from Texas.


BY the steamship Mexico, Capt. Rathbun we have
papers of Saturday last from Galveston. From the
News we extract the following:
citizen of Galveston who has just returned from
visit to some OF the eastern counties, informs us
that he left Montgomery day before yesterday morn
ing, at which time the whole face of the country was
covered with as heavy frost as he ever saw He
believes that killed every thing that had been left
alive by the previous frosts Many crops were coming
up from the third planting and he thinks that all
these were again killed, if out of the ground The
injury to the wheat is very general and is without
remedy. The opinion is expressed that nearly one
half OF this crop is lost while the only dependence
Tor q crop OF cotton and corn must now be the
third and often the fourth planting.
Upto this time the whole coast of Texas has been
left entirely without any Notifications to its harbors
but we are glad to learn that an appropriation was
made by last Congress to do something for in this
respect. Appropriations were made for Notifications
at Ship Island Shoals Grants Pass and at Galveston
the amount appropriated for this city being sS0 900
We now learn that Board of Engineers has been re-
Gently organized to make out plans for these several
Notifications. The beard consists of Capt. Leadbet
ter, Maj. Beauregard Capt. Newton, and Lieut.. Ste
yens. These gentlemen, we understand will meet in
New Orleans early next month to enter upon the dis
charge Of their duties They will proceed to examine
the above named place. and will probably be in this
city by the latter part OF May.
The Civilian of Saturday has the following:
Cotton.-The receipts Of the week sum up | ,5l2
bales. The exports ,5l2. The sales have been on
limited scale, owing to the sympathy of this market
with the unfavorable accounts from the North and
the reluctance of holders to submit to decline as
well as from the smallness of the receipts A slight
decline is indicated by the transactions which have
transpired. ,,.
The Houston Telegraph says that the Texas Cen
trail Railroad will be in complete operation to the 35
mile station by the 4th of May.
The San Antonio Ledger Of the 18th refers to let
tiers from Major Neghbors which attribute the recent
Indian disturbances at the Camanche Reservation to
liquor vendors and the Conduct of drunken soldiers at
that post.
The same paper has the fsllowipg paragraphs:
report has reached town that no less than seven
horse-thieves have, within the last few weeks been
hanged at different places on the San Antonio river
Such portions Of the clothes as the bodies had been
dVested of were said to be neatly folded up and de.
posted, along with the arms, etc. of the deceased
beside the fatal tree.
We regret to learn that by an unfortunate accident
Mr.. Roth, of New Brauntels, was killed in that city
lately. lie IS said to have been preparing to attend
shooting match at Comal Springs, and had probably
Just finished loading his gun when it was discharged
the ball passing through his head and killing him in
stantly. The ramrod was in his right hand and the
gun laying across his legs.
An INTERESTING REPORT FRoN OREGON TERRI
ToRY.-R. W. Dunbar, ESD. Collector of Customs at
Fort oxford, Oregon Territory, in response to crcG-
lar issued by the Hon. Charles Mason, Commissioner
of Patents requesting statement of the merchandise
and domestic growth and manufacture exported from
that district in 1856, replied, under date of February
ls 1857, that the country having been laid waste by
the recent Indian war, and nearly all its inhabitants
run out, stop has been put for time to commerce
and Improvement, and the following items are Oh
tanned from one factory only:
G9Id ,na da bullion, val1e $50 OOO
~ wv MIte eedar latiis 50 per thousand 5000
100000 feet white cedar lumber, $40 per
thousand feet .,.......,..... 40 900
~ otteF SKINS, - each h'....,,.,,,...,.... l5O
I0t4! valuation. ......, ...,..., sos l5O