New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-05-11
Later from Texas.

By the arrival yesterday of the steamship Atlantic,
Capt. Sheppard, have Galveston papersto the sth
inst. The Civilian says
Perhaps the partiesat New Orleans, who propose
to establish new telegraphe line to Galveston are
not thatthe last Texas Legislature granted to
Messrs R. D. Johnson J. N. Rose and D. D. Atchison
a charter for a company to be entitled the "Texas
and New Orleans Telegraph Line This company
would doubtless cheerfuy unite with resposibe par
ties at New Orleans, in favor of speedy completion
of the work.
The receipts of cotton at Galveston since 1st Sept.
have been ,l2S bales.
The Herald Of the sth has the following paragraphs
| Nearly all our exchanges from Middle and Western
Texas received yesterday speak of rans which have
greatly encouraged the planters Gentlemen from
the interior coroborate the reports of the papers
rise reported in Trinity river, and presume
| other streams show the effect of the rains.
The last lot of camels, comprising ten large and
five young ones, passed through Victoria about ten
days ago, for San Antonio. One Of the young ones
died on the journey.
On the night of the 2sth ult. there was terrible
hailstorm near Waco which did much damage to cot
ton and corn. The hail stones were large hens
eggs, and almost entirely covered the ground
From the Galveston News of the 7th, we extract
the following intelligence s-s
We regret to learn that German of this city, en-
gagged in the manufacture of mattresses, has become
insane from apprehensons of danger from the ap-
preaching comet. His whole time is occupied in re-
llglOQS exercises Oh al cnafdCteT.
Letters have been received from various parts of the
interior to the effect that the recent rains have been
very generally abundant letter dated Fairfield the
2sth ut. says it commenced raining at that place
the 25th, with every appearance that farther to the
north the rains had been still heavier. The writer
presses the opinion that the people may be more
anxious to have it stop raining than they have been
to see it commence. 4Z4f,
We had the pleasure this morning of meeting our
esteemed friend, Mr. F. 7. Duffan direct from Austin,
which place he left on Monday last. He informs US
that they have had fine rains all through the upper
country, above Austin, where they were so much
needed, and that the prospects are really very
encouraging, though week or two ago the people
were reported to be the point of starvation, with
out any prospect of making crops this year Had the
first crop Of not been cut down by frost, there
would have been roasting by about the middle of
this month. As it is, the third planting is now up
with a good stand, and growing finely.
A gentleman from the upper valley OF the Trinity,
gives US equally favorable accounts from that region
Major Williams, the Chief Engineer of the Harris
burg Railroad, and Col Cotton, the contractor,
| in town to-day, and We learn that about fourteen
miles of grading, between Richmond and the Bernard
has been done in sixty days. We are informed that
perhaps no example exists in the United States where
SO long stretch Of grading has been done in so short
a time.