New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-01-19
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b. the arrival on Saturday Of the steamship Chas
Noroan - tmys resolved t;aiyosteu papers to the
18th and upr files from interior Texas The Calves
} I'm News, II the 18th, says #3ss N
4 Dan. II. Mcleod arrived home on Saturday by the
ytaauslp Louisiana after an absence Of two or three
months tie was the only representative from this
State to the Southern at savannah. Mlng
mn alsce be has perfected contract for the Harris
hurr railroad from Richmond to Columbus. This
ponf,act Il made with Mn. Cooper the late supern
eendcnt of fhe Georgia State rad from Atlanta to
Chattanooga, who will be here with hands, ETC., to
CON raenc4 work in the course of this month. Mr..
Cooper Is extensively and favoraby known, and dis
name commands confidence with those who know
] him, IN every enterprise he engages in.
The same paper Of TIE 15 th has the following:
The important sat broughtby the State against the
Firm Of r. D. Ct Mills, was yesterday decided in
District Court the Jury bringing in verdict Of guilty.
ard assessing the penalty at $l00, 900. From all we
have heard upon the subject, we believe safely
psIss 'a' " decision has taken ne public y sur
s. We extract the following from the Judges charge
to the jury in this case:
IT. then, you believe from the evidence that the de-
fendants were associated together and acting as a
company in business at Galveston and that they did,
in said county Issue or put FORTH for the first time
in Texas the drafts described in the petition or any
of them; and that it was done by them, with the in.
tent or purpose to circulate the drafts money then
you Will find guilty and assess the penalty at not less
issued but If you believe otherwise from the evil
dence, then find not guilty.
Il Is no offence under the act under which suit is
hrought for any person Or firm to pay out or circu
late the checks Of any solvent specie paying bank,
Incorporated by and organized in another State This
last charge is given to be taken in connection with
and as modified BY the general charge.
The Gazette Of the 18th has the following para
graphs:
The steamboat Or. Massie. Capt Stockholm, was
a sand har in the Nscbes
near Weisse's bluff, a few days since. She had 27O
bales cotton on board $50 of which for Calves
ton The whole deck load was got off in good order
but sixty bales were submerged in the hold She will
probably be raised and repaired without delay.
The number of persons who arrived OF Galveston
from Europe during the three months ending with
December, was 500, of whom SIG were males and 4s3
females, of all ages. Among the men were 10l far
mers i3 carpenters and joiners: ii biacksmths, Is
shoemakers, IL tailors, weayers and mllers They
seem TO be orderly and industrious class of people,
and will doubtless contribute to the prosperity Of
rising State.
The amount Of duties collected on foreign imports
at Galveston, during the last quarter Of 1885, was
4I4 $685. The value Of the goods-principally coffee
was upwards Of 100000.
The Victoria Advocate of the 10th inst. says:
The river continues extremely low the rains that
have been SO prevalent and copious on the coast
regen not having extended far into the interior. The
cleaning out Col Fields is expected here by the 18th
inst, to examine it and let out the contract for clean
ing it out to this place. The means for doing the
work thoroughly will probably be ample. Notwith-
standing the extreme lowness Of the water and the
great number Of snags in the river the Lizzie Lake
has been running, and carrying full freights both
ways, When properly cleaned out, the Guadalupe
will be- without question: one of the best nayigabe
streams in the State.
The San Antonio Texan of the sth says
Information has just been received here that Lieut.
j. B. Witherell, ID U. s. Cavalry on the 18th inst,
overlook and routed party of seven Indians killing
two, wounding several more and pursuing those not
killed beyond the Rio Grande. He took their animals,
two rifles, a shot gun and other yaluables