New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-04
Later from Texas.
THE LATE STEAMSHIP DISASTER

In the Galveston Civilian Of Monday, we find fur
ther particulars Of the burning of the Louisiana and
corrected list of the sufferers and saved, which is
probably nearly complete possible under the cir
cumstauces: -s.-- .s-z -'., ~
Dead, and Bodies Recopered-PhilIp Millhouse,
Alabama, old man Joel (Uncle Joe) Hamilton, Con
zales; NJ. G. Mills, Clinton, Louisiana Col. Henry
Banbridge, U. s. A. I; Elizabeth Travers chamber
maid Mrs. Tschaeke, New Braunfels; German lady
and (supposed) grandchild 2 yrs.; another German
lady, unknown; Henry -. porter, .e...ss.
Tschaeke and children, New Braunfels; Young
Millhouse, Alabama; w. p. Dixon, Alexandra, Vir-
ginia; Mrs Mitchell, Cibolo, Texas or New Orleans;
Benny S 2. Etter, (l9 years old) Indianola; r. g.
dier, with Col. Bainbridge; Lacy Jones and lady
Aaron Clark; nine seamen. (number not positively
certainly six OF negro crew, one belonging to Oscar
Parish; three cooks. ,Nts>
Fl. Hughes, clerk; s. O. Clark, first mate; Andrew
Smith, second mate; John Driscol cabin boy; Rich
ard Finn, first engineer; Michael Howley, fireman;
Bryen Cowley, do; sam'l Walker, pastryman; Chris
tan Scharp, do; James Brown, watchman; John
Howley, fireman: A. D. Cleveland, lady, child and
servant girl, Lavaca; John u. Wheeler, Indianola;
Daniel Sullivan, Lavaea; P. 8. Miller, New York;
Moses W. Garrison, do; George Grover, Galveston;
negro boy of Millhouse, Ala W. E. Friend, Clinton,
Dewitt county; negrowoman and man of Mr.. Friend;
Ross Kennedy, Texas; Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, Corpus
Christi Miss A. f. Frisbie Phelps. Ontario county,
n. VI Mr.. John F. Early; Charlottesville, Va; Miss
and three children lost;) Smith, Alexandria, Va;
Young EARLY, Virginia; Slaughter W. Fcklin, Char
louisville, Va; Dr. Arnold, Columbia Mo-; John San
ford, Texana, Texas; Samuel Wills, Wisconsin; NJ.
Well, Goliad; Frank V. Stucken, Fredericksburg,
Texas. ~
From the incidents mentioned in the Civilian we
extract the following
Mr.. Charles H. Hughes, the clerk, could not swim \
Capt Shepard instructed Mr.. Finn to save Mr.
Hughes-they threw down hatch door-Finn made
Hughes jump over, he following-and as Hugnes rose
to the surface Finn seized his hair with one hand and
swan to the door with the other-both were picked
up from it by the Galveston. - 'e,
John Driscoll, cabin boy, Thompson, second Engi-
neer and German, seized ladder and held on some
time. The German first drowned.Thompson, find
ing that he must go too, drew to John afectionatey
kissed him, and sunk to rise no more.
Capt Shepard, there is no doubt was the last per
son to leave the ship. He clung alone to light
chair His watch stopped in his pocket at halfpast
two, which was undoubtedly the moment he leaped
into the The, chair was hut slender aid to him.
but he is a good swimmer and sustained himself TIL
nine ten o'clock, when he was picked up by the
revenue cutter, Capt. Cornell
The remains of Messrs. Mills and Mihouse were
taken on respectively to Louisiana and Alabama.
As near as we can learn, about so to IS are not
mentioned in our list OF these we think or s are
safe. but we have not their names.
A boat from Smiths point yesterday evening, re-
ports having seen small portions of the wreck 10 or
10 miles up the bay. ts-4. .,,.
The wreck sunk at 8 A. III. yesterday, IN gu feet
water So
Tue Crockett Printer states that two negroes belong
ing to Col j. d. Stell residing in Leon county about
IA miles from Crockett, were shot on the 18th ult.,
by German named John Broker. No reason can be
assigned for the act except insanity the part of
Broker. He is in Jail. The Printer also mentions
rumors that, in Leon County, man named Black
Hardin and eight others arrested man named Hays,
and chn vlnr II,h
details are given The lynchers have been arrested
A heavy rain fell at San Antonio and lower down
the river on the 22d ut
The drought still continued in the vicinity of Aus
tin at the date of our last adviees. -
The receipts of wool from the Interior, says the
Civilian though still SMALL continues to increase and
promises to be of much Importance in a few years.
OF the capacity Of the country to produce large sup.
Texas once abounded in sheep, and New Mexico still
feeds vast focks.