New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-05
Texas intelligence.

From the Galveston News, Of Tuesday last, we ex-
tract the following
We had one Of the most severe thunder storms
last night that we ever witnessed We believe it
wn hnnrs anr;r s;o M, ana , continued aDous
slant clare If l;ybtn;ng and haayv nssis III t,,nsa
The rain poured down in torrents, with some hail,
the wind blowing violently from the West most OF
tne time tnough we believe u changed to nearly all
points o. tne compass before the storm subsidized We
nave not heard OF much damage IN this city beyond
the blowing down oil some fences, but we fear some
serious disasters may have taken place on the Gulf
and Bay.
me steamer Neptune was due here from Houston
aoou. CLOCK ths morning. her usual time OF arriv-
s, ous sue pas no' yes arrived, aho we lear sne me.
exposed mart Of Ike hav At The lime th storm raced
with the greatest violence. ss
Inc houston Telegraph states that in 1874 the
commerce Of the City Of Houston consisted in the ex
porting oil about 1900 bales OF cotton. 5000 hides
and lbs petries making an aggregate Of about
siio'ooO. The sales OF merchandise were about
siooOOo' Now the commerce consists OF exporting
soooo bales Of cotton 80 900 hides and other produce
valued at $4,000. The aggregate value Of its ex-
ports Is about three and half million Of dollars.
They have had tremendous rain in Austin lately.
For four days the sun was hid behind the dense
Clouds unt al last on last Tuesday night the rain
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roars OF thunder with violent wind, completely
deluging the civ. The river rose a foot urinv The
r;h, na s;, TO-. ,h -, L. IT,. -, 49,.
e. - - - ~ ~. .en0s'
were uio"n uo"h anu also 'he houses Oh Messrs.
Dorsc and Barnes, some eight miles 10 the north of
| the city. r a 6
Tho Apst;p TntalI,capcer s.v.
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we receive .ne Inost encouraging accounts OF the
wheat crop everywhere Inc neds all along the
road from austin 70 Red river are indescribably
peau.i'ul % Iar as .ne rams go tne wheat Is
nov sae, tne RiouIu nelng SO thoroughly Wet. Inc
only uaneet II irom 'rus.:
Ahe corn Is coming lo,whtu peautuhy, ana tne
peaNn 'Iees aie loueu VIII Hut. no country ever
i0oheu more inviting IMAM texas at present.
Grasshoppers, the Gazette says are very bad in the
vicinity of San Antonio, and in fact in most all the
counties southwest of Austin. Serious apprehen-
sions are entertained by the planters that the crops
will be destroyed.
The Palestine Advocate Of the 24th ult, says that
the Trinity river is again out of its banks and still
rising. The Western stage could not get across.
There is considerable cotton the river bank await
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cohtihues IN me naVigapie oruer, WIN not steam
boat to navigate it. 1t is the intention of citizens
WASHINGTON tn bnild steamer snitahIa IN RIM az al,
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seaso"'.
The Carthage Recorder states that man named
W. ). Reaves arrived at the Eagle Hotel, Carthage
| Pamela county, on the 4th INST, and next day com
mitted suicide by blowing out his brains. From let
tiers found N his pocketb0ok II appeared that he
lately schoomaster in Angelina county. and had
been commission merchant in Fulton, Arkansas, ID
1856 One OF the letters, addressed to his father anC
mother Indicated that he bad murdered a DIR. Black
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