New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-14

From the Galveston News of the 9Th inst, we ex-
tract the following
The weather hes been wet, stormy and generally
inclement, preventing ont door movements, until a
norher set in yesterday. From the interior We have
similar accounts-rOads getting bad, but no rise in
Trinity and Brazos rivers yet sufficient to admit of
steamboat navigation Late cotton picking is under
the circumstances out Of the question.
A great many visitors from the interior have been
in town during the week and store business is quite
active.
CorroS.-The arrivals Of the week have been 1898
bales Stock at Houston still accommodating, as, OW-
ing to bad weather and low tides tine steamers could
not bring down as much as was being received by
railroad and wagons. There are about l6 900 bales
at Houston and Harrisburg.
Under the influence Of the adviees of an advance
of to Id in Liverpool, and encouraging letters from
all Southern ports the demand has been active and
with ample tunnage, all Of which is under engage
ment for prompt dispatch, at or under New Orleans
and Mobile rates of freight full prices asked and
paid. The sales of the week embrace about 5000
bales, Of which aarge portion was owned by Houston
| merchants.
Our Texas exchanges to the north and east of us,
and particularly those furthest of, come filed with
accounts of the unusually cold weather lately expert
enced in those parts accompanied with rain hail,
snow and sleet, and an occasional bone.piercing
| norther
AT an early hour yesterday morning a cold norther
sprang up, and to-day not yet entirely subsidized,
though the sky overhead is bright and clear.
The San Antonio Herald says that the gentlemen
who had lately brought from Mexico 1000 sheep to
locate in that and the neghborng countless state that
they found sheep in Mexico scarce aud high, and
much more difficult to get than many persons sup.
pose.
The Ledger says that wool at San Antonio brings
from Il to 80 cents per pound according to ceanlt
ness and quality.
The Waco Democrat learns that the mail carrier
from Cora to Meridian had been chased lately by In
dams who succeeded ia taking his horse from him.
The people at Meridian said to be guarding the
town every night and some % or 80 men had been
raised there, and many more at Stephenyille, for
the purpose of forming company for seIf.defense.
The travelling correspondent of the Dallas Herald,
writing from Fort BekHap, gives the following Indian
news:
| An express arrived on the 22d from Mai Van
DOrns camp having left there on Saturday last 3ai
Van Dorm had just returned from an extended scout
! OF IS days, having proceeded about 200 miles in
northerly direction but had not seen the sign of an
Indian in all the time He satisfied himself that there
| were no Indians within striking distance It is sup.
posed that Gen Twiggs will order the expedition to
return into Texas as the present dispatches
| from Mai. Van Dorm reach San Antonio Mai. Van
| Dorm had entirely recovered from his wound, The
express reports twelve inches snow at the camp when
| he left.
DR.. Davis, assistant superintendent of the overland
mail route from Chadbourne to Ell Paso, informs the
Herald that that is decidedly the worst section on the
whole route owing to the depredations of the Conan
ches and Apaches, who have broken up stations,
driven off mules and committed other depredatons.
Provisions were scarce, and there had been actual
suffering for the want Of necessaries.