New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-28
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From the Galveston News, Of Saturday last, We ex-
tract the following paragraphs
Northers are occurring with nnnsuni frequency and
much later than usual this year This morning the
cold quite uncomfortable the wind coming fresh
apparently from the snow capped Rocky Mountains.
We trust however no serious injury is done to the
The anniversary Of the battle Of San Jacinto was
celebrated on the battle ground on Wednesday, by
grand barbecue display OF military, music, speeches,
etc. ETC. The attendance was large. including a
great number Of ladies and children from the sur
rounding country.
We see an estimate made that the wheat crop of
FaDnn, Lamar. Red river and Collin counties, will
amount to $4,000 bashels the present season, which
Is more than the estimated corn crop BY 10000
bushels. The average wheat crop the black land
is put down at twenty-five bushels to the acre.
| The Flag publishes the following
friend has just handed US copy Of an Official
Bulletin from Monterey to the 18th inst but we ind
little news in it beyond that which we publish from
Tanpico. The Boiefn seems to have been issued on
the arrival Of the Tampico news. Il notices the de-
parture OF mixed body Of troops. under command
OF Col. Aramberri, to que certain Disturbances in
Cerro Gordo. Col. A. makes patriotic speech to
his followers In which be tells them that the State
OF Zacatecas (from which he hails) s in close union
with those of the northern frontier and that together
they march to the contest for constitutional liberty
Under head OF "Ths latest honrr it says express
had just been received announcing the hurried flight
| OF the enemy from Viilanueva on the approach OF
Col. Aremberri. II also states that General Echea-
garay had been defeated by Laaye and Negrette, at
| San Antonio, near Perote
| Our later intelligence from the camp Of Gen.
Echeagarsy via Vera Cruz show this latter state
ment to be incorrect.
| Our State exchanges are filed with accounts oi
delayed and missing mails cansed by bad roads, swo
len streams, and the excenfrcites Of f"Dame Nature
generally-some Of them not having received single
exchange for three weeks. But the old lady is not
always 10 blame, II may trust the Tyler Reporter
who relates that few days since, one of the mail
| boys who had started to Palestine, with the mail
meeting " the show 7 coming TO town, turned back
for the express purpose Of seeing the performance
that night.
The Austin IntelIlgencer recommends to all those
in that section who have lost their growth Of corn
by the grassboppers to plant the Sorgho, or Sugar
Millet, and gives the following reasons That they
can hardly hope the second planting of corn. under
the most favorable circumstances, will make heavy
crop that the Sorgho has successfully resisted the
drouth that full crop Of its seed Is equal to crop
of corn, and that when cut and dried, it is accepta
bic and attening not only to hogs but to horses and
cattle, and therefore deserves fair trial at their
hands.
The Waco Democrat states thas crops never looked
more promising than now in the Brazos Valley.