New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-16
Texas Intelligence,

The Jefferson Herald states that the smallpox still
continues in that place. and several cases had term.
mated fatally.
1t is reported that more Indians have been prov.
ling about Llano county again.
From the Austin lntelligencer, of the 9th instant,
we extract the following paragraphs
Fine showers have fallen this week, and the bust.
ness of planting ia being diligently pursued.
The field lark, bird so familiar to the planters of
Alabama and Georgia, congregated in the vicinity Of
Austin last season, in numbers far exceeding any
previous year. Now these winged choristers are in.
itely annoying to the farmers in consequence of
their assaults upon the grain both terminating and
just planted. In field of one of neighbors they
have already destroyed one.fourth of the corn and
still continue their depredations indeiatigably,
On Monday night there was slight but quite visi.
BILE frost in the neighborhood of Austin. What dam.
age has been done to the fruit trees and the young
and tender vegetation in this section of country we
cannot rs yet determine. The frost was preceded by
quite storm Of rain, hail. thunder and lightning, on
Saturday night. At the same time arose severe
west wind, which continued to blow with consider
able violence during the whole Of the succeeding Sab
bath, dying away only at the approach of darkness
The next morning ushered in bright and beautiful
day, followed, as above stated, by slight frost at
night.
Corn is selling at fifty cents per bushel and bacon,
Invested Of bone we'll cured and sweet to the hungry
man, as maidens lips to government clerks ut eight
cents per pound. In fact, from the general abund-
ance in the provisions line, there is no sensible reason
why all should not eat, who have appetites and good
digestion to wait upon it. Judge Sneed Does and
fattens upon the experiment.
Mr.. John w. Brown, of Webberve, most re-
able gentleman, says that three weeks past ten
or twelve dogs were bitten by one in rabid state
The latter were confined, and all died, OR were killed
under the supposed influence of hydrophobia.
We saw this morning Mr.. Charles Mullins, accom-.
panied by his SON. fine looking little boy some three
or four years old, who had been bitten by mad dog
eight days ago. The distressed parent was anx.
iously inquiring for what is commonly called mad
stone, for the purpose Of extracting the venom from
the wound. The circumstances as given by MIR. Null.
Inns are as follow:
A.. a slut, with brood Of young puppies, had been
discovered in state Of hydrophobia and was killed
In playing with one of the puppies supposed to have
been bitten by the dam, the little boy received a
slight wound upon the forehead, above the eve. A
stone, whose virtues are by many thought to be eff
caclous in such cases. was Immediately applied to the
bleeding temple, but from an unlucEy accident was
broken before the poison was supposed to be fully
drawn from the system. Hence Mr. Mullins is now
in great haste. conveying his son to Fayette county
where he is informed this stone OF imagined healing
qualities may be found
Mr. NJ. also states that several mad dogs have
lately been seen in the neighborhood Of Lampasas.