New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-29
Texas Intelligence.
The La Grange True Issue Of the 2sd has the fol.


lowing:
distressing affair occurred at Fayetteville last /
Saturday. difficulty arose between Micaijah Clark
and j. c. Afford, which resulted in the death of the
latter. Both are said to have used pocket knives
Afford received two mortal wounds in the neck,
severing the uguar vein twice. and the carotid artery
once causing his death in perhaps less than minute.
Clark received three slight wounds He surrendered
himself to the authorities and after examination
of the facts, committed to the county Jail without
bail We learn that application has been made to |
Judge Smith for writ Of habeas corpus that he may
be allowed bail. Both we're men of families and of
respectable connexions.
From the Brownsville Flag Of the l4th we extract
the following intelligence:
II we needed evidence that the trade and general
business of our city was in the ascendant should
want nothing more convincing than the continued
building of fine dwellings and commodious store
houses and the high prices being daily paid for city
property.
The late frequent and general rains, in addition to
giving renewed life to everything vegetable, has stm
ulated to unusual e4ertion the small planters the
length and breadth of the valley or SO far our in
formation extends. The prospect ia fattering for
second crop of corn which we hope may be equal Or
| superior to the first.
Yesterday, about noon, adjoining the market,
Robt. Shears, while discharging the duties of his
Office in arresting Mexican for some slight offence,
| was fired upon with q revolver by one Nepomuceno
Cortnas. One of the shots took effect in Mr. Shears
side, below the shoulder and ranging down came out
at the lower part Of the ribs back Mr.. Cortinas,
doubtless thinking he had killed his man. !" in com
pany with the prisoner, made good his escape. There
appears to have been no cause for this wanton act
Of Copgas L thought TIT
Mr. Shears will recover but the recovery Of Cortnas
| by the officers is doubtful.
Trouble seems likely to arise from the removal Of
the Reserve Indians will be seen by the following
| from an officer Of the army: a
HEADQUARTERS CAM AT BRAzos AGENCY,
{
Maior-Information was received here last night
| that Mr.. Baylor was again coming with large or
| ganized force to attack this reserve. The report
was, that be would move up to his old camp on Rock
| Creek tomorrow, and attack us on Sunday and
that he would have one thousand or fifteen hundred
men, Although do not place much reliance upon
the report, still think it would be well, as pre-.
cautionary measure, to send q company Of cavalry
here, to remain few days, or until such time as the
| Indians are ready to be removed. 7
| have not time to enter nto details, but would re-
| mark as one OF my reasons for the above request,
that ex. Peace Commissioner Brown has arrived here
with about one hundred men in the State service,
and has encamped near the line of the Reserve, and
from the instruction he has received from the Gov
ernor of the State, "to prevent the Indians from
leaving them he Reserves) and to treat all Indians
found off the Reserves, unaccompanied by On agent,
or some responsible white man, as hostile" colli-
sion between his and the Indians is likely to oc.
me that it is necessary to send the latter off the Re-
serve to collect their stock preparatory to their
removal from the State. From this cause, affairs
here look more threatening now than at any pre-.
vious time. think the presence of a company of
cavalry would tend to prevent further difficulty,
and complication of affairs, which are to be avoided
if possible.
enclose with this paper containing the report
Of the Peace Commissioners, which you will perceive
is but little calculated to produce peace upon the
frontier and which believe to be one of the princi-
pal causes of the re-assembling of Baylor's force
will you have the kindness to return the paper by
the expressman?
signed i''' ''e'''nj j. II Il. PLUMMER,
Major GEO H. THOMAS "a cassy i Gam
Cooper, Texas.
The San Antonio Texan of the 23d says:
We learn upon reliable authority, that party 0
miles west of fredericksburg, Gillespie county, an,
stole number Of horses ,'and what is much worse
captured small boy of one of the settlers and tool
him captive with them.
The Galveston Civilian Of Monday says:
Hill, convicted Of the murder Of Lyons on tn
Galveston. committed suicide yesterday mornin
about daylight by hanging He and two othe
prisoners bad been all night endeavorng to break ou
OF jail, and had nearly succeeded. He had sawed o
. his irons with common table knife, which had bee
converted into saw for the purpose, effected hi
escape from his CELL and released two other prison
, ers from their irons and cells, and all three ha.
d nearly effected an opening through the oner wal
Wueu uayMeut hPpenteu, "nsn, uospaI,.s " ~
escape Hill returned to his cell and hung himself.
a The Indianola Courier OF the 23d says:
9 We have accounts of the most reliable charaete
o from almost every portion of Western Texas, an
assured that there has never been such prcspec
r for crops in this country beforeespecially the
IT ton crop-the rains not coming in time TO make fu
. crop OF corn in some Of our upper countless but
a this there will even be an abundance made. Th
crop of cotton planted this year Is much larger tha
that of any previous year, and it is but fair to est
u mate that If disaster bealls il before gatherir
II time, the yield will be more than doubled. "
g estimate that there will be from seventy.fve
q eighty thousand bales Of cotton shipped from O
hay-thls years crop. The country is healthy ever
Q where.
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