New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-15
Texas Intelligence.
The Galveston News. Of Tuesday saws

lQe TdlVestOu NEWS, OI 1ueS0dy says.
The trial Of W. Hill before the q. s. District Court
for the murder Of W. W. Lyon, on board the steam
ship Matagorda, on the 4th day Of June ult, con-
sumed nearly all of last week. and after argument by
the District Attorney, Mr.. Mason, and Messrs. Jack
and Andrews, who were appointed by the court on
the Defense the case went to the jury on Saturday
with charge from Judge Watrous. It was not till
yesterday afternoon that the jury could agree upon
Hill is therefore convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, the only punishment for which, by our crimi
nal code, is death.
The Lavaca Herald. of the 9th, has the following.
We have had another week Of rainy weather, and
consequently very little has been done in this city
durisg the past two weeks. From all parts of the
State we hear of rains The cottoa crop, it is said
will be unusually fine and abundant The corn crop
in some few counties will prove failure.
The Dallas Herald, of the 9Th inst, says:
Copious showers of rain have fallen in various parts
of the county during the last week. The town Of
Dallas was visited at the same time with one of the
finest rains we have had during the summer. The
corn crop may be considered as made, and an abund-
ant yield expected.
From the Houston Telegraph, of the sth inst, We
extract the following:
We have to note a continuance Of the showery
weather spoken of last week, and its prevalence in
all parts Of the State We believe there is now no
place in Texas, with the single exception Of a few
plantations the coast in BraZoria county, where
enough rain has not fallen to secure good corn
crop, and to put the cotton well forward
Cotton is everywhere doing well. We hear OF bolls
opening in Gonzales county, and expect BY next
week or the week after to chronicle the appearance
of the first bale in market. How are our friends in
Fort Bend and Austin counties getting on with their
early crops?
Texas will make the biggest corn crop this year
she has produced, and if nothing happens the cotton
crop will be a magnificent one.
Trade in this city is tolerably good, indeed very
good for the season.
The Sherman Patriot learns that Major Rector will
shortly remove the Reserve Indians to the Choctaw
| lease, on the Canadian. 1t is spoken of as ans
country, and well watered.
| The San Antonio Ledger, Of the 9Th inst, says:
| Since the recent abundant rains, we understand
from our country friends that the crops and the grass
are looking up prodgiously, and now there is very
good prospect Of toerabs yield Of both cotton and
| corn.
The crops throughout the State except small sec.
tion of country around San Antonio, never bet
ter and persons at distance who design emigrating
| to Texas may rely upon it that they will find, upon
their arrival all the necessares OF life, abundant and
| cheap.
The Brownsville Flag has the following paragraphs:
The work of removing arms and muaitons from
this place to Brazos Santiago goes steadily forward.
In few days more those big and little guns. mortars
and howtzers those heaps OF shell, grape, canns-
ter and round those big droves of mules and long
strings of wagons I; those uniform lines, bayoneted
soldiers and genteel officers, will have left Fort
Brown In fact, most OF them commenced rolling
some time ago.
The forgery oud big swindle said to have been per-
petrated in Zacatecas by parties well known in West
ern Texas, shall receive at our hands full exposition,
should the facts when presented in taking
such course. The names Of the perpetrators shall
by no means be withheld. The amount involved, we
glad to learn, is less instead Of more than $780,
The price of stock has been gradually increasing
on the Rio Grande Tor years past recently however
it has taken quite rise in fact, everything in this
region of counry is rising; we know OF nothing that
is not having an upward tendency. But we com
menced speaking of stock First class Spanish mare:
by the lot be had at lesser rate than $40 pei
head whilst s25 asked for selected or picked ones
young aud entirely unb,oken, are by means asnnd
ant at from $40 to $40, whereas 50, $l2 and $lt
: were not long since the prices. Mules ranging
from $50 to $50 choice ones from $50 to SI5, witt
= an increasing demand.