New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-11

Texas Intelligence.
From the Galveston Newsof Saturday last we e
tract the following:
Mr.. Adriance informs us that the section Of the
7. B. r. R west of the BRACES river Is now grade
nearly to the Bernard, and the work in Matagord
county is progressing under the contracts given on
Contracts will be given out for Wharton county in
short time. The road from Houston Is now con
peted on the first section twenty-seven and three
fourth miles, over which distance the cars are rur
ming daily, loaded with sugar and molasses.
We are pleased to publish the following statemen
of the earnings of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos an
i Colorado Railway Company for April, during wbic
month the road has been run to the temporary sta
ton at the Bernard fifty miles:
Earnings itsn p Isssas and mails
Toal. Sill ls6 80
This is about 100 per cent. increase over the aver
age monthly earnings of the road to Richmond, thir
| ty.two miles, during the past year.
The freight consisted of 1855 bales cotton, Isl OH
feet lumber and 4S9 bundles and sacks of sundries
The Gonzales Inquirer of the sOth ult. ays:
The frost Of the 22d inst as far as we can learn
we'll as in Guadalupe, Caldwell, Lavaca, Dewitt
Bastrop, Colorado and Others nearly all Of the ole
corn-about half of the whole crop-was killed, bu,
the young was not The cotton crop, we are pleased
TO say, escaped almost entirely uninjured. On the
Braxos however, and in the region from Victoria te
the Bay accounts say that all the cotton and corn
were killed. The gardens in this vicinity suffered q
good deal, but the fruit was not hurt Repanting ID
now going on quite brskly and past experience tells
rs that there is yet plenty Of time to make bountul
crops. On the 18th Of April, ls49, there was kill.
ing frost, notwithstanding which excellent crops
were made that year. We await with considerable
anxiety accounts from other States.
writer in the Crockett Printer, speaks of the ex-
istence, in that vicinity Of very dangerous and for
midable gang Of horse thieves counterfeers, ETC.,
and says one Of the gang has been spprehended and
put in Lvinston JAIL named johnson. He thinks
efforts will be made to effect his rescue by bis associ
ates.
The Austin Gazette says that the Indians lately
killed James Holden on the Clear Fork of the Brazos
Twenty-seyen arrows were taken from his body.
We learn from the San Antonio Texan that an I'M
fortunate difficulty occurred on Lake Greek, a few
days since, between DR.. Henry ParneI and John
Loggins. Esq, in which both parties were seriously,
though il is hoped not MORALLY wounded. Knives
were the weapons used, and some neighborhood mis-
understanding the cause of the difficulty.
The Texan has the following:
We learn from person who has been sojo1rning in
Mexico for the last few weeks that the proclamation
OF General Twggs 10 reference to persons supposed
produced great excitement among our Mexican
neighbors along the border. At Morales some thirty
or forty miles from the Rio Grande, they have been
drilling the natives for weeks Every old musket has
been secured up, and every ancient relock has been
dragged from the cobwebs Of the garrett and been
put in working order and ready for military dsty.
So great was the enthusiasm at one time, on hearing
That the lihusters had landed, that some 600 tceH
drilled Mericans were on the eve of starting in pur-
suit Of the wild 4mercan0s who invading their
country. Most Of their old guns had flint locks, and
general thing dangerous to stand behind
than before one of them. They seemed to be greatly
disappointed when they discovered that the great
alarm proved false, and probably ere this most of
them have turned their attention again to herdipg
goats and cock fighting.
We learn also that during the time of the excite.
ment seventeen Americans were forbid crossing the
Bio Grande into Mexico being suspected Of belonging
TO the filibusters.
The Bolton Independent furnishes the following ex
specimen of snake story
From one Of our scouting parties, we learn the |
blowing particulars relative to q snake seen BY |
APT. Mcmillan and twelve Of his men, on the head
Faters OF the Cowhouse Their attention was first
rawn to it BY an extraordinary stencil, that could
ct be accounted for. The men for amusement were
bling rocks from the high cliffs, when they heard
range noise, unlike anything they had ever heard
efore. They at once began to Search and soon
ound cave from which it proceeded. The company
hen at once advanced near as they could for the
nell, after which the Captain clasped his nose with
lis hands and proceeded within about twelve feet of
he monster. He says 1t looked to be about thirteen
+ fourteen feet long and as large as his body. Its
attles were broader than his three fingers. and |
vhen rafting could be heard for one mile. He said |
lie could lay his hand fiat between his eyes and see |
hem on either side they were about the size Of |
quirrels eyes. He stood as long as he could hold
lis BREADTH and when be started back he sackened
lis hold on his nose slightly, for the purpose of
'reathing, when he fel. as though he could hardly |
tand up. He says the strongest hartshorn is futile
Then compared to his bref" This is surely a |
snake story" and we must credit what we have
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