New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-01
Texas Intelligence,

From the Galveston News of Saturday last we ex.
tract the following
We were favored with call yesterday from s. w.
Smith, ESD, editor of the Gonzales Inquirer, who
was on his way to New Orleans. Mr.. Smith speaks
in high terms of the prospects for fine crops in his
county, and showed US cotton boil full grown,
which was raised within mile or two of the town
OF Gonzales. He also informed us that Wesley Nor
rison, a planter in his county, had five hundred
acres, all as far advanced and which promised an
abundant yield when he left. 1t is truly encouraging
to receive such favorable accounts from all parts OF
the State.
We learn from Mr.. Thomas this morning that
very destructive tornado swept over portion of
Wharton, the west part of Fort Bend aud Brazoria
counties, on Sunday last, about P. NJ 1t lasted
about three-quarters OF an hour. The wind blew
from little north OF west and commenced its de-
struction near Mr.. Thomas Thatcher's, on Peach
creek, destroying nearly all of Mr.. Ttatchers cotton
and and prosrating the heaviest timber in its
course 1t next swept over the plantations of the
two brothers, Messrs. Myers, Mrs Crisa Capt r. j.
Caiders, hr. j. Menard's and Mr.. Damon's near the
Bernard. How many others may have suffered, Mr..
Thomas has not learned but says the crops of these
plantations have been almost totally destroyed, and
all the timber, fences, ETC., prostrated These unfor
tunate sufferers have already commenced plowing to
re-pant but their prospects for crop at this late
day are of course very gloomy. Mr. Thomas thinks
the track of the tornado is not over hreequarters of
mile wide The wind Was accompanied with q
shower of hail stones Of the largest size compelling
those exposed to flee for shelter.
The News publishes letter from Huntsville of
the 24th. The writer says:
Reports this morning from the Trinity, are very
favorable as the river is still rising, and hopes are
now generally INDUCED that it will continue in
navigabe state for some time yet.
Crops have improved very much, and with the
exception of field here and there, no trace of the
frost can be seen in the lower counties In Wharton
Colorado, Bastrop Fayette, Washington, Austin and
Crimes everything looks better than | have ever
seen it at this time of the year. Should the result
prove favorable the Indications we will have
by far the largest crop ever produced in Texas.
Summers upon US; when | write the thermometer in
the shade is at $50 Lord pity the poor travellers at
| this time.
| The San Antonio Herald of the 25th says:
We learn from Mr.. Giddings that Lieut.. Hazen had
fight with the Indians about twenty five miles above
Fort Clark, killing four, including chief. The
Indians came right into the Fort.
letter Of the sth Of May from Birdyille, to the
Rusk Enquirer, gives full account of the devasta.
tion caused by high water on the Clear Fork and
West Fork of the Trinity river:
But the most heartrrendng of all things yet heard
or known, was the drowning of eight persons, within
short distance of this place. and it is to be feared
that still other deaths have occurred at points further
| west and north.
! Mrs. Gwynn and young man from North Carolina
on visit to the country, and intending to start in
the morning for the old North State, were drowned
on the north prong of Bear Creek near the line of
Parker and Tarrant. Mr. Gwynns house and I'M
provements were carried off, and it was with diff.
Guilty that lie saved himself and other members of
the family.
| On Mays creek, about miles west of Fort Worth
everything belonging to E, B. Criswe was carried oif
and sadder sadder still to relate, his wife and five
children were drowned. So sudden and unexpected
was the rush Of water, that where his house Stood
high and dry in the valley, the rise of seven to ten
feet bore off the house before single one of the in
mates could escape and the log house, with its shed
additions, was swept down by the current and when
Mr. Criswell, with his wife and eight children and a
young man staying with them, endeavoring to
secure themselves from destruction, by taking posi-
ton on the highest part of the house, the building
broke in pieces the roof fell in and the wife and five
children, the Oldest young girl just verging into
Criswel by powerful effort, saved himself aud three
of his children not, however, without beHg very
much injured, and the young man rescued, with
out reason, and it is feared will remain lunatic.