New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-09
Texas yntc,ilgence.

places ene nall was eighteen inches useP'
The Seguin Mercury of The eth ult. says
The cotton crop of this county locks tolerasly
fair, and with rain in short time VII make hsii
crop On some farms the cotton is blooming. and
even boliing and the green and thrifty appearance
/ II presents, harbingefs heavier yield than some
anticipate.
| MIR. Thornhi living On the road from Brenhsrn
| to washington, informs the Ranger that ten acres
Of his cotton crop have been destroyed by the cut
worm, and his corn is completely ruined from the
irougti.
The BFenham Enquirer Of the sDtli nit says:
On Wednesday last the location of the depot of
the Washington county Railroad at this place WAS
determined, the lot owned by Mr. Hardin being Sc
lected.
The telegraph apparatus will soon be at work
in this place. The posts are being placed on the
route
The prospects of our planters are truly discourag
ing. A drought Of nine weeks, aided BY the south
ern winds ana scorching SUM- begins to tell Of the
| absence of corn and the starvation of stock.
The cotton plant is suffering materially fer the
want of rain and unless thatreduisite be had soon,
short indeed, will be the yield. Partial showers
Of rain have fallen in this county during the past
week, but not in quantities sufficient to prove bene-
/ fetal. li
A fine rain fell at Chapel Hill in the early part of
/ last week, with slight shower at Hampstead and
near it. Great suffering from want of water per-
1 Yades in some parts Of Austin county.
| The Liberty Gazette of the 29th ut. says that on
the 25th the farmers were favored with rain that
wet the ground three to four inches deep, benft-
| ing the crops considerably. Showers have since
fallen in other parts of the county, and several
1 farmers have commenced replanting corn. The
county will, Notwithstanding the drought produce
1 corn enough for home consumption. Cotton has
not suffered much, and promises well.
On the evening of the 9th, in Liberty county, a
man named McElsey was killed by his father-in-
law, D. NE. Whaiey. The latter gave himself mp
| and desires investigation. McElyey had twice
threatened to kill his wifes mother and the rest of
her family, presenting q gun at them.
A number Of citizens OF La Grange express their
| willingness to go to the Cherokee nation and help
the slave owners drive out the Abolitionists, who
have been creating such discord there. Texas
will have TO keep gigilant eye on the movements
of all whites coming into the State from the Chero
kee country.
Orderly Sergeant Cowan, Of Capt. Woods Ram
gers Col. Johnson's regiment, writes on the 10th
Of June to the Bonham Era. that the tardiness in
the departure Of the regiment from Belknap for the
Comancle country was oeeasioned by the long
delay in procuring supplies. The headquarters Of
the regiments summer operations will be near the
East end Of the Wichita mountains: its Post4office
Belknap.
The Weatbsrford News Of the 2Ith ult. publishes
the following account Of series Of gallant en-
counters with marauding indians BY d band Of six
Wl,its men !: q
BrcnASax CouyTY, June sS.-F Fa9o,. Heather
ford Neaes. The undersigned respectfully ask
that You viii publish the following report Of d
fight with the Indians.
JNo. r. BAYLOR, captsin n. e9lnnsndng g
On the I2th inst. 4 party Of Indians attacked Jo-
sephns aud Frank Browning, and killed the former.
heard Of the Circumstance the next day, and
went to see Frank browning, and ascertained from
him the particulars. soon satisfied myself that it
was party on their way mp the country who had
been below stealing. started in pursuit with five
men followed them for three days, aud until the
fourth day about 10 o'clock. saw three horses
that the Indians had left saw, from examining
the camps, that they would return. i determined
to waylay them. and kill those who returned and
take the chances of getting the balance. / had
not remained more than fifteen OF twenty minutes
in ambush when two indians rode up--but instead
OF coming back on the trail they came another
route, and we did not see them until they were
within two hundred yards of US. We mounted and
gave chase as soon as possible, but owing to the
start the Indians got we had to run them two miles
before we caught the hindmest one who was killed.
passed him, and tried to the foremost one,
but found his horse gaining me and he would
get away, dismounted and shot at him three
times with revolving rifle, but don't know with
what effect, the Indian OFF. He was mounted
on splendid American horse, shod all around,
and am certain was a Wichita Indian
took the trail back, as our horses were broken
down., knew it was useless to attempt to overtake
the main party, as they had fifty horses and could
easily outride us, animals being iaded as they
were Phe next day, early in the morning, we dis
covered another party of seven Indians coming in
the trail, with lot of horses. We gave chase and
ran them near four miles, overlook them on Paint
creek, where they dislnounted and gave us fight
We did the same, and Killed six of their number
One well mounted on fine horse made his escape.
These were Comanches.
then continued to follow the trail back. suppo-
Sing would meet with other parties on their re.
turn. Late that evening we discovered the third
party, consisting Of six men. We hid our loose
horses In the head OF rayine, and started meeting
the Indians. They were crossing a valley. and We
were on the top OF mountain up which they were
bound to come. We met Just on the brow of it,
and charged them !; they dismounted and began
tile fight evidently determined to fight for their
horses, VIZ dismOented and in ten minutes had
killed three and wounded the balance. am con-
fident that not single one escaped that was not
badly wounded, and TWO out Of three can't posi-
bly, survive, and none of them would have left the
ground but for young warrior who staid to de-
fend one that Yves shot down and as he charged,
first one and then another il was sometime before
lie was Killed, although his body was completely
ridded with bullets.
By the time we got the horses we had left and
drove them 10 those we had captured it was get
1 ting dark. We found to our astonishment that
there was not ammunition enough to load our
/ arms, and Just at this time saw IN the distance
three other parties Of Indians coming with mum
Der Of horses, bus we were compelled to let them
pass unmolasted- bat it was with deep regret as
We could have easily whipped them and recovered
| the horses.
| This fight was south of the Clear Fork Of the
/ Hrazos, about fiye miles, and about twenty miles
southwest Of Camp Cooper
1 determined 20 return by the Post and notify the
i commanding officer, SO that he could follow those
that we had seen, as our horses were broken down
and we had no ammunition. did So and marty
i Of troops were dispatched early next morning on
i the trail.
ITecovered, in all, thirty head OF horses, nearly
all Of which were fine American animals they had
| evidently been recently stolen from some Of the
lower counties, and they must have had eensid-
cradle number Of them, we did not see all the
| Indians.
1 The last fight was with Waco Indians | know
| them too well to be mistaken. We heard them,
talk during the fight and one Of my men who has
lived among them and knows them we'll. spoke in
Waco to one that was shot down, aud the Indian
answered him in the same language have in nv
possession nine scalps, and the bows, quivers,
Waco shield, Comanche lance and many smaller
articles, that any one can see. Some OF my men
are not well enough acquainted with the Indians to
tell the difference between the different tribes but
two OF them are, and In addition to this send the
4 certificate of Mr.. Musgrove who has lived on both
the upper and lower Reserves who knows two of
the horses well and testifies that thew were owned
by the Reserve Gomanches. .as055
have no motive In wishing to Law upon the Re-
/ serve Indians blame fbav tla p6f dncaYrn ms