New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-14

Texas Isttea iatssse.

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From ths Galveston News d ne ION Vi sst.sst
Il the following: g @ss'
sl I'll or nsw railroad bridge dsy d it,
and back again, making nice little eri III rsay
Il four miles The work was nearly canznlsted .ss1
some the hundred Seet III strfngsrs being resirsa
viii be laid Immediately and We hosse Il ss - ssss
the shr shrek Of the locomotive ami Tie IuraI,et
/ ing Of car wheels In our midst The work u'ns,.
flie bridge has been executed III the rnoss sabsta
1 tial and credftabIe manner, and eSud means M
devised 70 protect the piles from The rayaaes of H.
| marine worms, twenty or more years wouds nasa
ere new bridge would be required me dfav
which Il about I 10 feet II length, and of greas
strength. IL 50 nicely adjusted that one nas only n
required ii open and close II. 77751
The water fin tEo-afIfrds or more Dir Tie distance
arpas the bay, f9s00 feet, or about 1000 feet less
than Two miles averages only about three feet in
depth, consequently an embankment could easily
be made for portion Of distance, leaving space
enough open to admit OF the ebb and flow 1f the
tide, Or the free passage Of the water during NJ
vere storm, M tlIis means tle piles wouid %
tected, and only the unprotected ones would ever
have 20 pc replaced. by some. ii ii thought that
an embankment would prove sucfl 4 barrier 10 fI1e
nee discharge of the bay, that sudden norsIer,
accumulated waters across the Island nto taae ftsf
thus causing THE destruction Of our FsBand but f
true. If 7eTT 81 "a
Il We would suggest that two 81 three good coatx
OF coal tar, put on hot, covering all the upper and
exposed portions Of the bridge, wonId add greatly
e iss durability, II not beauty. ts5A
Ing bridge has cost enr city $I00, O--fen dol
iafs ana .ofIy sITo cents per foot-and we doubt
net put what our citizens will be repaid fourfoId
Wlssia fle next fiTe years, BY the increased bust
ness derived thereby sss-s 8sSB 5Is7 @5s's$8s
The Democrat and Planter says Tie Houston Tan
and bfazorIa Raiiroad has already received from
the school Fund $40 $780, and suspects Tie Texas
Almanac q - esrar n stating that there was less
san q tlat fund remaining FOR The roads
west Of The Trinity. The AImanac gives simply
spage 22D the amounts paid ont To- tile several
railroads. namely s45a0[n ID tha Hnnstnns srd
penas aensral ssao nee " the b. p II Colorado
Kailroads and sss 900 to The Washington caunfv8
kailraatis making in ail $500 900 III Tie arnount
appropriated tor roads west of Tie Trinity ,1t
one million then there I'D but s9s ,00 81 I'M
appropriation remaining. .1'S' "
From the san Antonio Texan. IL H. Ill, q.
tract tle following paragraphs
We learn from gentleman inst n fy,,.,s -
willie, that intelligence had reached fiat taxr, slst
i party Of 2. a4soidefs had fight with lndianss
ABOUT ., hity mules above Camp Verde It Il stated
N s,aa aas n laeT passed within Aye es 81 Camp
we're pursued and overtaken ana one TnSar, kilie
y said that there were eight Indians IN NJ
U ~ Informant could give np further parteaIars
we presume the tight took place near tae Llano. n
We understand that LieaE Hazen 4
gallant fight with Indians has given him ssIch well
merlted celebrity II again il our city. I'VE regret
much e learn Tint he stiII suffers severely fom
hfs wounds and i i feared that lie win forever lose
TIE use Of one of his hands. He Il one whom In
cifizens should specially delight To honor ana Hit
wounds having been received ii his gallant defense
Ct our lives and property we would suggest that 4
meeting pc called, and d public demonstration
made on HI behalf He we'll deserves 1t Ut orr
hands and i may be Of service to his future proF-
/ poets. E''ss- 4 e Ct
| The Bolton Independent Of The It'll INIT. saw:
| Another heavy snow fell last Friday niirht. 80
that fhe snow has not been entirely oil The ground
| for i've weeks still we have had some beautiful
weather IN that time. We cannot record tie fa-
taiity among stock that our neighbors do although
some have died, but very small number, consit-
erihg thing. Our sheep raisers entertain HE
worst fears, although ~ vet have not Suffered
M much. such = winter has never been known Id
Texas, and it Is to be hoped never viii Sc again. NJ