New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-29
Nsb 0rIeaus 4aiIp Grsstsut.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY BY THE NAILS
Texas Intelligence.

4 The Galveston News says:
The Washington county Railroad, as we stated
/ few days ago, is now opened, and passengers are
ticketed to and from the west bank Of the Brazos
river. The ears from this city now take passen-
gers daily to and from Houston, and by the Wash-
ington county road they are also taken direct 70
and from the west bank Of the Braz0s.
From the commercial article in the News d
Saturday last we extract the following:
Our market has worn rather heavy appearance
during the pastweek. The expectation that Trinity
river would open for steamboat navigation has
again been disappointed by accounts Of cessation
OF the rise, and with few visitors from the interior
and light deliveries Of produce, business in all
4 branches has been Inactive
/ The weather has been changabIe. On Monday
4 night we had heavy rain and severe gale which,
however, has not done material damage, and wound
up with norther and cool weather. s
4 CoTToN-Tbe continued favorable adyices from
Europe still distrusted by operators account
OF the liberal receipts in the ports, which indicate
| much larger extent Of the crop than estimates
/ which were current month ago. The deliveries
in all ports are now $50 900 bales in excess Of last
year, being over 400 900 bales and the figure Of
4 four and quarter millions Of bales has become an
| inside estimate. The supply Of cotton on factors
tables is pretty large but consists mostly of grades
4 under low middling, and we have been able to
effect sales OF mddling and higher class at last
| weeks quotations. Ordinary Cotton is offered at
1 reduced rates Sales Of the week amount to about
5000 bales, of which third by Houston samples.
/ Lie news publishes tue fUliOM1HS eAtTaEJ ul u
letter from BIanco county, giving an account Of
engagement with band Of marauding Indians
| started after those Indians the day Won were
here, and followed them nearly to Fort Mason.
| Our horses then gave out, and i went to Fort
| Mason, obtained fresh horses, and followed them
to the San Saba river. The latter horses gave out
! then also wherenpon returned to the Fort, APP
1 piled to Capt. Janson, who gave me twelve men,
| and furnished me and Thomas B. Ives with two
other horses. We then started again. and followed
them up the country, le5 or $50 miles, as far as
Kickapoo creek, where we came upon them and
charged them but they being too strong for rs,
we retreated about one hundred yards. There
were eighteen Indians we charged upon them
four times more, and had two of our horses killed
and five or six of them wounded We came upon
them at about / O'Clock, and fought them until
o'clock. They got three pack mules and 20
days ratons; 20 we had to starve three days and
nights before we could get anything to eat. We did
| not loose man; only one-Thomas B. Ives-was
slightly wounded. We recaptured all Of Midde's
and Freases' horses. The Indians fought like wild
cats, think that we killed Or wounded all but
four or five out of eighteen, as there but that
number to be seen when we left We know of
four that were killed. was gone ten days before
returned home. The Indians have stolen nearly
all the horses in Gillespie county.
From the Austin Intellgencer OF the 22d we ex-
tract the following:
Llano county, informs us that party of Indians
have been down in that county stealing all the
i horses.
4 We learn also, that Captain Conner's company
! reached San Saba, and will commence active ope.
rations as soon as the grass rises.
NJ The Governor has received more than so appli
cations from gentlemen desiring to raise yolnn.
teers. The citizens of Palo Pinto and Burnet conn.
ties, knowing that no appropriations have been
! made to meet the emergency, have expressed a
! willingness to raise companies and to depend on
y the Legislature for pay The Governor has advised
that companies of volunteers be raised and officer
/, | ed frontier comfy. md that a of
espionage be agreed upon, and in case of alarm
that pursuit be given and the invaders and thieves
whether Indians or whites in the garb Of Indians,
be exterminated An account Of actual services
= will be kept, and the Governors Recommendation
!, for payment will be given. There are already
nine organized companies in the field. These viii
Is exhaust the appropriation in three months,
: The San Antonio Herald publishes the following
10 interesting official report by Captain Richard W.
Johnson, I'd Cavalry, of recent scout and engage
ment with Indians. 1t is dated Fort Mason, Feb.
LIZ ruary Is:
ID On the 30th ult. left this port with three non
ct commissioned officers and thirty-seyen privates o.
W companies Az and sF,'' I'd Cavalry rationed fol
ct, ten days. proceeded to the head of the Norti
N, Concho, by the way of San Saba. Brady's ant
Kickapoo creeks. but saw no Indians or any reeen
35 trails. From the Concho went into Fort Chad
Is, bourne, where | supplied my men with rations
nd while here found that twenty-six of my horses
4, were too weak to make ten days scout So sen,
- took the remaining twenty men, for the purpose
NJ of examining the country lying between tie Colo
eft, RADIO and Concho 1 left Fort Chadbourne on the
18th inst, and encamped that night on the Coora-
by do. On the following morning took southeast
RS course, and after very fatiguing march over
e mountains and rivers found trail of fourteen
az animals coming south. followed it until O'Clock
P. NJ, when ] halted at the Concho, and grazed
my animals for an hour. At 4 o'clock resumed
IS the march, and continued on the trail until dark
ct There being no grass at this point, marched
until o'clock, in the direction of the trail hoping
to find water and grass, but was compelled to en-
camp without either. At daylight on the follow.
q ing morning was in the saddle and on the trail
! at 10 O'Clock halted on Kickapoo creek to Craze
Ia my animals and prepare breakfast. Here I re
. manned two hours, when again took the trail. in
is tending to march until dark and expecting to fine
! the Indians early on the following morning OF
: Brady's creek; but contrary to my expectations
d on the evening of the 18th instant, before sun
down, came upon them encamped in denst
! chapparal | at once cut off their animals flour
teen in number1 and charged upon the chapparal
\ but being unable to reach the Indians on horse
back, dismounted my men and prepared to fight
It on foot. Taking twelve men, I approached them
E firing whenever an Indian could be seen; in this
way one Indian was certainly killed and two NOR.
: tally. wounded. 1t was now so dark could do
a nothing, so leaving half the men to guard the
place encamped the remaining and animals
intending to resume the attack at daylight. During
t the night we had terrible Storm and it was 50
dark that the Indians could easily escape, which
they did, on foot, leaving no trail.
Private Arthur ]. OiNeil, of Company F, was
wounded by rifle ball in the first CHARGE
t The place where / found the Indians seems to
have been fayOrite resort for them for some time
! 1t is a Pecan grove with very dense underground
I which Is covered with wild vines, through which
one cannot pass nor see. In the center and cir
conference is depression in the ground in which
there is a small spring On three sides they have
cut the banks down so that they can stand in the
battoon without exposing their persons. The
fourth side is completed with logs and brush. The
e entrance to this point is by narrow path with
oyerhanging bushes and yines through which one
+ at time only can pass. The spring furnishes only
small quantity of water; when it is full it runs
into small pond made for the purpose, and in this
way all the water is saved. There is no other
water within eight miles.
There can be no doubt that white men were en-.
gagged with these Indians. When charged upon
the camp heard two persons within speaking the
English language too fluently to be Indians. This
party was armed with horns, rifles and six
$ shooters.
/ The Marshall Republican of the 18th gives the
: following account Of murder in that place:
On Monday morning last, q little after daylight
! George Dellardt, butcher, who has shop on III,
: public square, was killed by j. Zembrod Dellard
was sitting behind his counter, when Zembrod en-
tered, and, without saying word, shot him. Tn,
ball passed through the feshy part of his arm an,
entered the body in the region of the heart. Del
. lard advanced to the door, which he reached. AM
fell out upon the pavement, dead. Zembrod wa
arrested and committed to jail. He was subse
uupntlv hrouuht befnra Macrrc Inbpc+ar e. C,,rt;,