New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-04
Texas Intelligence.

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Onr exchanges throughout the State are again
complaining Of the severity Of the weather.
Though notas cold as it has been, stll the stock,
and especially the sheep have suffered greatly.
The Indianola Courier says Juan b. Gonzales
whose murder Of Nicholas Greivas we mentioned
the other day, has been arrested and is III cnstoy
to await his trial. The Courier learns that Gov.
Houston's proclamation and his ambassadors to
Cortina were not received with favor By the people
Of the Rio Grande.
The Galveston News Of Tuesday last says:
The House seems not disposed to take any action
on tho Governors message In relation to the South
Carolina resolutions.
We learn from DR.. Coffin, who arrived here from
Sabine Pass the other day that the Sabine river is
now in good navgable condition while the Nechea
has fallen again, after having been up only long
enough to enable the boats to make one trip.
We learn from good authority that VIM. &. Clau-
sen, Esq, conductor of the G. H. Il Fl. r. while
riding on the track of that road few days since
saw herd of deer, and having a new prize rife
in his hands, fired into them, and killed four at one
shot.
The Seguin Mercury has very severe article
condenlning Gov. Houston's attempt to supercete
the Courts of the State by extra judicial inquiry
into the crimes perpetrated by cortina, and by
eleyating this consummate outlaw {whose murders
have made widows and orphans on our frontier
and left them destitute and heIpless) to the dignity
of potentate by sending special ambassadors to
him, and corresponding with him privately. The
Mercurys article concludes as follows:
To render his policy the more shameful he has
indicted private letter. and forwarded it to him
by Capt. Hill! What, the Executive of Texas cor
responding privately with traitor, wholesale MUIR
derer, cut-throat and assassin? Do the annals Of
some Interior object in view i'll policy so extra
ordinary, but what good can result from such o
course we are unable to foresee.
From the San Antonio Texan of the 9Th ult. we
copy the following Indian news:
We are permitted to make the following extract
from letter by gentleman in Fort Mason to q
friend in town. The letter is dated Esd inst:
The entire available force of the two conlpa-
MES here out at this time after Indians as wen
the most of the citizens for twenty-five or thirty
miles in this vicinity. The Indians made foray
two or three days ago upon all the settlements
within circuit of twenty -four miles of this place
and have succeeded in getting of with some thirty
or forty animals that we have heard of and wonnd-
ing one man on the Lano river with two arrows,
and filling his horse as full as porcupine IS with
quilts.
have never known so great an Indian excite
ment on the frontier as found here on my return
home.
News came in from Camp Colorado this morning
that Lieut.. Fitz Lee, I'd Cavalry had oYertaken
party of Indians and killed two of them and cap
tured twenty-five head of horses. He had single
handed encounter with one of the Indians, andsuc-
ceeded in killing him.
am in hopes some of the parties that are ont
from here will overtake and chastise the depreia-
tors.
We are glad to find that Lieut. Lee is again in a
position to perform deeds of gallantry similar to
those by which he has already go greatly distin-
guished himself
Our readers will recollect that he was severely
wounded in Major Van Dorn's Indian expedition
upon that occasion he was struck by an arrow
which penetrated his breast, and on withdrawing
it, it was feared that the point was left in the
wound Had it been allowed to remain the result
would have been fatal. From the fact of his being
able to kill an Indian in single combat, we may
presume that he is fully recovered, and sincerely
trust that such is the case.
We learn that letter reached town yesterday,
which mentions that Mr.. Helgen, a citizen Of that
place, attacked and shot in the neck by party
Of Indians, at place few miles from Freaerieks-
burg. He was 20 severely wounded that it 10 not !
expected he viii recover. Mr.. Hebgen left san
Antonio some five or six days since for Fort Mason
It is stated that the Indians were scared by the
appearance of two travellers on the road, otherwise
VIZ. Il. would have been killed on the spot.