New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-13
: Texas Essssistxsnse.


me Houston Republic Of Saturday Liant giBsa ihe
Following account d very destructive IRE i'd thas
city: @
This morning. af half pxas il. tl,are sv1z 4 tsrrf
ne alarM Of Ere. The hss broke ouk over liza
eank, m Hudgpeth's ressaskznt, corner 81 Hair
and congress atseets- The buildngs hetnx Of In
namase material Il soon spread IL IN afr1cfjarss
ul sonle thlTty houses were er9xIoHe1 n 4 atey5
81 flames. The FIRE crossed Mafn stsS4e il ~Ssst
Po ss On, q two blocks burned M essaa1s sess
/ Z ,; Latham, 10000; j. n Morris, 34a60es j.
Bfemond, so 009; ~ J. Hay. 6SJ19o: n.
rleishman, IS 90 Jamea d. Evans, q 90: ". 4.
80 900; & g. Tsis, si70oo; q b s,ssorv ss n M a,
Judge Gray, n 60; Telegraph 0f|sss ~ - 55sh
ertaon, 8 66o DowIing 8 10 AZ ssss rs s
rras E aaarss s Il soo e. nsoss
ger q Cyrus, ss o0o; Capt cuttsr, as ,655 TSssr
Fioeck, SO 900; Coleman, 81 Be0 Dsasf Ea55ss
$500 Otto, prsster, q sooos Baks 1emefnSa
1900; Burk II ConIiin, goods damaged
Many other persons suffered j; among shens MI.
z. A. Palmer, Messrs. Cone, GoldshR9ite. Brady
Aasterson, T.. F.. Gray, Judge Gray, Hueklcxs axo-
GER, and many others sustained osaes ressseIne
& There are nearly two sqrsrcs lii rnias, xud many
persons thrown ont of business. n
The Republic has the following:
Edward Foley, member Of the City Pesice,
was killed while IN the discharge u his duty, W
Michael Flock. The excitement Il great agaznst
quest has been held and verdics OF Nilfnf mue1<r
returned The deceased Was native 0f Ireland,
and good officer. He was Killed BY sMo ~
a ssas made sP 8 s ss Pass Esy 49,
diately. So q s sisSsssss
! From the Galveston News of easarday lasl ~
extract the following Ssssstss 1.
There has been fair degree II aetfv5fy II eeze
raj business; the transactions IN cctt9n, toBHvex
were under the influence Of dstxust in IL &tnhfty
-Ek IL ~KxX
estimates Of the early part Of the season. e far,
European accounts are favorable, and trade u
manufactures appears to be more active than &Sex,
at prices which give very large profit e ~ sptG
ner. There seems to be no good reason ~ e4p<ct
falling Off OF demand, or . reduction hi price of
the raw material, except for the les dcsirahSe
grades Of trashy, sandy and dusty Gotten, which
represent large share Of the excess of the erou
The weather has been favorable. ana - hear
cheering accounts from the interior, especially
from Western Texas, where the spring rains
which have been missing for several zeaz9ns, have
re-appeared.
Trinity river accounts are NOT satisfactory. The
rain has again proven Of short darAtipil. The
steamer Lone Star, with cargo At cotton hss
| been snagged and sunk, and the steamer 6man
made jettis0n of part of her cargo Whife ne Incy
Gwin and Sulphur made good delivery. number
| Of fatboats had made good their descent ID The
mouth Of the river.
CoTroS- Our last report closed on i weak mar
ket, and under accounts of duIIness in Kew Or
leans and the other home markets, Light hu5insss
was done on Saturday, the salea amounting to
about 600 bales.
The Austin intelligence furnishes The fcll wing
;,,.v.o '7ssEs 81 U =
AAissaA'5sss - ss -
General Houston has ordered capt kesef Tom
llnson, who was IN every light np6n the Aao
Grande. and wrote meme of the letters FROM tie
battles n % raise picked company u fsfty men,
and TO hunt and pursue me Indians on me frUntes
wherever to be found. Capt TomiInson u - bF@ye
man and as good an Indian Hghtsr ~ ever
cracked rnie, Al give nm me csedit g Deaag
the pest fronfiersmAn extani -
| A dispatch has been reserved ~ me A1Eezner
from Capt; Ford commanding klo 6fsade s9nAd-
ron, dated at camp hosafsos FEB. xtnks kzon
this we gather that II has been asceFtained beyond
doubt, that the enemy were tAen ~ ~ Meaa,
opposite to- and within six miles q 0aln2 keaazio,
with considerable force. Late operations lave
given Mexican citizens on thh side of 90 Rio
Grande confidence, md they hage, some 0f shem,
returned to their homes and business.
Capt Litteton has Just returned from Edinnngr
and i Is reported there fhat Cortlna nas MADE
mora now absent such mHFIQWx The YEE6