New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-17
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Texas Intelligence.

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Texas Intelligence.
From the Galveston News Of Saturday last we
extract the following
regular geaainss nsxther Is upou nj. neeessf-
tating winter clothing and Suggesting Ares IL il
not too Geld, however, to be uncomfortable. and
the bracing, exhlarating effect Of The dry clear
atmosphere ia really delightful.
Our last weeks report left The cotton market
firm with an upward tendency. The hrisk IHsannd
then noticed has been maintained again during tiis
week. and the transactions amount 10 1908 Sales.
Of which 100 bales changed hands on Saturday,
100 Monday, $50 Tuesday 607 "Wednesday 500
Thursday, and SIG yesterday. Prices have adj
vanced materially in consequence Of improved
accounts from abroad.
| In our market a large business would have been
done but for the high prices asked by some factors
and it the supply were larger than It has been.
The quality OF our receipts, which continue to be
liberal, Is falling of considerably, and Is showing
itself in some lists to large extent which cfrcum
stance thus early in the season, would lead to the
conclusion that many Of our planters have paid
but little regard to the lessons of last season,
unless, indeed, this evil be really unavoidable,
which few are willing to admit.
The receipts of the week foot up 1909 bales; the
exports $3.50 bales leaving stock ID presses and on
| shfpboard not cleared, II, Ito bales.
| The Palestine Advocate Of the Cd ssys plenty Of
rain had fallen there for the four Gays preceding
and it continued to RAIN with fair prospects Of .
rise In the river.
1 LIE Chtc StuHtJ tssnS VI tES
The weather at the present writing il oppres-
sivelY warm for this season OF the year and We
| looking and hoping for noTther. The rascaify
| mosquitoes, too, are unremitting IN their hungry
| assaults upon our person.
The San Antonio Herald Of tie Isth hss liz fol-
| lowing:
Business in our city is beginning to aaeune quite
4 a lively appearance. Our numerous merchants
| are receiving large supplies Of fall and winter
goods, and the country trade is consequently re-
viying. Customers are coming in freHl the sur
rounding towns, and even Chihuahua and Arizona
deal largely in our market.
The fail rains, which came 30 oppcrtuneIy and
80 abundantly have gladdened The face q nature,
abundance, and those OF our planters and farmers
who were almost discouraged, are how satisfied
that our climate and soil, when properly unaef-
stood, are as good as they could desire.
In the Austin rntelIigencer we find the following
| account of desperate scout in search Of maraud
ing Indians which Col. johnson has undertaken
/ with his small command
Dispatches dated North Fork of Red river, Sept.
O. 1860, have been received from Col. johnson.
ii will be seen that the little command now under
Col J. has gone far into the Indian country. Since
Col johnson has joined his command he has con-
Quoted the campaign vigorously. If he meets now
with any formidable band Of Indians his command
may be entirely cut up but we predict hand
fight first. He says:
; a0ur entire force consists now OF about one hum
bred and eighty men, under Capts. Boss Woods,
Fitzhugh and johnson.
.The entire command have drawn their rations Of
-four, coifee and salt for the month Of September.
| We have rations of the same for twenty-five or
thirty days for October now loaded up In three lit
= tie company wagons, and ready for the march.
aCapt. Thomas j. johnson, with about as or 90
. men, will take charge of the wagons, and march
to OF near point designated on the map for him
to go to- high up the Salt Fork of this river and
there wait for the command have orders and
will head scout for thirty days with 40 men, the
Z entire remainder of the command. We leave to-
morrow merning our contemplated route is north,
I near the Antelope Hills, to the North Canadian
river; thence west up that river to the western
= boundary of the Panhandle thence south to the
" head of the Musquite Fork of South Canadian,
7 down that stream and thence southwark to the
head of Red river to where we expect 70 meet up
/ with the wagons again. We are prepared for and
expect to make d scout Of thirty days. Then, Il
our horses are able for the trip, contemplate an
other scout west and south, by way OF the peunle
e Mountain regions, to Belknap, where will dis
I. charge the command. AS to our chances for find
ing Indians, can only say, that if there is any
upon the soil of Texas, near enough to it to be
within reach of our means of travel, that we are
determined to find and punish them, or perish In
4, the effort. 5sss5
III am happy to say to your Excellency thateverJ
man that goes on the trip now, are those that are
g willing to take the desperate chances OF subsist
y ence on bread and Coffee and what wild meat can
be killed. certainly would not force the men To
make such q scout as contemplate, without
rations, but they do it willingly, We all think thai
:, buffalo will be plenty in many places, and we have
= no fears of starving. Those who claimed It have
: been discharged under yonr orders. 1 do moi
understand your order of the 4th ult. as being
peremptory TO discharge the regiment, but to SONS
extent discretionary with myself. In the exercise
of that discretion / feel it to be my duty to tht
public interest to make the scouts as have
arranged to do M. T. Johnson