New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-03
Texas Intelligence.
the Galveston Civilian Of Taesdav last

The Galveston Civilian of Tuesday last says 1:
At the close of our last review we stated that the
market closed with an advancing tendency, under
favorable advices from abroad. On Monday some
buyers came forward and took 100 bales; on
Tuesday 1856 bales changed hands; Wednesday
5l7 bales Thursday $50 bales Friday 80 bales;
and to-day 20 bales making total for the week Of
3ll3 bales, at higher prices. and in accordance
with our quotations below. The demand until Fri
day was quite active, but fell off during the last
two days OF the week, and to-day, in expectation of
further advices from abroad, business was entirely
checked.
The Ranger says that Dir. Millican, of Brazos
county in fit of insanity, caused by hard drink
ing, jumped from the third story window Of Lofts
hotel in Washington last week, and was instantly
killed.
A shocking tragedy took place in Lavaca county
a few days ago. The Lone Star gives the follow
ing account Of the affair:
man by the name Of Garrett, who it seems
was despeTado, having qnarreled with one Pare
hadshot and wounded him, Page thereupon sWore
to take his life. Garrett was apprehended by off
Ger Hill, and while in his custody, the two were
fred upon from thicket Garrett was killed and
Hill severely wounded. The parties who commit
ted the deed. whoever they were fed, but dogs
were put upon their trail, which traced them to
Amenaker's Both Page and Amenaller were APP
pretended, but the former made his escape. Tie
other taken to private house for safe keeping
during the night, and guard placed over him.
Some time late in the night mob rushed in,
seized their victim and dragged him from the house
he all the while begging for his life. Several heavy
| blows were heard by the witnesses. His cries be
| came feebler and at length ceased. In the morn
ing pool of blood was found not far distant from
the door, and traces of the same for some distance
TO where the body was found suspended to the liml
/ of tree. There were buggy tracks from thu
house to the tree, and it is supposed the dead body
4 which was considerably mutiated, had been drawn
Tlnh hal
the tree for that purpose. The skull had been bro
4 ken, and the face otherwise disfgured.
Several arrests had been made.
| The Centeryille Times says:
A gentleman who has just returned from triI
to Burnett gives glowing account of the pros
poets OF crop in that section of country. He says
that he saw lots of wheat up, which was in healthy
| condition; that the planters had machinery fol-
reaping wheat and were doing business on large
scale This is prairie country, and our informant
says that the people were settling i'm the open pra
ries, without stick of timber of any kind near
Them for the purpose of raising sheep, fine breeds
of which were being driven into that and the sur.
rounding counties in large numbers He saws that
biscuits and beef are plenty; that they have nc
corn bread and would willingly exchange some OF
| their flour. pound for pound, for meal. From
his description, it is thriving as well as beauti
| fu portion of our State.
| The Weatherford White Man reports Indians
| depredating in Jack county.
| The citizens Of Jack Young and Palo Pinto
counties arc building fine office OF stone for the
White Man. at Jackshoro, which they design pre.
senting to the propretors of that paper This is q
| token of good will rarely equaled, and is sub
stantial endorsement Of the course, as well as
acknowledgment of the services Of Capts. Hammer
1 and Baylor, in the cause of frontier defence.
| The White Man calls upon the lower counties tt
| equip companies of young men for the Grand Bnf
| falo Hunt. This hunt is an Independent ranging
expedition against the Indians. twill be in charge
| of active and experienced frontiersmen and will
/ N n.
to see little of life beyond the frontier.
| We gather variety of items of interest from the
| White Man of the 18th inst.
| Col. M. T. Johnson, commander of the late State
regiment has left the State service in disgust and
his men have been discharged. On their very last
expedition under his orders, the Indians crept into
| his camp, took off 53 of his best horses and left
| his men, destitute of shoes, to find their way on
foot to Belknap, enduring much privaton.
This regiment was got up by GOV. Houston to
| repel, pursue and punish the depredators on the
frontier. 1t has cost the State nearly if not quite
$50n,1G0, and that is all it has done while the few
| small, independent companies of citizens, under
Col. Baylor, Capts Hammer and Curenton, have in
| the same period, and same region Killed In fair
| fight 20 depredatng Indians.
The citizens of Buchanan county have held a
| meeting, to take steps to remove all persons OF
| bad character, horse thieves, Indians aud their
abettors, and ab0litionists. The notorious Meekes
and Bevins families were notified to leave Buchan-
| an county and the adjoining counties within five
! days The citizens of the adjoining counties were
invited to assist IN carrying ont this plan.
The citizens of Pale Pinto county held an in
dignation meeting on the l4th inst, protesting
against the recent appointment by the Governor Of
L. r. Ross, of McLennan county, as captain of a
company of mounted Rangers, with headquarters
at Fort Belknap They assert that he is unfriendly
to the frontiersmen and friendly to the Reserved
Indians; that he will not afford the former proee-
ton; and that he has been sent there to protect
the murderers of Collins and King and the Reserve
nj 10 AGn 4ftDntH "A
to withdraw from that frontier.
The citizens Of the various counties appear to be
IN earnest and united IN devising plan for protec
tion and to punish the Indians, since they got so
little help from the Federal or State Government.
The Indians have been down in jackson county
and near Jaeksboro tried to cut off Mrs Laud.
man; but her screams called two citizens to her
aid and the savages fled.
The White Man says the rost oak mast win prove
failure. The crops Of wheat, barley and rye are
in good condition, and large quantities have been
sown; but the grasshoppers have appeared in
hordes. Stock is in excellent condition and the
range very fine.