New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-07
Hscvs zEoaston 70 the War Department.
The5 NsW FORK Herald of the LIT inst. publishes

Ih6 HSW FORK Herald ~ the Ist inst publishes
AZ fdllBNia8 rom IL washington correspondent:
DinpatQhes were received BY the Secretary Of
Mas tpd1 ffosA Governor Houston. dated Exeeu-
tire snBgtf1eats Atstll, Texas, April IA, 1850.
GcXeInQr Houston says be Is actuated by a sense
Of duty W well as impelled BY the helpless CON.
diti0M8 &hH Texan frontier people ito again ad-
dress Tho War Department. He says the regular
txoops nsslsss lp lighting The Indians. because
A8ht such foe. While he considers II ridiculous
~ fAln &oting the regular service against
~ ~ pays The highest tribute to the
regiment ef Iexas yelunteess. ten companies, to
be staf66d 81 ten different points on tic line Of
Tho Texan frontier, and patrols made to pass be-
tween 4As HelHtss By this means tho Indians could
not PISS Into the Hhite settlements without their
trails Asingi discovered and pursuit given before
they HU1M have Id opportunity to massacre and
depredete upsn fha people.
COY. Houston estimates that the Texas Rangers
for thez er5ioes hut more economical. They are
exns5lant hofsssnea, accustomed to hardships; and
ne Texas horses having been raised on grass, can
Platform sefvic6 Without requiring grain, except to
recruits 6aseir strength fer d few days. The Texans
ere as1ssiBted win Indian habits. and know where
r. hnd Choir hannts. Coy. Houston, as the Execu-
TIRE AeAA az I1xas, Expresses d wish to avoid the
sppehfnnce Of capticusness OF complaining in his
nssEeenEze Asith ihe Federal Government. He
staane At within The past few hours Of the date Of
writing, expresses arrived at Austin from Eastland
and Palo Pinto counties. announcing the murder Of
three men atA two boys one 10 and the other
yearsof sxe with All the attendant barbarities Of
acslptnE maa mnttlation. The Indians are along the
IexAK 8ra4faers ands penetrate with Unparalleled
audaeltS t9 within 40 miles Of Austin They are
ravnSah& &he German settlements on the Medina
Withl9 80 iailca of Sun Antonio. Not content with
murefing tho settlers and carrying off their horses
fAtF shoot all the cattle in their tath hid III INK
dense hrSle 81 mountain Businesses, they wait an
ogRaE'Rltx r. 5nsks a lo gsl s..
i201e HSlK6 and f0rting up ut the county
siteaa 11zsf jfttIe cabins are deserted, and their
deids 81 young aern and wheat are left 10 waste
n subsistenne for duo women and children. While
their men are id pursuit of the foe, starvation Is
staring them in the face. large portion of these
pe8pN have been atfrebed to the frontier OF Texas
81 the Inducements held ont By land spectators.
Host ef fhsza are from tho Western States, good.
and Alsnoisi and most of them unused to the dan.
Esrs 81 ~ Indian frontier life. They emigrated at
Tune uhea there was no apprehension. and are
nct peep1Eea for the terrible realities which are
AQw AR3A 4keAas The Indians have every adyan-
"a esn surprise tho settlements at any time.
Moz* h1Hston also informs the Seeretary Of War
snAk 8exas . doing ell ID her power I'd repei tho
sneAs{ acre me noH in actual Indian service
X Sns5s.a<e minute attachments of fifteen men
sisa II a RESERVE Of ten men each There are
fcrfe 80 ~ Of seventy men each two Of
1oxss 0ttQNl companies u ninety man II, IA,
fen4ezY0uH a. Fort Worth ON tie 1sfb ssst ,,s -
paLatuIy g making Determined ef,rt - pao
and p3s5SA thc 3a1iasaa N = W. ~ pursue
Heves1W He1stpn thinks the aeperal f,avavr.
1naHt aAelfd not impeae upon Tesas k Il
tbs sezte III The field. He s,srs - 49, -
70 fHa iuEee naTafd, that every asaabse ns $500
the fEeusisE counties q In the saddle ana baa a ~
Tor uz'safls The wAels Distance Or ssssn hundred