New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-06
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Texas Intelligence.

The Galveston Civilian of the I'd inst has the fol-
lowing: KS
The recent cool weather seems to have resulted
in frost in various parts of the interior uring the
early cotton. Much, however, had not been
planted; and there is still ample time for good
crop.
While the Liberty mail packet Alice was on her
trip to Liberty, last Saturday, a man fell over
board, and while attempting to rescue him, the
carpenter Of said boat also fell overheard, and
both were drowned.
From the San Antonio Texan Of the 10th ult. we
extract the following
On three occasions yesterday, we met trains Of
carts loaded with cotton passing through town ON
their way to Mexico. Each cart had six bales.
Besides those we saw, we learn that ia good many
others passed through. Carts loaded with cotton
for Mexico are now to be seen alHisst daily in our
streets.
4 LLAN0 CoUNTY.-A letter from gentleman in
this county informs us that the people are still so
much annoyed by Indians, that they have but little
marks that the Indians will never cease to do mig
chief on the frontier until men enough are sent
after them to "stop the hole they come out off,
We are much of his opinion.
S. A. AND S. D. MAIL-We mentioned in our last
that this mail arrived in town yesterday afternoon,
bringing San Francisco papers Of the 18th inst,
and we now learn that the journey from III Pas0 to
this city performed in five days and eight hours.
We expected TO have received some Indian intelli-
:
agent, however, informs US that he has received d
letter from the 6eco which states that the Indians
are getting worse every day in that section, and
fears are entertained for the safety Of the settlers
in the Sabihal valley.
We had clipped one or two items from the Cali
fornia papers, but, from press of other matter,
are Obliged for the present to exclude them
The Dallas Herald Of the 2sth ult. gives the fol-
lowing account of furious hail storm in that
region: =
Last Friday the upper portion Of this county was
visited by severe storm of hail and rain. The
stage driver informs us that the hail stones were
large as partridge eggs, and covered the earth to
the depth Of four inches; indeed, friend Goriek
bore on his face nnmistakable evidence of having
been severely peppered. The storm reached as
gardens. "A heavy rain fell about the same time,
and though II happened between 10 and IL O'clock
in the day, 1t grew as dark as night, and was q
squally time generally.
F The Herald has the following in regard to the
crop prospect:
After careful inquiry among people from differ
emit parts OF this section Of country we are forced
to say that the wheat crop has been materially
damaged by the unusual severity Of the late vim
ter. Such winter is unprecedented In Texas
successive northers Of unparalleled violence. dur
ing dry season, and Immediately succeeding very
mild and pleasant weather, week after week
SHOWS, hard freezes, heavy seet, all combined to
render the season the most disastrous on record.
line nfst northeF was u very severe one, anu IOl-
lowed day as warm and bright as May morning.
The wheat, young and vigorous in its growth, and
filed with sap was suddenly frozen, and its juicea
CONCEALED, rupturing the delicate sap-vessels and
thereby producing the death Of the plant as ineyi-
tably as the rupture Of the venous and arteriaf
vessels in living creature would destroy the ami
NAL. These were some of the causes Of the failure
Of the crop, but that which remains at this time is
uncommonly fine, and is now jointing and looking
well and thrifty.
The cat crou was never finer or larger than the
present-in some localities, the injured wheat
fields being sown in oats, in addition to the regu
| lar crop.
Corn is represented to be fourishing, the sea-
latter part of spring and the earlier part of sum-
mer be as favorable, this crop will be more than
| abundant The old settlers augur highly prolific
crop year, and are governed in their progn0stca-
| tions by atmospheric signs, which are happily hid
den from the uninitiated, who say that all signs
| fail in Y