New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-09
Texas 1stellLgenee.

Texas Intelligence.
The Galveston News of Saturday last says
cn the f4th December, Baffalo HUMP, ea8ssf H., Of
the Conancbes and Tahausen, chlet 81 w 40
was. were at Fort Wise, the new post on me y
Arkansas river, held by six companies oil Y. .
troops under Major Sedgwick's orders ~
al letter from Fort Cobb, near ne vienna w ~
say, sne Il ,,ls sn Nus each party
| knows what The other is doing. ,, uaraId
Frnm 4 hong letter in the San Antonio Herald 4,
l from Lockhart Caldwell county, u appears u5s
tbe aaierfty Of the citizens for secession ana
SontheTT Confederacy while the remainder, call
4 nr themselves the Conservative Union parry, utge
hat the South should once more present 70 lhe
North an ultimatum which, Il Let ~ c sA'''O
! maize XII the Southern States secede al onee'
,rhe neople Of Augusta, Houston county nave
| ba15 n nube meeting, presided over by ): w.
| Bodenhanlsr; w. N. Waddell, secretary mH nS
decidedly q resistance an thsr oS he 97tb
ult. amid appropriate public ceremonies h,gnt
delegates were appointed to attend the county
convention at Crockett, to nominate oana!aates ~
the State Convention , .,+bo,
that a large majority of the citizens Oh bosque
county are for secession, as soon az ~
Al mass meeting was to be held at MeTiuah on sue
22d, to select delegates to the Sonventons 1uogs
W r sedberry 4 staunch Southern man and
laafiinr citizen would doubtless be chosen.
Il d military company has been organized At sher-
man, Grayson county.
The Chief Justice Of Limestone county has issued
bis order for the election of four delegates 70 rep
resent the county in4the Convention Judge
Gregg, of Fairfield, and Hon. Z. sM. Aycock, Of
Marlin--both good men and true--Wlil DO 4caia1-
dates. n, ,t,,s
limestone county has two large and weii.driiied
military companies, one at Springfield ana one az
Eutaw Each drills once week: me Old, miadie-
aged and young are all represented.
The White (Weathefford) Man Of the 18th nit,
has an extra containing the news of fight On the
10th. Capt. Ross, with % q. Cavalry had q
tight with sixteen Comanehes; in which thirteen
Of the latter were killed. The chiefs young sen
was captured, together with a white woman and
her child, the woman having been among the IN
dams since childhood,
The Indians had HRS. Sherrnan's bible, with her
name in it; copies of the White Man, with the
name Of Mr. Riley Zone of the Jack county settlers
killed by them) and ether articles, indicating that
they were of the party that committed the recent
depredations.
Al few days before the fight, party of 30 " ar
riors left the camp, on q maraudlng expedluoh 20
the settlements.
News FRoa THE PLANS 4pp'ehepsded Indian
Depredations. Fort Kea'aley Jan. 1.-Col Miles,
commanding this post, received the following note
by the Pony Express this forenoon:
Cofioa3p0od Springs, Jan. i, 1sGl.-Col Miles
Tie Indians threaten an immediate attack. They
have fact taken possession of all ranches about
here, our mail station included. Please give US AID
as soon as possible. p-r,rrr
Il Agent G. O, c. and r 2. Express
Immediately on receipt Of this dispatch, Col.
Miles ordered COMPANY T, Second Infantry, COM
Tnanded bg Lieut. Bond and eighteen dragons,
under Lents Tyler to march at day lght o-morroW
morning, with fifteen days rations lie would have
started them Immediately, but the Quarter Masters
wagons were all gone for wood. If this force IS
not SUFFICIENT to protect the citizens and keep the
road open, more will go. The whole country is
said to be alarmed, and without weapons OF de-
tense.
Two. coaches of the @. O. G. and P. P. Express,
with eleven passengers and $65Ti IN treasure,
passed at z +. NJ.
FEDERAL PROPERTY AND TIRE REvENUE,-The
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
writes, under date of the Sd:
Ii is not to be supposed that he can exercise the
duties of his Office at Charleston, but the Govern
ment claims the legal right Of collecting the reye.
nue. everywhere in the harbor of Charleston. 1t
has been, therefore, suggested that an armed yes,
sel-perhaps the steam cutter Harriet Lane-Wlli
be sent to aid the Collector in the discharge OF his
dr,ties But before the Collector shall reach his
post, the entrance into the harbor will be guarded
by batteries.
After few days the President may be under the
necessity of treating with secession on broad
SCALE for one more State has probably seeded to-
zday and two or three others in the course OF a
fortnight. Some general rule should be adopted
in reference to the protection OF public properly
in the seeded States, or for its surrender TO those
States upon the condition that it shall be Kept in
order or returned or paid for. Mr.. Hunters reso-
luton offered in the Senate, proposes some meas
ures Of the latter kind
STOW N MISSISSIPPI Yicksburg Citizen
saEs.