New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-20
Texas Intelligence.

The Galveston Civilian furnishes the following
report of the cotton market for the past week:
The demand for cotton during the week has
!. been good, but the light stock on the market con
lined operations in the early part of the week TO
few hundred bales at a corresponding decline in
the New Orleans and European markets. The
i favorable adTices received on Tuesday l2th inst
i simulated purchasers. and on Wednesday and
/ Thursday some l2o0 bales changed hands at an
i advance of &c. the higher and lc. on the lower
i Inc receipts Of cotton during the week have been
| 2l25 bales; the exports amount to 3O49 bales and
the sales to 1885 bales. The market closed firm at
| the following quotations:
Inferior Nominal. Mddling.. IL @I11
Ordinary ...... 7l@,S Strict Middiing, Il7Gl-
Good Ordinary, q o. Good MiddliDg, u ID
Low aiddng 10 0l0} Fair. - O.
The Galveston News has the following intclli
gence from the q Buffalo Hunt >,
On the 4th ut. Col Baylor wrote to the White
Man from :. Croterine Creek" tributary Of the
Hrazoa, that owing to the sickness among The men
and the exhaustion of the horses, a part of this
force returned home These arrived nj Gam
Cooper on the Oath ult
Col Baylor says the weather had been terrible.
there was no grass and the weather had-the horses
suffering very much. A dozen had been abandoned
and three dozen more at least would be in a week
hut men and officers were determined to persist,
The spies had been out week and were eYnrctea
hourly. The force wonld not return as l6ns. as
there were ten horses left fit for service If there
were any indians about, there would be also grass
and water, so he did not despond for present lack
Of those essentials ST"
On the Sth Col. Baylor wrote announcing the re-
turn Of the spies. The Indian trail had been found
on Pease river, still leading S. w. The sign was
fresh, the men in fine spirits and Eu of fight They
trail and follow it.
The Colonel, iE8ppears had only eighfy-l1ine men
with him. He wnuid either return in two weeks,
or remain ont until the grass springs up, and then
continue his scout
Ia FL t+o car,,4,, Vr,o T,,,-. Al.
A very heavy rain, which was much needed. fell
here Yesterday evening. Ii rained again last night.
There was also severe hail storm Yesterday evan |
Ing in the vicinity Of Fayetteville.
The foilowingis an official report Of the fnrav
upon the Southwestern frontier by Iipan and Mus
eaero Indians from Mexico:
ea Hh1 D, y II NIPPLE nlylsloS,
10 me Commissioners: Sirs-I have The honor
to submit the following items Of intelligence, which
have been furnished this Office in relation 10 the
committed by Indians within the
bounds Of this military district
Inc party OF Indians committing these H1assacres
and depredatiuns, are represented to be Lipans
with some OF other tribes, about $50 in number
with packmues, ETC.. very deliberate in their move
ments, Indicating great confidence in their strength
. LIST. In plgade county. on the Rio Frio killed
Henry n. Adams and Henry Robinson, wounded
ahd scalped Miss Kelsey, aged II years Miss
Kelsey has been found and will probably recover
from her wounds-wounded, also, youth named
~
20 This party subsequently met with and killed
party OF toradoras, while on their way from san
Antonio to Eagle Pass-at place near the Chicop,
ite luntber Of this party not ascertained
sd. In, #Aiascoso county. on the Nueces Killed
VIZ. Eastwood and wounded Mir. Spears
4ih. On the Rio Frin, Killed old Mr.. Sanders
very much the body, besides renewing
ne very long white beard worn by the old gentlee
nan.
9th On the Sahiual killed Mr. Mcfarland. In
Atacoso c0anty, on tie Laga1illas, twenty or
more families aye forted at the house Of Mr. doom,
nd such has been the extent of robbery that |
the region of country traversed by the
,afty, she men are nearly ali at0ot because OF
her horses having been driven OF. Cattle, also ,
ave been killed in great numbers.
Nj. d. NJ. Poor, from Laguniiias arrived in This
itY yesterday and gave most Of the above ,torin-
ton. An express reached here last night; which,
Mr.. P.'s statement and informed me f
nat there are one hundred msn ready o 90 in pnr.
nit and defend the settlements, if they Ind arms
Permit me 10 suggest, that, if this office were
receive and arm u company af one
undfed men for the defense of that region of
1nuttg it conld be raised in few days Some
r0tection il absolutely necessary as the people
re REORGANIZATION, and many families are coming
ITO Son Antonio !
Very respectfully,
w. r. M5GHAING, Capt 6AAg