New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-03
from the Galveston News.

| tag Union, Capt Hea1y, chartered by the Texas
Commissioners to assist in bringing up the ord
nance, ordnance stores, ETC., at Brazos Santiago,
| lets the latter place last Wednesday evening and
arrived here this afternoon, after our Tri-Weekly
| wa9 published. Capt. Healy furnishes US with a
| variety of interesting intelligence.
TIE schooner Shark arrived at Brazos last Satur-
day, ed inst taking orders from Gen. Nichols to
Sergt. Greer, Ordnance Sergeant in charge at Bra
zos to load the schooner with fnll cargo as he
could put aboard, Of cannon, shell, shot, ETC., and
| dispatch her to Galveston.
Sergeant Greer left the same day for Browns
vile to communicate this order to Col. Ford.
On sunday evening, Path inst, the steamship
Star Of the West from New York arrived off Bra
| zos Santiago and anchored. The sea was too
rough all next day for her to communicate with
| the shore.
| rived off the Island on Monday evening 25th COM
municated with the Star of the West, and efs i'm
| mediatey.
| On Tuesday the Star of the West sent surf
boat ashore to the Island, but had no communica-
| tion with the main land, where, at the mouth of
the river zoo 9: s. Infantry were encamped, wait
| ing to disembark.
| On Wednesday morning 9th, the steamship Co.
atzacoalcos from New York arrived off the Island,
communicated with the Star of the West and left
| at once The pilot at the mouth Of the river then
went off with the Star Of the West-the pilot ask
| ing the Captain of the latter steamer if he (the
ploO should carry his dispatches ashore for him,
| to which the Captain replied that he would take
them back. Shortly after the Star of the West
got up steam and left.
| On Monday, 26th Sergeant Greer returned from
| Brownsville. Col Ford gave him orders to pre-
pare all the heavy guns and ordnance stores to be
shipped at once for Brownsville, on steamboat
| that tho Colonel would charter and send down for
| them. q.
Col, Ford stated that he had reliable informa-
ton from merchants and other responsible citizens
| in Matamoras, that Gen. Ampudia, at the head of
| 5000 Mesieans, was sixty miles off, marching on
| Brownsville. Ampudia had sent out EXPRESSES far
and wide with placards and hand bills announcing
that Texas of right belonged to Mexico; that she
had no longer the support of the U. S. Government
and army; that now was the time to take her back
and he called on all good patriots and soldiers to
come to his standard for this purpose. He was re-
| ceving reinforcements in large numbers and
| rapidly.
| The Union had some difficulty in making her trip
from lack of fuel. There is none at Brazos, at
| least no coal. Yesterday morning about o'clock
she passed in twelve fathoms water off the Pass
| Cayallo light, and nothing could be seen of the
| three steamers from New York, which should have
| been anchored there, if 1ndianoa were their des-
tfnation The Union arrived off our bar early this
| morning, but anchored, the fog being so Dense
! She fell in with the Gen. Rusk, and after while
I the latter steamer towed her in.
| Col. Ford intended at once to place his Texas
| troops, some 400 in number in old Fort Brown
| which he would arm with the heaviest artillery.
The steamboat he said he would charter for Brazos
to bring up the guns and munitions there, had not
| arrived when Capt. Healy left.
| Sergeant Greer told the latter he had sent an
| official report of the whole affair to Gen. Nichols,
| at Col. Ford's desire, by the lighthouse schooner,
| which also left Brazos on Wednesday. He re-
| quested Capt ,Healy to communicate the intelli-
| gence to Cen Nichols. The General ia in Austin
| Reynolds papers to Gen. Sherman, also giving him
| the above news.
| Capt. Powers, of Beaumont, with sixty six.
| months Texas troops, was in command at Brazos
! Santiago, with some fifteen heavy guns and NOR
| tars, mounted in the entrenchments the Rio Grande
Regiment had made.
| Mai Waller was at Ringgold Barracks and had
sent word down to detan the Shark, to receive the
stores etc, he had collected at Fort Duncan and
| at Ringgold, for transportation here.
Captains Donney and Edwards were on the
| road to RDggold with their companies.
| Our own opinion is, that Ampudia would like to
make raid on R1atamoras and perhaps Browns
vile, seize all the valuables he could, and then
| leave.
LATER FROM INDrANoLA-Troop 1eauing-By
| the arrival of the Texas from IndanoIa, we learn
| that the U. S. war steamer Mohawk arrived off
| Pass Cavao yesterday. The Coatzacoalcos left
| last night with GOO troops. The Empire City and
the Star of the West were lying at the Pass.
The Galveston Civilian furnishes the following
report of the cotton market for last week:
We stated in last report that the market
closed firm, with an advancing tendency. The mar
| ket opened on Saturday with good demand for
all grades, but tho limited supply and the strin-
geney of holders confined the sales to los bales.
| Monday business opened with renewed inquiry,
testing the advance; the sales were limited to 100
| bales. Tuesday the brokers We're unwillingy com
PEELED to yield to the demand of holders, $50 bales
changed hands on basis of Ia for Middlinp
Wednesday the demand continued the market
closing firm, with sales of 160 bales. Thursdays
sales amounted to 800 bales, at improved rates ior
| all grades. Yesterday Qriday) business amounted
| to 230 bales.
| The receipts are still unimportant: this with
| the light stock hand chiefly of inferior quality
| and the favorable reports from New Orleans and
Europe, have given holders higher pretensions
| than the buyers willing to submit to.
| The receipts for the week have been 2274 bales;
the exports amount to 9l9 bales, and the sales to
| 1914 bales.
The market closed firm with an upward tendency,
at the following quotations: Inferior, nominal Or
dnary, 81 to S3c.; Good Ordinary, 10 to l0Sc.; Low
Mddling II to llac.; Mddling, II to l2Ac.; Strict
Mddling, l23 to l24c; Good Middlng, l3c.; Fair,
| nominal.
Late advices from Austin are to the effect that
| the recent frost was severe in many localities,
especially upon the low lands, as to destroy the
early corn entirely rendering a replant necessary,
while the upland fields escaped injury.
| The White Man of the 2lst says a severe frost
| and norher on the 18th did considerable damage
| to the wheat crop-the forward wheat and that
not pastured being the most hurt
The Fayette County True Issue Of the 2Sth ut.
says:
| Nearly everybody in this county has finished
planting corn, and we are glad to state that much
| more than is usual has been put in the ground,
Many are now@planting cotton; some have not be-
| gun while others done.
| The wheat and rye crops are looking finely, and
| an abundant harvest, should the rain continue to
| come occasionally, is anticipated. The gardens
are also doing well, so far as we have been able to
| learn.
LETTER FROM GEORGE PEABODY EsQ.--The Bos
ton Courier publishes a letter from George Pea