New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-05
Texas Intelligence.
The Galveston News of Tuesday last has the fol
lowing market and rairoad intelligence

inc Na!VeSton news OF Tuesday last has the fol
lowing market and railroad intelligence:
The stock of cotton Offering for sale is light, sev
eral Of our leading factors still preferrng to ship
their receipts. The quality is improving, as mos
of the lists sold, or o1cring contain very large
proportion Of the top crop, which, though dis
colorcd in many instances, has an excellent staple
both in regard to length, strength and frmness.
The farmers in many counties are preparing to
increase the culture of small grain This is O wise
precaution, as in the event Of any commotion re-
sultng from the impending political crisis, to inter
rupt intercourse with the West, breadstuffs fol
home use will be a very important item for us all
t) consider.
The Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Com
pany are calling for contracts to grade twenty
more miles of their road into Red river county
The work on the Eastern Texas Railroad, to con.
meet Sabine Pass with Beaumont, is progressing
steadily, as is that of the trackayng on the Texas
and New Orleans road.
The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad is
now carrying the mails and passengers from
Layaca to point within u short distance of Vic.
toria.
The News also has the following intelligence
from the Northern frontier, the scene of the late
Indian barbaritics:
The ladies of Weatherford are wearing and max.
ing the Lone Star cockadc.
Indians were seen lately in Erath and Bosque
counties-a party coming within few miles of
Meriden. They appear to range over eight of the
finest counties on the frontier
Buffalo," at Weatherford says he has received
great many letters from persons desrous of going
on that hunt y; he asks them all to meet at Lost
Valley, in Jack county, by the 18th January, well.
armed and equipped for a campaign of at least
thirty days. with pack mules Or horses for every
five men, ard the general armament Of camp equip.
age such az cups, coffee pots, knives, frying pans
blankets, etc., and above all bring plenty Of anmu
milton.
Col. Baylor has left Weatherford with few men
for Montague county Che extreme northern front
iutr 1sf- nc 1ylp
and then report progress.
letter of the 18th Dec. from Jacksboro to the
White Man says:
Since the panic created by the recent wholesale
murders of the citizens Of this and Parker counties
many of our citizens have abandoned their homes
and sought protection in more dcnsely populated
portions Of tie State. The remainder Of the citi
zens Of this county, with a few exceptions, have
moved to Jacksboro, and we have built tempo
ray fort.
Our horses have all long since been stolen by
Indians; they still continue to depredate upon us
ard we are bound to quietly submit or call upon
the citizens of interior counties for protection.
think L speak the sentiment of my county in
saying we will stand our ground for the present,
and if we cannot have some assurance of ptotec-
ton, cannot vouch for it longer than the lst Of
April next.
Capt Rogers, of Ellis county, arrived here yes
terday, with twentynine Of the best mounted, best
armed and best looking men ever have seen in
Guy ttNtit|I boulity. OtipI bcD- pay lUi bTCtueE
of the gallant Colonel passed through here yester-
day, and will join his company at Belknap. We
are looking for Judge Gilmore, of Fort Worth, here
to day, with company of wellmountcd men.
Col. Baylor and Capt. Hammer, editors of the
White Man, are both out, doing their best to pro-
tect the settlers and save their properly.
a number of the citizens of Parker county, dis
pairing of any State or Federal aid, have formed
themselves into company, for selt-protection, to
range as sentinels and obtain information. Capt.
Henry Maxwell commands.
The White Man. like the Dallas Herald, points
out the facility with which 200 or 800 emigrant aid
emssares from Kansas could pounce down on the
frontier, without notice, or being interfered with on
their march, by taking the route via the Red river
and the Pan Handle, whereon no settlements occur.
The White Man shows how easy coalition be-
tween these Kansas desperadoes and the wild
Indians could be effected, and how necessary it is
to have spy companies out on the frontier and in
the territory beyond, to watch them. That paper
says the frontier men are not properly armed.
Most of them brought with them from the States''
the old fashioned guns, many of which are of little
use, and there are not enough even of them. In
proved arms do not cost much more than ordinary
ones, and they make one man equal to three or
four. Colts repeating shot gun and rifle recon-
mended as the best arms for the frontiers man.