New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-26
Texas INTELLIGENCE.
From the Galveston Civilian of Monday last we

From the Galveston Civilian of Monday last we
extract the following:
We have good accounts of the feeling in the in
terror, and the adjacent counties will doubtless be
prepared to throw their citizen soldiers into Gal
weston with as much celebrity as railroads can
answer calls made by telegraph. At Houston, we
learn from the Telegraph, there are now organized
and ready for immediate service the following
companies: Confederate Guards, Capt. Timmons !;
Bayou City Guards, Capt. Bolts Turner Rifles,
Capt. Snyder; an artillery company, Capt. DAILY !;
besides others forming. At few hours notice
fully 500 men, armed and equipped, can be mus
tered for immediate campaign service.
In the lower part of the county the manifesto
| tons are equally good. A fine company of minute
men has been made ready at Harrisburg Hal
Runnels and DR.. Ashbe Smith are organizing com
panies of Cow Boys, who make the best mounted
troops in America, being superior horsemen and
accustomed to use arms in the saddle from child
hood. The Telegraph says that more than half
the voters of Harris county are under arms al
ready.
The steamship Hewes did not land at Indianoa
yesterday, in consequence of limitations that she
would be seized by the United States troops there
to enable them to leave. A pilot-boat which left
this city for the purpose of bringing away some
arms from lndianola, returned in like manner. A
sloop with rs soldiers concealed on board attempt
ed to approach these vessels. but did not succeed.
The two tield-pieces belonging to Galveston have
been carried up the Guadalupe river by Captain
Haws, of one of the Texas river steamers.
The number OF Federal troops left in Texas is
about 1000 men, some of whom had to perform
march of 700 miles to reach the coast-shey are
abundantly supplied with provisions and means of
transportation. The precise number in the vcin-
ty of lndianola we do not yet know; but it is sup
posed not to exceed 500.
The steamer Arizona came up the coast this fore
noon, and sent in Maj Caldwell, agent of the New
Orleans steamers at lndianOla, who reports all
quiet at that point. It is given out that the U. S.
officers agree not to modest the steamers, and they
requested to bring on their usual supply of pro-
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report as we get it. The Arizona has not been to
Brazos Santiago, but touched at Indianola and re-
turned here, as stated She left Immediately after
placing Maj. Caldwell on the pilot-boat for Brazos
Santiago, as is sad.
Messrs. A. P. Forsyth, J. H. Murch aud S. Smith,
passengers on the steamship Orzaba, from Calves
ton to Brashear, reached this city New Orleans)
last evening" Their information goes to confirm
what we have heard before, that the Texas steam
ers move irregularly in their fear of capture by
vessels manned with Federal troops, and that the
Texans strongly incline to the belief that said
steamers are in sympathy and secret collision with
the Federal Government.
The passengers by the Orizaba, (Which left Gal
weston on Wednesday, report as follows The
Matagorda (Which took Van Dorm and his men to
the capture of the Star of the West) had prom
ised to bring the mails and passengers from
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coal for the Gen. Rusk. But as soon as the last
barrel of freight was landed, the Matagorda put
out, without taking passengers or mails or putting
out coal for the Cen Rusk. 1t was believed that
she went off to coal the Fashion, in the Federal
service.
Four of the passengers thus left in the lurch at
Sabine Pass took the mails and travelled overland
in wagon to Galveston, which place they reached
early on Wednesday morning. Gen. Sherman, lin
command of Galveston city and island) at once
started the Cen Rask, Chen there,) with the twin
sisters" (the two guns lately restored to Texas by
Louisiana.) and 24pounder, and detachment of
the Galveston Arterists, to go to Tndianola and to
assist the movements of Col. Van Dorm in that
direction.
Ben Mccullough, and 1900 Texan troops, were
reported to be rapidly on the march from San An
tonic to Indianola.
The Orizaba did not wish to put into Brashear |
but the passengers compelled her to do so.