New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-09-18
Letters from Texas.
Special to the New Orleans Crescent J

CHARLESTON Sept. :, 1861.
M. Editor-We had the pleasure of procuring
on the 5th of Fl. L. Allen the Crescent of the 2sth
and 29th, and the New York Herald and New
York News of the 18th.
Gen. Sam Houston was here on the 9TH he is
enjoying excellent health.
The South Carolina, off our bar has been lying
quiet lately but on the 5th she espied sail and
started for it, and beaded the Fortuana, titty-siX
days from Bremen, in ballast She was ordered
of, but came close enough to exchange signals
with her consignees, kaufman Il klaner. She
had instructions that, if she found Galveston
blockaded, to proceed to Langua for cargo of
lOgwood.n The steamer after boarding her - took
down the island,'' Gas heard darkey remark at
the time) getting opposite place called . Hitch
cock Pen" ten miles down. She sent two boats
in, within one hundred yards of the shore, to
sound. They remained but little while, and she
proceeded back to her anchorage. On the 9Th the
Sam Houston, a otboat-one of their prizes
came up from the South east, probably from Key
West or Pensacola; she has one gun on her deck
Major Louis Armistead and Lieut. l.. Hardcastle,
late of the United States Army in California, have
Armjstead is a son of that gallant officer, whose
defence of Fort McHenry has been made forever
| famous by the song of the &c Star Spangled Ban
| ner.' The Major has been long time in the
| United States Army, in the Sixth Infantry, and
| was esteemed of its best officers. He is a
cousin of Col. Baylor
! Until Gen Hebert arrives, Col. Henry E. Nc
Culoch, Just returned to Segun from the frontier,
will take charge OF this military department. Gen.
| Van Dorm goes to Virginia.
Gen. Sibleys cavalry brigade is to be composed
of three regiments, and its organization is proceed
| ing rapidly at San Antonio.
All his officers are Texans, and most of them
have seen SERVICE Capt. Oehiltree informs the
| Telegraph that there are thrty-three companies
| already enlisted for the brigade.
The Fort Brown (Rio Grande) Flag of the 22d
| ult. says:
"Ouite large number of Mexicans have left
| this city within the last two months, and Others
are preparing to leave. Most of them are in
| Matamoras."
| Gen Van Dorm has consented to establish bat
| teries at Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi.
| The foundry at Lavaca has cast three 6-pound
ers is casting another and intends to cast two II
pound breech-loadng guns, with shells and balls
| to suit.
Capt. r. H. Garland, late of the U. S. Seventh
| Infantry, on arriving in San Antonio from ArIzonf
| on his way to Virginia, detained by Gen. Nai
Dorm and placed in an important Office
The Victoria Advocate says several 32-pounderE
| passed through that place on their way to th
'0''''' Yon,s 1,si truly, 1,,''''' rENAs.
GALVESTON September 10. 1861.
1fr. Editor Since my last We have received
two thousand arms, among which find some car
hines and MIME muskets We have among u.s. il
the regular service, eight companies OF inlantr.
ana Inree OF aflllery.
The sam Houston v still continues cruising o
our bar first to the eastward and then to the west
ward.
| learn that the 7. and 7. r. R. have offered iroI
, enough to run around the city, that cannon ant
supplies may be quickly run to any point neces
sary. The wood work cost, say seven thousan
dollars, and there are soldiers enough here to la
the track.
A most dastardly and cowardly thing was perpt
trated in nidst on Sunday night. 1t appear
| that Col. J. G. Moore, c. S. A. and commander
this island, stepped into a saloon to get drink
water, and while drinking was struck in the bac
E of the neck by one Conrad. Col. Moore III
armed at the time, or the consequences woNl1 hay
been far different. The civil authorities have Il
:; matter in hand
: Three cavalry companies and one artillery cor
pany are forming in this city. They are for actiS
service.
A train from the Rio Grande recently brought
San Antonio some five thousand sacks of coffee.
The lndanola Courier says several thousand rlt
| and musket cartridges and several tons of les
arrived there on Sunday last from the Rio Grand
The Houston Telegraph states that the Rous
and Ready Guards, Capt Drake, of Houston, ha
been accepted into the service as lying artlller
This makes the twelfth company from Har
county that has gone into the service of the Co
nt federate States.
! see by the Lavacca Koy that Capt Jordan,
the Green Lake Company, has returned from Nj
amoras having succeeded in procuring thT
boxes Of rifles. nnd 100 lbs. of powder.
!, From the Civilians Austin correspondence
the 3D. inst, take few extracts:
- SATURDAY WIS the military day Of Austin 7
81 | city companies pHladed in uniform, aud MA
quite fine appearance, Ia the evening" GOV