New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-02
eNsgg Orleans 4atlg Gresteut,
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1866.
Texas Intelligence.

DELAY OF TRAIN.--The delay ol tne ipuSson I
Tnean~ ,st sneciaI train conveying Major General
Sheridan and suite to the INTERIOR Inc parGes IN
charge of the trains refused to back, andlt being
impossible for one train TO crawl over the other,
in fhe manner related in natural histories of the
. poat theywere kept facing each other tor half an
Rour when the conductor Of the passenger train,
beg;ng a gnasnl of amability, backed toSthe next
station station. The whole affair was very silly, but it
seems to US that the track belonged to the passen
ger train, and that the special should have given
Way-[GalYeston Bulletin.
The Dallas Herald says;
A friend in Mckinney writes us that on the 3lst
ult., Indians Of the Gaddo and Kansas tribes to- |
gether with white men and negroes, came down
on Dry Elm eleven miles above GAINESVILLE, Cook
county, and literally chopped to pieces q citizen
named Box. and took away with them his family;
They also drove away several hundred dollars
worth of stock. The Sherman Star says BoX's
family consisted Of his wife, one grown daughter,
and several small children The neighbors got
together and followed the Indians
The Bastrop Advertiser, OF fSeptember 22d, says: |
cod boreas gave us quite anuneXpected visit on
Thursday last, and met with cool reception.
His sudden debut brought winter clothing, blank
cts, fires, etc, into requsition and qute congo
NAL were they to our feelings. RemembeF'thatI |
on Thursday last, 20th inst, we were greeted with
the first norther worthy of note. The past sum |
mer having been an exceedingly hot one, may we |
not expect the ensuing fall and winter to be
severely cOld2'
BUILDlNG AssocIATIoNs.-We are glad to see
that they are organizing building association in
Houston. We do not know exactly the plan they
have adopted but presume it is substantially the
plan common in the Northern States during the
last twenty years. An association is organized of
any given number Of shares at 5000 each--this
amount is fixed upon on account Of facility in cal
culation. The interest of 5000 at six per cent. is
81 per month. These shares are payable at 81
month. We win suppose, for example, that the
number of shares is 1900. At its first monthly
meeting the association receives $1,000 dues. This
is then put up at auction among the members, and
he who bids the highest premium gets it, to help
build him house. He then pays not only his
monthly dues but similar amount for interest
1t has been found that this amounts to less than
rent; and the association continues until all are
supplied and the mortgages amount to S20yO on
each share, when they are all Cancelled and the
association dissolved, Experience has proven
that this period is between five and six years,
A moments reflection will show that It is an easy
way of making small savings available, and OF
enab ing clerks, mechanics, radesmen and per
sons OF small means to acquire homestead.
The COTToN PRosPECT.-ln this section OF
country the cotton crop prospect is by no means
uniform. A few farmers have better crops than
ever before, but inthe majority of cases the crop
has been cut short from an intermxture of dry
weather, wet weather and worms. On the whole,
there viii be somewhat under an average yield to
the number Of acres pla1ted-l Henderson Times.
The Henderson Times in commenting upon a
speech recently delivered in that place by General
Hood says:
He counseled obedience to the laws of the
country, and strict compliance with all the terms
imposed in the conditions Of surrender. Aftel
this is done, he said, preserve your manhoGd-dc
all that is right-do nothing thatisn0trght Thii
is all that the victors can require-it is all tha
those who contributed most to oyerpower US VII
require.
General Hood closed By eShorting the people t.
forget past differences, and to cease pining owe
what could not be heped-to 80 to work ant
restore the country to ts former prosperity, to d
their duty in all things, andleaye the consequence
in the hands Of Him who caanDt err.
The Waco Register says:
Passing through portion of Falls and Robin
son counties within the last few days, we foun
the cotton crDp in very promising condition
The plants are very large and vigorous, with lon
branches interviewer across the space betwee
the rows and literally loaded with bols from tn
ground to the top. The bolls are opening rapidly
and the work of picking commenced. Judgin
from the general appearance Of the cotton field
we think there will be an average yield Of on
bale TO the acre, if the farmers can have it a
picked. This seems to be the difficult point, W
are not able to say how near the freedmen al
coming up to the cotton picking standard require
Of them when slaves
The Brennan Enquirer says:
The destructonapd ravages made by the cotto
worm on the plantations in this county surpasst
anything of the kind we have ever heard of. A
extensive planter tells us that he cannot expel
to realize more than onefoufth Of a crop, al
that all his neighbOrs are similarly situated. III
worms having destroyed the leaf and tendrils
the Joint, have commenced working on the be
Tbe CtontroTi1a rorrnol sovs.
M Hors ara 5ti. ~, ha yec win tp cotton
tba corintt of leon TI5e nnI9nd crons viii n
fn domsga5 90 rao+oriaiIy Is The aninon of +
'toI3nst nIantar j, Int ~ cron On tFa nyer9ay
,amliS is fiforsIig 5nsrrTyed So writes rent
Int1,s mo-, ~ e Ialr ~ ne TIf4etir
~ 4 .sla4. = ti,a O., t,4o,;o t,oro
correspondent OF tne oah ANTONIO aera
from Austin writes =--..
ODr city was enivenad a few days ago by t
presence Of an ebony gentleman who was rGpl
sented as a lOyal subject of Queen Victoria al
bainH from Canadian terrFory--an intellicel
refined. educated gentleman, the editor of a pu
. lie iourn9I, a D. D., as well as an NJ. D., maxi
tTa toir Of the southern States for the purpose
eEnonnli9S the difference between the phys
Io5icaI construction Of the black and white rae
and the mental "temperature y of both
Parker-for he was called by that name-deI
cred a discourse in the afternoon nj the c0urthol
4Iar,bita' r,o3,f1iafian5 and o,roin ot nrht tn
negroes The doctor brought letters OF reg !.;
mnda9a y me 4ast 10 n aHd tte 50s in+aIiS
from s9e Y 5,, w U9s5 ~, a"s "a ba ,n6 NJ
esty than most men, "hl!e or blach' anu peht'