New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-14
Texas Tnteii1genee.

one blue and ten black birds passed through Hen
derson lately on their way to the State penitentia-
ry. One of the negroes expressed himself DISCUS
ted with the bureau, which, he said, had been rep
resented to him as the first gate toheaven-buth he
found it Just to the reverse
The stage conductor on the line north Of San
Antonio informs the Herald that his last trip he
passed through the advancing host of grasshop-
pers, which extended for sixty miles. So number
less were they, the air was literally filled with
them, and the ground covered as far as the eye /
could reach, in all directions. The vanguard of
this vest army of invasion had already reached the
neighborhood of San Antonio.
The following is a synopsis of the act passed
by the legislature of Texas, regulating contracts
for labor, approved by the governor Nov. l:
/. No person is compelled to contract yet if
they do so for a longer period than one month, |
the contract must be in writing, signed and wit |
messed in presence of justice of the peace,
county Judge, county clerk or notary public.
2. If the contract is violated on the part OF the
laborer all wages earned to the time OF abandon
ment are forfeited, unless such abandonment IS
caused on account of harsh treatment or violation
of contract by the employer.
3. One copy of the contract must be deposited
with the county clerk, and any court OF compe'
tent jurisdiction may enforce the contract.
T. The county clerks are to keep an alphabeti-
cal register of the contracts.
8. All labor contracts are to be made with
heads Of families, shall embrace the labor Of all
members Of the family therein named and are bind
ing on all minors.
6. The wages due are a lien upon the crops
to one-half the crops, second however to rent
Liens,
I. One-hals the wages % be paid as agreed upon
the other half may be retained by the employee
until the contract is completed.
5. Ifemployees wiihully fail they may be fined
in double ihe amount due the leborer to be for his
benefit, and any cruelty inhumanity or neglect ot
duty on tho part of the employer may be sum
marily punished by iiae.
3. In eases OF sickness, the laborer's wages for
the tins lost to be deducted, ana if feigned he
forfeits double his wages for the time, ana il he
refuses to work when able for more than three
days he may be reported TO justice of the peace,
ana may be adjudged ii be refuses still to work
under his contract, on any public work.
10. Must work ten hours day in summer and
nine hours in winter, unless otherwise stipulated
in his contraetis charged with the propercare ot
stock ETC., etc, which are at his control for labor
| ing purposes-is responsible for injuries wfnlIy
| done, for disobedience OF orders, etc, etc.
| II. Laborers engaged in household duties are
subject to all calls Of the family where employed,
at all hours day OF night, except when sick, pro-
yided no such calls shall be made after 10 O'Clock
atnight or on Sundays, unless the eXgencies Of
the family or household should render such calls
necessary or unavoidable.
1 II. For habitual lazness, ETC., the aborer may
| be discharged, subject however, to an award, BY
two citizens, assisted BY a justice Of the peace.
49, ANY contract made in foreign country, ac-
cording to the law there may be enforced here, if
properly authenticated.
/ IA. Thelaw takes effect from its passage.
Professor Forshey wrote a communication, a
few days ago, to the Galveston News, predicting
that the expected grand meteorc illumination
would take place most certainly on Monday last
So precise was the learned professor in his vatici
nation, thai the programme specified the head OF
Leo, in the zodiac, as the point from which the
display was to commence. " As that constellation
does not appear above the horizonn quoth the
professor, Z" until midnight, no meteors Will be
seen until that hour, and very few until one or two
oclock.0 The meteors, in obedience to the self
constituted empresario Of heavenly illuminations
would not appear to fall until the constellation
aforesaid had ridden high on the zenith, but were
destined to shoot =" with flaming tails athWart the
| sky from east to vest
| Still unsatisied with the "billn presented to
the people of Texas through the columns of the
| News, the sanguine professor sends a request to
his friend and fellow connoisseur, Professor Han
| cock, Of Houston, to perch himself on some emf.
nence in that city, during the momentous night in
question, in order subsequently to compare notes
on the merits OF the display. With devoted con.
stancy Professor Forshey published his own re-
solve to watch, all night =" on top of 0sterman's
| building gn-doubtess the loftiest in the Gulf city
l We can see him, in fancy, his anxious eye in
fine frenzy rolling, glancing from heaven to earth
| from earth to heaven; and finally, as the dul
dawning of the rising morn began to pale before
the moon's Intellectual fires, without the promised
pyroteehnics-bu LEI us draw vail oyer the
i chagrin of this amiable and able devotee ot
4 science. Let him console himself with the
/ assurance that many scores Of the scientific men
| of America and Europe were led into the same
I mistake by their astronomical deductions.
4 CoNGRFss.-The Dallas Herald says enough is
known to insure the election of Hen. B. Il. Bpper.
1 son to Congress in the second district by large
| majority.
i The Rusk Observer thinks that Burroughs i.
elected for the long term, and Chiffon for The
short, in the first district,
Three freedmen were sentenced to the pentSen
tary two years each, for theft, at the late sitting
of the district courtin Dallas.
The Herald says, the mail from Green7ilIe Il
Ralas, (route No. S6l9) was robbed on the morn
ing of the 2Gth ult, near Greenville, by four men
who took the bag away from the rider, carrying
it off into the woods. The mail was very lighf
trouble This is the third mail robbery reportel
in the counties east of Dallas, within a few
menths-E News.
Cotton sales ia Galveston on the 9th included
SOC bales.
There were heavy rains at Houston on the 9th
The ground was fully saturated.
A new line of omnbusses has been started be
tween Houstonan Harrisburg
A national bank has been organized in sal
Antonio.
The Telegraph says the cotton crop of Texa
will reach from one hundred and fifty to two hun
dred thousand bales
The Liberty Gazette informs us that The gin
house Of Mr. Eli A. Boothe, near that place, wa
consumed by fire few days ago, together wit
seven bales Of cotton belonging to Mr.. Eli Blanc
The Texas legislature has tabled bill authoriz
ing the employment of shorthand or stenographi
Rnters IN law cases wherein such process o
taking testimony might be deemed essential.
THE FREEDMENls BUREAU IN ARKANSAS AND In
DIAN TERRIToRY,-Ihe following circular was is
sued on the 26th day of October from the bureau
Of refugees, freedmen, ETC., for the district O
Arkansas and Indian Territory:
Il,nY, H. l,,.,Trr H.