New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-05
Texas lntelliwcnce,

THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL s, 1866.
Texns Intelligcnce.
The present Is the second week OF the distric
court in this county. There have been, SO far d,
we have heard, no trials of any great interest. Oh
Monday the criminal docket was taken up There
are about twenty five negroes in Jail, charged
with various offenses. all of whom have been ar
rested since the Jail delivery short time since
Unless the Legislature adopts some speedy mode
Of trial the counties will be rendered bankrupt
feeding and taking care Of the idle, vicious ne.
groes in the country. There ought to be = crimi
nal court in every county in the State prepared to
try all criminals white or black, short notice
ust as we do Job work, g with neatness and dis
patch. y Marshall Republican.
We have heard it stated that between twenty
and thirty horses and mules have been stolen IN
this vicinity within the last few weeks ~ is ne-
lieved that there exists regular clan Of thieves
engaged in stealing horses in thisand the adjoining
countes.-[ Ibid.
Hon. Jesse Crimes died at his residence. in
Grimes county, on the 18th inst, at the age OF
about seventy-two. He came TO Texas In 1875,
and throughout the greater portion OF his life occu
njed q nrominent position in public affairs. He
was man Of kind heart and sterling integrity;
Mr.. KoehIer, ! merchant doing business on
Congress street, was robbed yesterday of five
hundred and seventy dollars by his little son, only
six or seyen years old. The little fellow was soon
oyefhauled BY Marshal Lord, who recovered four
hundred dollars in gold. What has become Of
the other is not SO certain, but the little fellow had
been using il literally.
VI II is the opinion Of Mr. Koehler that the little
man was instgsted to steal the money by his wife,
from whom he has been some time separated by
mutual consent. The money recovered was found
n her possession. Il Houston Telegraph.
Texas treasury warrants, though by law CON
sidered valueless, still will not be burned up by
their holders OF present. Houston city money is
ct par with greenbacks. Houston city bonds are
not in market. The last sold were $4,000 for
their face in gold. This was three months ago.
These remarks will answer the question Of New
Orleans correspondent, and supply information for
many others. Ibid.
Chicken and turkey meats are pretty high in this
city just now. chicken is worth sixty-five cents
specie, and q fat turkey will readily command
from 1 dollar and six bits to two dollars.-[Ibid.
The Austin Intelligencer announces the return
to that city Of Lieut.. Irish, formerly of the LIST
Leuisiana cavalry.
The Houston Telegraph says:
III 1882 cholera visited the settlements Of the
Brazos Most Of the people used river and creek
water. On Gulf Prairie, at the residence of Mr..
Westall, there was good cistern. Some thirty or
forty people remained there during the cholera, /
and not case appeared. Everywhere else it pre-
vailed.
II 1880 and 1852 cholera visited many places
in Texas. It was brought to Houston, and .wher-
ever bayou water Was nsed II spread and was
fatal, but did mot prevail as an epidemic anything
like yellow fever. ln the same years it spread
through the country towns In Brazoria county /
the expsrience Of 1882 was repeatsd. severa. !
IN, Arsd negroes died who had no accessto cistern
ater but c I'D not prevail where pure water was
used. Ia Western Texas generally the experience
was the same.
We have attempted, by consulting the best in
formed stock raisers, to ascertain the NUMBER OF |
atock horses in Kaufman country, and from the
best data at hand, it is probable that there are |
between fifteen and twenty thousand. Several |
stock raisers have each from i've 70 six hundred |
hrod Horses on the prairies are free from di |
seases, and are in good condition summer and win.
ter without any feed except the wild grass on the
prairies-I Kaufman Star.
Quite number of freed men and women de- |
parted hence for more favorable location some |
days since. They were anxious to take trip to |
the States, and accordingly having engaged pas
tie road below, left in high glee. Private parties
of this kind may possibly, under the load of de-
signing men, find themselves enjoying the balmy |
climate of the tropics before they fully aware
Of It. Stranger things have happened;
4 correspondent Of the Telegraph writing from
Burnett county, in northwestern Texas, says that
during their late raids into that portion Of the
country, the Indians stripped the people of
Lampasas county of all their horses. The county
sheriff estimates the loss at four hundred head.
Some were stolen even in the town of Lam
pasas.
The Dallas Herald says the late abundant rains
have produced wonderful improvement in the
wheat fields of that county. The crops never
ooked more promising.
Corn was sold lately on the streets in Dallas, for
fifty cents, specie, per bushel
The Paris Press reports that Mr.. G. W. Cald-
wen, of Lamar county, raised seynteen bales of
cotton, last year. on fourteen acres Of land, the
bales averaging 5o64 pounds.
The editor Of the Civilian states that new ice
house is going up in Galveston, and smacks his
lips over the idea thatic and whisky win be cheap
and plentiful during the coming summer
Our Texas exchanges, without exception, give
nost fattering accounts Of this years crops. In
some counties the yield Of cereals promises to be
far greater than was ever before known, and the
cotton planters are delighted with their prospects
The negroes are reported as being universally
well behaved and Industrious. !
Company -, Sixth United States Cavalry, ar
rived in town last week, under command of Capt
Mcclellan. We understand they are en- route for
Pilot Point, Denton county, where they will be sta
toned some sixty days. Dallas Herald.
Edward Walsh, 3 large owner of steamboat and
mill nronaFtv and nnA nf the richest man in Gt