New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-02
Texas Hntelllgenae.

The Waco Register has accounts from the from
tier, which represent the Indians as unusually
troublesome this spring on the borders of Palo
Pinto, Brown, Comanche aud Bosque counties.
They steal the horses, kill the meat cattle, and
terrify the inhabitants to such an extent as to
threaten to break up the frontier settlements. We
trust that troops will soon be placed there.
The following two items from the Galveston
Bulliton of the 9th. are prophetic of the ire
pressible conflict which the radicals used to be
| SO fond of quoting:
ExoTTEMENr.--A great deal of excitement was
raised on the strand yesterday, by the assault Of
the regular soldiers upon tile negro draymen ana
| for some time general riot was imminent The
indignation of the merchants at this outrage was
general and loudly expressed.
AssAULTED.-A captain OF the IuLh Y: ?. y.
| infantry states that on Wednesday night, while on
his way to his regiment from the Turner Hall con
cert, he was assaulted by two members q the lfth
| u S. Regulars, who were armed WIN tler riHes,
| and threatened him with violence.
| NEGR0 SoIpTER KILLED.-About ten O'Clock on
Wednesday night Mr.. Augustus Jones shot negro
soldier named James Hen at his fathers house,
/ Mr.. Jones Immediately surrendered himself The
case was heard yesterday afternoon before Justice
| Seawell who held him in the sum of thirty thou-
sand dollars to await the action of the grand jury.
| written statement from the defendant was read,
and the testimony of Henry Turner, cOlored SOL
| der of the commander of the deceased's COM
pany Judge Jones and Col. Baylor were taken
From all of which we make the following synop-
sis:
James Allen the deceased, and Henry Turner.
were out OF camp without leave. They went to
the house of Judge Jones, father of the defendant
for the supposed purpose of seeing the servant
girls. They We're heard In the yard, ordered off;
went, and returned. James, on his second visit
leVeled pistol at the old gentlemen; whereupon
the young man called on him not to do sa He
retOrted with an oath and aimed at Mrs Augustus
Jones, who then drew revolver and shot him
dead. These are all the essential features which
were developed on the trial. The case seems to
be one OF clear " justihable homocida.n We can
not see even probable cause for trial, an opinion
IN which we are confirmed by the honorable state
ment OF Major Baker, who commands the regi--
ment to which the deceased Belonged Bulletin.
The Bulletin, of the 27th says that on The 18th
ult. Gen. Longstreet was serenaded by the baud
of the Seventeenth U. S. Regulars; and on the
2Sth reyokes the statement, and says it was the
house wherein Gen. Longstreet was entertained
that was serenaded but for whom, among the
distinguished gentlemen present, the compliment
was intended for, the Bulletin knoweth not
There is another inspector general Of the freed
on the staff of Gen. Butler, which is said to be an
''s','''' ''-s0 lGalveslon Bulletin, 2ash.
Unhappy Texas
Hon. W. b. Oehlree is announced as eandi-
date for associate justice of the Supreme Court Of
Texas.
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