New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-08

being made in The county, as We stated two weeks
since, the yield Wilt barring the worms, reach
fully one-half q crop, We hear of worms having
made their appearance in some few Of the fields,
but IS YET they are doing little or no damage
Cur accounts from different portions of She State
are also more encouraging. The crops Will turn
out finely if not injured by the worms
From the Bastrop Advertiser of Che 2sthi
CRops.-Corn abundant; heavy yield; fodder will
be scarce, owing to the late rams, Ehth iounu II
pulled aud 10 the field consequently nearly ali DC,
stroyed. Cotton-splendid prospect II we are not
visited with the army worn, rs Is me case on many
| Of the Brazos farms, which are said to be almost
ruined.
From a letter by Mfr. H D. Ray, of Erath county,
| published in the Waco Register of the 25th of
i July:
| Eds. Pogister-We had hoped the Indians were
about to leave US to live in peace on the frontier,
but they still continue their depredatons which
become more aud more alarming every m0nth'
Within the last week they have stolen large num-
hers of horses in this and the surrounding coun-
H ties They were in and around this town and
! killed horse within three hundred yarus OF tne
public square. They drove out g large hunpsr q
horses: our citizens followed them untl theu
I horses gave cut but failed to come up with them
| A few mornings ago, Sam Matthews, while at
temptina to save his horses, was fired on by them,
and narrowly escaped, but lost his horses. p. H..
Boyd was killed by them last Monday while gong
to neighbours house. He was shot in the face
A with apparently a large sized ball.
II u reported here that the citizens of Parker
A comfy have lately had three serious fights with
tlls Indians-two white men killed and three In
ii dams The citizens were worsted in the first two
| fights, but in the third whipped the Indians and
drove them off. a few days ago VIM. Kelly, Tor
i mefly of this town, and Mr.. Peters, and negro
: man. while preparing to leave their camp IN the
! morning, near the town of Gomanehe, were sud
denly attacked by seven or eight Indians me
negro being in advance. got INTO his wagon, and
was shot and killed. Kelly and Peters retreated
brff f,ary fipn1
4 mon them from their shelter and drove them of
\ and saved themselves. Mr. Kelly is now here, and
says all the Indians had siX-shooters only one a
II bow, and some of them had guns. The Indians
cut two mules and two horses from the wagon
Il took possession of Mr. KellY's saddle horse and
4 drove them of having shot Mr.. Peters's saddle
horse. The wagon in which the negro was killed
is now in town. showing the marks OF the bullets
and stained with blood.
a gentleman Of this city, willie travelling OF
horseback last week, in Titus county with con
siderable money in his pocket was Joined by tWt
5 other individuals who proposed to travel in com
!; pany and put up together at a house short dis
lance ahead, with the proprietor Of which they
represented themselves as being acquainted, The
three travelled together until after dark, when OF
some pretense, the two strangers dlsmounted, ans
IS one of them drawing pistol from his saddle bags
commenced firing on our friend, who only ESCAPED
4 by leaving his horse and taking to the woods.
From the Harrison Flag Of the 18th, we lear
from a gentleman who has recently travelled owe
North Eastern Texas that the crops through til
country are generally fine.
FouND Dead friend who returned from p
: nola county day or two since, furnishes us wit
the following particulars: On the 18th inst,
y lparty while out hunting, discovered the body Of
man who had been murdered, in canebrak
about thirty steps from the road, near Elliott
ferry, in Pamela county.
From papers found near the body, the murdere
IL man was supposed to have been one Capt. Hicks
d of Mississippi, who had been seen two Or thre
s days before, travelling towards Carthage, from th
i direction of Homer, Louisiana, in company wit
j one Goodwin. From this and the fact that Good
n win had made particular inquiries as to whethe
' the country along that route was thckly settled 0
E not; and because he was seen afterwards wit
two gold watches, three six-shooters and ridinl
d one horse and leading another, suspicious ar
: directed to him as the murderer. He was las
heard of in the vicinity Of Alto in Cherokee county
i A number of the citizens of Pamela, headed by d.
Trabue with authority from the sheriff of tn
county, had started in pursuit of him. and it is t
be hoped that they will be able to arrest him, an
b If found guilty, that he pay the penalty Of hi
e crime.