New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-17
Eexas InteIlfgence.

HORSE THEE CAUGHT.-0n yesterday evening
Gonatable Austin Coward came down on the train
from precinct No. 5, Galveston county, with a
prisoner in charge who has been cofanitting ali
manner OF petty thefts and depredations in that
neighborhoods during the past two weeks. He
commenced by stealing small breastpin aud
some finger rings from Mrs Henson, and then
wound up the programme by steaiag al watch,
horse, bride and saddle from Mr.. Henro HENSON.
on Halls Bayou. His name is Charles Pointer,
and he appears to be qaite IN expert at the busi-
ness. He appears to have got his g hand in H
pretty we'll He was turned over TO Sheriff Dirks
and lodged in Jail to await the preliminary pro-
ceedings far trip to Huntsville.
LOOK Oct, FOR "CRAGKsMEN.' Our city is full
of suspicious looking characters, who no doubt
g Cracksnlen." They are looking for soft
thing aad our merchants are not very careful,
some of them will wake up some fine morning
and find their store broken open and pillaged, or
the fragments of AN exploded safe scattered
around The counting room.--GIbid.
HEARTH OF THE GIrx.-The city Of Galveston
never was more healthy than ab the present time
Notwithstanding the reports of malicious, persons
to the contrary. We have no cholera, no yellow
fever, or any sickness of any kind, EXCEPT slight
colds and an occasional case CT dengupe Of brake
bone fever. We were indeedfsurprised, the other
evening, while riding down town with couple of
gentlemen from up the cOuntryA to- learn that
people in their section of the country were afraid
TO come to Galveston on account Of the cholera
We can assure, our couRfry friends that they
need enteEtaimno fears, as we haze no choleres
here.-[I Ibid. @
SPEAKING To-NrGHT.-Our readers will please
remember the meeting at the market house this
| evening at O'Clock, Col. @. G. Herbert will be
on han6s and Rill address the maatng on the sub
EJECT of sending him to- Congress from the fourth
Edisric5. Let there be full attendance, and give
Y the colonel an audience this time.--EIbid.
| CoQIoN.--The sales at Galveston this week. up
to last night, were 35T bales Quotations il specie
exclusive of revenue tax: Middling 24c., low mid
ding 22c., good ordinary 20e,, ordinary 18c. The
receipts begin to inerease.--Blbid.
| A NOVEL TE&Ms-0n yesterday we notseed a
novel team attached to a, Httle cart, going uI
| Winney street. 1t consisted of very small dog
side by side, in harness, with one of the smalies
goats ahat we eEer saw. They were driEen wifi
aheck}ines by a couple little boys, who4appearet
to fully understand the novelty of the sensation
they were creating and were apparently enjoying
themselves hugely-Eibid.
4 GAs.-The city of San Antonio will soon be All
Ito class its population among the 'ssnIiphtenes'
races of the earth. Next week we are actually Ii
have gas!tght illuminating the streets and corners
and people may then perambulata with some
show OF comfort perhaps. A la1nI2 post has sbeel
put up near the Herald Office but We are gensrou.
enough to give to the postoice the honor Of being
the ndueement for the arrival of such visitor
we ourselves are rot in need of "gas. s.n-ER ERerald
/ HEALTH OF THE CITY.--No cause for complain
this morning. There were no new cholera case
to be found, and no deaths reported yesterday
The epidemic has evidently leftths citys the onll
interesting question connected with it is, will i
return? We feelpretty sure that the refugees,
| and among them those of the legal persuasion es
pecially, who should all he here at the meeting O.
confines of the city, and without molestatian, OF
| or about Monday next FIbid.